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  Both omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids are essential which means we have to get them through the diet, since the body cannot make them.  The omega 6 fatty acid intake is quite a bit higher than the omega 3 intake the way most people eat now. Omega...

The following was a small study, but it is interesting because the participants were young females and males with an average age of 28.8 years (Montesinos L, et.al., 2018). Their average body mass index was 23.4 and their resting heart rate was 63.1 which are considered good.  Sleep and balance...

It is common knowledge that having high blood sugar levels is damaging to our health, but in what way is it harmful to us?   Having high blood glucose levels causes oxidation of glucose and a reaction causing glycation of proteins.  These reactions cause tissue damage and create a lot...

"A telomere is a region of repetitive nucleotides consisting of DNA and RNA at the end of a chromosome that protects the chromosome from deterioration. Shorter telomeres are known to determine cell longevity and shorter telomeres lead to a shorter lifespan.  Telomeres can therefore give us information on how fast...

Alongside oxidative stress and inflammation, altered cholesterol metabolism and hypercholesterolemia also significantly contribute to neuronal damage and to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (Gamba P, et.al., 2015). Levels of oxysterols derived from cholesterol oxidation and inflammatory mediators have been found to be increased in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients (Testa...

One of the impressive health benefits of flax seeds is the ability to decrease blood pressure (Rodriguez-Leyva D, et.al., 2013). In a double-blinded, placebo-controlled study, 30 g of flax seeds daily for 6 months reduced the systolic blood pressure of 10 mm Hg and the diastolic blood pressure with 7...

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could express your genes in a way that made you feel better? If you could do it both quickly and easily, that would be great. I think everybody agrees on that. According to this research, you can actually do that (Chacko SA, et al....

  When 9,820 study participants were tested for blood magnesium levels, this is what was found. The participants with low magnesium levels had increased atherosclerosis (Kieboom BC, et al. 2016). The carotid intima media thickness was increased, that’s the inner layer of the blood vessel wall. There seems, however, to...

We know blood platelets form blood clots, but they are also involved in producing inflammation. Inflammation is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is especially dangerous when the endothelial cells (which lines the blood vessels) get inflamed. The platelets are involved in that. The platelets can also be involved...

For a while now alcohol has been promoted as healthy as long as it is consumed in moderation, 1-2 glasses of red wine a day or 1 drink a day. In particular, red wine is supposed to be healthy because of the resveratrol. Some people even believe getting the resveratrol...

We can’t always change our environment to what we would ideally like it to be. The solution is to instead train ourselves so stressful situations don’t affect us adversely. This means you would be more stress resistant. Research has shown that this can be done, and it does not take...

Because oxidative stress causes tissue damage, the following study investigated pro-oxidant and antioxidant status in patients with osteoarthritis. A significant increase in the levels of lipid peroxidation products was found in the red blood cells of the participants with osteoarthritis (Surapaneni KM, Venkataramana G, 2007). It was also found that...

A lot of people think their genetic makeup decides how healthy or sick they will be. This is, however, a big misconception. Science shows that our genes only contribute 10-20% of the risk (Willett WC, 2002). Environmental factors which includes diet and life-style are the main contributors to cardiovascular disease,...

I mentioned last week that patients with osteoarthritis had approximately a 4 fold lower level of extracellular SOD, the body’s own antioxidant enzymes. This indicates that SOD production should be supported since an excess of free radicals causes tissue damage. Zinc, copper and manganese are necessary for SOD production (Harris...

As you have seen, even osteoarthritis involves inflammation; and also free radical damage to cartilage. Glucosamine sulfate can reduce inflammation a little bit (Largo R, et al. 2003). To further reduce inflammation you can use curcumin (Ren J, Sowers JR, 2014, Gupta SC, et al. 2013). Regular curcumin is not well...