Category: Nutrition
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Back pain – The Salty Snack You Should AVOID Or Risk Lower Backache
BACK pain could be prevented by watching your diet, changing your sleep position, or by making some changes to your sleep position. You could also reduce the risk of lower back pain symptoms by avoiding this salty snack. By MATT ATHERTON PUBLISHED: 21:50, Tue, Oct 30, 2018 | UPDATED: 21:58, Tue, Oct 30, 2018 Back…
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8 Glasses of Water A Day: Myth or Medicine?
John Murphy, MDLinx | October 10, 2018 Everyone knows that you need to drink 8 glasses of water a day. This advice has been around forever, so it must be true, right? Probably not. There’s no scientific evidence to support the claim that the average human needs to drink 8 glasses (ie, 8-oz cups) of…
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Could Omega-3 Supplements Help Reduce Anxiety?
Published Monday 15 October 2018 By Tim Newman Fact checked by Jasmin Collier A recently published meta-analysis concludes that omega-3 oil supplements might reduce symptoms of anxiety for some people. Anxiety is one of the most common psychiatric symptoms in the United States. It can appear as a standalone anxiety disorder or as part of…
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Processed and junk foods: Bad news for pretty much every system in the body
Liz Meszaros, MDLinx | October 24, 2018 The number of fast foods restaurants in American has doubled since 1970. Is it a coincidence that since that year, the number of obese Americans has more than doubled as well? Likely not, when you consider that nearly 50% of American adults eat fast food at least once…
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Play “D”fence before you Replace That Knee
written by Dr. Carl Freeman The Lower the “D” the Higher the Risks (Vitamin D and Knee Replacement) Knee patients who are vitamin D deficient ninety days before having a total knee replacement have a 69% higher rate of manipulations under anesthesia (MUA), a 76% higher rate of infection, and a three-fold higher risk of prosthesis…
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Supplements Tainted By Prescription Drugs
In this article, they say that the drug that’s in Viagra, prescription appetite suppressant, and synthetic steroids are in some over-the-counter supplements out there. If you ever need help in this area, please let me know, I may be able to help you avoid problems. ~ Dr. Broussard Unapproved Pharmaceutical Ingredients Included in Dietary Supplements Associated…
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Berberine and Blood Sugar
Berberine has become synonymous with supporting the maintenance of healthy blood sugar levels, as well as having benefits for the gut, brain and heart. A recent article delves into the biological mechanisms of this botanical to confirm its influence on blood sugar. Although not fully understood, the pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) seems to stem from…
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Obesity could overtake smoking as biggest preventable cause of cancer in women
Cancer Research UK News | September 24, 2018 Obesity is set to overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer among UK women in 25 years’ time, according to a Cancer Research UK report. These new projections calculate that in just 17 years (2035) 10% of cancers in women (around 25,000 cases) could be…
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Sugary Drinks Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and incidence of breast cancer: The Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) Project Journal Summaries in Internal Medicine European Journal of Nutrition — Romanos-Nanclares A, et al. | October 04, 2018 Given sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) are an acknowledged dietary factor that increases insulin resistance, which may potentially lead to an increased risk of…
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Probiotics Improve Spinal Bone Mineral Density
Gut microbiome shapes the immune system, which in turn regulates bone mass by Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today October 03, 2018 MONTREAL — Probiotic treatment for 12 months led to significant improvements in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) among postmenopausal women, a researcher reported at the annual meeting of the American Society for…