Inhuman Experiment Blog Thursday, September 10, 2009 Low-carb diets and paleolithic nutrition are all the rage these days, and for good reason. Compared to the Standard American Diet, both of them are superb. Few of us would dare to take the two to their extreme, however. Giving up sugar and wheat is one thing, but […]
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Aug 10;169(15):1355-62. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.237. Healthy living is the best revenge: findings from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam study. Ford ES, Bergmann MM, Kröger J, Schienkiewitz A, Weikert C, Boeing H. Abstract BACKGROUND: Our objective was to describe the reduction in relative risk of developing major chronic diseases such […]
Interview with Giv Heidari-Bateni, MD/MPH Post-doctoral Research Associate Washington University in St. Louis BJC Institute of Health 425 S Euclid Ave., Rm. 7122 St. Louis, MO 63110 (314) 299-1984 / (314) 454-2381 (FAX) givhb@yahoo.com “Coenzyme Q10 Improves Diastolic Function in Children With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy,” Cardiol Young, 2009 Aug 25; 1-6 [Epub ahead of print]. 47408 […]
Linda Wasserbach York Annual Review of Nutrition Vol. 29: 365-379 (Volume publication date August 2009) DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-070208-114232 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with insulin resistance, obesity, and other features of metabolic syndrome and is known to be the most common cause for abnormal liver enzymes. The recent surge in the number of patients […]
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Aug 10;169(15):1355-62. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.237. Ford ES, Bergmann MM, Kröger J, Schienkiewitz A, Weikert C, Boeing H. Abstract BACKGROUND: Our objective was to describe the reduction in relative risk of developing major chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer associated with 4 healthy lifestyle factors among German adults. METHODS: We […]
ACA Journal of Nutrition Donald F. Feeney DC, DACBN, CCN There are over one million gallbladder surgeries a year and out of total ignorance the patients believe what they are told, “The gallbladder isn’t needed anyway”. This could be no further from the truth. You must have a gallbladder to digest fats. The gallbladder stores bile, […]
A randomized cross-over pilot study Tommy Jönsson Abstract Background Our aim was to compare the effects of a Paleolithic (‘Old Stone Age’) diet and a diabetes diet as generally recommended on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes not treated with insulin. Methods In a randomized cross-over study, 13 patients with […]
Long-term Effects of Chondroitins 4 and 6 Sulfate on Knee Osteoarthritis: The Study on Osteoarthritis Progression Prevention, A Two-year, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2009;60(2):524-533. Osteoarthritis (OA) causes disability and is a major public health problem. A new study examined the effect of chondroitins 4 and 6 sulfate (CS) on OA progression and […]
Rev Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Fall; 1(4): 162–169. PMCID: PMC2621042 James A Greenberg, MD Abstract Omega-3 fatty acids are essential and can only be obtained from the diet. The requirements during pregnancy have not been established, but likely exceed that of a nonpregnant state. Omega-3 fatty acids are critical for fetal neurodevelopment and may be important […]
Marcy J. Balunas Published in final edited form as: Anticancer Agents Med Chem. 2008 August ; 8(6): 646–682. Abstract With the clinical success of several synthetic aromatase inhibitors (AIs) in the treatment of postmenopausal estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, researchers have also been investigating also the potential of natural products as AIs. Natural products from terrestrial and marine organisms […]
Malisetty V. Swamy , Bhargava Citineni , Jagan M. R. Patlolla , Altaf Mohammed , Yuting Zhang & Chinthalapally V. Rao Nutrition and Cancer Pages 81-89 | Received 21 Jul 2008, Accepted 22 Jul 2008, Published online: 10 Nov 2008 Abstract Pancreatic cancer BxPC-3 cells were exposed to curcumin, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), or combinations of […]
Migraine Headache and Coenzyme Q10 Andrew D. Hershey, MD, PhD Assoc. Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology University of Cincinnati Director, Headache Center Associate Director, Neurology Research Children’s Hospital Medical Center 3333 Burnet Ave Cincinnati, OH 45229 (513) 636-4222 / (513) 636-1888 (FAX) “Coenzyme Q10 Deficiency and Response to Supplementation In Pediatric and Adolescent Migraine,” […]
Altern Ther Health Med. 2007 Jan-Feb;13(1):22-8. Simone CB 2nd1, Simone NL, Simone V, Simone CB. Abstract PURPOSE: Some in the oncology community contend that patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy should not use food supplement antioxidants and other nutrients. Oncologists at an influential oncology institution contended that antioxidants interfere with radiation and some chemotherapies because […]
Altern Med Rev. 2006 Jun;11(2):93-101. Alan R Gaby PMID: 16813459 Abstract Herpes simplex is a common viral infection of the skin or mucous membranes. The lesions caused by this infection are often painful, burning, or pruritic, and tend to recur in most patients. Short-term treatment with acyclovir can accelerate the healing of an acute outbreak, […]
The Incredible, Edible Egg Yolk July, 2005 by Chris Masterjohn Story Source Egg yolks? But they’re full of cholesterol! Concerned about egg yolks and heart disease? Hop on down to Revolution Health Radio and listen to my three-part podcast interview with Chris Kresser (part 1, part 2, part 3) explaining why there was never any […]
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Jul 20; (3): CD004655. Published online 2005 Jul 20. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004655.pub2 PMCID: PMC5112015 CAMSID: CAMS6252 Josep Vidal-Alaball Abstract Background Vitamin B12 deficiency is common and rises with age. Most people with vitamin B12 deficiency are treated in primary care with intramuscular vitamin B12 which is a considerable source of work […]
De-Souza, Daurea A. MD Critical Care Medicine: May 2005 – Volume 33 – Issue 5 – pp 1125-1135 doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000162680.52397.97 Abstract Objective: This article provides a critical review of the evidence indicating that an increase in intestinal permeability is associated with the installation of bacteremia, sepsis, and the multiple organ failure syndrome and that glutamine […]
P. S. Sándor, MD, L. Di Clemente, MD, G. Coppola, MD, U. Saenger, A. Fumal, MD, D. Magis, MD, L. Seidel, MSc, R. M. Agosti, MD and J. Schoenen, MD, PhD NEUROLOGY 2005;64:713-715 ABSTRACT Riboflavin, which improves energy metabolism similarly to coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), is effective in migraine prophylaxis. We compared CoQ10 (3 × 100 mg/day) […]
J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2004; 1(2): 7–11. Published online 2004 Dec 31. doi: 10.1186/1550-2783-1-2-7 Anssi H Manninen Abstract During very low carbohydrate intake, the regulated and controlled production of ketone bodies causes a harmless physiological state known as dietary ketosis. Ketone bodies flow from the liver to extra-hepatic tissues (e.g., brain) for use as […]
Petasites hybridus root (butterbur) is an effective preventive treatment for migraine R. B. Lipton, MD, H. Göbel, MD, PhD, K. M. Einhäupl, MD, K. Wilks, MD and A. Mauskop, MD Neurology December 28, 2004 vol. 63 no. 12 2240-2244 Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of a standardized special root extract from the plant Petasites hybridus as a preventive therapy for migraine. […]