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Antioxidant Intervention Compensates Oxidative Stress In Blood Of Subjects Exposed To Emissions From A Coal Electric-Power Plant (sciencedirect)


MediNewsDigest: Antioxydants seem to alleviate the pollution edamage from coal burning?
Quoting:
“..After the antioxidant supplementation essentially all these biomarkers were normalized to control levels. The antioxidant intervention was able to confer a protective effect of vitamins C and E against the oxidative insult associated with airborne contamination derived from coal burning of an electric-power plant…”
Note the vitamin doses:
“..C (500 mg) and E (800 mg) during six months…”
Nothing massive needed.

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - May 21, 2010 at 11:18 pm

Categories: Uncategorized, Vitamin C, coal combustion, pollution, vitamin E, vitamins   Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Folic acid Supplements do not cut risk of stroke: study


MediNewsDigest: Seems from the study that foods in western country are already sufficiently fortified with folic acid so that the amount of protection provided by the nutritional folic acid is already in play. Another example of “More is not necessarily better”

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - May 14, 2010 at 5:16 pm

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Strategy for Omega-3s in fish oil and supplements (WebMD)


SJCRG: Omega 3′s and Vitamin D are today’s nutrition holy grail….

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - March 5, 2010 at 6:35 pm

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Vitamin D supplements could fight Crohn’s disease (eurekalert)


SJCRG: seems that Vitamin D is about to dethrone Vitamin C…… CLICK HERE for the McGill U. press release through eurekalert

SJCRG: For a primer on Crohn’s disease CLICK HERE for a Wikipedia Link

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - February 22, 2010 at 4:43 am

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Natural Pain Relief: Chronic Pain Supplements (WebMD)


SJCRG: Excellent Review of options against various chronic pains

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - February 16, 2010 at 6:10 pm

Categories: Alternative Medicine, Minerals, Nutrition, Uncategorized, natural remedy, omega3, pain, spices, vitamins   Tags: , , , , , ,

Folic acid supplements raise cancer risk (Reuters)


SJCRG: Another proof that “natural supplements” need some kind of oversight. Might raise costs, but we must have trusted and authoritative means to gather data about such supplements.

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Administrator - November 18, 2009 at 7:16 pm

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