Low Intake of Vitamin E Associated with Increased Fracture Risk
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. In a 12 year study of 2322 men aged 50, those with the lowest blood levels of vitamin E had a 167% greater risk of bone fracture. (more…)
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. In a 12 year study of 2322 men aged 50, those with the lowest blood levels of vitamin E had a 167% greater risk of bone fracture. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Those taking 500 mg/day of a cranberry concentrate had a 27% risk of urinary tract infections. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. A probiotic lozenge reduced the risk of gum disease by 40% over those in a control group. (more…)
Written by Tatjana Djakovic, Staff Writer. Study attempts to explain the common idea of mental decline in old age may be an oversimplification of a process related to learning in the elderly. (more…)
Written by Tatjana Djakovic, Staff Writer. Vitamin E up to 1600IU/day and vitamin C up to 2000 mg/day have been found safe in a summary of 19 researches. (more…)
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. A ginger and glucosamine preparation reduced the pain of osteoarthritis by 9% compared to an increase of 14.6% in those treated with a traditional drug. (more…)
Written by Tatjana Djakovic, Staff Writer. In a placebo controlled experiment on rats, grape seed extract showed a 55% decrease in the inflammation marker (MPO enzyme) compared to subjects treated with the cancer drug flurouracil. (more…)
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. Overview of the safety of calcium and addresses concerns with over-supplementation of calcium. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In a 14 year long prospective study, individuals who consumed 16.2 mg to 21.9mg per day of anthocyanin had an 8% reduction in risk of high blood pressure. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study, researchers found that having vitamin D blood levels above 75 nmol/L decreased MS risk by 61%. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Those with high vitamin D levels had a 57% lower risk of new lesions in multiple sclerosis patients. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Rats given olive oil had 58% higher rate of fat burning compared to rats without olive oil. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In an international study done on men in Japan and the US, Japanese men with omega-3 blood levels136% higher than US Caucasian men had a 69% lower rate of calcium build-up in arteries. (more…)
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. This study demonstrated how alpha-tocopherol supplementation decreased plasma levels of gamma tocopherol, thus verifying that different forms of vitamin E compete for absorption in the intestine and that alpha-tocopherol is preferentially absorbed. (more…)
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. In a small human study, researchers found that sleep time is reduced by 38.3% if a high glycemic meal (sugar and substances that convert to sugar) is consumed 4 hours before bedtime. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Researchers saw a 22.8% decrease after 12 weeks of garlic and metformin supplementation in diabetics. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Those in the highest fourth of vitamin C blood levels had a 42% lower risk of stroke. (more…)
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Cinnamon resulted in a 8.4% decrease in fasting blood sugar and 37% decrease in insulin resistance in patients with liver disease. (more…)
Written by Patrick B. Massey, MD, Ph.D. Vitamin D deficiency exists in 70-90 percent of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)
Written by Marcia J. Egles, MD. Participants receiving krill oil had an overall 10.2% reduction in serum triglyceride levels. (more…)