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I am sorry, but if you still believe this was a healthy breakfast, I am not sure you will be able to escape diabesity ;-) You may have read it on one of the major Science News Portals, on Saturday: "[Orange juice] could contribute to chemoprevention at every stage of cancer initiation and progression. Among the most relevant biological effects of OJ [orange juice] is the juice's antigenotoxic and antimutagenic potential, which was shown in cells in culture and in rodents and humans." (Taylor & Francis. Press Release from 13. September 2013). Really? And what about the >20% increased diabetes risk from drinking fruit juices (Muraki. 2013)? If that's what you have just been thinking, I bet you will like to get some more information about the hesperidine and naringenine content of orange juice and how these could influence cancer development. Three epidemiological studies! Really? It does not take much these days to turn hopes into hypes - for ora...

Image 1: ROC anti-cellulite intensive cream ; supposedly, the product used in this study I've said this before, but in a different context: I love companies who do even try to back their products by scientific studies and thus I cannot really decry Johnson & Johnson for funding a study on one of their products, the name of which - and this is interesting - is yet not even mentioned in the respective publication ( Roure. 2011 ) in the May issue of the International Journal of Cosmetic Science . While parts of the study were done ex vivo and in the petri dish, the interesting part, i.e. the part, I want to focus on, was an in vivo study with female 78 subjects (mean ages: placebo, 38y / product, 41y) who matched the following criteria: Participants in the study were required to have a body mass index (BMI = weight height −2 ) between 20.0 and 26.0 kg m −2 and to present a modest amount of orange ...