Category: Nutrition
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Do Milk and Sugar Cause Acne?
IT’S CONFIRMED. DAIRY PRODUCTS AND SUGAR CAUSE ACNE. As our sugar and dairy consumption has increased over the last 100 years so has the number of people with acne. We now have over 17 million acne sufferers, costing our health care system $1 billion a year. Eighty to ninety percent of teenagers suffer acne to…
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Whole-Fat or Nonfat Dairy? The Debate Continues
This is the title of an article published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. They review the evidence for whole-fat, and non-fat dairy foods out there. I agree with Frank Hu, MD, PhD, MPH, chair of the nutrition department at Harvard University where he advises, “don’t get overstressed about just one thing. Overall dietary…
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Leaky Gut, Leaky Brain: The Role of Zonulin
by Melissa Lee – Fx Medicine 05/13/2016 DOWNLOAD INFOGRAPHIC In recent years an amazing discovery has advanced our understanding of intestinal permeability. In 2000, Dr Alessio Fasano and his team discovered a molecule responsible for modulating intestinal tight junctions (TJs) known as zonulin. To date, zonulin is the only human protein known to reversibly regulate intestinal permeability. Based on Dr Fasano’s…
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Low Carb Diets Can Help Lower Your Blood Sugars in Type 2 Diabetes
An article published in the journal Diabetic Medicine shows that you can lower your blood sugars by restricting your carbohydrates. They found that by restricting carbohydrates to 50–130 g daily, it had beneficial effects on HbA1c in trials of up to 6 months. Talk to your diabetes doctor before trying a restricted carbohydrate diet because everyone’s case is different.…
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How to Reverse Cataracts
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. There is a growing population of aging patients suffering from cataracts and many are unaware of a simple solution that may reverse this eye disease. A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Most cataracts are related to aging. Cataracts are very common…
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NUTRITION: Dark Roast Coffee Protects Human DNA
This article reports that drinking dark roast coffee reduces DNA strand breakage, and may offer beneficial protective effects on human DNA integrity. This important because It is known that there are a range of disorders that are associated with an impairment of cell DNA integrity due to increased damage to DNA. Among these disorders, there are certain…
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5 Foods To Fight Inflammation
Naveed Saleh, MD, MS, for MDLinx | November 20, 2018 Everyone knows the health benefits of eating fruits and vegetables. The health value of plant-based foods is attributable in part to the phytochemicals that they produce. Phytochemicals are compounds that give plants color, odor, and flavor. Phytochemicals do wonderful things for your body, such as…
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CoQ10 To Prevent Migraine Headache and Reduce Number of Migraine Days
Try taking between 100 mg to 400 mg of CoQ10 per day to see if you experience a reduction in your migraine headaches. ~ Dr. Broussard Efficacy of CoQ10 as supplementation for migraine: A meta-analysis Acta Neurologica Scandinavica — Zeng Z, et al. | November 19, 2018 In this first-in-kind study, researchers investigated the clinical…
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Vitamin D: How Much Is Enough?
by Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S The verdict is out. We are simply not getting enough Vitamin D. Vitamin D is crucial in every disease from inhibiting cancer and heart diseases to mental disease, recurrent infections, tooth loss, osteoporosis, narcolepsy and auto-immune disease. Unfortunately the reference range of Quest and Lab Corp is commonly…
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Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Prevent Fractures or Falls, Nor Does it Help Bone Mineral Density
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology — Bolland MJ, et al. | November 06, 2018 In this systematic review, random-effects meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis, researchers examined the impact of vitamin D supplementation on fractures, falls, and bone mineral density. An evaluation of 81 trials exhibited no impact of vitamin D supplementation (including higher and lower…