Category: Nutrition
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Glycine and Tryptophan Reduce Serum Uric Acid and Triglycerides
Date Posted: 4/30/2019 2:16:57 PM As a central characteristic of gout, hyperuricemia is defined as a serum uric acid concentration higher than 7.0 mg/dL. Hyperuricemia occurs as a result of an imbalance between uric acid synthesis and excretion but is thought to mostly be influenced by decreased renal excretion. Earlier studies showed glycine reduces uric…
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Ultra-processed Food and Incident Depressive Symptoms
In this British medical journal, they concluded that the more processed foods one eats, the higher the risk of developing symptoms of depression, and that diet may have a clinical effect in mental health. ~ Dr. Broussard Prospective association between ultra-processed food consumption and incident depressive symptoms in the French NutriNet-Santé cohort BMC Medicine —…
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Unpacking a Recent Study Linking Diet Soda With Stroke Risks
April 3, 2019 Jennifer Abbasi JAMA. Published online April 3, 2019. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.2123 Around 2 decades ago, researchers asked tens of thousands of participants in the Women’s Health Initiative study how often they consumed artificially sweetened beverages over the past 3 months. Recently, they looked at how the diet sodas and fruit drinks the women drank…
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Cholesterol and Dietary Supplements
Your body needs cholesterol to make hormones and other substances, but having too much of it in your blood is linked to higher risks of heart disease and stroke. High cholesterol has no symptoms; the only way to find out whether your cholesterol level is high is by having a blood test. A variety of…
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Fatty Fish Versus Gout: A Potential Winner
But no benefit seen with fish oil sans fish by Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today March 27, 2019 Consumption of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA), which are contained in fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel, and sardines, was associated with a significant decrease in the risk of gout flares, a large online…
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Sugary Beverages Associated With More Severe Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Rachel Lutz Publish Date: Friday, March 22, 2019 A new report found that soda and other beverages sweetened with sugar can make symptoms more severe in multiple sclerosis patients. Investigators from St. Josef Hospital Bochum in Germany surveyed multiple sclerosis patients in order to assess the effect of diet on mechanisms implicated in multiple sclerosis…
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Nutrition Education in Medical School, Residency Training, and Practice
This article discusses the lack of nutritional education in Medical Schools, and makes a case as to why more nutrition education requirements are long overdue. ~ Dr. Broussard Nutrition Education in Medical School, Residency Training, and Practice March 21, 2019 Stephen Devries, MD JAMA. 2019;321(14):1351-1352. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.1581 Nutrition education in medical school is rudimentary, at best, and…
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Sugar Alternatives to Help Fight Diabetes
Rosemary Black, for MDLinx | February 27, 2019 Got a sweet tooth? Then dressing up your favorite dishes with a spoonful of sugar is a guilty pleasure you probably indulge in on occasion. So, those who like their sweet treats may be interested to know that products like date sugar and coconut sugar are joining…
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Curcumin Helps With Inflammation
This article concludes that curcumin supplements may exert anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties by reducing interleukin-6. Interleukin-6 is one of the inflammatory chemicals that has been associated with low back pain, so next time you have back pain, try taking curcumin. For better absorption of curcumin, try a product that comes with black pepper (piperine), whey…
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Mediterranean-Style Diet My Help Reduce Blood Pressure in Older Men
If you’re an older man (≥ 65 years) and have high blood pressure, you may want to consider talking to your doctor about using the Mediterranean Diet to help lower your blood pressure. Give this diet about a year, and see if it doesn’t reduce your blood pressure. ~ Dr. Broussard Mediterranean-style diet improves systolic…