Postmenopausal women are urged to increase dietary calcium to prevent bone loss and Vitamin D has been shown to be protective against some cancers. But together they may have one additional health benefit. New research has shown that taking calcium in conjunction with Vitamin D supplements may slow or prevent weight gain in postmenopausal women.

During and after menopause, women face a number of new health concerns, not the least of which is bone loss. But the tendency towards weight gain is equally distressing.

The greatest benefit was to women whose calcium was low initially. By increasing their calcium and Vitamin D intakes, they were 11 percent less likely to gain weight than their counterparts who did not consume the recommended amounts of calcium.

More information on the study can be found at Medical News Today.

Green Tea and the health benefits being attributed to it are constantly in the news. Some claims are yet unproven, but here’s one that appears to have validity.

The polyphenols in Green Tea have been studied for their protective effects against some cancers. Green Tea contains antioxidants that have been shown to protect against cell damage.

A study at the University of Southern California suggests that drinking Green Tea could lower a woman’s risk of breast cancer. According to researchers, Green Tea drinkers had a lower blood estrogen level. High blood estrogen levels have been linked to breast cancer.

Drinking Black Tea did not have the same estrogen lowering effects.

Green Tea May Protect Against Breast Cancer

It isn’t only men who don’t understand women, computers can’t seem to either.

In a test of a commercial speech recognition software, a group of radiologists consisting of five males and five females dictated a series of ten radiology reports. There was a significantly higher rate of transcription errors for reports dictated by women than those dictated by men.

When women talk they often feel their children don’t listen, their husbands don’t listen, their bosses don’t listen and now it seems, computers don’t listen either.

Eggs are getting a second look from nutritionists. Due to concerns about dietary cholesterol, eggs have been on the restricted list for many patients. But new studies have singled out eggs as weight-loss enhancers and state that there is no increased risk of heart disease from the consumption of eggs.

Researchers found that women who ate eggs for breakfast, five days a week or more, lost significantly more weight, up to 65% more, on a 1000 calorie a day diet than those who ate a bagel containing the same number of calories as the eggs. Other studies that recommend increasing choline consumption are cited because eggs are an excellent source of choline. Choline is essential for normal cell and brain function.

Eggs promote weight loss and help close nutrient consumption gap