Eating plant-based foods that contain dietary compounds called flavonols can help to lower your chances of developing frailty, and foods such as apples and blackberries that contain quercetin flavonoids may be the most important for frailty prevention, according to a recent study conducted by Harvard University-Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL) that has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
When paired with tea, in moderation, an apple a day may also keep the reaper away. Food rich in flavonoids found in abundance in apples and tea helps to lower risk of death, especially among heavy drinkers according to a study from Edith Cowan University.u00a0
Apples have many beneficial effects which can be mostly attributed to their antioxidant effects and positive impacts on heart health which include helping to regulate blood sugar, as published in Food Chemistry.
Rich in vitamins, minerals and polyphenol antioxidants, apples in the form of smoothies have increased bioavailability and may thus offer greater protection against cancer.
Central Asia's poorest county is also one of the world's leading transit routes for heroin, opium and other drugs from Afghanistan. Sergei Makhkamov has been caught in the flood. "I tried it, I liked it and it went from there," said the haggard, fidgety, out-of-work 24-year-old who got hooked on heroin in 2004. "If you have the money, you can find it anywhere, anytime." This mountainous nation already was scarred by a civil war that ended just nine years ago. Now, wounds are being inflicted by a dramatic spike in the trafficking of drugs coming out of neighboring Afghanistan bound for Russia and Europe
