Cherries May Help Gout & Arthritis Pain Relief
A study suggests that natural compounds in cherries may reduce painful arthritis inflammation. “Our test is among the first to track anti-inflammatory effects of fresh Bing cherries in a controlled experiment with healthy volunteers,” says chemist Robert A. Jacob, who led the investigation.
Diet Rich in Algae Oil Can Lower Triglycerides
The benefits of fish oil include the ability to lower high triglycerides in the blood. Triglycerides were lowered by about 26 percent in volunteers on the DHA diet. Their HDL cholesterol-the good kind-rose an average of 9 percent.
Losing Weight? Copper in Your Diet Saves Your Bones
When people go on weight-loss diets, they often lose calcium from their bones. Copper helps to retain more calcium during the process of losing weight. The copper requirements of women while losing weight exceed the current recommended levels for the participants’ age range.
Cholesterol Lowering
The Cholesterol Myth: Is Lowering Cholesterol a Good Thing?Cholesterol and Heart Disease-A Phony Issue - By Mary Enig, PhD The official advice...
Natural Ways to Lower CholesterolPterostilbene, a berry compound found in blueberries and grapes, can help lower...
DHA Supplements Affect Triglycerides and CholesterolDHA is often promoted as a dietary supplement to improve cardiovascular health....
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs and Alzheimer’s DiseaseIt has been widely reported that drugs that lower cholesterol may slow the progression...
Lowering Cholesterol With Dietary Plant StanolsSeveral clinical studies have shown that plant stanol esters are effective agents...
Raise HDL Cholesterol Levels With ExerciseSeveral studies, including the present, demonstrate that exercise raises HDL cholesterol...
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Does Leptin Help Burn More Calories?Leptin has become a hot area for obesity research since the discovery of a mutation...
Leptin and Weight Loss: Does More leptin Help With Weight Loss?Recent research into leptin has revealed what is likely to be very important in...
Leptin Supplements: A Promising Weight Loss Treatment?Since the discovery of leptin in 1994, many have hoped that the hormone would...
Leptin Levels Are Influenced By The foods You EatMore fat in the diet decreases leptin levels while a diet higher in carbohydrates...
Leptin and Insulin: The Effects of Glucose and FructoseAn upcoming study should help reveal how two kinds of sugars in our foods, glucose...
Dieting? Leptin Levels Affect Diet ResponseWhen dieting and your leptin levels go down, you may find you are more hungry....
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Diabetes: Kidney Damage ReversedA low carbohydrate diet may be appropriate to avoid the risk of kidney failure to already failing kidneys according to Swedish researchers. An obese patient with type 2 diabetes whose diet was changed from the recommended high-carbohydrate, low-fat type to a low-carbohydrate diet showed a significant reduction in bodyweight, improved glycemic control... [Read more of this review]
Intensive Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes May Be FatalIntensively targeting blood sugar to near-normal levels in adults with type 2 diabetes at especially high risk for heart attack and stroke does not significantly reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events, such as fatal or nonfatal heart attacks or stroke, but increases risk of death, compared to standard treatment. Researchers from the ACCORD... [Read more of this review]
Diabetes: A Risk Factor For TuberculosisOne possible risk factor for tuberculosis is diabetes, a condition characterized by high blood sugar levels and long-term complications involving the circulation, eyes and kidneys, and the body’s ability to fight infection. Active tuberculosis can be cured by taking a combination of several antibiotics every day for at least six months, and... [Read more of this review]
Leptin and Insulin: The Effects of Glucose and FructoseAn upcoming study should help reveal how two kinds of sugars in our foods, glucose and fructose, affect the body’s production of leptin and insulin. Agricultural Research Service chemist Nancy L. Keim, Peter J. Havel and Craig H. Warden, a genetics and pediatrics researcher at U.C. Davis, are collaborating in this leptin and insulin investigation. “When... [Read more of this review]
Diabetes and CinnamonARS scientists and colleagues have isolated and characterized several polyphenolic polymer compounds from cinnamon bark that could one day become natural ingredients in products aimed at lowering blood sugar levels. The newly identified chemical structures were recently named in a patent application and described in the Journal of Agricultural and... [Read more of this review]
Type 2 Diabetes Among Hispanics and Resistance TrainingAmong Hispanics, type 2 diabetes prevalence is about double that of non-Hispanic whites. Hispanic men and women over 55 with an average 9-year history of type-2 diabetes were reported to gain significant benefits from exercise (resistance training) in a study by researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at... [Read more of this review]
Gymnema - An Effective Treatment for Type 2 DiabetesStudies show that Gymnema is a natural treatment for type 2 diabetes. Gymnema has also been shown to be an effective treatment for type 1 diabetes. Case reports and studies involving both humans and animals suggest that it may work in several ways to help control both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Gymnema sylvestre seem to decrease the amounts... [Read more of this review]
Heart Disease May Be Reversible in Adults with DiabetesHeart disease may be reversible in adults with type 2 diabetes. Aggressively lowering cholesterol and blood pressure levels below current targets in adults with type 2 diabetes may help to prevent – and possibly reverse – hardening of the arteries, according to new research supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of... [Read more of this review]
Type 2 Diabetes Is Carbohydrate IntolerancePrior to the discovery of medical treatments for diabetes, limiting carbohydrates was the predominant treatment recommendation to treat diabetes mellitus (type 2). Researchers at Duke University Medical Center argue that carbohydrate-restriction should be reincorporated into contemporary treatment studies for diabetes mellitus. In the early 20th century,... [Read more of this review]
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