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Nutrition

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

Vitamins

Arginine doesn't cut death risk from heart attack

A Fudan University meta-analysis pooling two trials covering 927 patients found oral L-arginine did not improve outcomes in unstable coronary artery disease. Supplemented patients were 7 percent less likely to die after acute myocardial infarction, but the difference was not significant.

Nutrition

How Trillions of Dollars Were Stolen From U.S. Taxpayers

Mercola posts Alex Jones's documentary The Fall of the Republic alongside a 60 Minutes segment on $60 billion in annual Medicare fraud, then defends covering economics on a health site by arguing unemployment and financial stress weigh heavily on health.

Nov 26, 2009

Nutrition

Want to live longer? Try Vitamin D

Dr. Mercola cites a study of 614 older adults in which the lowest vitamin D levels carried 124 percent higher all-cause mortality and 378 percent higher cardiovascular mortality over about six years, plus Finnish data linking low levels to 25 percent higher heart and stroke death risk.

Nov 26, 2009

Nutrition

Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of type 1 diabetes

Borkar and colleagues in India measured vitamin D in 50 children within a week of a type 1 diabetes diagnosis and 50 others: averages were 20.02 against 26.16 ng/mL, with 58% of the diabetic children deficient against 32%. They call for supplementation trials.

Nov 26, 2009

Nutrition

Kmart black friday ads 2009

A listing of advertised Kmart Black Friday 2009 doorbuster prices by department, with the sale running from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Nov 25, 2009

Food

Cranberry juice prevents urinary tract infections

In a randomized trial of 84 Italian girls aged 3 to 14, those drinking 50 ml of cranberry juice daily had an 18.5 percent rate of urinary tract infections over six months, against 42.3 percent for a Lactobacillus drink and 48.1 percent for controls.

Nov 25, 2009

Food

Top 12 Foods for Healthy Immune Response

Mercola lists the foods he rates highest for immune support ahead of the 2009 flu season, opening with raw grass-fed organic milk and whey protein from grass-fed cows. He urges cutting processed food, grains and sugar rather than relying on supplements or vaccines.

Nov 23, 2009

Vitamins

Vitamin C may promote age-related cataract in women

Among 24,593 Swedish women followed 8.2 years, those who took vitamin C supplements were 25 percent more likely to have a cataract extraction, and those who took them more than 10 years 46 percent more likely. The authors say the use of such supplements may be associated with higher risk.

Nov 23, 2009

Nutrition

Spray-on drug may increase ejaculation time

In a trial of 256 men with premature ejaculation at 38 centers, a lidocaine and prilocaine spray added about 2 minutes 36 seconds to intercourse time on average, against 48 seconds for controls. The gain held for three months and partners rarely felt numbed.

Nov 22, 2009

Nutrition

Kennedy Denied Communion

Rep. Patrick Kennedy says Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred him from receiving communion over his position on abortion and instructed other Rhode Island priests to do the same, which a spokesman for the bishop denies.

Nov 22, 2009

Food

Could drinking alcohol reduce heart risk?

A Spanish study of about 41,000 adults followed 10 years found men who drank alcohol were 30 percent less likely to develop coronary heart disease, with risk falling as intake rose; no link appeared in women. Critics note it was not a trial and relied on self-reported drinking.

Nov 21, 2009

Food

Moldova Army enlists garlic, onions to fight swine flu

Moldova's army told each soldier to add one small onion and two garlic cloves to his diet as an immunity booster against swine flu, a use officials rarely endorse. Romania was reported to be sending Moldova 400,000 vaccine doses.

Nov 20, 2009

Nutrition

Vitamin B niacin offers no extra benefits to statin therapy

In 145 Baltimore patients over 65 with existing atherosclerosis, adding 1,500 mg of extended-release niacin to statin therapy did not further reduce arterial wall thickness, though LDL fell 5 percent and HDL rose 14 percent. Lima says any niacin benefit lies elsewhere.

Nov 19, 2009

Phytochemicals

Green tea helps protect against hepatic fibrosis

In rats with chemically induced liver fibrosis, green tea extract curbed proliferation of activated hepatic stellate cells and reduced collagen deposition. The Korean researchers concluded green tea may protect liver cells and limit collagen buildup in the liver.

Nov 19, 2009

Vitamins

Women at risk from vitamin A deficiency (Press Release)

Newcastle University researchers found that 29 of 62 women studied, 47 percent, carry a genetic variation that reduces how much vitamin A their bodies can make from beta-carotene. Dr. Georg Lietz says beta-carotene is not an effective substitute for many women.

Nov 18, 2009

Food

This Bee Product Has Enormous Benefits for Your Health

Mercola describes propolis, the resin bees gather from leaf buds and use to disinfect the hive and seal cracks. Its alcoholic tincture is used mainly to stimulate the body's defenses, and it has been studied for antioxidant, antimicrobial, healing and anti-inflammatory activity.

Nov 17, 2009

Supplements

Omega-3 Benefits Your Baby's Brain and Eyes

The European Food Safety Authority confirmed that the omega-3 fats DHA and ALA benefit eye and brain development in babies but said breast milk supplies enough, declining to endorse supplementation. Mercola disagrees, arguing contaminated fish makes animal-based omega-3 supplements necessary.

Nov 17, 2009

Food

Drinking coffee cuts Alzheimer's disease risk

In a Finnish study of 1,409 people followed about 21 years, those drinking 3 to 5 cups of coffee a day at midlife had a 65% lower risk of Alzheimer's than those who drank little. Researchers saw no comparable association for tea, which also contains caffeine.

Nov 16, 2009

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