THE TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE RESEARCH ARTICLES OF 20014 Over the past year I’ve shared with you over seventy postings containing the most important research findings reported in the areas of nutrition, natural treatments, and lifestyle factors that we in Integrative Medicine believe are the best treatments now and for the future. […]
MoreResearch published in the scientific journal Experimental Gerontology shows that older people with healthy vitamin E levels are less likely to suffer from memory loss than those deficient in Vitamin E .
MoreResearch presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology in Geneva, Switzerland, showed that patients who were Vitamin D deficient were much more likely to have a bad neurological outcome after sudden cardiac arrest than those who were not deficient. Vitamin D deficiency also led to a higher chance of dying […]
MoreThe scientific journal Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, studying women in over two dozen countries, concluded that those women whose breast milk had a greater content of the omega-3 fatty acid called DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) had children whose academic test scores were better compared to those women whose breast milk had lower levels.
MoreTaking omega-3 supplements reduced the craving for nicotine in smokers, and reduced the number of cigarettes smoked per day in a research study from the addiction program at the University of Haifa.
MoreAsthmatics who are deficient in Vitamin D are 25 percent more likely to have an acute asthma attack. So says a study just published in the medical journal Allergy. It also suggests that increasing Vitamin D levels could help stave off asthma attacks. The research, drew on the records of millions of patients in Israels’ […]
MoreApproximately one half of patients who are prescribed antideppresant medication do not have a beneficial response. Research presented at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology shows that the intake of fatty acids that are found in fish can increase the beneficial response of antidepressants for those who may otherwise be non-responders.
MoreAccording to a study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital just published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, fish and Omega 3 fatty acids in the diet are associated with a lower risk of hearing loss in women. The study showed that consumption of two or more servings of fish per week provided this benefit. […]
MoreAs reported in Web MD this year, laboratory research involving human cells and mice has shown that large doses of intravenous vitamin C have the potential to boost chemotherapy’s ability to kill cancer cells. According to study co-author Dr. Jeanne Drisko, director of Integrative Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center, when they infused […]
MoreAccording to research done at Lund University in Sweden, study participants who started the day with a green drink containing a spinach extract experienced less hunger, and increased their weight loss over a three months period. Professor Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson says, “Our analyses shows that having a drink containing thylakoids (in spinach extract fiber) before breakfast […]
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