A Nutrition Reviews paper lists nutraceuticals that may help prevent or slow Parkinson's: vitamins C, D and E, coenzyme Q10, creatine, unsaturated fatty acids, sulfur compounds, polyphenols, stilbenes and phytoestrogens. The disease has no cure and its causes remain unclear.
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Avoiding Illness
How diet and lifestyle affect cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other illnesses.
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- Anemia
- Angiogenesis
- Animal Protein
- Animals
- Anorexia
- Anthocyanins
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- Anti-Obesity
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Diabetes
Fructose may cause type 2 diabetes mellitus?
In a small crossover trial of nine healthy young men published in Diabetes Care, moderate and high fructose intake and high sucrose intake lowered hepatic suppression of glucose production and raised LDL and total cholesterol compared with the same amount of glucose.
Obesity
Inadequate diet leads to obesity - opinion
T. Colin Campbell argues a plant-based diet prevents obesity without calorie counting, pointing to older Chinese diets. Shanghai researcher Zhao Liping ties endotoxin-producing gut bacteria to inflammation, obesity and diabetes, and says he lost about 45 pounds over two years eating that way.
Other Diseases
Dietary nutrient status linked to depression in HIV carriers
In a cross-sectional study of people living with HIV, the 21 with depressive symptoms reported lower intakes of fibre, vitamin A, magnesium and folate than 37 who were not depressed. The authors conclude depressive symptoms went with poorer dietary nutrient intake.
Cancer
Fruit, eggs and tea lower lung cancer risk, passive smoking ups the risk
A case-control study of 226 women with lung cancer and 269 controls in Fujian Province, China found fruit, egg and tea intake inversely associated with lung cancer, while passive smoking and exposure to cooking oil fumes were tied to higher risk.
Cancer
Prostate Cancer News: Dietary Fiber Prevents Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Among 930 black and 993 European American men in a North Carolina-Louisiana study, those in the top third of dietary fiber intake were 39 percent less likely to have aggressive prostate cancer, with the stronger association among European Americans.
Cancer
Plant-derived micronutrients help prevent ovarian cancer
Three studies are summarized as suggesting plant-derived antioxidants may help prevent ovarian cancer. In a New Jersey case-control study of 205 cases and 390 controls, women in the highest tertile of dietary selenium were 59% less likely to develop the disease.
Heart & Blood
Virgin olive oil may help hypertension
In 24 young women with mild hypertension, two months on a diet with polyphenol-rich olive oil lowered systolic pressure 7.91 mm Hg and diastolic 6.65 mm Hg from baseline and improved markers of endothelial function. A polyphenol-free olive oil diet served as comparison.
Cancer
Breast cancer news mini review 2: Modifiable factors and breast cancer
The second part of a roundup of recent breast cancer studies: pomegranate juice and its compounds inhibited processes involved in metastasis, Allium sivasicum extract proved toxic to breast cancer cells and slowed growth in rats, and adequate selenium intake was linked to lower risk.
Cancer
Breast Cancer News Mimi review (1) - modifiable factors and breast cancer
A roundup of recent studies: high folate intake was tied to worse survival in ER-/PR- breast cancer, a diet high in fruit and vegetable oil came with 26 percent lower all-cause mortality in patients, and vitamin C may delay progression, based on mouse work from the Dr. Rath Research Institute.
Diabetes
Dietary factors and type 2 diabetes mellitus
A roundup of recent diabetes nutrition research: high serum uric acid was tied to greater type 2 diabetes risk, nettle leaf extract lowered glucose and insulin, an alpha-lipoic acid diet prevented insulin resistance, and vegetables with PUFA-rich oil lowered HbA1c over eight weeks.
Heart & Blood
Butter on bread linked to high risk of myocardial infarction
Following 33,636 Swedish women for nearly 12 years, researchers found those in the top fifth for butter on bread were 34 percent more likely to have a heart attack, while the highest intake of total dairy tracked with 23 percent lower risk and cheese with 26 percent lower.
Diabetes
Vegetables, PUFA rich plant oil help diabetes mellitus
People with type 2 diabetes who ate 300 grams of vegetables and 25 mL of polyunsaturated plant oil daily for eight weeks raised their antioxidant levels and lowered both HbA1c and DNA strand breaks. A comparison group lowered HbA1c but saw no drop in oxidative DNA damage.
Other Diseases
Specially Fermented Vegetables and Fennel are More Effective Than Calcium to Prevent Bone Loss
Mercola cites a study in the International Journal of Molecular Medicine in which fennel seeds benefited bone mineral density and content, and argues vegetables fermented with a starter culture that optimises vitamin K2, paired with vitamin D, beat calcium megadoses for preventing bone loss.
Obesity
Caffeine/green tea supplement, another weight loss aid
In a trial of 76 overweight and moderately obese adults who first lost about 5.9 kg on a very low energy diet, a green tea and caffeine mix helped habitual low caffeine consumers keep losing weight and fat over three months, but did nothing for high caffeine consumers.
Cancer
How to prevent liver cancer without using hepatitis B vaccine?
T. Colin Campbell's mouse studies found animals fed 20 percent soy protein stayed healthy after aflatoxin dosing while those fed 20 percent casein died early, and that hepatitis B virus did not damage the livers of mice on a plant-based diet.
Obesity
New weight loss weapon: Caffeine/ephedra dietary supplements
In a small trial, 40 overweight or obese people took a supplement with 70 mg herbal caffeine and 24 mg ephedra, or a placebo, three times daily. At 12 weeks the supplement group had lost 3.5 kg against 0.8 kg, and 7.9 percent of body fat against 1.9 percent.
Heart & Blood
Nutrients and stroke risk
Reviewing the epidemiological evidence in Current Opinion in Lipidology, Karolinska researcher S.C. Larsson finds magnesium and potassium intake may help prevent stroke and high sodium may raise risk. Effects of most fats, cholesterol, calcium and single vitamins remain uncertain.
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