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Past News Articles
- High carb diet useful for muscle disorder
Reuters, 12/3/2008
A diet high in carbohydrate instead of protein improves the ability of people with McArdle disease to exercise, results of a small study indicate.
- Too Little Vitamin D Puts Heart at Risk
Webmd, 12/3/2008
Researchers say a growing body of evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of heart disease and is linked to other, well-known heart disease risk factors such as high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes.
- Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Zinc
, 11/30/2008
The Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health has published an informative fact sheet on Zinc.
- Zinc given thumbs up against common cold
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
The benefits of using zinc products to fight the common cold are highlighted in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, though the author believes that more research is still needed.
- Grapes may protect against salt-induced hypertension
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
A diet rich in phytochemicals from grapes may reduce the blood pressure increases associated with high salt intake, according to a new animal study.
- Green tea extract may lower blood pressure
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
Daily supplements of extracts from green tea (Camellia sinensis) may reduce blood pressure, cholesterol and markers of oxidative stress, and all within three weeks, says a new study.
- Vitamin E may slash lung cancer risk
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
Increasing intakes of vitamin E may decrease the risk of lung cancer by over 50 per cent, according to a new study from the US.
Researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center report that intakes of vitamin E in the alpha-tocopherol form were associated with consistent and independent reductions in lung cancer risk. Other forms of the vitamin did not have any effects on their own, they added.
- Multivitamins and minerals help children's brain function
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
Daily supplements of multivitamins and minerals may improve the brain function of children, says a new study from British and Australian researchers.
- B vitamins may protect over-65s from cancer
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
A daily supplement of B vitamins may reduce the risk of breast cancer and other invasive cancers in women over the age of 65, according to a new study from the US.
- Vitamin E and C do not prevent cardiovascular disease
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
Vitamin E and C do not prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) this week. The study authors acknowledged previous trials demonstrated heart health benefits associated vitamin C and E, but instigated the study because of what they perceived as a need to verify the benefits via a large cohort study.
- Hibiscus tea can lower blood pressure
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
Drinking hibiscus tea can lower blood pressure in pre-hypertensive and mildly hypertensive adults, according to new research presented to the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Ginkgo biloba has no benefits against dementia
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
The herb gingko biloba may not reduce the rate of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study with 3,000 elderly people in the US.
- Oily fish may boost prostate cancer survival rate
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
An increased intake of fish and omega-3-rich seafood may improve prostate cancer survival by 38 per cent, according to a new study.
- Amino acid l-ornithine may ease symptoms of fatigue
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
Daily supplements of the amino acid l-ornithine, found in foods such as meat, fish, dairy and eggs, may have anti-fatigue effects, says new research.
- Vitamin K may have anti-diabetes benefits
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
Supplements of vitamin K1 may reduce the development of insulin resistance in older men, and thereby offer protection against diabetes, suggests a new study.
- Garlic and onions may reduce cholesterol gallstones
Nutraingredients-usa, 11/30/2008
Consumption of garlic and onions may reduce the incidence of cholesterol gallstone formation by as much as 40 per cent, says a new study from India.
- High-protein meals may help overweight burn fat
Reuters, 11/30/2008
Higher-protein meals may help overweight and obese people burn more fat, the results of a small study suggest. Research has shown that overweight people are less efficient at burning fat after a meal than thinner people are. In the new study, Australian researchers looked at whether the protein composition of a meal affects that weight-related gap.
- Eating fish may prevent kidney decline in diabetics
Reuters, 11/30/2008
Eating fish at least twice a week seems to reduce the incidence of kidney disease in patients with diabetes, according to findings from a large British study.
- Indigo extract effective treatment for psoriasis
Reuters, 11/30/2008
Taiwanese investigators report that an ointment made from an extract of Indigo naturalis is effective in treatment-resistant plaque psoriasis -- and the treatment appears to be safe.
- Research on mice links fast food to Alzheimer's
Reuters, 11/30/2008
Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday. The findings, which come from a series of published papers by a researcher at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet, show how a diet rich in fat, sugar and cholesterol could increase the risk of the most common type of dementia.
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