Featured Topics: Digestive Health
Curcumin, Cancer, Bowel and Liver Disease
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. This review covered several studies on the safety and possible use of curcumin in treating gastrointestinal disorders. One of these studies showed a 16% reduction in the recurrence of active ulcerative colitis using curcumin...
Report Seeks New Gluten Sensitivity Definition to Properly Define Condition’s Diversity
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Gluten sensitivity includes wheat allergy, Crohn’s Disease, and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity is hard to determine and food withdrawal and re-introduction seems best at present. The term ‘Gluten...
Study Offers Ways to Minimize Cell Damage from Cooked Foods
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Study discusses food preparation methods that protect against cell damage due to AGE’s (advanced glycation end products). At the heart of the chronic diseases that affect our society, from heart disease to arthritis to diabetes, is a...
Vitamin D may offer Help for Crohn’s Patients
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Crohn’s disease participants who took 2000 IU of Vitamin D per day reduced their C reactive protein by 40% and anti-inflammatory protein by 31 % but only after their blood levels of Vitamin D reached 75 nanomoles per liter. Crohn’s...
Review Confirms Fiber’s Benefits in Reducing Risk of Death from all Causes
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In a review that included 17 researches with 982, 411 total subjects, those with the highest fiber intakes had an 18% lower risk of death than those with the lower fiber intake. Dietary fiber’s role in optimizing health is found...
Herbal Extract Benefits Those with Ulcerative Colitis
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Andrographis paniculata extract was as effective as the drug mesalazine in bringing complete or partial remission to those study participants suffering from ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of...
Could a “Leaky Gut” Be the Cause of Migraine Headaches? – Informed Opinion
Written by Patrick B. Massey, MD, PH.D. A "leaky gut" may stimulate the immune system to generate an inflammatory response which, in turn, may trigger migraine headaches, autoimmune disease, arthritis, and chronic muscle pain. One of the most of the most interesting...
Meal Timing and Composition on Weight-loss
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. Consuming a protein enriched high carb breakfast while dieting reduced weight loss 5.9 times as much as a low carbohydrate group in a 32 week study. In the current study, researchers wanted to determine if the composition...
African Diet Swap Experiment – Colon Cancer Prevention
Written by Marcia J. Egles, MD. Study shows how switching to a high-fiber, low-fat diet typical of rural Africans reduced gut inflammation and improved fiber digestion and risk markers for colon cancer in participating African Americans. How important is diet to the...
Did You Know Bowels are the Most Important Organ in Your Body? Informed Opinion
Written by Patrick B. Massey, MD, PH.D. Bacteria in the bowel contribute significantly to good health. If you were asked the question "what is the most important organ in your body" you might answer the heart or the brain or even the immune system. Although these are...
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