Heart Health and How to Fight Back Against Disease

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
"  This substance is very important for the cardiovascular system. Oxidative stress has been found to be a factor involved in many chronic diseases, and cardiovascular disease is one of them. This is what was found in the following research when glutathione levels were measured in patients with cardiac disease...
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Why is it important to know the immediate effects of your meals?

Why is it important to know the immediate effects of your meals?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
When you have your yearly medical checkup, your doctor usually runs a blood test to see how your biochemistry is when you are in a fasted state.  You should have the blood drawn in the morning before you eat anything. While this gives both your doctor and you an idea...
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A lesser-known benefit of a plant based diet

A lesser-known benefit of a plant based diet

  You may not have heard about Trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), but this metabolite is created by the bacterial flora in the gut in response to certain food components.  This is the process.TMAO originates from a precursor, trimethylamine (TMA) that is a metabolite of mainly choline and carnitine from ingested foods...
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Reasons for eating a plant based diet

Reasons for eating a plant based diet

There are many reasons why eating a plant based diet makes sense.  This research included 131, 342 participants. Of this, 85 013 were women (64.7%) and 46 329 were men (35.3%) (Song M, et.al., 2016). The researchers found that high animal protein intake was positively associated with cardiovascular mortality, and high plant...
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Improve your genetic potential

Improve your genetic potential

While we can’t change our genes yet, we can however improve the expression of our genes.  There are several factors that affect how we express our genes. One of the more important factors is stress. In this study, researchers tested several functions after a practice session of healthy individuals who had...
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This function is involved in a variety conditions from viral diseases to heart disease, stroke and diabetes

This function is involved in a variety conditions from viral diseases to heart disease, stroke and diabetes

Vascular endothelial cells line the entire circulatory system, from the heart to the smallest capillaries.   The endothelium is the inner layer of the blood vessels and is extremely important. When the endothelium is functioning normally, it helps to regulate blood clotting, assists the body’s immune response, controls the volume of...
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What type of protein is best if you want to live longer?

What type of protein is best if you want to live longer?

  Does the source of protein really matter as long as we get an adequate supply? That’s exactly what the researchers of the following study investigated.  85 013 women and 46 329 men, a total of 131342 participants were included in this research (Song M, et.al., 2016). They examined the associations of animal...
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What can you do to help your immune system to better protect yourself from pathogens like viruses?

We are exposed to pathogens–especially viruses–all the time and our immune system is very effective at protecting us.  This means that most of the time, we don’t get sick. Research has, however, found evidence of decreased levels of glutathione in several diseases–such as cancer, viral infections and immune dysfunction–as well...
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Do you want a bigger brain and better memory?

Is it really possible to increase the size of the brain later in life? Data from a randomized controlled study of 155 older women, who participated in 52 weeks of resistance training showed reduced cortical white matter atrophy on MRI scans when compared with the control group (Best JR, et.al.,...
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What else can you do to improve your cognition other than pay attention to the food you eat?

You actually have quite a lot of control over how functional your brain is going to be. Research has shown we can slow down memory loss and even improve our memory. The food we eat is extremely important, but another tool we have is exercise. Resistance exercise is especially effective....
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Can Omega 3 Fatty Acids Affect Your Mood?

Can Omega 3 Fatty Acids Affect Your Mood?

Omega 3 fatty acids have been demonstrated to significantly influence the nervous system and affect brain structures. Can omega 3 fat also impact the way you feel emotionally? This was evaluated in young adults with depressive symptoms by giving them 1.4 g of EPA and DHA, the active ingredients of...
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