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Oxidative Stress · November 24, 2012
Is fibromyalgia a physiological problem or psychological? – (02-16-04)
Increased DNA fragmentation and ultrastructural changes in fibromyalgic muscle fibres This article is pretty interesting. We’ve spent much time trying to determine if fibromyalgia is a physiological problem or…
Celiac Disease · November 24, 2012
Is Candida albicans a trigger in the onset of celiac disease? – (02-16-04)
Is Candida albicans a trigger in the onset of celiac disease? This would answer an awful lot of questions. Basically, due to a cross reactivity between a protein found in C. albicans and a protein found in gluten, an…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · November 24, 2012
Intakes of Antioxidants in Coffee, Wine, and Vegetables – (03-01-04)
Intakes of Antioxidants in Coffee, Wine, and Vegetables Are Correlated with Plasma Carotenoids Coffee was found to have contribute the highest levels of dietary antioxidants in this study was coffee. Now, the author…
Obesity and Weight Loss · November 24, 2012
HCG Weight Loss: What About the HCG Side Effects?
The latest diet craze seems to focus on the HCG weight loss program. While many to initially lose weight, what about long term HCG side effects from the program? Here in AZ, the HCG diet has been quite the craze the…
Soy · November 24, 2012
Flaxseed alters estrogen metabolism in postmenopausal women – (02-16-04)
Flaxseed alters estrogen metabolism in postmenopausal women greater than supplementation with an equal amount of soy I am a big fan of both flaxseed supplementation and soy products (NOT supplements) as part of healthy…
Childhood Constipation · November 24, 2012
Fiber Is Beneficial in the Treatment of Childhood Constipation – (03-01-04)
Fiber (Glucomannan) Is Beneficial in the Treatment of Childhood Constipation First, let me state that the idea that fiber can help with constipation could probably been affirmed by talking to anyone on the street. With…
Gut Health 101 · November 24, 2012
Effect of procalcitonin-guided treatment on antibiotic use – (03-01-04)
Effect of procalcitonin-guided treatment on antibiotic use and outcome in lower respiratory tract infections This study evaluated the ability of a biomarker (procalcitonin) that could be rapidly checked to indicate…
Breast Cancer · November 24, 2012
Dietary phytoestrogens and breast cancer risk – (02-16-04)
Dietary phytoestrogens and breast cancer risk These researchers found no protective effect of dietary phytoestrogens (lignans and isoflavones) on breast cancer. However, if I might recall the research that suggested no…
Breast Cancer · November 24, 2012
CLA Blocks Estrogen Signaling in Human Breast Cancer Cells – (03-01-04)
CLA Blocks Estrogen Signaling in Human Breast Cancer Cells We have been seeing some mixed results on whether CLA has the same beneficial effects in the human body as we see in the lab. Personally, I do believe that CLA…
Diabetes (Type 2) · November 24, 2012
Cinnamon Improves Glucose and Lipids of People With Type 2 Diabetes – (02-16-04)
Cinnamon Improves Glucose and Lipids of People With Type 2 Diabetes Wow…The effects of as little as 1 gram of cinnamon (not to be confused with cinnamon SUGAR) for 40 days improved several important markers in…
Celiac Disease · November 24, 2012
Celiac disease and schizophrenia – (03-01-04)
Celiac disease and schizophrenia I firmly believe that schizophrenia has a strong physiological component that can be responsive to natural approaches. Mauve factor is one marker that may result from increased oxidative…
Vitamins · November 24, 2012
Antioxidants and physical performance in elderly persons – (02-16-04)
Antioxidants and physical performance in elderly persons This results of this study are quite interesting. Basically, the better the antioxidant status (in this case measured by alpha and gamma tocopherol, beta carotene…
Breast Cancer · November 24, 2012
Antibiotic Use in Relation to the Risk of Breast Cancer – (03-01-04)
Antibiotic Use in Relation to the Risk of Breast Cancer While the author does not suggest this as a possible mechanism, I would offer that destruction of normal flora by antibiotics is the key. Normal flora is known to…
Hypertension · November 21, 2012
THYROID EFFECTS BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION – (05-09-02)
The Role of Thyroid Hormone in Blood Pressure Homeostasis I must admit that the evaluation of hypertension and factors associated with it do not generally include evaluating thyroid function. This article suggests that…
Probiotic · November 21, 2012
PROBIOTIC USE IMPROVES CONDITIONS OF PATIENTS – (05-16-02)
L acidophilus vs diarrhoeagenic E coli in human enterocyte-like cells Many of you are reading this article while yawning, thinking “not another boring probiotic benefit article–doesn’t he have anything new to share??”…
Diabetes (Type 2) · November 21, 2012
PREVENTION OF DIABETES AND HYPERINSULINEMIC COMPLICATIONS – (05-16-02)
The Prevention or Delay of Type 2 Diabetes This is a very extensive review of whether or not we should aggressively pursue interventions to lower diabetes risk. No wonder diabetes rates are skyrocketing!! While the…
Drug Research · November 21, 2012
PRESCRIPTION GIVEN INFLUENCED ONLY BY MEDICAL NECESSITY – (05-09-02)
Drug companies maintain “astounding” profits Is anyone surprised about this title? Is anyone surprised that the healthcare system is so overburdened from pharmaceutical payments? The things that still amazes me is that…
Diabetes (Type 2) · November 21, 2012
Slash Your Risk of Diabetes Today With One Simple Change
Diabetes is THE condition we are constantly fighting against. Preventing diabetes is completely within your control. But for some changes are too hard. Not true. Exercise hard 7 days a week. Meditate 5 times per day…
Insulin · November 21, 2012
INSULIN RESISTANCE PLAYS ROLE IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE – (03-15-04)
Role for neuronal insulin resistance in neurodegenerative diseases Okay. Chalk up another one on the list that insulin resistance contributes to. I’m just wondering how long the list has to be before mainstream medicine…
Probiotic · November 21, 2012
IMPORTANCE OF ZINC IN HEALTHY IMMUNE FUNCTION – (05-09-02)
Zinc for the Treatment of Acute Diarrhea in Young Children. I’m not sure of the mechanism by which zinc would work directly, but indirectly zinc is essential for healthy immune function. To this mix of zinc I would also…
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