No, coconut oil is not a miracle food for losing weight, curing
Alzheimer's disease or preventing diabetes, despite what your favourite
celebrities might say.
According to experts, the recent popularity of the tropical oil as the new "superfood" is nothing more than marketing hype.
Coconut oil, which is extracted from the meat of the fruit, is solid
at room temperature. With its long shelf life and rich, nutty flavour,
the oil is a common ingredient used in food
lifestyle
October 21, 2016
Night shifts may not raise breast cancer risk
Working night shifts has little or no effect on a woman's breast cancer risk, says a study.
The results could dismiss concerns raised by a review in 2007 by the International Agency for
Research on Cancer (IARC) classifying shift work disrupting the 'body clock' as a probable cause of cancer.
"We found that women who had worked night shifts, including long-term night shifts, were not more likely to develop breast cancer," said lead author of the new study Ruth Travis from the University of Oxford.
The new research, published in the Journal of
The results could dismiss concerns raised by a review in 2007 by the International Agency for
Research on Cancer (IARC) classifying shift work disrupting the 'body clock' as a probable cause of cancer.
"We found that women who had worked night shifts, including long-term night shifts, were not more likely to develop breast cancer," said lead author of the new study Ruth Travis from the University of Oxford.
The new research, published in the Journal of





















