Children and teenagers who are obese have different microorganisms living in the digestive tract than their lean counterparts Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and is rapidly increasing among industrialized nations. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity rates have more than doubled in children and quadrupled… Read More »
Not that most Americans have a choice in the matter. America is one of the few developed industrial nations that does not guarantee paid sick leave by law because they want to be like China. Eligible workers in the USA are allowed to take up to 12 weeks off for illnesses or a new baby… Read More »
Documents show that in the ’60s, the sugar industry funded Harvard researchers who, examining risk factors of heart disease, dismissed concerns about sugar and doubled down on the dangers of fat. Source: 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat
There are also natural compounds that elevate sirtuins—one is resveratrol, which is already sold as a dietary supplement today. Another is called NAD. NAD—Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide—is one of the most compelling bits of chemistry related to aging. Its presence in the body is directly correlated with the passage of time: An elderly man will have… Read More »
If a restaurant charged you $40 for coffee. Surely you’d be upset. But you let hospitals do it to you all the time. It turns out that hospitals inflate specific prices in ways that aren’t transparent to the patient, according to a new study that appeared Sept. 7 2016 in the journal Health Affairs. Researchers… Read More »
Some of the infections could be tied to increasing antibiotic resistance. The vast majority of what may be preventable infections, however, could be controlled with targeted disinfection and better surveillance of water systems, say researchers involved with the study. Source: Infections linked to water supply increasing healthcare costs, study says – UPI.com
Archival documents reveal how the sugar industry secretly funded heart disease research by Harvard professors Archival documents reveal how the sugar industry secretly funded heart disease research by Harvard professors The sugar industry has a long history of skewing nutrition science, a new report suggests. By combing through archival documents from the 1950s and… Read More »
The MEGA-plate allows scientists to watch bacteria adapting to antibiotics before their eyes. Source: Stunning Videos of Evolution in Action – The Atlantic
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. – It’s the start of the school year which means teens will be busy with homework, sports practice and other after school activities. Sometimes the pressure to keep up and fit in can be overwhelming. It’s probably no coincidence that September is Teen Suicide Awareness Month. Recently we learned of yet another… Read More »
An epigenetic clock analysis of race/ethnicity, sex, and coronary heart disease Steve Horvath†Email authorView ORCID ID profile, Michael Gurven†, Morgan E. Levine, Benjamin C. Trumble, Hillard Kaplan, Hooman Allayee, Beate R. Ritz, Brian Chen, Ake T. Lu, Tammy M. Rickabaugh, Beth D. Jamieson, Dianjianyi Sun, Shengxu Li, Wei Chen, Lluis Quintana-Murci, Maud Fagny, Michael S. Kobor, Philip S. Tsao, Alexander P. Reiner, Kerstin L. Edlefsen, Devin Absher† and Themistocles L. Assimes† †Contributed equally Genome Biology201617:171 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1030-0 © The Author(s). 2016 Received: 6 July 2016 Accepted: 18 July 2016 Published: 11 August 2016 Abstract Background… Read More »
Dietary supplements are not regulated the same way as medications nor promoted for huge profits and force fed to the public. This lack of greed in the market helps consumers! Edited from the original bullshit published. SHARES 2.4K Calvin Jimmy Lee-White was tiny. He was born on Oct. 3, 2014, two months premature, weighing about… Read More »
Just what is SEX? The internet got hot and bothered earlier this week following media reports of research that revealed millennials, the so-called “hook up” generation, aren’t having all that much sex after all. “Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years. Here’s why it matters,” the Los Angeles Times blared, among… Read More »
Euthanasia is on it’s way Treating a seriously ill patient who suffers from multiple chronic conditions can be difficult and expensive. These so-called high-need, high-cost (HNHC), or “complex care” patients make up about 5 percent of the U.S. population, but by some estimates, account for 50 percent of healthcare spending. In other words, someone with three or four… Read More »
Braxton partially attributes the cure to the help and influence of the late Susan Wright, a co-founder of Autism Speaks, who died on July 29. “When she found out about my son, she called me immediately and said ‘Get him in this program. Do this, do that,’” Toni shared. “She’s been an advocate in helping… Read More »
The mosquito-borne transmissions detected so far are occurring in a Miami neighborhood. Source: CDC issues a travel advisory to Florida, which has 10 new cases of Zika – The Washington Post
It is common knowledge that antidepressants can take weeks or even months to start working. But it has been a mystery why antidepressants take so long to take effect. But now there is a ray of light in the darkness. The slowness with which antidepressants take effect has been correlated with the slowness of a… Read More »
The gluten-free craze has proven to be one of the more controversial dietary movements in recent memory. While there are those who diagnosably suffer from celiac disease and must avoid gluten or face a variety of horrible symptoms, there are also those who pursue a gluten-free diet for vague “health” reasons despite not experiencing any… Read More »
It was 23 years ago that Charl Van Wyk was sitting peacefully in the congregation at St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa, when terror struck. As Van Wyk has told WND, “The moment of chaos and carnage unfurled is forever etched in my mind.” On July 25, 1993, while young people were singing… Read More »
One study that was published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases in 2004 found a 100% correspondence of fibromyalgia with SIBO. (4) Researchers have finally linked fibromyalgia to the health of the gut! One study showed a 100% connection between fibromyalgia and small intestine bacterial overgrowth, the direct result of an imbalanced inner ecosystem. In… Read More »
A new map based on brain scan data collected by the Human Connectome Project. The data revealed 180 new regions. Credit Matthew F. Glasser, David C. Van Essen The brain looks like a featureless expanse of folds and bulges, but it’s actually carved up into invisible territories. Each is specialized: Some groups of neurons become… Read More »
“The conception that the tick has to be attached for 48 hours to inject the bacteria is completely outdated,” she said. “There are studies that show that an attachment of 15 minutes can give you anaplasmosis,10 minutes for the Powassan virus, and for the different strains of Borrelia burgdorferi, we have no idea.” Dr. Nevena… Read More »
Shocking New Role Found for the Immune System: Controlling Social Interactions July 13, 2016 Josh Barney, jdb9a@virginia.edu In a startling discovery that raises fundamental questions about human behavior, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the immune system directly affects – and even controls – creatures’ social behavior, such as… Read More »
A lot of things caused Susie pain: scented products, pesticides, plastic, synthetic fabrics, smoke, electronic radiation – the list went on. Back in “the regular world”, car exhaust made her feel sick for days. Perfume gave her seizures. Then she uprooted to Snowflake, Arizona. “I got out of the car and didn’t need my oxygen… Read More »
Am Among the many things New Yorkers pride ourselves on is food: making it, selling it and consuming only the best, from single-slice pizza to four-star sushi. We have fish markets, Shake Shacks and, as of this year, 74 Michelin-starred restaurants. Yet most everything we eat is fraudulent. In his new book, “Real Food Fake… Read More »
Citations Willerson JT, Ridker PM. Inflammation as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor. Circulation. 2004; 109: II-2-II-10 [Link] Barter P, Gotto AM, LaRosa JC, Maroni J, Szarek M, Grundy SM, Kastelein JJ, Bittner V, Fruchart JC; Treating to New Targets Investigators. HDL cholesterol, very low levels of LDL cholesterol, and cardiovascular events. N Engl J Med. 2007… Read More »
High blood pressure is the most important controllable risk factor The researchers looked at the proportion of strokes caused by specific risk factors to determine the extent to which eliminating each risk would reduce the impact of stroke. Eliminating high blood pressure was estimated to reduce risk by nearly 48 percent, the findings showed. The… Read More »
Source: How Our Immune Systems Are Directly Tied To Our Personalities As part of the research conducted at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the University of Virginia, scientists keyed in on an immune system molecule called interferon gamma. This particular immune system molecule is activated in certain animals – including humans – when… Read More »
If you want to get into shape, you might decide to eat more vegetables and go to the work out more. But what if you want to have more energy, improve your mood, and sleep better? Welcome to “biohacking,” where practitioners use data about themselves and their environment to perfect their daily routine of eating,… Read More »
“This study is by far the most detailed and powerful examination of the relationship between different types of dietary fats and mortality,” said Dr. Frank B. Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. “Our study demonstrates that not all fats are created equal, and eating healthy… Read More »
Palliative vs. curative treatments Many first-line treatments for chronic disease were developed before it was understood that the death of chronic bacteria necessarily results in an immunopathological response and temporary feelings of malaise. Such treatments are designed to slow the immune response under the mistaken premise that autoimmune disease<a class=”explain” href=”/home/… Source: Palliative vs. curative… Read More »
The clincher was the link between memory improvement and cathepsin levels, Duzel says. “Those individuals that showed the largest gains in memory also were those that had the largest increase in cathepsin,” he says. Of course, cathepsin is probably just one of several factors linking exercise and brain function, van Praag says. “I don’t think… Read More »
Autophagy – the housekeeper in every cell that fights aging Posted on19. April 2013by James Watson By James P Watson and Vince Giuliano Background and introduction There is a wide variety of genetic manipulations, pharmacologic manipulations, and nutrient manipulations that have been shown to alter lifespan in model organisms. These include caloric restriction, “loss of… Read More »
Source: A simple, comprehensive plan to prevent or reverse Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases – Part 1: The Plan | AGINGSCIENCES™ – Anti-Aging Firewalls™ A simple, comprehensive plan to prevent or reverse Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases – Part 1: The Plan Posted on 18. February 2015 by James Watson By James… Read More »
The Inflammatory Seven- Foods That Increase Inflammation Soda pop and sugary drinks Commercial dairy products including commercial milk, ice creams and powdered milks Meat including smoked or cured luncheon meat, sausage, bologna, bacon and ham Most commercially refined vegetable oils French fries or, for that matter, pretty much anything deep fried Commercial baked goods made… Read More »
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most significant healthcare problems nationally and globally. Recently, the first description of the reversal of cognitive decline in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease or its precursors, MCI (mild cognitive impairment) and SCI (subjective cognitive impairment), was published [1]. The therapeutic approach used was programmatic and personalized rather than monotherapeutic… Read More »
Israel has admitted for the first time that it has been giving Ethiopian Jewish immigrants birth-control injections, often without their knowledge or consent. The government had previously denied the practice but the Israeli Health Ministry’s director-general has now ordered gynaecologists to stop administering the drugs. According a report in Haaretz, suspicions were first raised by… Read More »
Monday, January 28, 2013 Elder of Ziyon Did Israelis force contraception on Ethiopian women? (UPDATE x2) This troubling story has been all over the place, all from this Ha’aretz article claiming that Israeli officials admit to giving contraceptive injections to Ethiopian women without their permission. But what does the article actually say? A government official… Read More »
Research Article Light-harvesting chlorophyll pigments enable mammalian mitochondria to capture photonic energy and produce ATP Chen Xu, Junhua Zhang, Doina M. Mihai, Ilyas Washington J Cell Sci 2014 127: 388-399; doi: 10.1242/jcs.134262 Article Figures & tables Supp info Info & metrics PDF ABSTRACT Sunlight is the most abundant energy source on this planet. However, the ability… Read More »
Though research on migraines has come a long way, the reason why some people are much more prone to them is largely still a mystery. Physicians will often try to find the cause of recurrent migraine attacks by evaluating patients for other underlying medical conditions, food intolerances and sleep problems. New research suggests doctors may… Read More »
Despite the common practice of treating children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using medications such as Adderall or Ritalin, a new study suggests another way to do so: promoting health lifestyle habits. The study examined 184 children with ADHD and 104 without the disorder, all between the ages of 7 and 11. The results revealed that… Read More »
Previous research by Northwestern scientists showed that people who received the majority of their bright light in the morning weighed less than those who were exposed to most of their bright light after 12 p.m. The researchers wanted to understand why. Mouse studies also have shown that mice kept in constant light have altered glucose… Read More »
BOCA RATON, FL–(Marketwired – May 12, 2016) – Cubic Pharmaceuticals, a company based in the UK that focuses on developing and distributing high-quality, unique medicines and supplements, announced its Cubicole D3 is more available in the US Market than ever, on Amazon.com and the supplement can help people manage depression. “It is incredible that research… Read More »
Dr Gitte Bloch Rasmussen, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark The news was announced in Rome today by the Danish medical doctor and PhD Gitte Bloch Rasmussen, speaking at ECTS 2016, the 43rd annual congress of the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS). Dr Rasmussen was reporting on trials that had been conducted among 193 women with low… Read More »
General consensus among Alzheimer’s researchers has it that the disease’s main culprit, a protein called amyloid beta, is an unfortunate waste product that is not known to play any useful role in the body—and one that can have devastating consequences. When not properly cleared from the brain it builds up into plaques that destroy synapses,… Read More »
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Which grain is the best source for protein, essential amino acids, BCAA and arginine? 1 Reply Listed below are total protein, essential amino acids, branched chain amino acids, and arginine content for quinoa, oats, corn, millet, barley, brown rice and potato. The values provided are for 100 calories, for each respective grain. Let’s ask some questions:… Read More »
There are as many as 100 thousand kinds of proteins that constitute the body, and these comprise only 20 kinds of amino acids in various combinations. These 20 kinds of amino acids are essential to the body. In addition to being the materials for proteins, they are used as an energy source for the body… Read More »
Gelatin is my new favorite superfood! It’s rich in protein, great for your joints, skin, hair, digestive system, immune system, and is accessible and affordable Gelatin may conjure images in your mind of that slimy, unnaturally green and orange dessert you got in the cafeteria with your school lunches, but dessert made with gelatin is… Read More »
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Source: Immune system ‘plays a role in dementia’ – Health News – NHS Choices