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A heart of chocolate to help research on rare diseases – Italian Cuisine

It will be distributed in more than 3,000 Italian squares on Sunday 15th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd (but can also be purchased online). A gift box with nine hearts is also available

The time has come to contribute to supporting scientific research on rare genetic diseases: tomorrow (Saturday 14 December) the thirtieth edition of the Rai networks marathon for the «Present campaign of the Telethon Foundation, which inaugurates the great celebration of 30 years of charity, as well as a week dedicated to solidarity. In the early evening, on Rai 1, Antonella Clerici will conduct "Christmas Party", an evening entirely dedicated to the Telethon Foundation. From Sunday, the marathon will continue on the three Rai networks until Saturday 21 December. Last year 31 million and 455,757 euros were collected.

But one can contribute to scientific research on rare genetic diseases also by purchasing the Chocolate heart of the Telethon Foundation: it will be distributed in more than 3 thousand squares Italian Sunday 15, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22. It is available in three versions: dark, milk and milk with biscuit grain. Created by Caffarel – a company with a centuries-old history, which produces excellent chocolate with great attention to the quality of ingredients and the selection of raw materials – exclusively for Telethon, it is the Foundation's thanks for those who want to leave a minimum donation of 12 EUR.

You can find them in the streets on 15, 21 and 22 December. They are beautiful, good and support scientific research on rare genetic diseases. Our volunteers are waiting for you, #with all my heart! pic.twitter.com/4UJJ6QjTRj

– Telethon Foundation (@Telethonitalia) December 12, 2019

This year you can also request also the gift box of nine hearts of dark chocolate, distributed in the squares with a donation of 5 euros: a beautiful and good idea to put under the Christmas tree. In each package there is a postcard in which we thank "with all our heart" and remember the 30 years of activity of the Telethon Foundation. There is also an invitation to fill out the form on the website of the charity to receive a free exclusive planner to customize for your important moments.

On the Telethon website there is a list of collection points where you can find the Chocolate Hearts. But who fails to go to the streets can request them directly online, on the Foundation's website, in the shop.telethon.it section.

Chocolates that help cancer research – Italian Cuisine

They will be distributed in thousand squares throughout Italy on Saturday 9 November (and in the BPM branches from Monday). With a minimum donation of 10 euros you can receive a 200 gram pack

Chocolate improves mood, helps memory and is also good for the heart. In addition, if taken in measured quantities, it is a valuable ally against cancer: a study conducted by an Italian research group shows this. "It has been proved, on a population of almost 11 thousand subjects, that the consumption of around 20 grams of chocolate dark every two days is able to reduce inflammation levels circulating ", explains Antonio Moschetta, Airc scientist at the University of Bari. If we consider the relationship between inflammation and cancer," a moderate consumption of dark chocolate with a low sugar content could therefore represent a further possibility to reduce the role of the systemic inflammation in aggression and tumor growth ".
It is also for this reason that dark chocolate was once again chosen by Airc to promote his Research Days.

THE Research Chocolates

Tomorrow (Saturday 9 November) Foundation volunteers will be present in more than a thousand squares from all over Italy (find the square closest to your home or call the special number 840 001 001) to distribute the Research Chocolates and collect new resources to be allocated to around 5 thousand researchers working to overcome cancer. With a minimum donation of 10 euros you can receive a packet of 200 grams of dark chocolate and, together with the chocolates, a special guide will also be distributed that contains useful information on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. From Monday the distribution of chocolates will continue at 1,728 Banco Bpm branches, institutional partner of Research Days, present throughout the territory.

Cancer remains a worldwide emergency: estimates say that only in Italy, in 2019, will the number of newly diagnosed cases come to 371 thousand, more than a thousand a day. Italian researchers are working to be able to influence these data and make cancer more and more treatable, leading to increasingly early diagnosis and more effective and targeted treatments.

The good news is that their work is bearing exemplary results: Italy is an international excellence in the field of cancer research and the number of healings is the highest from all over Europe. Five-year survival has increased, both for men (from 51 to 54%) and for women (from 60% to 63%), compared to the previous five-year period. And today, in Italy, there are almost 3.5 million people who have passed the diagnosis of cancer and who often have a life expectancy comparable to that of those who never got sick (The numbers of cancer in Italy, 2019 by Airtum, Aiom and Passi). The researchers are doing their best: today it's up to us to support their work.

Lemons that help research (and they do well) – Italian Cuisine

From 3 to 16 March, for every 500 grams retina of Citrus lemons – the Italian Garden sold, 40 cents will be donated to the research: it is a project of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation

They do well twice: because they have nutritive and preventive properties, such as the antitumor molecule contained in the peel, the limonene, and because they help the excellent scientific research against tumors. For the third year, lemons Citrus – the Italian vegetable garden adhere to the project of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation: from 3 to 16 March, for every 500 grams retina of lemons of the primofiore variety, sold for 2 euro in the points of sale throughout Italy that support the initiative, 40 cents will be donated to the search.

A project that in the last two years has allowed to finance eight researchers, who decided to dedicate their lives to the study and treatment of oncological diseases, for a total of 240 thousand euro. But this new edition of Research Lemons has even more ambitious goals: it wants to exceed the number of research grants last year.

Because the lemon

The Veronesi Foundation has chosen lemons to spread more and more knowledge and use: those of Citrus – the Italian Garden, a fruit and vegetable company in Cesena, are strictly Italian and not treated on the surface. Everyone knows that lemon is a good source of C vitamin, but, like most other citrus fruits, it contains many other important nutrients: carbohydrates (sugars and fibers), potassium, folic acid, calcium, thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, riboflavin, pantothenic acid and a variety of phytochemical compounds.

Vitamin C plays a key role in the formation of collagen and comes into play in the absorption of inorganic iron. As an antioxidant, it can help to avoid cell damage from free radicals, involved in the progression of various diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease and cataract formation.

Lemon is precious above all the peel: contains phytochemicals such as monoterpenes, limonoids, flavonoids, carotenoids and hydroxycinnamic acids, which, according to various studies, have antioxidant capacity, effects on cell differentiation and detoxifying power: regular consumption of lemons is important in a diet that is attentive to disease prevention.