Several Months ago we went to my 90 year old mother’s doctor. She did the regular blood test. One of them being one for her blood sugar levels. The Doctor office calls back the next day and tells me that I can take your mom off her diabetes and blood pressure medication. That is a [...]
Finally, I would like to point out that other naturally occurring polyphenols exert health benefits that resveratrol does not. And, if we have learned anything over the last 10 or 20 years it is that high potency individual nutrients can sometimes cause more harm than good – probably by interfering with the absorption of closely related nutrients.
A study at the Univeristy of Laval in Canada showed that if you increase your fish oil (DHA) you can reduce the extent of damage following a stroke by 25 %. In the study they fed mice a diet rich in DHA for three months significantly reduced the severity of a stroke. “The consumption of [...]
And Interesting article by Dr. Steve Chaney, from UNC Medical schools discusses why anti-oxidants or a product with a high ORAC value (this is the value the anti-oxidant capability of a food ) really does not affect the ability of any substance to create longevity. Of course, anti-oxidants do play many useful roles in the [...]
Did you know that Atherosclerosis is reversible? I bet your doctor has not mentioned that to you the last time you saw him for a check up. However, a recent editorial about resveratrol that appeared in the recent issue of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. Just as astonishingly, the editorial was written by [...]
If your Doctor recommends you take statin drugs for chronic heart failure you may want to give it a second thought. In a study conducted by Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell’Infarto Miocardico Heart Failure (GISSI-HF) trial and released for early online publication in the Lancet August 31, 2008. It showed that Omega [...]
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My goal is to provide relative information to help you take control of your health. I hope to achieve this through sharing recent research and my own personal experiences while on my own quest for health, a journey that has taken over 34 years. Please come along as we continue this journey together.
To Your Health, Caroline
