They're chock full of antioxidants. They help fight everything from heart disease to ulcers. They might just be the healthiest jellied stuff that's shaped like a can.
This is a true story: I've been afraid of trans fats for years and years... long before I'd ever heard the words or knew what they meant.
Put your mug down.
Green tea -- that miracle beverage said to stave off heart disease, strokes and cancer -- probably isn't much of a miracle after all.
Move over green tea. A cuppa joe — actually several cuppas — are now being touted as another hot beverage with highly beneficial health properties.
Selenium was the darling supplement of the 1980s, believed to prevent and possibly treat heart disease. The claims were based on a study that found that countries with the highest rate of disease were usually lacking in the trace element.
Selenium carried the reputation of super supplement through the '80s and '90s, but a study published last month in The American Journal of Epidemiology has revealed that when it comes to heart health, selenium was never all it was cracked up to be.