Hello again friends: The following information is from a series of papers that are more relevant than ever. It is by a renowned researcher and reveals how nutrient insufficiencies and deficiencies lead to illness, suffering, aging and an early death. This type of information is why I always take a multivitamin and an multimineral. The following quotes summarize the following three links, all by the same primary author, Bruce Ames, PhD: “An optimum intake of micronutrients and metabolites, which varies with age and genetic constitution, would tune up metabolism and give a marked increase in health, particularly for the poor, young, obese, and elderly, at little cost. (1) DNA damage: Deficiency of vitamins B-12, folic acid, B-6, C or E, or iron or zinc appears to mimic radiation in damaging DNA by causing single- and double-strand breaks, oxidative lesions or both. Half of the ... Read more
Vit. D Proven to Lower Mortality Significantly
Hello again to all: A new review of Vit. D has finally put a lot of controversy to rest. The controversy lies in the studies that could not find any benefit to Vit. D supplementation. To find out if this is accurate, the new study applied an appropriate analysis that had not previously be done and found the following:
- A previous meta-analysis of randomized trials found that vitamin D supplementation made no difference in the risk for all-cause or cardiovascular mortality, but there was an association between vitamin D supplements and a lower risk for cancer-related mortality.
- In the current study, using a unique analysis based on genetic polymorphisms, vitamin D deficiency appears to be causal in promoting overall mortality, as well as cardiovascular, cancer, and respiratory mortality.
- Implications for the healthcare team: ... Read more
Health Update: Vegetables Save Your Brain
Hello again: Here is some great news on what you can do to save your memory, brain, and overall health by simply eating foods that are high in flavenols. Say what? “Flavonols are a type of flavonoid, a group of phytochemicals found in plant pigments. Earlier research has shown that high flavonol intake was tied to lower risk of Alzheimer's dementia. Higher dietary intake of total flavonols and individual flavonol constituents was linked with slower cognitive and memory decline in older adults, a longitudinal study showed. Slower declines in episodic, semantic, and working memory also were tied to overall flavonol intake. Associations were independent of cardiovascular conditions and lifestyle factors, The anti-inflammatory ... Read more
Health Update: Highly Processed Foods as Addictive as Tobacco
Hello once again everyone: As consumers, we need to be aware that just because it is allowed to be sold as some type of edible ‘food like object’, does not necessarily mean that it is actually good for us. When it comes to highly processed foods (HPF’s), it is exactly the opposite: highly processed foods are destroying the health of any of us that consume them. Most of us are aware that these HPF’s are manufactured to be addictive, and this fact is becoming recognized at the clinical level. They state: "Food addiction explains so much of what we see in clinical practice, where intelligent people understand what we tell them about the physiology associated with a low-carb diet, and they follow it for a while, but then they relapse," said Jen Unwin, PhD explaining the difficulties faced by around 20% of her patients who are considered to have food addiction. As an ... Read more
Health Update: Probiotics May Offset Antibiotic Gut Damage
Hello everyone: Here is some good news for all of us because sometimes we may need an antibiotic, yet we can be reluctant to take them because we are aware that it can seriously damage the gut microbiome and thus have deleterious effects on our total health as well. You probably have heard of the Gut-Brain Axis, or the Gut-Liver Axis, or the Gut-Skin Axis and how the health of the gut microbiome and the gut itself is related to blood sugar, mental health, brain function, inflammation, fatigue, autoimmune, skin and many problems. Put simply, gut issues are major drivers of chronic illness and inflammation and can negatively (or positively) affect our health in many ways. The good news from MedicalNewsToday of 11.18.22 is as follows:
- Antibiotic treatment for bacterial infections can reduce the abundance and diversity of gut bacteria, leading to potentially severe ... Read more
Health Update: Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to Premature Death
Hello to everyone: In response to the above title, most people will just say…well duh, of course ultra-processed foods are unhealthy! So, if this is so widely known we all must wonder why over 57% of all calories consumed in the U.S. are from ultra-processed foods!! Not only that, the consumption of whole foods decreased over 5%...this is a horrible trend as these ultra-processed foods are drivers of disease and inflammation!! “The overall composition of the average U.S. diet has shifted towards a more processed diet. This is concerning, as eating more ultra-processed foods is associated with poor diet quality and higher risk of several chronic diseases,” said Filippa Juul, an assistant professor and postdoctoral fellow at NYU School of Public Health and the study’s lead author. “The high and increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods in the ... Read more
Health Update: Save Your Own Life Because…
Hello again everyone: The bad news is that less than 7% of our nation has good cardiometabolic health. In this article, they used the term ‘devastating’ to describe how serious this is. The good news is that you can fix this! Here is what the research revealed: “Researchers evaluated Americans across five components of health: levels of blood pressure, blood sugar, blood cholesterol, adiposity (overweight and obesity), and presence or absence of cardiovascular disease (heart attack, stroke, etc.). They found that only 6.8 percent of U.S. adults had optimal levels of all five components as of 2017-2018.” “These numbers are striking. It’s deeply problematic that in the United States, one of the wealthiest nations in the world, fewer than 1 in 15 adults have optimal cardiometabolic health,” said Read more
Health Update: Plant Based Diets Lower Hot Flashes
Hello again: I hope that this new year is treating you right, and here is some really great news about hot flashes. A recent study found that the combination of a plant-based food plan, along with soy, avoiding animal products, and reducing fat led to a reduction in hot flashes as effective as hormone replacement therapy. This is important because traditional hormone replacement therapy has some dangerous risk factors while this approach to hot flashes is not only NOT risky but offers significant advantages such as weight loss, lower cholesterol, and improved overall health. Here are some of the insights from the study: Highlights:
- A new study suggests that a low fat, plant-based diet rich in soy is as effective as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for reducing hot flashes.
- The 12-week trial found that a plant-rich diet reduced moderate to severe hot ... Read more
Health Update: How to Reduce Brain Inflammation & Save Your Memory
Hello everyone: Here is some great information on how to keep your brain healthy and lower your inflammation burden. This article link is not long and an easy read, but here are the highlights:
- Brain inflammation (neuroinflammation) is linked to worse mood, cognition, and general brain health.
- How we eat influences our overall inflammatory state, and may significantly influence brain inflammation.
- A poor state of metabolic health, exposure to excess smoke, and drinking alcohol may all negatively impact brain inflammation.
Health Update: Sustainable Nutrition Goals
Hello again everyone: As we move forward into this new year, we are discovering that our individual health is intertwined with that of the planet. This connection is through our food choices. Food can make us ill or food can contribute to inflammation and cause, aggravate, and/or perpetuate every known human ailment…including aging. We need a bigger viewpoint from which to view our place in the grand scheme of things, and that is what articles like the one below is all about. As you will read, it is a really complicated issue and we should all become aware and seek to do our part to resolve it and save our future. We each need to get informed and act on that information. “Some foods take up many more resources than others. At the upper end, just 100 grams of beef protein can result in the release of the equivalent of 105 kilograms of CO2. The same amount of protein from a ... Read more
