An Indian case-control study of 464 NAFLD patients and 181 controls linked meat or fish, fried foods, spicy foods and tea to higher risk. Patients also had higher body mass index, waist ratios, fasting blood sugar and triglycerides, and over 90 percent lived sedentary lives.
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Lowering Risk of a Major Eye Disease
An ARS-funded analysis of data from the AREDS trial associated a diet high in vegetables, legumes, fruit, whole grains, tomatoes and seafood with lower odds of age-related macular degeneration than a diet heavier in red meat and refined grains.
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Healthy lifestyle prevents stroke
Among 11,450 Swedish men already at high risk of stroke, those following a healthy lifestyle (five daily servings of produce, little processed meat, no smoking, 150 minutes of activity, a BMI of 18.5 to 25 and limited alcohol) were 79 percent less likely to have a stroke.
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Mid-life proteinuria linked to late-life dementia
Among 8,006 Japanese-American men in the Honolulu Heart Program, dementia incidence rose from 13.8 to 39.7 per 1,000 person-years across no, trace and positive mid-life proteinuria. Positive proteinuria tracked with all-cause dementia, but not Alzheimer's or vascular dementia specifically.
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What to eat to improve your fertility?
A Polish review reports that monounsaturated fats from peanut, sunflower, safflower and olive oil, along with produce high in protein and nonheme iron, may improve women's fertility, while trans fats and high-glycemic carbohydrates may reduce it.
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New guidelines for Alzheimer's disease prevention
Speakers at the 2013 International Conference on Nutrition and the Brain drew up seven dietary and lifestyle guidelines: minimize saturated and trans fats, make vegetables, legumes, fruit and whole grains the staples, take vitamin E from food, and get at least 2.4 ug of B12 daily.
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Treatment for idiopathic male infertility
A review in Seminars in Reproductive Medicine reports that a third of male infertility has no known cause. For those men, doctors commonly try empirical treatments: hormones such as gonadotropins, anti-estrogens and aromatase inhibitors, or carnitine, lycopene, glutathione and vitamin E.
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Lifestyle factors and reproductive health: taking control of your fertility
This literature review covers how modifiable habits shape fertility in both men and women: age at starting a family, nutrition, weight, exercise, stress, and environmental and occupational exposures. Smoking, illicit drugs, alcohol and caffeine can harm it. Infertility affects 10 to 15% of couples.
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Study examines probiotic use in preventing gastrointestinal disorders in infants (PR)
Flavia Indrio of Aldo Moro University and colleagues randomized 554 Italian newborns to Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 or placebo for 90 days. At three months the probiotic group averaged 38 minutes of crying a day against 71, fewer regurgitations, and about $119 lower costs per patient.
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Exposure to cold temperatures can help boost weight loss
Regular exposure to mild cold may be a sustainable way to lose weight, Dutch researchers argue in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, since calorie-burning brown fat persists in adults. They suggest letting indoor temperatures drift, but long-term effects are untested.
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Obesity May Cause Early Death
An American Journal of Public Health analysis of 16,868 people found obesity associated with a 20% higher risk of death, with obese participants dying about 1.6 years earlier from all causes and 1.6 to 5 years earlier from cardiovascular disease than normal weight participants.
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Two Exciting Alzheimer’s Advances: A Novel Early Detection Test Using Peanut Butter, and a Study Evaluating Coconut Oil
Mercola describes a small University of Florida pilot study in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences that tested smell sensitivity in 24 patients with mild cognitive impairment by measuring the distance at which each open nostril could detect peanut butter.
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Telomere length indicator of your health and lifespan
The piece describes telomere shortening as driven by oxidative stress, which makes diet, lifestyle and environment relevant to telomere length. It says studies suggest antioxidants such as vitamins C and E, green tea, omega-3s, lipoic acid and resveratrol may help preserve them.
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Alzheimer's disease prevention: What you need to know *****
A Korean study comparing 424 people with normal cognition, 382 with mild cognitive impairment and 56 dementia patients found higher serum homocysteine and lower folate in the impaired groups. Moderate hyperhomocysteinemia carried five times the odds of dementia; low folate nearly four.
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Silicon rich mineral water helps Alzheimer's disease
Two reviews make the case that aluminum is a major Alzheimer's risk factor. One describes aluminum triggering reactive oxygen species and cutting ATP synthesis; the other argues chronic aluminum neurotoxicity is largely responsible in many cases, citing processed foods and alum-treated water.
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No cure for Parkinson's disease, but nutrition supplements helpful
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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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.
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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.
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