by Becky | Apr 26, 2016 | 2014, Blood Lipids, Cardiovascular Health, Spirulina
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. 52 residents in Crete who had dyslipidemia took 1000 mg of spirulina daily for 12 weeks and found a significant decrease in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 22, 2016 | 2014, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Health, Sweeteners
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Lowering your systolic blood pressure by 3-6 mmHg and your diastolic blood pressure by 1.4 mmHg may reduce your risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, cardiovascular events, and risk of death by as much as 30%. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 22, 2016 | 2014, CoQ10 (Coenzyme Q10), Men's Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Study finds CoQ10 reduces markers of inflammation and potentially the risk of chronic disease. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 22, 2016 | 2014, Cancer
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. Researchers are looking to natural compounds to reduce cancer. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 22, 2016 | 2014, Arthritis, Chondroitin, Glucosamine, Joint Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In 465 patients with knee pain, those taking glucosamine and chondroitin had the same reduction in arthritis pain as Celebrex. (more…)
by Antonella | Apr 21, 2016 | 2014, Alcohol, Liver Health
Written by Marcia J. Egles, MD. In a small animal study those fed niacin had significantly less liver damage when given alcohol. (more…)
by Antonella | Apr 21, 2016 | 2014, Fenugreek, Women's Health
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. In 101 participants the use of fenugreek reduced menstrual pain by about 50% compared to the control group. (more…)
by Antonella | Apr 20, 2016 | 2014, Liver Health, Vitamin D - General
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In 2649 Danish subjects, a 12% decrease in liver disease was for increased vitamin D blood levels. (more…)
by Antonella | Apr 20, 2016 | 2014, Botanicals, Fruits and Vegetables, Liver Health, Propolis
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Information is listed on grapefruit, cranberries, blueberries, grapes, prickly pear, chamomille, silymarin, spirulina, and propolis. (more…)
by Antonella | Apr 20, 2016 | 2014, Ginger, Women's Health
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. Two groups of 61 females with moderate to severe dysmenorrhea received either 250 mg of ginger every 6 hours or 250 mg of a NSAID, mefenamic acid, every 8 hours. Pain severity decreased significantly in both groups. Ginger was as effective as mefenamic acid and had no side effects. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 20, 2016 | 2014, Proteins, Women's Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In a study in 20 young healthy women, provided 3 days with a high protein or two forms of high carbohydrate and fat snacks consumed 11.25% less calories at dinner on the fourth day. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 20, 2016 | 2014, Infant and Children's Health, Radioactivity and Irradiation
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Radiation from smartphones and laptop computers damaging effect on children were found that convinced the FCC to recommend a distance of 8 inches between the device and the user. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 20, 2016 | 2014, Aging, Asthma, Lung Health, Vitamin D - General
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In 28 elderly subjects with asthma, given 2000 IU vitamin D per day there was a 20% improvement in asthma scores. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 19, 2016 | 2014, Cancer, Quercetin
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Radiated mice who received quercetin and rutin had 23.6% less damage to their chromosomes than the “radiated-only” mice while the “radiated-only” mice had double the amount of chromosomes damage compared to the control group. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 18, 2016 | 2014, Fats and Oils - General, Oral Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Researchers found that rinsing with sesame oil (called oil pulling) was as effective as chlorhexidine in reducing bad breath and the bacteria that cause it. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 18, 2016 | 2014, Cardiovascular Health, Stroke, Sweeteners
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In a 10-year follow-up study of 32,575 healthy women and 35,884 healthy men, those with the highest intake per day of sweetened beverages (2 servings) had a 19 % risk of all types of stroke and a 22 % risk of a type of stroke called a cerebral infarction. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 18, 2016 | 2014, Cardiovascular Health, CoQ10 (Coenzyme Q10)
Written by Marcia J. Egles, MD. Study concludes that long-term CoQ10 supplementation (100 mg three times daily) is safe, improves symptoms, and reduces major adverse cardiovascular events in chronic heart failure patients. (more…)
by Antonella | Apr 16, 2016 | 2014, Folic Acid & Folate, Women's Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. The study suggests that folic acid supplementation may help maintain healthy levels of inflammation, blood sugar, and oxidative stress. (more…)
by Antonella | Apr 15, 2016 | 2014, Cardiovascular Health, Curcumin, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Weight Control
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. Cumin supplementation was shown to reduce weight, waist circumference, fat mass, triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL or “bad” cholesterol, while improving HDL or “good cholesterol” in overweight and obese women. (more…)
by Becky | Apr 15, 2016 | 2014, Indole-3 Carbinol, Men's Health
Written by Marcia J. Egles. In this study off-spring of BPA-exposed rats had an increase in prostate gland abnormalities compared to control rats. BPA- exposed off-spring, whose mothers were fed indole-3 carbinol, had less of these abnormalities, many of which returned to normal within 180 days. (more…)