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Monday, February 23, 2009 Filed under Agriculture, Health, Research, Sciences on Thursday, January 12, 2006. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Brazilian berry popular in health food contains antioxidants that destroyed cultured human cancer cells in a recent University of Florida study, one of the first to investigate the fruit’s purported benefits. Published today in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the study showed extracts from acai (ah-SAH’-ee) berries triggered a self-destruct response in up to 86 percent of leukemia cells tested, said Stephen Talcott, an assistant professor with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. > moreSaturday, February 21, 2009 A thyroid condition occurs when too much or too little thyroglobulin protein in your thyroid binds to iodine, hence producing too many or too few hormones. Two key hormones produced by your thyroid are triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). These hormones help oxygen get into cells, and make your thyroid the master gland of metabolism. There are a number of different problems that can go wrong with your thyroid, but one of the most common is hypothyroidism; a condition where your thyroid is producing too few hormones. Hypothyroidism affects some 80 percent of people with thyroid disease. > moreThursday, February 19, 2009 According to recent statistics, 16% of Americans will experience depression during their lifetime. It’s interesting to note that women are almost twice as likely to become depressed as men. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports: "When a woman has a depressive disorder, it interferes with daily life and normal functioning, and causes pain for both the woman with the disorder and those who care about her. Depression is a common but serious illness, and most who have it need treatment to get better." The reasons for a higher risk of depression in women may include hormonal changes brought on by puberty, menstruation, menopause and pregnancy. > moreWednesday, February 18, 2009 Grape Seed Extract Lowers Risk of Heart Disease Proanthocyanidin (OPC), a powerful antioxidant found in grape seeds, grape skins, strawberries and French maritime pine bark, has anti-inflammatory properties which have been shown to promote normal blood flow and thus benefit the cardiovascular system. OPC’s prevent "blood sludge" that can cause strokes and heart attacks. OPC’s work like aspirin (only better and safer) to prevent abnormal blood clotting. OPC’s may be a superior answer for those who need thinner blood (like people with arrhythmias), as a safer alternative to coumadin. OPC’s are also called "Pycnogenol"® (a registered trade name) when they are derived from pine bark. > moreWednesday, February 18, 2009 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Grapes helped lower blood pressure and improve heart function in lab rats fed an otherwise salty diet, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. The findings, published in the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, may help people with high blood pressure, they said. "These findings support our theory that something within the grapes themselves has a direct impact on cardiovascular risk, beyond the simple blood pressure-lowering impact that we already know can come from a diet rich in fruits and vegetables," Mitchell Seymour of the Cardioprotection Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan said in a statement. > moreWednesday, February 18, 2009 “The authors note that a glass of wine or food or supplements containing even small doses of resveratrol are likely to help stave off cardiac aging.” GAINESVILLE, Fla. 6-4-08 - How do the French get away with a clean bill of heart health despite a diet loaded with saturated fats? Scientists have long suspected that the answer to the so-called "French paradox" lies in red wine. Now, the results of a new study bring them closer to understanding why. Writing in the online, open-access journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE,* researchers from industry and academia, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Florida, report that low doses of resveratrol - a natural constituent of grapes, pomegranates, red wine and other foods - can potentially boost the quality of life by improving heart health in old age. > moreThursday, February 12, 2009 NattoPharma and PL Thomas are pleased to notify of a new publication by G. Gast et al. (A high menaquinone reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease in women ), in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases that posted online January 28, 2009 confirming the pivotal importance of high menaquinone (Vitamin K2) intake for human cardiovascular health. The main goal of the study carried out by Gast and colleagues was to investigate the association of dietary vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) and vitamin K2 (menaquinones) intake with the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). > moreThursday, February 12, 2009 This article's finding does not surprise Natural Biology Labs. In fact, we agree. It's why we have promoted multi-functional products like EVEREST Earth & Sea Formula, OxyAGE, Med Factors, and Nano HGH. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study published today claiming that multivitamin use by postmenopausal women does little to improve their risk of mortality fails to take into account important dietary factors or accurately grasp how dietary supplements and health claims are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to the study, which was published in the February 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, postmenopausal women who take multivitamins have the same risk of dying from "most common cancers, cardiovascular disease or of any cause as women who do not take multivitamin supplements. > moreThursday, February 5, 2009 Vitamin D helps control MS gene> more Tuesday, February 3, 2009 In response to the publication of a study, “Vitamin and Mineral Supplement Use by Children and Adolescents in the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,” published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association representing the dietary supplement industry, issued the following statement: Statement from Douglas MacKay, N.D., vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs, CRN: “It comes as no surprise that those individuals who use vitamin and mineral supplements also engage in other healthy behaviors, such as trying to eat a well-balanced diet and being physically active. > more |
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