Thursday, 2nd September 2010


Tea for blood sugar control?

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by ARK in General

Tea for blood sugar control?

While tea is known to promote general health with phytophenols and antioxidants, according to a professor from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Dr. Jo Ann Carsonm tea can be a thing for blood sugar control too.
According to the professor of clinical nutrition, studies conducted in various centers suggest that incidence of type-2 diabetes [...]

Creamy moves to make ice cream a functional food

Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by ARK in General

Creamy moves to make ice cream a functional food

Ice cream and functional food? If you thought that these cannot be combined, I beg you to differ. Because according to researchers from the University of Missouri they have found ways to make ice cream as a functional food.
Add fiber, some antioxidants and good amount of probiotics, and it’s done; food can be converted [...]

Ascorbic acid and sucrose bolster the green tea effects

Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by ARK in Health

Ascorbic acid and sucrose bolster the green tea effects

Ascorbic acid (aka vitamin C) and sucrose (common sugar) when added to green tea (which maybe the usual way that green lemon tea is taken) can actually aid in greater absorption of catechins from the tea.
According to researchers from Purdue University, adding ascorbic acid and sucrose (common sugar) to tea increase absorption of catechins, the [...]