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The belief has been that increased fat mass was a protective factor for osteoporosis. This has now been challenged by two studies. One was done in 2007, which included 150 females and 150 males between the ages of 13 and 21 years (Janicka A., et al, 2007). The conclusion of...

  Omega 3 fatty acids have been documented to provide numerous health benefits. The study referred to here investigated the effect of omega 3 fatty acids from fish oil on telomere length, a marker of biological aging (Farzaneh-Far R, et al. 2010). Biological age is the physiological age (real age)....

This does not mean that you should stop eating fruits. The primary sources of fructose are sugar (sucrose) and high fructose corn syrup. It is interesting to note that as fructose consumption world wide has increased so has the rate of diabetes. Excessive intake of fructose induces features of metabolic...

42,093 Japanese individuals from the general population aged 40 years or more were assessed for psychological distress and the relationship between green tea consumption (Hozawa A, et al. 2009). Other lifestyle factors were also accounted for. The results showed that green tea consumption was inversely associated with psychological distress even...

In the study referred to below, the researchers divided the participants into quartiles according to total plasma homocysteine levels. Homocysteine is a toxic amino acid linked to a variety of health conditions. This investigation evaluated the relationship between homocysteine levels and arterial stiffness (Yun J, et al. 2009). It was...

You have probably heard or read that when it comes to weight loss or gain, it does not matter where the calories come from. You will lose or gain the same amount of weight as long as you eat the same amount of calories. I reviewed a study a while...

Flax seeds, which are tiny small brown seeds, can be health promoting in several ways. Flax is a source of omega 3 fatty acids which we all need. Fish oil is however a more efficient source of omega 3 since fish oil comes in the form of EPA, DHA the...

Studies have shown that the Mediterranean Diet can help protect against cardiovascular disease. The study reviewed here assessed the association between the Mediterranean dietary pattern and the risk of depression (Sanchez-Villegas A., et al. 2009). A total of 10,094 participants who were healthy at the beginning of the study were...

Homocysteine is an amino acid, which can build up in your body and cause problems if you are deficient in folic acid, vitamin B-12, and vitamin B6. The study reviewed here followed 2009 participants for an average of 11.95 years documenting homocysteine levels and how it affected the risk of...

      The risk for osteoporosis and bone loss is increasing with age. The more bone density we build in younger years, the better off we are as we get older. Especially women, but also men are at risk for increased bone loss leading to osteoporosis and risk of...

  The study reviewed here examined the effects of short term supplementation with the active compounds in green tea on serum bio markers in patients with prostate cancer (McLarty J, et al. 2009). Participants with positive prostate biopsies scheduled for radical prostatectomy were given 1.3 g of green tea polyphenols...

Macular degeneration is a condition which results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field. With increasing age it is common to detect a build up of extracellular material in a certain area of the eye, this is termed drusen. Numerous and larger drusen in the...

  Even your eyes can get protection from the food you eat. An interesting study done over eight years and including 2924 participants documented the benefits from eating a low glycemic index diet and the essential fatty acids EPA and DHA (Chiu CJ, et al. 2009). EPA and DHA is...

Would you spend 3 minutes, 3 days per week exercising if it gave you the same cardiovascular and metabolic benefits as exercising for 1 hour also 3 times per week? In 2008 three studies were conducted evaluating the effects of extremely low volume high-intensity interval training on cardiovascular and metabolic...

Soy food contains substances called isoflavones that has both anti-estrogenic and anti-carcinogenic properties. The study reviewed here investigated the association between breast cancer risk and the intake of soy food in adolescents and adults (Lee S.A., et al. 2009). Food frequency questionnaires were used and 73,223 women participated. The follow...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...