Data from more than 2,600 patients found that those with the highest intakes of sugar-sweetened beverages like soda and fruit juices seemed to have higher blood pressure readings, Ian J. Brown, MD, of Imperial College London, and colleagues reported in Hypertension.
Filed under: diabetes, Food & Nutrition, Hypertension / High Blood Pressure, Uncategorized on October 26th, 2011 | No Comments »
A recent accusation against vitamin E is that somehow it increases risk of prostate cancer. (3) That is nonsense. If you take close look at the numbers, you will see that “Compared with placebo, the absolute increase in risk of prostate cancer per 1000 person-years was 1.6 for vitamin E, 0.8 for selenium, and 0.4 for the combination.” That works out to be a claimed 0.63% increase risk with vitamin E alone, 0.24% increase in risk with vitamin E and selenium, and 0.15% increase in risk for selenium alone.
Filed under: Anti-aging, Food & Nutrition, Orthomolecular Nutrition, Vitamins & minerals on October 14th, 2011 | No Comments »
A newly released study suggests that multivitamin and nutrient supplements can increase the mortality rate in older women [1]. However, there are several concerns about the study’s methods and significance.
Filed under: Food & Nutrition, Vitamins & minerals on October 13th, 2011 | No Comments »
Who Else Wants to End the Battle against Pain and Fatigue Using the Healing Powers of Food and Nutrition So You Can Feel Good Again? Well today may be your lucky day because… Deirdre Rawlings, PhD, ND, the creator of The Eat to Beat Fibromyalgia Challenge, is giving away 3 FREE scholarships to 3 people [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on October 4th, 2011 | No Comments »
Feeling the effects of stress and anxiety? Let’s face it, we are a stressed-out society. And our habits of overwork, not enough sleep, too much coffee, too much sugar, refined foods, junk food that we use to temporarily relieve our stress, exposure to environmental toxins, and silent infections push us to burnout.
Filed under: Stress Management, Yoga Nidra Deep Relaxation on October 3rd, 2011 | No Comments »