Higher vitamin B6 levels correlated with lower heart attack risk in women

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In an article published online on August 10, 2009 in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, Harvard researchers report an association between higher plasma levels of vitamin B6 and a reduction in the risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) in women.
The study included 144 participants in the ongoing Nurses’ Health [...]

Majority of American children have insufficient vitamin D levels

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The results of a study conducted by researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, published online on August 1, 2009 in the journal Pediatrics, reveal a disturbing presence of low levels of vitamin D among children in the U.S. “We expected the prevalence of vitamin D [...]

Calorie Restriction

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How long we live may not be determined by what we eat so much as how much we eat. Of all the potential antiaging approaches, none have so far shown the promise of caloric restriction. Over the past 75 years, many studies have shown that caloric restriction extends life span [...]

A Natural Blood Pressure-Lowering Program

Check out these tips for healthy blood pressure from Dr. Earl Mindell:

Maintain a healthy weight.

Get some moderate exercise at least 30 minutes every day or 45 minutes three to four times a week.

Eat a low-fat, low-sodium, low-sugar diet emphasizing whole, fresh foods, especially vegetables, grains, and plenty of fiber.

Avoid refined, packages, and processed foods.

Broccoli sprouts fight ulcer bacteria

The April issue of the journal Cancer Prevention Research published the results of a trial conducted by scientists at Tokyo University of Science, the University of Tsukuba in Japan, and Johns Hopkins University which determined that the isothiocyanate sulforaphane, a compound that occurs in high amounts in broccoli and its sprouts, helps suppress infection by [...]

Osteoporosis

The benefits of a healthy diet and exercise for people with osteoporosis are widely accepted. However, most conventional medical sources touch upon only calcium and vitamin D when it comes to nutrients that help reduce the risk of osteoporosis. In reality, researchers are discovering that bone health and remodeling are complex processes that are influenced [...]

Mediterranean diet associated with reduction in women’s deaths from heart attack and stroke

Close on the heels of the publication of a study in the AMA journal Archives of Neurology linking the consumption of a Mediterranean diet to a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, an article published online on February 17, 2009 in the American Heart Association journal Circulation reports an association between greater [...]

Many Don’t Realize the Seriousness of Diabetes

Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.
02-17-09
Feb. 17–When the American Diabetes Association held a series of focus groups asking people to rank the severity of certain health problems, cancer and heart disease, predictably, ranked at the top of the list.
Diabetes fell to the middle of the pack.
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly [...]

Olive oil polyphenols may help reduce breast cancer risk

A report published online on December 18, 2008 in the journal BioMed Central Cancer revealed the discovery of Spanish researchers of a suppressive effect of compounds found in extra virgin olive oil against breast cancer cells containing the cancer gene HER2. HER2 is amplified or overexpressed in an estimated 20 to 30 percent of invasive [...]

Metabolic Danger of High-Fructose Corn Syrup

What you need to know about high-fructose corn syrup:

Dietary intake of fructose, particularly in the form of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), has dramatically increased in the US in recent decades. Increased HFCS consumption has paralleled increasing rates of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and other conditions associated with poor lifestyle habits.
High-fructose corn syrup is found in sweetened [...]