Feeling hungry? Just exercise.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Recent published research shows interesting connection between exercise and appetite (Broom DR, et al. 2008). Two types of exercise regimes were evaluated for their effect on hunger and levels of the gut hormones acylated ghrelin and peptide YY. 90 minutes of weight training using free weights were compared with...
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News headlines: vitamin C, E don’t protect against cancer
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
It has just been in the news that vitamin C and E did not protect against cancer, referring to an article appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (Gaziano JM, et al, 2008). The study included 14,691 participants including 1,307 men with a history of prior cancer...
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Increase your first line of defense against microbes
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Secretory IgA (sIgA) is a mucosal Immunoglobulin and our first line of defense against invading microbes. It is found in mucus and secretions both from the intestine and lining of the lungs. It is interesting that recent research has shown that support of the friendly bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract,...
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