A Berry Smart Way to Prevent Colon Cancer

By Kelley Herring

New research indicates that pterostilbene - which is found in blueberries - shows promise for the prevention of colon cancer.

Researchers at Rutgers and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) teamed up to investigate pterostilbene's cancer-fighting effects. In the study, rats were given azoxymethane - a compound that causes colon cancer. Half of the animals were then given a balanced daily diet, while the rest were given the same diet supplemented with pterostilbene.

At the end of the eight-week study period, the rats that were given the supplement showed 57 percent fewer pre-cancerous lesions in their colons than those in the control group.

Make delicious, antioxidant-rich blueberries a mainstay in your diet. A great way to keep them on hand is to buy them frozen. Then just thaw and enjoy!

It's Good to Know: What's in the Air We Breathe?

Take a deep breath. You just took in life-sustaining oxygen. But that's not all. Air is 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and less than 1 percent carbon dioxide. It also has trace amounts of other gases and, depending on your environment, several contaminants. These can include exhaust fumes, factory smoke, or smog, which contain cancer-causing formaldehyde, benzene, and ammonia. With each breath, you could also take in minute quantities of insect pieces, dust mites, space dust, fungal spores, human skin cells, paint particles, fabric fibers, and much, much more.

(Source: Sixwise)

Word to the Wise: Pugilism

"Pugilism" (PYOO-juh-liz-um) is a fancy way of saying "boxing." The word is derived from the Greek for "fist."

Example (as used by Gordon Marino in a New York Times review of A Life in Boxing by Angelo Dundee): "As this book attests, being a professor of pugilism can be a stressful way to make your daily bread, since there will be contests in which you have to ponder not only strategy but also the health and perhaps life of your fighter."

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