***Effect of a high-protein breakfast on the postprandial ghrelin response***
Ghrelin is a hormone that stimulates appetite. This study found that a high protein breakfast resulted in lower ghrelin levels, thus leading to higher satiety. I usually try to steer patients towards a higher protein breakfast (such as real peanut butter, high omega 3 eggs...) because these seem to keep them full longer. Unfortunately, look at what most breakfasts consist of--high glycemic index carbs that lead to earlier hunger and increased overall caloric intake through the day.
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***Green tea consumption and cognitive function***
While everyone seems to know that green tea is good for you, sometimes we're just not sure how much is needed for an effect. In this study, those drinking greater than 2 glasses per day (very easy to accomplish) had over half the incidence of cognitive decline. And, while results were also seen for black tea and oolong tea, green tea was the stronger. I would be interested to see where white tea would fall on this spectrum.
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***Molecular markers of cartilage breakdown and synovitis at baseline as predictors of structural progression of hip osteoarthritis***
This study evaluated the use of markers of cartilage breakdown as marker for osteoarthritis progression. The markers used were effective, but I would like to see this same type of study done on natural approaches such as glucosamine and chondroitin instead of instead of an anti-inflammatory compound like diacerein. Granted, diacerein does not inhibit the metabolism of chondrocytes like other NSAIDs, but we all know my bent towards natural compounds..
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***Clinical, microbiological, and immunological effects of fructo-oligosaccharide in patients with Crohn's disease***
For as much research as there is supporting the role of healthy microbial flora in the development and treatment of IBD, it continues to amaze me that I have yet to have a patient come through my office w/ IBD that was given the slightest bit of information from their GI specialist on the effect of a healthy GI flora. I even had a patient come in a few weeks ago that had a colonoscopy done and they found some ulcerative lesions, but not enough for a full diagnosis of UC. The approach? Watch and wait. The concept that prevention may be a good idea didn't enter into the picture.
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***Prediction of Lifetime Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by Risk Factor Burden at 50 Years of Age***
Wow. The difference in risk between those without CVD by age 50 compared with those diagnosed w/ CVD by age 50 is quite dramatic. The problem is that is remains difficult to get young people (i.e. under 50) to understand the dangers that their lifestyle is producing. It also makes you wonder what's going to happen in the next few decades as our unhealthy moms have unhealthy children and these kids get raised in unhealthy households. It seems that each generation is noting the onset of chronic disease earlier and earlier.
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***Decreased Melatonin Production Linked to Light Exposure***
It really seems like we're just starting to find out exactly how extensive melatonin's influence on our health is. We starting realizing that it helps regulate our circadian rhythm. Than we found it was a powerful antioxidant in the nervous system. Now we see that it may play a role in breast cancer development. Interesting too, that female night shift workers have a much higher risk of breast cancer. Recall that sunlight exposure (and, in this case, artificial light exposure) surpresses melatonin production from the pineal gland. This study would suggest that all night shift workers strongly consider melatonin supplementation before going to bed in the morning.
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***OP Pesticides in Children's Bodies: The Effects of a Conventional versus Organic Diet***
One of the nasty little secrets about today's advanced society is that we are exposed to a very large number and variety of chemicals. Of particular concern is pesticides. Here in the good 'ole USA, as would be expected from our oversight of the drug companies, the determination of pesticide safety is left up to the pesticide manufacturers. In determining the levels of "safe" pesticide exposure (is there such a thing?) most would be sure that there are studies after studies done to determine safe. Not quite. The pesticide manufacturers determine what would be expected to be a "normal" exposure to a typical human, and that becomes the safe level. Not too rigorous when it comes to scienitific method, huh?
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***Horizontal transmission of the Leningrad-3 live attenuated mumps vaccine virus***
It still surprises me how many people have full faith in vaccination's ability to completely protect them from the disease they were vaccinated for. Here's a perfect example of just how false that assumption is. In this report, vaccinated patients actually transmitted the mumps virus from the vaccine to other patients who had been previously vaccinated. Try to explain this one with 100% vaccine effectiveness...
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***Dietary cholesterol, eggs and coronary heart disease risk in perspective***
The concept that dietary cholesterol leads to a direct elevation in blood cholesterol and subsequent risk of CVD has been promoted for some time now, despite evidence to the contrary. This article reviews egg's "bad rap" and the lack of validity to the idea that eggs raise contribute to CVD. I recommend eggs as a good protein source for breakfast, and steer patients towards the "veg-a-fed" type. These animals are fed a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids, leading to a higher content of omega-3 fatty acids in the egg.
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***Dairy Products and Ovarian Cancer***
While the association between ovarian cancer and 3 servings of dairy per day was not that strong, the fact that any risk was there is of concern given the blind faith we give in dairy products. I have patients that guiltily admit that they don't drink milk and so are worried about their bone health. I have patients in community health presentations that are astounded that I would even suggest that dairy is not good for us. I will continue to give the dairy industry credit for one of the most phenomenol marketing campaigns in history: getting the American public to religiously believe that dairy is absolutely essential to good health despite very minimal evidence to support this.
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Dr. James Bogash, D.C.
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