Water’s Unexpected Role in Blood Pressure Control (sciencedaily)
MediNewsDigest: Water has some other unexpected, physiological effects according to this article in sciencedaily. The next question is of course whether , or how, does the water purity affects those results.
Categories: water Tags: Blood Pressure, careresourceguide, medinewsdigest, sciencedaily, Water
Higher vitamin E intake tied to lower dementia risk (reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66B6I020100713?feedType=nl&feedName=ushealth1100
MediNewsDigest:: watch for upper limits for dose, quoting Reuters:
“…… high doses of vitamin E from supplements carry a risk of bleeding. Experts advise that adults consume no more than 1,000 mg of vitamin E per day….”
Anti-ageing and rejuvenating effects of quercetin (sciencedirect)
MediNewsDigest: see pubmed link for anti aging quecetin aspects
MediNewsDigest: see wiki link for quercetin rich foods.
MediNewsDigest: see wellsphere link for discussion on quercetin supplements. Our attitude is pushing a supplement could upset som body balances, discuss with health pratctitionner…
Categories: Uncategorized, quercetin Tags: Anti-ageing, careresourceceguide, medinewsdigest, quercetin, rejuvenating, sciencedirect
Vitamin C could offers cell protection against gentamicin-induced acute kidney injury in rats (sciencedirect)
MediNewsDigest: Talk to your doctor about takin vitamin C in case of infections where gentamicin is used.
Wikipedia entry on the antobiotic gentamicin, often used against gram negative bacteria.
Big gun with apparently big side effect…
Categories: Nutrition, Uncategorized, Vitamin C, vitamins Tags: acute kidney injury, careresourceguide, cell protection, gentamicin, induced, medinewsdigest, rats, sciencedirect, vitamin C
Categories: Brain, Brain Injury, Tea, circulation, cocoa, stroke Tags: Brain Injury, careresourceguide, compound, Dark Chocolate, MedicalNewsToday, medinewsdigest, protection, stroke, Tea
Categories: Cancer, Stomach, alcohol, breast, colon, oesophagus Tags: alcohol, cancer risk, careresourceguide, Health, heart health, medinewsdigest, webmd
Categories: Herbal, Nutrition, herbs Tags: American Ginseng, Cancer, careresourceguide, Chemoprevention, medinewsdigest, sciencedirect
Antioxidant Resveratrol could provide functional protection to kidneys (ScienceDirect)
MediNewsDigest: Resveratrol is to be found in red wine, peanuts and other natural foods
MediNewsDigest: CLICK HERE for a link to a good article about resveratrol in Wiki. Note the article shows how complex the action of Resveratrol and issues of dosage and delivery.
Categories: Nutrition, Resveratrol, Uncategorized, antioxidants Tags: antioxidant, careresourceguide, functional, Kidneys, medinewsdigest, protection, resveratrol, sciencedirect
Categories: Cancer, Fish Oil, Nutrition, Vitamin D, Vitamin D3, breast, fish, omega3, vitamins Tags: carcinogenesis (sciencedirect, careresourceguide, Chemoprevention, Effective, Fish Oil, mammary, medinewsdigest, Vitamin D3
Categories: Multiple Sclerosis, Nutrition, Vitamin D, autoimmune diseases, calcium Tags: calcium, careresourceguide, dose-escalation, medinewsdigest, Multiple Sclerosis, phase I/II, pubmed, trial, Vitamin D3
Epilepsy: high–fat, low–carbohydrate diet possible adjunct treatment for refractory epilepsy (MDLinx)
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MediNewsDigest:: This is the “Ketogenic diet” According to article, “.. is a treatment of choice for seizures associated with glucose transporter protein deficiency (ie, De Vivo disease) and pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency..” This seem to mean a subset of epilepsy. Does not look like an easy or otherwise nutritious diet, but hopefully helpful for this kind of children’s epilepsy.
MediNewsDigest:: CLICK HERE for link to eMedicine for discussion on what is “pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency”
MediNewsDigest:: CLICK HERE for link to Wikipedia on De Vivo disease, note the the Ketogenic diet mentionned here too.
Categories: Nutrition, diets, high fat, low-carb diets Tags: careresourceguide, diet, Epilepsy, high–fat, low–carbohydrate, mdlinx, medinewsdigest, refractory, treatment
Categories: Uncategorized, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, aging, vitamin B complex, vitamins Tags: careresourceguide, depression risk, Linked, medinewsdigest, Older Adults, Reuters, vitamins B
Is Stevia an ‘FDA approved’ sweetener? If not why?
MediNewsDigest:
Quoting the FDA:
“…FDA does not consider their [Stevia and stevia exctracts] use in food to be GRAS in light of reports in the literature that raise concerns about the use of these substances. Among these concerns are control of blood sugar and effects on the reproductive, cardiovascular, and renal systems….”
MediNewsDigest: CLICK HERE for the FDA definition of a GRAS substance (Generally Regognized As Safe)
What are the reports questionning Stevia safety? CLICK HERE for article from QSR magazine of the fast food industry.
They are saying: watch your back and check with your lawyer, too many unknown..
MediNewsDigest: What are we talking about even though stevia seems beneficial for stimulating insuline secretion, mixing it with diabetes medicines could introduce a wild card…
So beyond the knee-jerk reflex of accusing the artificial sweeter industry of wanting to strangle Stevia, some questions might need to be answered.
Categories: Nutrition, Uncategorized, artificial sweeteners Tags: diabetes, FDA, safety, stevia, sweeteners
Categories: Inflammation, Uncategorized, black rice, rice Tags: anti-inflammatory, black rice, careresourceguide, medinewsdigest, sciencedirect, sjcrg
