Omega-3 fatty acids reduce toxic effects of chemotherapy - MSM reports this as a bad thing!
by: David Gutierrez
According to many media reports, a recent study in JAMA Oncology found that omega-3 fatty acids can reduce the effectiveness of cancer treatment.
"Cancer patients who eat herring and mackerel or take omega-3 supplements may end up resistant to chemotherapy, a study has warned," writes the Daily Mail.
The same stories have reported the researchers' recommendation that people undergoing chemotherapy refrain from eating oily fish or taking fish oil or omega-3 supplements on the day of their treatment.
But the study in question found no such thing, while other studies have actually suggested that omega-3s might reduce the side effects of cancer drugs while increasing their effectiveness. Read more
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Monday, April 27, 2015
Thyroid: The Master Gland of the Metabolism
Thyroid: The Master Gland of the Metabolism
Thyroid problems affect an estimated 25 million Americans, the vast majority of them women. Few women, however, are aware of the critical relationship between the thyroid gland and nearly every aspect of child-bearing. The thyroid can effect fertility, the ability to become pregnant and maintain a healthy pregnancy, postpartum health, successful breastfeeding, and even the health of the baby.
While this connection is widely acknowledged in the medical profession, current testing often misses sub clinically low thyroid level, even when a large number of characteristic symptoms are present: Depression, a swollen and puffy face, intolerance to cold, constipation, weight gain, fatigues and dry skin are all hallmark symptoms. Read more
Thyroid problems affect an estimated 25 million Americans, the vast majority of them women. Few women, however, are aware of the critical relationship between the thyroid gland and nearly every aspect of child-bearing. The thyroid can effect fertility, the ability to become pregnant and maintain a healthy pregnancy, postpartum health, successful breastfeeding, and even the health of the baby.
While this connection is widely acknowledged in the medical profession, current testing often misses sub clinically low thyroid level, even when a large number of characteristic symptoms are present: Depression, a swollen and puffy face, intolerance to cold, constipation, weight gain, fatigues and dry skin are all hallmark symptoms. Read more
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Vitamin C can safe you from Diabetes and Dementia
Vitamin C can safe you from Diabetes and Dementia
Do you know your vitamin D level? If not, a simple blood test called 25(OH)D, or 25-hydroxyvitamin D, can reveal your levels and give you incredible insight into your potential future risk of disease.Low vitamin D levels are widely known to harm your bones, leading them to become thin, brittle, soft, or misshapen. But a lack of vitamin D does not only impact your bones. Far from it. Read more
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
The Mediterranean Diet Reduces Mortality From All Causes
The Mediterranean Diet Reduces Mortality From All Causes
by: Barbara L. Minton
Scientists are finding that those who choose to eat according to the principles of the Mediterranean diet have a lowered rate of death from all causes. Research has shown that the Mediterranean diet has a beneficial effect against cardiovascular disease and is a preventative against a second heart attack. Now we are seeing that this diet extends longevity by reducing deaths from all diseases including cancer.
The NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
Researchers reported in the December 10, 2007 Archives of Internal Medicine a prospective study to investigate the Mediterranean dietary pattern in relation to mortality, confirming suggestions that the diet plays a beneficial role for health and longevity.
The study participants included 214,284 men and 166,012 women in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study. During follow up for all-cause mortality from 1995 to 2005, 27,799 deaths were documented. In the first 5 years of follow up 5,985 cancer deaths and 3,451 cardiovascular disease deaths were reported. The researchers used a nine point score to assess conformity with the Mediterranean diet pattern with components including vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, whole grains, fish, monounsaturated fat-saturated fat ratio, alcohol, and meat. They calculated hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals using age and multivariate adjusted Cox models.
Results indicated that the Mediterranean diet was associated with reduced all-cause and cause-specific mortality. In men, the multivariate hazard ratios comparing high to low conformity for all-causes, CVD, and cancer mortality were 0.79, 0.78, and 0.83. In women, an inverse association was seen with high conformity within this pattern: decreased risks that ranged from 12% for cancer mortality to 20% for all-cause mortality.
Results from this study provide strong evidence of a beneficial effect from higher conformity with the Mediterranean dietary pattern on risk of death from all causes, including deaths due to cardiovascular disease and cancer in the a U.S. population. Read more
Scientists are finding that those who choose to eat according to the principles of the Mediterranean diet have a lowered rate of death from all causes. Research has shown that the Mediterranean diet has a beneficial effect against cardiovascular disease and is a preventative against a second heart attack. Now we are seeing that this diet extends longevity by reducing deaths from all diseases including cancer.
The NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
Researchers reported in the December 10, 2007 Archives of Internal Medicine a prospective study to investigate the Mediterranean dietary pattern in relation to mortality, confirming suggestions that the diet plays a beneficial role for health and longevity.
The study participants included 214,284 men and 166,012 women in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study. During follow up for all-cause mortality from 1995 to 2005, 27,799 deaths were documented. In the first 5 years of follow up 5,985 cancer deaths and 3,451 cardiovascular disease deaths were reported. The researchers used a nine point score to assess conformity with the Mediterranean diet pattern with components including vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, whole grains, fish, monounsaturated fat-saturated fat ratio, alcohol, and meat. They calculated hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals using age and multivariate adjusted Cox models.
Results indicated that the Mediterranean diet was associated with reduced all-cause and cause-specific mortality. In men, the multivariate hazard ratios comparing high to low conformity for all-causes, CVD, and cancer mortality were 0.79, 0.78, and 0.83. In women, an inverse association was seen with high conformity within this pattern: decreased risks that ranged from 12% for cancer mortality to 20% for all-cause mortality.
Results from this study provide strong evidence of a beneficial effect from higher conformity with the Mediterranean dietary pattern on risk of death from all causes, including deaths due to cardiovascular disease and cancer in the a U.S. population. Read more
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Calculating Antioxidants?
Calculating Antioxidants?
Exactly how many antioxidants should be consumed daily to get the full benefit of them? Is it based on age, weight, height, etc? If so, how do I figure out how much I need?
Vitamin C: 250 mg daily. This amount is more than adequate to saturate the body's tissues and provide protection against cancer, heart disease and other chronic illnesses. You can take up to 1000 mg extra C a day if you have additional oxidative stress in your life, such as an illness or living with pollution or second hand smoke.
Vitamin E: 400 IUs a day of mixed natural tocopherols, or at least 80 mg of mixed tocopherol and tocotrienols. Always choose natural vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol with mixed tocopherols) and avoid the synthetic form (dl-alpha-tocopherol). The best brands will also include mixed tocotrienols, the other components of natural vitamin E (I take vitamin E at lunch or dinner). Read more
Vitamin E: 400 IUs a day of mixed natural tocopherols, or at least 80 mg of mixed tocopherol and tocotrienols. Always choose natural vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol with mixed tocopherols) and avoid the synthetic form (dl-alpha-tocopherol). The best brands will also include mixed tocotrienols, the other components of natural vitamin E (I take vitamin E at lunch or dinner). Read more
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