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M: Though should chocolate lovers everywhere be rejoicing
today, Samantha Heller is a contributing editor of Health Magazine and
a clinical nutritionist at New York University Medical Center. Hey Samantha,
good morning.
W: Good morning.
M: People tend to do the one plus one
equals two, and consider things OK. I just heard this news and l'm going out
buying a lot of chocolate. Bad idea?
W: It's a bad idea. And the reason is
that the way we process chocolate in this country—the way we dilute with a lot
of sugar and fat takes out a lot of the healthy compounds.
M: And I am
basically talking about that dark chocolate is good tor you. In this comma/there
are more people who tend to consume milk chocolate.
W: That's right.
(1){{U}}That's diluted and it's treated to take the bitterness of dark chocolate
out.{{/U}} And that's also taking out the healthy compound that's in it. (2){{U}}You
can take, like cocoa powder and make your own hot chocolate and you're getting
some of the benefits.{{/U}}
M: But you don't dispute the fact that this
flavonoid seeder found in chocolate may be beefalo to health.
W: It may
'absolutely be beneficial but what we are finding out in research is when you
isolate a compound from food that's healthy in the food, it may not have the
effect by itself in your body that we would anticipate.
M: So, more research
needs to be done?
W: So much more research, yes.
M: While we have you
here, we want talk about some other foods in the news if you will. I've been
hearing so much. Really this has been in the last couple of years. Green tea.
Everybody is talking about it. You've seen it in advertisement. People I know
have said that stop drinking coffee in the morning. I'm drinking green tea.
What's the potential benefit here?
W: (3){{U}}Green tea is packed with
polyphenols. These are chemicals that actually help fight disease, high in
anti-oxidants.{{/U}} Green tea has been showing to be anti-carcinogenic,
anti-tumnrgenic and may even help prevent cavities.
M: No caffeine? Is there
caffeine?
W: There is some caffeine sure.
M: So by switching from coffee
to green tea in the morning might we be doing some, helping ourselves?
W:
You certainly might be. I don't think you will get the caffeine kick that you
get from coffee, but the green tea is a great choice.
M: Alright, we've got
a couple of other things we wanna talk about. First is ginger. What's the
benefit to ginger?
W: (4){{U}}Ginger, again, anti-nausea, anti-motion
sickness.{{/U}}
M: Actually a lot of pregnant women use ginger for morning
sickness.
W: Yeah. It's great for that. You can have ginger tea. {{U}}It's
versatile and also some of the anti-inflammatories may be good for people with
arthritis.{{/U}}
M: Is this turmeric?
W: Yes. It's the bright yellow spice
in here. And there's a compound called eureumin which has been shown to fight
cancer. It's very potent, very strong.
M: We all know that fruits and
vegetables are good for us, but you in particular wanna just mention today the
cruciferous. That's the vegetables which are things like broccoli and Brussels
sprouts.
W: That's right. Now these have compounds called indoles and others
that are very anti-caneergenie, protect against stomach, colorectal cancer, lung
cancer and breast cancer and may help detoxify the liver disease. These are very
important, very helpful.
M: Down on the end of the table, (5){{U}}I just wanna
say here basically you say anything that comes or as a product from other
animals is not good except in small amounts.{{/U}}
W: That's right. And the
reason is that it has artery-clogging fat, saturated fat, not good for you. But
the lower, non-fat choices are good. Fat-free ice cream, cheese, etc.
M: And
just as a way of event ending here, for years, when I was feeling that I was
getting a cold, I started taking Echinacea thongh I never felt better. And now
we are hearing word that perhaps I wasn't alone.
W: Well, you are not alone,
but actually with Eehinacea, they were looking at colds that may have effects on
respiratory. We are not sure yet and there are different kinds of Eehinaeea.
M: Alright, Samantha Heller, thanks very much.