Ghrelin is the hunger hormone secreted by cells in the stomach that stimulates your appetite and makes you eat. In this study, researchers from the University of Calgary state that FOS promotes weight loss, reduces eating, and improves satiety in animals. It also improves their cholesterol.

Researchers from the Pharmacology Unit, the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago analyzed a large body of data on Green Tea. The analysis was nonsystematic because there is an overwhelming amount of research available on green tea and its extract. With critical analysis of the research that they examined they determined that Green Tea or an Extract supplying EGCG has a trend towards decreasing the development of both breast and prostate cancer.

A telomere is a region of repetitive DNA at the end of chromosomes, which protects the end of the chromosome from destruction by acting as a protective and disposable sequence of caps. The longer the chromosome lasts the longer it is around to reproduce your cells, the longer you remain healthy and alive. The longer the length of your telomeres the longer your chromosomes survive.

Scientists from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville in conjunction with researchers from the National Cancer Institute and researchers in China evaluated the protective effects of soy, a source of isoflavones, on breast cancer risk. Soy intake was measured in adolescent and adult females. In all 73,223 Chinese women were followed in the study for over 7 years on average.