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Relationship between inflammatory marker and omega 3 fat
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Highly sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is a marker for low-grade systemic inflammation. Low grade systemic inflammation is the type of inflammation you may not be aware of, but it is a risk factor for chronic disease. Cardiovascular disease, Cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease are some examples where low-grade inflammation plays a...
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Habit that may reduce the risk of prostate cancer
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Habits that are healthy for the prostate tend to also provide other health benefits and are beneficial for the whole family if implemented. One of the studies reviewed here investigated the association of plant foods and the impact these nutrients may have on prostate cancer risk and survival (Lewis JE,...
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What you eat in midlife may affect your memory later in life.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Everybody wants to have good cognition, memory. As more people are living longer there is a growing concern about impaired cognition with increasing age. Researchers in Finland recently published a study where they had followed participants for an average of 21 years (Eskelinen MH, et al. 2008). The participants were...
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Sleep more, get sick less often
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Getting enough sleep is important for many reasons. The quality of sleep as well as the amount of sleep affects our immune system. An interesting study just published, investigated whether sleep duration and efficiency in the weeks preceding viral exposure are associated with susceptibility to getting a cold (Cohen S....
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More evidence for the prevention of prostate cancer by dietary changes and exercise.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
It has been suggested that prostate cancer might be an aspect of the metabolic syndrome, a co ndition which includes insulin resistance, high blood pressure and weight gain. Insulin resistance means that the insulin is not as effective as it used to be in transferring the blood sugar into the...
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Poor memory? Maybe you need vitamin D
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
In the last few years a lot of research has documented the benefits of vitamin D. Vitamin D is important for a variety of functions. The study reviewed here investigated the link between vitamin D levels and cognition in 3369 men aged 40 to 79 years (Lee D.M. et...
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Vitamin D and breast cancer risk
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
The evidence for how important vitamin D is keeps increasing. The study reviewed here examined the association between breast cancer and plasma 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels (Crew KD. et al, 2009). 25-hydroxy vitamin D is the most common blood test used to check the status of vitamin D. When...
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Physical activity provides cancer protection.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Everybody is aware that exercise provides cardiovascular benefits, but it may not be that well known that exercise can also be effective in the prevention of cancer. The two studies referred to here examined the association between physical activity and breast cancer risk ( Martina E., et al, 2008, Suzukis.,...
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Sweetened beverages linked to risk of heart disease
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Previous research has linked sugar-sweetened beverages to weight gain and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The study reviewed here investigated the association between sugar-sweetened beverages and the risk for coronary heart disease in 88,250 women aged 34-59 years (Fung T.T. et al, 2009). These women were free...
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Sleep is important for your blood pressure
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Getting enough quality sleep is important for the immunity and health in general. The interesting thing is that sleep can affect the blood pressure drastically. 1741 men and women participated in a recent study to evaluate how insomnia and poor sleep affected blood pressure (Alexandros N., et al. 2009). The...
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Less salt helps more than blood pressure
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
A low salt diet is usually recommended for people who have high blood pressure. The study referred to here investigated the effect of salt reduction on vascular function by measuring artery flow-mediated vasodilation (widening of blood vessels) (Dickinson KM, et al, 2009). The researchers compared measurements after 2 weeks of...
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Reduce meat intake and live longer.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
This may not be what you want to hear, but there are some interesting evidence why it makes sense to reduce the intake of red meat and processed meat. The study reviewed here investigated the relations of red, white and processed meat intake to the risk for total and cause...
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Potato chips increase inflammation
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Potato chips have never been considered a healthy food and the study referred to here provides even more evidence for how unhealthy it is. The study was small, but interesting since several inflammatory markers were measured (Naruszewicz M, et al.). The participants were both...
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Low glycemic index foods reduce the risk for chronic disease.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
The glycemic index is a way to rate how high a certain food will raise the blood sugar when compared to glucose or white bread. The higher the glycemic index of a food the higher it will raise the blood sugar. Glycemic load is another way to rate food...
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Omega 3 fatty acids help menopausal transition
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Menopause can be a difficult time for some women, but it may not have to be that problematic. There are several things which can be done to make it easier. A healthy diet and exercise have for example shown to be helpful, but a simple thing as taking a...
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It is not only how much you weigh, but where you carry your weight that is important.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
The latest research on the association of body fat and the risk of death was just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a very prestigious publication (Pischon T, et al, 2008). Most of the studies in the past have relied on the body mass index (BMI) and...
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Biological Aging
Posted by: Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Whatever your chronological age, your biological age may be more or less than that. If your chronological age is 60 years, you may biologically be only 50 if you are in good shape or it could be 70 if you are in bad shape.
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More on the importance of vitamin D
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
A lot of evidence is suggesting that a large part of the population have suboptimal levels of vitamin D. The research referenced here reviewed the evidence that vitamin D deficiency is associated with cardiovascular disease and also the evidence that supplementation of vitamin D is associated with reduction in cardiovascular...
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Link between certain type of foods and anxiety and depression.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
You may think it is strange that what you eat can cause anxiety or make you depressed. Food is more than calories which give us energy. Science has demonstrated that the micronutrients in food, the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other substances act as cell signaling molecules. They help the nervous...
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Easy way to reduce anxiety and inflammation
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Research has documented the importance of having a ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids that is not too high. The study reviewed was interesting because the participants were young, healthy adults (medical students) and the purpose was to determine if omega 3 fatty acids would decrease proinflammatory...
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