Coffee Found to Adversely Affect Blood Vessel Health

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “Acute effects of coffee on endothelial function in healthy subjects” in the May 2010 issue of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Posted May 12, 2010. Read more »

Magnesium May Benefit Colorectal Health in Men

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “High Dietary Intake of Magnesium May Decrease Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Japanese Men” printed online February 17, 2010 in the Journal of Nutrition.  Posted May 7, 2010. Read more »

Effects of Flavonoids in the Human Body

Abstracted by Marcia J. Egles, MD,  from “Pure dietary flavonoids quercetin and (–)-epicatechin augment nitric oxide products and reduce endothelin-1 acutely in healthy men”, by Wai Mun Loke, Jonathan M Hodgson, Julie M Proudfoot, Allan J McKinley, Ian B Puddey and Kevin D Croft. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 88, No. 4, 1018-1025, October 2008.  Posted May 7, 2010. Read more »

B Vitamin Deficiencies Associated with Osteoporosis-Related Bone Structure Abnormalities

Abstracted by Marcia J. Egles, MD, from “Low serum folate and vitamin B-6 are associated with an altered cancellous bone structure in humans”, by Joerg H Holstein, Markus Herrmann et al. in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009: 90: 1440-5. Posted May 7, 2010. Read more »

Hip Fracture Risk Less wth Vitamin C

Abstracted by Marcia J. Egles, MD,  from “Protective effect of total and supplemental vitamin C intake on the risk of hip fracture—a 17-year follow-up from the Framingham Osteoporosis Study”, by S. Sahni & M. T. Hannan & D. Gagnon & J. lumberg  e t al. Osteoporosis International (2009) 20:1853-1861.  Posted May 6, 2010. Read more »

Omega-3 Fats May Help Macular Degeneration

Abstracted by Marcia J. Egles,MD, from “Omega–3 Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and 12-y incidence of neovascular age-related macular degeneration and central geographic atrophy: AREDS report 30, a prospective cohort study from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study” by John Paul SanGiovanni et al in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 90:1601-1607, Dec. 2009.  Posted May 6, 2010. Read more »

Lutein Plus Vitamin A May Slow Vision Loss in Retinitis Pigmentosa

Abstracted by Marcia J. Egles, MD , from Clinical Trial of Lutein in Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa Receiving Vitamin A by Eliot L. Berson, MD et al in Archives of Ophthalmology 2010:128(4): 403-411.  Posted May 6, 2010. Read more »

Can Vitamin D Supplementation Prevent the Flu in Children?

Abstracted by Jessica Patella, ND, abstracted from “Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation to prevent seasonal influenza A in schoolchildren”, in the March 2010 issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Posted May 6, 2010. Read more »

Reduction in Oxidation Damage to DNA

Abstracted by Jessica Patella, ND abstracted from “Effect of nut consumption on oxidative stress and the endothelial function in metabolic syndrome.” In the March 2010 issue of Clinical Nutrition. Posted May 6, 2010. Read more »

Zinc Found to Improve Mood in Women

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS,  from “Effect of zinc supplementation on mood states in young women: a pilot study” in the 2010 issue of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Posted May 6, 2010. Read more »