Titel: Oily fish –
healthy, but unsustainable?
Url: http://www.sustainweb.org/pdf/Brit%20Dietetic.pdf
Description: Dietary advice is still to eat
two portions of fi sh a week, one of which should be oily.
However, as fi sh stocks continue to dwindle, ecologically-aware patients might not
be keen on adding to the burden. Courtney Van de Weyer, who runs the Food and
Mental Health Project at food and farming alliance Sustain, addresses the issues.
Titel: Sustainweb
Url: http://www.sustainweb.org/index.php
Description: Sustain advocates food and
agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and
animals, improve the working and living environment, promote equity and enrich society and
culture.
Titel: The Ecologist.org
Url: http://www.theecologist.org/home.asp
Description: The Ecologist is the
world’s most respected environmental affairs magazine. Each month we examine the
connection between a wide range of subjects. Whether it’s food, war, politics,
pharmaceuticals, farming, toxic chemicals, corporate fraud, mass media or supermarkets,
the ecologist challenges conventional thinking and empowers readers to tackle global
issues on a local scale.
For 35 years the ecologist has helped set environmental and political agendas around the
world by focusing on the root causes, not just the after-effects, of current events. With
thought-provoking, entertaining features by leading experts; topical debates and
world-class photojournalism, the ecologist is an indispensable guide for anyone
re-thinking their basic assumptions about the world we live in.
Titel: Protocol Chronisch
Vermoeidheids Syndroom
Url: http://www.menssana.nu/index.php?cvs&hashID=117139ae02f8beac4165fa6adac62086
Description: De reguliere aanpak bestaat in
het aanbieden van Cognitieve Therapie (psychotherapie) die vooral gericht is op de
acceptatie van het probleem en het ‘er beter mee leren omgaan’, voor veel
patiënten is dit zinvol. Maar het advies is om, alvorens zich hieraan te onderwerpen,
eerst een diepgaand onderzoek door een arts in de natuurgeneeskunde te laten doen, die
goed thuis is in dit onderwerp. Bijna altijd worden dan onderliggende oorzaken gevonden
die heel goed te behandelen zijn.
Titel: Singapore adopts
non-invasive method to detect cancer
Url: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/24/content_5371889.htm
Description: The National University of
Singapore has developed a new non-invasive method to detect cancer earlier, the Channel
NewsAsia reported on Friday.
The doctors have adopted a new screening technique of shining near-infrared rays on
patients' problem areas, instead of currently using white light endoscopies, according to
the report.
Titel: Dark soja sauce good
for health
Url: http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/ke/0601/articles/pg05.htm
Description: Dark soja sauce is better than
vitamine C and red wine according to researchers of the university of Singapore.
Volunteers who ate rice with dark soya sauce had free radical damage cut by 15 per cent
over six hours after eating it, compared to those who ate rice with food colouring only.
Between three and four hours after the meal, when the antioxidant effect reached its peak,
damage was cut by 20 per cent. Those who ate rice with dark soya sauce also experienced
increase in blood flow by 10 per cent over six hours. Between three and four hours after
consumption, blood flow increased by as much as 50 per cent.
The findings were published in the
international journal, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Said Professor
Barry Halliwell, Deputy President (Research and Technology) and Head, Department of
Biochemistry: “We are impressed that dark soya sauce slows down free radical damage
in young healthy people. There’s a preventive aspect, showing that it may potentially
slow down the rate of cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases.”
Next, the researchers are isolating the
exact compounds in the sauce that are responsible for the antioxidant effect. Researchers
would also need to ascertain whether long-term consumption of dark soya sauce will prolong
its oxidising effect in the body, said Professor Halliwell.
Titel: NUS study found that
people with diabetes may have higher risk of developing colorectal cancer
Url: http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/pressrel/0601/060118.htm
Description: A recent study on Singapore
Chinese conducted by researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National
University of Singapore (NUS) found that people with diabetes may have a higher risk of
developing colorectal cancer. According to the study, the risk of diabetics (in
particular, those with type-2 diabetes) developing colorectal cancer could be about 50%
higher than non-diabetics. The findings of this study are published today in the Journal
of the National Cancer Institute (Volume 98 No. 2).
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in both males and females in Singapore.
About 750 Singaporeans will develop colon cancer and 480 Singaporeans will develop rectal
cancer yearly1. Based on current rates, one in 20 men, and one in 30 women will develop
colorectal cancer in their lifetime1. Among the ethnic groups in Singapore, Chinese have a
higher risk of developing colorectal cancer.
There is convincing evidence across diverse
populations that obesity and diets high in total energy, fat, protein, red meat,
carbohydrates and low in fruit and vegetables increases risk of colorectal cancer.
Previous studies suggested that this risk may be related to the insulin pathway, which
regulates blood sugar levels, and is associated with diabetes mellitus. Recently, NUS
researchers have found more evidence that this pathway is involved in colorectal cancer,
by showing that individuals with diabetes mellitus are at an increased risk of developing
colorectal cancer, even in a relatively lean population.
Titel: Nieuws University of
Singapore
Url: http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/pressrel/0611/
Description: Nieuws University of Singapore
Titel: Developing
immunotherapies against nasopharyngeal cancer
Url: http://www.nus.edu.sg/corporate/research/gallery/research65.htm
Description: Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC)
has a high incidence rate among southern Chinese. In Southern China, it is the third most
common form of cancer among men, with incidence rate between 15 and 50 per 100,000. In
Singapore, the incidence rates are 18.4 per 100,000 in males and 7.3 per 100,000 in
females. It is difficult to detect this kind of cancer which occurs at the upper part of
the throat behind the nose. Most times, the cancer is in its advanced stage when
diagnosed.
Titel: Stem Cells - From
‘Bench to Bedside’
Url: http://www.sandiegometro.com/2005/feb/coverstory.php
Description: Khaldoyanidi is a researcher
at the La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine, where she seeks to patent a technique
that could one day help patients recover more quickly from the side effects of cancer
treatment. Her research focuses on hematopoietic stem cells, which are found in the blood
and bone marrow and can generate new blood cells.
Titel: Stem Cells Eyed as
Anti-Cancer Target
Url: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2677265&page=1
Description: Current cancer therapies
attack tumors as if every cell in that tumor were the same. But now, scientific evidence
suggests that only a small percentage of those tumor cells are responsible for the tumor's
growth. Treatments that attack the whole tumor may be off target because they aren't
designed to kill the cells at fault — stem cells.
Titel: 'Super-addictive'
cigarette probe
Url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3096823.stm
Description: Some cigarettes may deliver a
20 times more powerful nicotine "kick" than others, according to researchers.
Titel: Toxin, cancer link
may lead to cost spiral
Url: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20811607-23289,00.html
Description: Minister Nick Minchin has
warned of spiralling health costs if the link between toxins in the environment and cancer
and chronic illness is ignored. Minchin said a link between toxins and cancer and chronic
illnesses was "common sense" and its impact on the health budget "keeps you
awake at night".
Titel: Nieuws - The
Australian
Url: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/index/0,,23289,00.html
Description: Nieuws - The Australian
Titel: UK ministers not
giving up over EU vitamin, mineral levels
Url: http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=72282-vitamin-and
-mineral-levels-food-supplements-directive
Description: The setting of maximum vitamin
and mineral levels across the EU is still a hot topic in the UK House of Commons, with a
new motion put down this week calling on ministers to do all they can to protect the
natural health products industry and consumers.
Titel: Good Nutrition is Key
to Alleviating Depression
Url: http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=1&newsstoryid=1453
Description: A study has shown that the
combination of a nutritious diet, daily fish oil supplements and/or three oily fish meals,
like salmon, sardines or fresh tuna, a week can help alleviate depression symptoms.
Titel: Nieuws - University
of Sydney
Url: http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/83.html
Description: Nieuws - University of Sydney
Titel: Study points to
increased antibiotic resistance
Url: http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=1120
Description: The collaborative study, which
was also undertaken by Professor Hatch Stokes from Macquarie University, found that more
than 90 per cent of the harmless E.coli bacteria found in the stomachs of healthy people
were multi drug resistant.
Titel: Low GI diet best for
weight loss and cardiovascular health
Url: http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=1168
Description: The most effective diet for
weight loss and cardiovascular health is a high carbohydrate plan based on low glycemic
index (GI) foods, according to a study by University of Sydney researchers.
Titel: Research sheds light
on how brain cells communicate
Url: http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=1103
Description: A University of Sydney PhD
student has made a key discovery about brain cell communication that could help in the
search for treatments for neurological disorders such as epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease and
schizophrenia.
Titel: Onions and garlic may
prevent cancers
Url: http://www.freshplaza.com/2006/23nov/2_us_onionsgarlic-cancer.htm
Description: A new study suggests eating
lots of garlic and onions may help prevent cancer. Italian researchers found that people
whose diets are rich in onions, garlic, and other alliums have a much lower risk of
several types of cancer than those who avoid the pungent herbs.
Titel: A daily dose of folic
acid could help to prevent heart attacks and strokes
Url: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2468885,00.html
Description: Taking folic acid can reduce
the risk of heart disease and strokes, according to research. British scientists have
discovered that raised levels of the amino acid homocysteine in the blood is one of the
causes of cardiovascular disease.
Titel: Nieuws - Timeonline
Url: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/health
Description: Nieuws - Timeonline
Titel: Hoog bloedsuiker
schadelijker dan gedacht
Url: http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/1282289/Hoog+bloedsuiker+schadelijker+dan+gedacht.html
Description: Een te hoog bloedsuikergehalte
in het bloed is schadelijker dan artsen altijd hebben aangenomen, zo stellen onderzoekers
van de universiteit Harvard in Cambridge (VS).
Titel: Could
Alzheimer’s be infectious?
Url: http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/24/could-alzheimers-be-infectious/
Description: One could predict that the
accumulation of abnormal proteins in other neurodegenerative diseases - e.g.
alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s Disease and huntingtin in Huntington’s Disease,
may also occur as a result of a prion-like seeding process. But for me, the most puzzling
question of all is this: how would an Alzheimer’s infection be transmitted?
Titel: Dietary fat may not
raise breast cancer odds
Url: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-11-24
Description: Contrary to some earlier
research, a large U.S. study finds no evidence that a high-fat diet raises older women's
risk of breast cancer.
Titel: Nieuws - Reuters
Url: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newschannel.aspx?type=healthNews&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-Top1-BreadCrumb-3
Description: Nieuws - Reuters
Titel: Allergic rhinitis -
the nose and beyond
Url: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01247.x
Description: It is nowadays clear that
nasal allergy is much more prevalent than the well-known symptoms of allergic rhinitis and
that we are moving 'beyond the nose', with a rapidly expanding knowledge of the
pathogenic, immunological and clinical aspects. In this regard, the investigation on the
complex links among the nose, the paranasal sinuses and the bronchi represents a major
field of interest, which also has potential for the development of relevant therapeutic
advances.
Titel: Job stress could be a
risk factor for diabetes
Url: http://www.healthandage.com/public/news-home/9883/Job-stress-could-be-a-risk-factor-for-diabetes.html
Description: People suffering from
workplace stress or job burnout seem to be more likely to develop diabetes. Job burnout
and workplace stress can have an adverse effect on physical and mental health. Now
researchers at Tel Aviv University, Israel, reveal that diabetes may be one of the
conditions brought on by stress.
Titel: Immune and Endocrine
Function in Burnout Syndrome
Url: http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/content/abstract/01.psy.0000239247.47581.0cv1
Description: Production of the
antiinflammatory cytokine IL-10 by monocytes was increased in individuals with burnout
syndrome. It seems unlikely that glucocorticoids or changes in glucocorticoid receptor
function play a role in this higher IL-10 production.
Titel: Nieuws - University
of Illinois
Url: http://tigger.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/newsbureau/cgi-bin/index.cgi?to=
Releases&start=1156674950&end=1164450950
Description: Nieuws - University of
Illinois
Titel: New Device To Treat
Brain Tumors
Url: http://tigger.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/newsbureau/cgi-bin/index.cgi?from=Releases&
Description: The University of Illinois at
Chicago has enrolled the first patient in the United States in a study of a new treatment
for the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor.
The international, multi-center trial will compare the best standard treatments --
surgical removal of the tumor, radiotherapy or chemotherapy -- to that treatment combined
with a new, noninvasive therapy that provides alternating electrical fields directly to
the surface of the head.
"This therapy is a totally novel approach that is, in concept, relatively
simple," said Dr. Herbert Engelhard, associate professor of neurosurgery and site
investigator for the trial at UIC.
Following a baseline MRI to determine the location of the tumor, several electrodes are
placed on the patient's shaved head. The electrodes are connected to a medical device with
alternating electric fields powered by a portable battery. The patient remains on the
portable device for 22 hours a day, indefinitely, while continuing his or her daily
activities at home.
"Research has shown that these electrical fields rupture the cancer cells as they
divide," Engelhard said.
Titel: Antibiotic Inhibits
Cancer Gene Activity
Url: http://tigger.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/newsbureau/cgi-bin/index.cgi?
Description: A little-known antibiotic
shows early promise as an anti-cancer agent, inhibiting a gene found at higher-than-normal
levels in most human tumors, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at
Chicago College of Medicine.
"We chose to target a gene believed to be over-expressed in cancer cells to screen
for promising anti-cancer agents," said Andrei Gartel, assistant professor of
medicine and of microbiology and immunology at UIC and principal investigator on the
study.
The FoxM1 gene is responsible for turning on genes needed for cell proliferation and
turning off genes that block proliferation. Uncontrolled proliferation is characteristic
of cancer cells.
Titel: Mutation Plays Key
Role in Hypertension
Url: http://tigger.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/newsbureau/cgi-bin/index.cg
Description: A gene mutation of a key
enzyme that regulates smooth muscle contraction and blood pressure in rats has been
identified by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The finding, the first
genetic link to muscle contraction and high blood pressure, may lead to improved
treatments for hypertension.
The study appears in the September issue of Molecular Biology of the Cell.
When myosin, a protein that is abundant in muscle and is necessary for muscle contraction,
is activated, smooth muscle cells in blood vessel walls contract and raise blood pressure.
The cells also proliferate, thickening the walls and narrowing the channel, further
increasing blood pressure.
Together, this results in hypertension, according to Dr. Primal de Lanerolle, professor of
physiology and biophysics and senior author of the study. The current crop of drugs used
to treat hypertension mainly targets contraction of the smooth muscle cells. They do not
affect the proliferation of the cells, and the thickening of the walls of blood vessels is
presently irreversible.
Titel: Nieuws - University
of California, Irvine
Url: http://today.uci.edu/news/releases.asp
Description: Nieuws - University of
California, Irvine
Titel: Nerve fibers need
specific growth factor chemical to form connections within the brain
Url: http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1550
Description: A discovery on how neural
circuitry develops to aid proper cerebral cortex activity may help explain the memory and
cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer’s disease patients – a discovery that could
point toward potential treatments, according to UC Irvine scientists.
The study uncovers how cholinergic neuronal circuits, which help the cerebral cortex
process information more efficiently, rely on neurotrophin-3, a chemical that stimulates
nerve growth. The scientists have determined the circuits need this chemical in order to
recognize and reach their target nerve cells in the brain.
Richard Robertson, professor of anatomy and neurobiology, and other researchers from
UCI’s School of Medicine found that cholinergic nerve fibers grow toward sources of
neurotrophin-3 during early development. In experiments with mice, without neurotrophin-3
to direct growth, the developing cholinergic nerve fibers appeared to not recognize their
normal target cells in the brain. Because of this, the axon nerve fibers aided by these
circuits grew irregularly and missed their specific target neural cells.
Titel: Natural compounds
block autoimmune response in diabetes, arthritis
Url: http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1540
Description: Natural compounds derived from
a sea anemone extract and a shrub plant have been found to block the autoimmune disease
response in type-1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, according to University of
California, Irvine researchers.
The study shows both in human and animal
tests how these compounds work to deter the effect of autoimmune T-cells, white blood
cells that attack the body. The goal, according to UCI researchers, is to develop new
treatments from these compounds that will target these destructive T-cells while allowing
other white blood cells to fight disease and infection.
Titel: Cause of nerve fiber
damage in multiple sclerosis identified
Url: http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1531
Description: Researchers have identified
how the body’s own immune system contributes to the nerve fiber damage caused by
multiple sclerosis, a finding that can potentially aid earlier diagnosis and improved
treatment for this chronic disease.
The study reveals how immune system B-cells damage axons during MS attacks by inhibiting
energy production in these nerve fiber cells, ultimately causing them to degenerate and
die.
Titel: Dietary supplements
make old rats youthful, may help rejuvenate aging humans
Url: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/02/19_diet.html
Description: Evidence has been piling up,
he said, that deterioration of mitochondria is an important cause of aging. A significant
cause of this deterioration, he believes, is the accumulation of destructive free radicals
- byproducts of normal metabolism - that disable enzymes and other chemicals.
The combination therapy targets mitochondria to get rid of destructive radicals and to
boost the activity of a damaged enzyme, carnitine acetyltransferase, that plays a key role
in burning fuel in mitochondria. The researchers hoped that the anti-oxidant alpha-lipoic
acid would do the former, and that flooding the cell with acetyl-L-carnitine, one of two
proteins that the enzyme acts on, would achieve the latter.
Experiments showed that this regimen worked. Associate researcher Jiankang Liu of CHORI,
UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow David W. Killilea and Ames demonstrated that the enzyme
carnitine acetyltransferase is less active in old rats than in young rats, and that it
binds less tightly to acetyl-L-carnitine in older rats.
Titel: Nieuws - University
California - Berkeley
Url: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/
Description: Nieuws - University California
- Berkeley
Titel: Asthmatic Risk Long
After Cat Allergen Exposure
Url: http://www2.rsna.org/pr/target.cfm?ID=264
Description: For the first time,
researchers have shown that cat allergens can impair lung function in people with asthma
for up to 22 hours after exposure. The study was presented today at the annual meeting of
the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
"We studied cat allergen because it's an extra-fine particle that is both airborne
and capable of penetrating deep into the small airways of the lungs," said lead
author Jared W. Allen, Ph.D., researcher at David Geffen School of Medicine at the
University of California, Los Angeles.
Exposure to cat allergen is very common and can contribute significantly to morbidity in
the 15 million Americans with asthma. In many cases, the lung changes triggered by
allergen exposure do not produce symptoms but contribute to persistent inflammation in the
small airways that, if untreated, could lead to subsequent severe asthma attacks.
Titel: UCI scientists
discover a new healthy role for fat
Url: http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1523
Description: Too much body fat may be a bad
thing, but there is increasing evidence that too little fat also may have some
surprisingly negative consequences.
Researchers at UC Irvine have found that
fat droplets – tiny balls of fat that exist in most cells – appear to have an
intriguing role to play when it comes to regulating excess proteins in the body. In a
study with fruit flies, developmental biologist Steven Gross and colleagues found that
these fat droplets served as storage depots for a type of protein used primarily by the
cell to bind DNA and organize it in the nucleus. The fat keeps this extra protein out of
the way until it is needed so that it does not cause harm within the cell. The findings
imply that fat droplets could also serve as storage warehouses for other excess proteins
that might otherwise cause harm if not sequestered. The study appears in the current issue
of Current Biology.
“We were surprised to find that these droplets appear to be a mechanism for cleaning
up excess proteins before they cause trouble,” said Gross, associate professor of
developmental and cell biology. “Obviously, everything in the body should be
balanced. There is no doubt that huge amounts of fat tax your system in a lot of ways. But
there now appears to be growing evidence that fat is also important for keeping us
healthy.”
Titel: Transcendental
Meditation technique systematically develops the brain’s total potential.
Url: http://www.mum.edu/tm.html
Description: Your brain governs everything
you do. It makes sense that if you can begin to engage your brain’s full potential,
you’ll be more successful in everything you do.
Published research has found that the Transcendental Meditation® technique systematically
develops the brain’s total potential.
Other benefits found in more than 600 studies include increased intelligence and
creativity, reduced stress and anxiety, improved health and well-being, increased
self-actualization, and better relationships.
What is Transcendental Meditation? The Transcendental Meditation technique is a simple,
natural, effortless procedure practiced 20 minutes twice each day while sitting
comfortably with the eyes closed. It’s not a religion, philosophy, or lifestyle.
It’s the most widely practiced, most extensively researched, and most effective
method of self-development in the world.
Titel: Transcendental
Meditation reduces the brain's reaction to pain
Url: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/muom-tmr080706.php
Description: Twelve healthy long-term
meditators who had been practicing Transcendental Meditation for 30 years showed a 40-50%
lower brain response to pain compared to 12 healthy controls, reported by a latest
NeuroReport journal article, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Vol.17 No.12;
21 August 2006:1359-1363). Further, when the 12 controls then learned and practiced
Transcendental Meditation for 5 months, their brain responses to pain also decreased by a
comparable 40-50%.
Transcendental Meditation could reduce the brain's response to pain because neuroimaging
and autonomic studies indicate that it produces a physiological state capable of modifying
various kinds of pain. In time it reduces trait anxiety, improves stress reactivity and
decreases distress from acute pain.
Titel: Nicotine exposure
during development leads to hearing problems
Url: http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1495
Description: Scientists know that children
of women who smoke during pregnancy can develop hearing-related cognitive deficits. For
the first time, researchers believe they have evidence that not only implicates nicotine
as the culprit, but also shows what the substance does to the brain to cause these
deficits.
In a study using rats, Raju Metherate, associate professor of neurobiology and behavior,
and colleagues from UC Irvine, showed that nicotine exposure during the equivalent of a
human’s third trimester led to hearing-related cognitive problems. This is the first
time a study has demonstrated this causal link. Further tests then revealed that the
probable cause of the deficits was damage to the receptors in the brain that are sensitive
to nicotine, which seems to occur when humans or animals are exposed to the substance
during development. The study appears this week in the early online issue of the European
Journal of Neuroscience.
Titel: Different forms of
amyloid beta in Alzheimer's disease harm neurons in different ways
Url: http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1484
Description: Researchers at UC Irvine have
shown that different forms of amyloid beta lead to neural damage in different ways,
leading to an increasingly complex view of amyloid toxicity in the Alzheimer brain. The
finding could modify the way therapeutic approaches for the treatment of Alzheimer’s
disease are designed.
The researchers studied the effects of different forms of the amyloid beta peptide on
human brain cells. Amyloid beta accumulation is one of two hallmarks of Alzheimer’s
disease and is considered a major target for researchers looking into therapies for the
treatment of the disease. After death, most amyloid beta found in the brains of
Alzheimer’s patients is in fibrillar form – long, insoluble fibers bound
together in deposits called senile plaques; however, there are also soluble forms of
amyloid beta, or oligomers, that may decisively contribute to neural degeneration.
Titel: For elderly, extra
pounds may lower mortality rates
Url: http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1478
Description: If you’re more than 80
years old, carrying a few extra pounds might not be such a bad idea. In fact, it may be
beneficial.
That’s one of the findings from a joint UC Irvine and University of Southern
California analysis of body mass index (BMI) and mortality rates from participants of a
large-scale study based in a Southern California retirement community.
The analysis found that study participants in their 80s and 90s who were overweight by BMI
standards (25 to 29.9 range) had lower mortality rates than those who were in the normal
range (18.5 to 24.9). The findings suggest that the BMI scale, which applies to all
adults, may not be appropriate for the elderly and should be age-adjusted. This supports
other research offering the same conclusion.
Titel: Is it Mental or is it
Dental? The effect on your health
Url: http://www.westonaprice.org/healthissues/facial-development.html
Description: The widely held model of
orthodontics, which considers developmental problems in the
jaws and head to be genetic in origin, never made sense to me. Since they are wedded to
the genetic model, orthodontists dealing with crowded teeth end up treating the condition
with tooth extraction in a majority of the cases. Even though I did not resort to pulling
teeth
in my practice, and I was using appliances to widen the jaws and getting the craniums to
look as they should, I still could not come up with the answer as to why my patients
looked the way they did. I couldn’t believe that the Creator had given them a
terrible
blueprint --it just did not make sense. In four years of college education, four years of
dental school education and almost three years of post-graduate orthodontic training,
students never hear a mention of Dr. Price, so they never learn the true reasons for these
malformations. I have had the opportunity to work with a lot of very knowledgeable
doctors in various fields of allopathic and alternative healthcare who still do not know
about Dr. Price and his critical findings.
Titel: Voedselcomponenten
kunnen kanker veroorzaken of juist helpen voorkomen
Url: http://www.kennislink.nl/web/show?id=93072
Description: De blootstelling van mensen
aan potentieel kankerverwekkende (mutagene en carcinogene) verbindingen via de voeding is
onvermijdelijk. Deze DNA-schade veroorzakende stoffen zijn onder andere aanwezig in
gebraden vlees en vis.
Titel: 100 gram vlees per
week meer dan genoeg
Url: http://www.kruidenvrouwtje.nl/voeding/vlees.htm
Description: Een veel gehoorde bewering is
dat we 100 gram vlees per dag nodig zouden hebben om het ijzer-, eiwit gehalte op peil te
houden. Het is echter wetenschappelijk aangetoond dat soja of sojaproducten prima in staat
zijn om dierlijke eiwitten te vervangen. Daarbij zou een mens ruim voldoende hebben aan
100 gram vlees per week. Vergeet daarbij niet dat ook vleeswaren meetellen in die 100
gram. Dierlijke eiwitten in de vorm van vis zijn a) beter verteerbaar en b) gezonder
vanwege bepaalde vetten.
