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In this study the researchers investigated the effect of glutathione intake on exercise-induced muscle metabolism and fatigue (Aoi W, et.al., 2015).This was a small double-blind, cross-over study. The participants were administered either glutathione 1g per day or a placebo for 2 weeks. Then, they exercised on a cycle ergometer at...

The researchers of this study investigated how a minimum of 150 to 300 minutes per week of moderate physical activity, and 75 to 150 minutes per week of vigorous physical activity affected longevity (Lee DH, et.al., 2022).116221 adults were followed for 30 years, and the results showed that the minimum...

You want to do what you can to avoid an intracranial aneurysm.This study investigated the genetic association for intracranialaneurysm from a genome-wide association study in 79,429 individualswith 7,495 cases and 71,934 control (Larsson SC, Gill D, 2021). The results showed higher genetically predicted serum magnesiumconcentrations were associated with lower risk...

The following research is interesting because it compared the effects of fruit intake with vegetable intake.The researchers measured biomarkers of systemic inflammation in older adults (BPapaioannou B,D, et.al, 2022).The participants were 233 older adults 65 to 70 years old.   This is what the researchers found. The vegetable intake was...

The following study scanned 39 healthy old participants, 22 with mild cognitive impairment, and 37 Alzheimer’s patients for hippocampal glutathione levels (Shulka D, et.al., 2021). The hippocampus is an area of the brain.   The researchers found significant glutathione depletion in the left and right hippocampus among the groups with...

  The following research combined exercise and sauna use comparing it with only exercise for the benefits of cardiovascular function (Lee E, et.al., 2022). The researchers measured blood pressure, cardiorespiratory fitness, fat mass, total cholesterol levels, and arterial stiffness. The participants were an average of 49 years old with low...

The researchers of this study reviewed randomized controlled trials which investigated the effects of EPA and DHA on blood pressure (Zhang X, et.al., 2022). EPA and DHA are both omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil. There were 4973 participants 18 years old and older.   The optimal intake...

In this study the researchers measured blood cell (RBC) status of DHA which is an objective measure of long-term dietary DHA intake (Sala Vila A, et al. 2022). DHA is one of the omega 3 fatty acids. They also examined the association of RBC DHA as it related to Alzheimer’s...

The following study included 7786 participants and the researchers followed the participants for an average time of 13 years (Chen Z, et.al., 2020). They found that higher total protein intake was associated with higher all-cause mortality mainly explained by higher animal protein intake and cardiovascular disease mortality.   The association...

Berberine, a natural substance used in Chinese medicine for a long time now has research to back up a lot of the claims (Song D, et, al., 2022).     Berberine regulates the glucose metabolism and lipid metabolism. It improves energy expenditure, reduces body weight, and alleviates nonalcoholic fatty liver...

The following research investigated if different ways of exercising can make a difference in your waist circumference (Dor-Haim H, et.al., 2022). The participants were men who were recovering from myocardial infarction and was either put on a moderate-intensity continuous-aerobic training program, or aerobic interval exercise combined with alternating sets of...

  This research reviewed ten studies and included 1119 participants with high blood pressure where salt substitutes were used instead of regular salt (Jafarnejad S, et.al., 2020). Potassium chloride is used at least partially instead of regular salt in salt substituted products. The results showed a significant reduction in systolic...

  The reason to conduct the following research was to investigate the impact of blueberry flavonoid intake on endothelial function in healthy men (Rodriguez-Mateos A, et.al., 2013). Two randomized, controlled, double-blind, crossover human-intervention trials were conducted with 21 healthy men. The impact of blueberry flavonoid intake on flow-mediated dilation and...

This research evaluated the effects of two different diets, one containing walnuts and the other almonds on endothelial function (Bhardwaj R, et.al., 2018). The endothelium is the inner layer of the blood vessels and is important for healthy cardiovascular function. The study was a randomized crossover, controlled intervention study with...

Keeping your blood pressure normal and low is important. High blood pressure will increase your risk for stroke. What if you could reduce your blood pressure by adding one food to your diet and avoiding the side effects of blood pressure medications? The researchers who published the following study investigated...

In this study the researchers investigated associations between the dietary Inflammatory Index and measures of brain volume and cerebral small vessel disease (Van Lent, D, et.al., 20222). The participants filled out food frequency questionnaires and had brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. The researchers found that higher pro-inflammatory diet scores,...

Inflammation is the body’s defense against pathogens like bacteria and viruses. Inflammation is also involved when the body is exposed to an injury. The acute inflammation helps to clear out damaged tissue and get it ready for repair (regeneration of new tissue). The following research investigated what happens when tissue...

  The purpose of the following study was to analyze the effects of magnesium supplementation in preventing muscle damage in professional cyclists taking part in a 21-day cycling stage race (Cordova A, et al., 2019). 18 male professional cyclists from two teams were participating in the research. They were divided...

Research has found associations between neuroinflammation and oxysterol (oxidated cholesterol) levels on autopsies of the brains of patients who had Alzheimer’s disease (Testa G, et.al., 2016). These results strongly support the association between changes in oxysterol levels and Alzheimer’s disease progression. LDL are the particles that easily get oxidized, and...

This natural ingredient has shown anti-aging properties. A lot of scientists are working on solutions to slow down and even reverse the aging process. The following study investigated if Berberine a natural ingredient would affect aging. Key pathologies of aging, including oxidative stress, mitochondrial malfunction, and the associated mTOR, AMPK...