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With an unprecedented level of obesity throughout the western world and the incidence of heart disease associated, cancer and diabetes on the increase, it is an important boost to find new treatments.
Scientists in Germany have recently discovered that the extract of traditional remedy herbal derivatives of Tabebuia impetiginosa (Lapacho pink) may delay the absorption of fat in animal models.
They believe that the extract could be incorporated into a food supplement that not only can reduce the obesity, but also decrease the risk of developing 2 types of diabetes and coronary heart disease.
The researchers presented the results in the Society for Experimental Biology of the annual meeting, held in Marseilles.
Researchers have shown that the extract of Lapacho can reduce levels of triglycerides, a product of fat metabolism, in rats after they have been fed a food rich in fat. “This result shows that the extract can have a potential use in the treatment of obesity.” Read the rest of this entry »

The Maca is a result very popular because of their multiple properties. The Maca grows in an area of Peru in the Andes Mountain Range in excess of 3,500 meters in an area where there is hardly any other form of plant life.
The maca(lepidium cielo) has been source of food for the natives of andean areas from Peru since ancient times. The food was scarce in those areas and thanks to the maca could survive. The composition of the root of maca surprised the science for its countless benefits
The Maca contains.
* Proteins,
* Essential Amino Acids
* Carbohydrates, fibers,
* Vitamins as the B1, B2, B6
* Minerals such as iron, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium
* Have been tested properties in anemias
* Improvements to the growth in animals
* Properties anti-stress.
Among the beneficial effects of the Maca to health stresses its influence in the fertility and Increase the volume and quality of sperm.
* Study: Effect of Lepidium cielo (Maca) in the parameters seminal responsible for human fertility. Dr. Gonzalez 2001, Peruvian medicine University Cayetano Heredia.
* Result: In this study was achieved an increase in volume seminal, sperm, mobility spermatic, with a treatment with maca during a period of 3 months.
Benefits of the Maca on erectile dysfunction, although this disorder may be caused by various factors:
The maca produces in the activation sexual. Read the rest of this entry »

An herb used in Chinese medicine the “following Astragals” contains a chemical that could be used to complement the anti-retroviral therapy or even replace, suggested Rita Effros, member of the UCLA AIDS Institute, which made the discovery.

The Astragals has long been used in the traditional Chinese medicine, generally in combination with other herbs, in order to strengthen the immune system and is still widely used in China for the treatment of chronic hepatitis and as adjuvant therapy for patients with cancer.

The Astragals has also been used to combat heart disease, as well as to prevent and treat the common cold and infections of upper respiratory tract.

The AIDS Institute examined the relationship between TAT2, a chemical in Astragals and the telomeres, since each chromosome has a telomere at the end that has a protective function similar to the tip of plastic that keeps a cordon of unraveling. Read the rest of this entry »