Category: Nutrition And Illness
Why Is Fish Oil Associated With Prostate Cancer Risk? Look Closer At The Toxic Load
The news was reported online July 10, 2013 that the results of a large study, over 2000 men, the SELECT (Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial) was showing that high levels of each of several fatty acids (EPA and DHA) from fish were associated with an...Read More
DIABETES and PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLUTANTS
Evidently the Vietnamese are getting an alarming rise in Diabetes, according to an article in this Sunday’s New York Times June 9, 2013, entitled, “Prosperity in Vietnam Carries a Price: Diabetes”. Granted, with affluence come fast food restaurants, but this is...Read More
Eggs, Choline, and Heart attack Risk, Put into Perspective
For the second time in 2 weeks we are learning a staple of our diet can raise risk of heart attack and stroke, and not through the usual mechanism that we all know, raising cholesterol. Last week we learned that a study by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic...Read More
Culprit in Heart Disease Goes Beyond Meat’s Fat
We’ve heard a lot about the importance of bowel bacteria lately as it relates to weight loss, but this time it’s heart disease risk we’re talking about. The study was done by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic, who has accumulated evidence for a surprising new...Read More
