Nutrition

Academic’s Meat-Only Diet Ruffles Feathers – Low Carb Diet For Autoimmune Disease and Depression?

Psychology professor and daughter credit carnivorous diet with curing autoimmune illnesses and depression 16 MAY 2018 – 05:30 MARIKA SBOROS Canadian Mikhaila Peterson shares more than DNA and a depressive tendency with her famous father, Dr Jordan Peterson, the Toronto University psychology professor, author of the best-selling 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote for Chaos and […]

Could vitamin D help to fight diabetes?

MAY 15, 2018 Healthline/Medical News Today With diabetes now reaching epidemic proportions, unearthing an innovative way to tackle the condition is pressing. A new study investigates whether vitamin D might provide a new route to treatment. Currently, there are around 30 million people in the United States living with type 2 diabetes, a lifelong condition that cannot yet […]

Carb-Light Diet Helps T1D Patients Achieve Glycemic Control

‘Very low-carbohydrate diet’ of less than 50 g per day by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today May 07, 2018 Among people with type 1 diabetes, following a very low-carbohydrate diet (VLCD) can aid in achieving glycemic control, researchers suggested. Responses from an online survey of people with type 1 diabetes found that those who […]

Bad Diet May Impair Female Fertility

Frequent consumption of fruits tied to higher, faster chances of conception by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today May 03, 2018 Diet prior to conception correlated with time to achieving conception in a large, multinational, retrospective study. Compared to women who ate fruit three or more times a day, women who consumed fruit less frequently […]

n−3 Fatty Acid Supplementation for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease

N Engl J Med 2018; 378:1681-1690 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1709691 Abstract BACKGROUND Dry eye disease is a common chronic condition that is characterized by ocular discomfort and visual disturbances that decrease quality of life. Many clinicians recommend the use of supplements of n−3 fatty acids (often called omega-3 fatty acids) to relieve symptoms. METHODS In a multicenter, […]

Women and OA: More Milk, Less Progression

Women who drank milk regularly had less progression of knee osteoarthritis, data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative showed. by Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today May 29, 2014 Women who drank milk regularly had less progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA), data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative showed. Compared with women who never drank milk, whose decrease […]

Preoperative Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Higher Postoperative Complication Rates in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Vishal Hegde, MD; Armin Arshi, MD; Christopher Wang, BS; Zorica Buser, PhD; Jeffrey C. Wang, MD; Andrew R. Jensen, MD; John S. Adams, MD; Erik N. Zeegen, MD; Nicholas M. Bernthal, MD Orthopedics. https://doi.org/10.3928/01477447-20180424-04 Posted April 30, 2018 Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the relative incidence of postoperative complications in 25-hydroxyvitamin […]

Resveratrol as an Effective Adjuvant Therapy in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis

April 17, 2018 Clinical Rheumatology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis in different stages of activity (N = 100) were randomized to continue conventional treatment only (control) or to receive conventional treatment plus resveratrol (RSV) 1 gram daily for 3 months. Compared with the control group, individuals in the RSV group had significantly lower disease […]

Nonnutritive Sweeteners in Weight Management and Chronic Disease – Full Text Article

April 17, 2018 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors reviewed recent studies evaluating the effects of nonnutritive sweeteners (NNSs) on body weight and on chronic diseases related to obesity. There is a positive association seen between NNS and body weight and related health conditions in cross-sectional and prospective cohort studies. Cellular and rodent models indicate a possible […]

Ketosis and Memory in Cognitively-Impaired Adults

by David Perlmtter, M.D. – Board-Certified Neurologist There is certainly a lot of discussion these days about the ketogenic diet, especially as it relates to brain function. I thought it would be instructive to review one of the most important, and early, research studies in this area, as it reveals several very important findings that are worthy […]

Coffee, Tea Not Necessarily Hazard to Heart Rhythm

by Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer April 17, 2018 That morning cup of coffee or espresso drink may not only be safe for people with atrial fibrillation (Afib) and other heart arrhythmias, it just may reduce arrhythmia frequency, Australian researchers reported. Based on a comprehensive review of studies examining the impact of caffeinated beverages on cardiac […]

Dry Eye: No Benefit From Fatty Acid Supplements

Ricki Lewis, PhD April 13, 2018 Omega-3 fatty acid supplements do not alleviate dry eye disease, according to results from a randomized controlled trial. Maureen G. Maguire, PhD, Carolyn F. Jones Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and the Dry Eye Assessment and Management Study (DREAM) Research […]

Serum n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Risk of Death

April 12, 2018 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors investigated the association of linoleic acid (LA), a major n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), and other minor n-6 PUFAs—γ-linolenic acid (GLA), dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA), and arachidonic acid (AA)—with the risk of mortality. This prospective study included men with cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, or diabetes (n = 1019) and […]

Pasta Not So Bad for Waistline After All

May aid in weight loss as part of overall low-glycemic diet by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today April 04, 2018 As part of a healthy diet, pasta won’t pack on the pounds, according to a new study. In a systematic review and meta-analysis led by Laura Chiavaroli, PhD, of the University of Toronto in […]

Macular Degeneration Helped by Two Carotenoids, Lutein and Zeaxanthin

Out of the over 17 million Americans who have symptoms of macular degeneration, 2 million are already blind. Studies have consistently shown that folks who take higher levels of two carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin had either cut their risk for developing macular degeneration in half, or if they already had it actually improved or reversed […]

Open-Flame/High-Temperature Cooking Ups Hypertension Risk

March 26, 2018 High frequency of open-flame/high-temp cooking, preference for higher meat doneness tied to HTN WEDNESDAY, March 21, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Open-flame and/or high-temperature cooking are associated with increased risk of hypertension, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health 2018 Scientific Sessions, held from […]

Combination Fatty Acid Therapy – Alex Vasquez – Video

Dr. Alex Vasquez from the  International College of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine explains Combination Fatty Acid Therapy (CFAT). [Watch Video Here] (2:11:27)

Hyperglycemia drives intestinal barrier dysfunction and risk for enteric infection

Science. 2018 Mar 23;359(6382):1376-1383. doi: 10.1126/science.aar3318. Epub 2018 Mar 8. Thaiss CA. Abstract Obesity, diabetes, and related manifestations are associated with an enhanced, but poorly understood, risk for mucosal infection and systemic inflammation. Here, we show in mouse models of obesity and diabetes that hyperglycemia drives intestinal barrier permeability, through GLUT2-dependent transcriptional reprogramming of intestinal […]

Low-calorie sweeteners may promote metabolic syndrome

MARCH 19, 2018 Top News in Internal Medicine Healthline/Medical News Today New data—presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, held in Chicago, IL—suggest that consuming low-calorie sweeteners could put people at risk of metabolic syndrome. Around 34% of adults in the United States have metabolic syndome—the umbrella term for: high blood pressure; high blood sugar; […]

VITAMIN D AND THE FLU

Utilizing a randomized, open, controlled clinical trial, a study was performed to “evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of vitamin D” for the prevention of influenza A in infants. Infants were randomized to low-dose or high-dose vitamin D, for four months, with 200 infants in each group. Influenza A was observed in 78 cases of […]