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Nutrition

Vitamins, minerals, supplements, herbs and diet: the research on how what we eat shapes our health.

Food

Drinking coffee may induce spontaneous abortion

In a cohort of 5,132 Danish women planning pregnancy, 14.3% miscarried. Caffeine intake before conception showed no significant link, but women consuming 100-199, 200-299 or more than 300 mg a day during pregnancy were 62%, 48% and 23% more likely to miscarry.

Supplements

Fish Oil, Your Best Supplement

The author recounts a CNN story of a brain-injured young man who woke from a coma after his family raised his fish oil to 20 grams a day, then explains the EPA and DHA in over-the-counter capsules, molecular distillation, and everyday dosing.

Apr 15, 2015

Food

Eating fish lowers risk of Alzheimer's disease

A meta-analysis tied higher fish intake to 36% lower Alzheimer's risk, with each extra 100 grams of fish a week linked to an 11% reduction. Taking omega-3 supplements, the authors suggest, may not lower the risk the way eating fish appears to.

Apr 15, 2015

Food

Eat Right to Protect Your Eyesight

Mercola argues that age-related macular degeneration and cataracts are largely driven by free radical damage and may in many cases be preventable through antioxidant-rich foods, naming deep-colored produce, leafy greens, astaxanthin, omega-3, vitamin D, lutein and zeaxanthin.

Apr 13, 2015

Herbs

What can tea do to your health?

The piece credits drinking tea with lower risk of metabolic disorders, cancer, Parkinson's disease and infection, and says tea polyphenols delay aging 18 times more effectively than vitamin E and that green tea's EGCG acts against nearly all types of cancer.

Apr 11, 2015

Supplements

Brewer’s yeast helps diabetes mellitus

A meta-analysis of 14 trials with more than 800 patients found chromium supplementation as brewer's yeast significantly lowered fasting plasma glucose in diabetes, while chromium chloride, chromium yeast and picolinate did not. None of the forms significantly changed A1C.

Apr 9, 2015

Supplements

Did TEDx Miss the Point on Potential Therapeutic Benefits of Hemp-derived CBD Oil?

TEDx Boca Raton cancelled Mike Zapolin's scheduled talk on hemp-derived CBD oil, writing that the city was not ready for a cannabis talk. His press release argues the talk would have countered myths about a plant used for more than 10,000 years.

Apr 7, 2015

Food

Eating oily fish or fish oil helps breast cancer survival

Among 1,463 Long Island women with a first breast cancer followed 15 years, during which 485 died, the highest intakes of tuna, other baked or broiled fish, DHA and EPA corresponded to 29%, 25%, 29% and 25% lower risk of death from all causes.

Mar 30, 2015

Supplements

Protein, amino acid supplements prevent muscle loss during a weight loss intervention

In 80 obese older adults, a supplement enriched with whey protein, leucine and vitamin D helped prevent muscle loss during a 13-week weight loss program, suggesting protein or branched-chain amino acid supplements may protect muscle while dieting.

Mar 30, 2015

Food

Vinegar may help fight diabetes mellitus

Twelve healthy volunteers ate white bread with or without 18, 23 or 28 mmol of acetic acid; the higher vinegar doses lowered blood glucose and insulin responses and raised satiety scores. The findings still need confirming in people with type 2 diabetes.

Mar 28, 2015

Food

WCRF - Drinking alcohol boosts risk of liver cancer

WCRF's analysis of 34 studies covering 8.2 million people, including 25,000 liver cancers, found about 45 grams of alcohol a day raises liver cancer risk, with each extra 10 grams adding 4%. Below 45 grams, no increased risk appeared.

Mar 26, 2015

Nutrition

Healthy Recipes: Warm Quinoa and Walnut Salad

A recipe for a warm salad of red quinoa and edamame simmered in vegetable broth, tossed with roasted red peppers and spinach in an olive oil, lemon and tarragon dressing, topped with chopped walnuts. Makes six servings at 270 calories each.

Mar 24, 2015

Vitamins

Vitamin D prevents colorectal cancer

Comparing 318 colon and rectal cancer cases with 624 matched controls from two US cohorts, researchers found high serum 25(OH)D correlated with a 90% lower risk of tumors showing a strong immune reaction, but no lower risk of tumors with weaker reaction.

Mar 18, 2015

Supplements

Psyllium fiber lowers cholesterol

In a randomized, double-blind trial, 51 children aged 6 to 19 with mild-to-moderate high cholesterol took 7 grams of psyllium husk or cellulose daily for eight weeks. Total cholesterol fell nearly 8% and LDL about 11% in the psyllium group, with no side effects observed.

Mar 18, 2015

Food

Eating fish lowers dementia risk - review finds

A meta-analysis tied eating fish to 16% lower dementia risk and 36% lower Alzheimer's risk, with each extra 100 grams of fish a week linked to an 11% reduction. Intake of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids themselves showed no significant association with either.

Mar 17, 2015

Supplements

Carnitine supplements help metabolic symdrome

Czech researchers gave carnitine to rats bred with high blood fat for eight weeks. The supplemented rats gained less weight and had less liver steatosis, lower fasting triglycerides and reduced oxidative stress, suggesting carnitine may ease some metabolic syndrome markers.

Feb 28, 2015

Nutrition

Stillbirth may increase women's long term risk for depression

An NIH-funded study in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology found women who deliver a stillbirth and have no history of depression may face a higher risk of depression persisting as long as 36 months. Stillbirth occurs in 1 of 160 U.S. pregnancies.

Feb 18, 2015

Phytochemicals

Polyphenols help inflammatory bowel disease

A review finds that dietary polyphenols from apples, bilberries, turmeric, green tea, grapefruit, olive oil, pomegranate and red grapes may help in inflammatory bowel disease by damping inflammatory cytokines and enzymes and strengthening antioxidant defenses.

Feb 17, 2015

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