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March 10, 2010

Apples and Nuts Reduce Inflammation Via Mucosal Immune System

In the context of the ever increasing relationship between inflammation and diseases of our western lifestyle the idea that the old adage of ‘an apple a day keeps the Dr away’ this recent paper has some attractive evidence. The university of Ill...

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March 1, 2010

Food Choice Affects Lab Outcomes

Most basic research relies on the use of mice as the sacrificial animal. Many of these mouse are carefully engineered to have special gene abnormalities, or to be a consistent animal in order that different laboratories can limit variability by using...

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February 25, 2010

CFIDS Virus XMRV- Link Challenged

Last October 2009 the journal Science published a paper suggesting that a virus could be linked to CFIDS as well as prostate cancer. This was commented on in this site. Initial enthusiasm for this potential pathogen explanation for the chronic an...

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February 21, 2010

Soft Drink Intake Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk

The February issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention published a paper showing a staggering 87% increase in the risk of developing pancreatic cancer associated with an intake of 2 or more sugary soft drinks per week. The group of sc...

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February 8, 2010

Chronic Fatigue Responds to Antioxidants

Many researchers have investigated effective treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), but Martin Pall, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences at Washington State University, ...

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March 18, 2010

Antibiotics Can Cause Gut Related Diseases

Michael Ash BSc (Hons), DO, ND FDipION reviews the current understanding of the role of antibiotics in the initiation of gut associated inflammation and local and systemic health problems, and briefly explores some strategies to prevent and manage th...

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March 5, 2010

Gut Bacteria May Make You Fat

Obesity: A consequence of adverse inflammation & microbial disruption? By Michael Ash BSc(Hons) DO, ND, FDipION Published in CAM 2005 Overweight and obesity are serious, chronic medical condition associated with a wide range of debilitating ...

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March 3, 2010

Disease Incidence Prevention by Serum 25(OH)D Level

In the last few years a considerable consensus across the scientific community has begun to emerge concerning the fat soluble nutrient Vitamin D. Vitamin D is unique - unlike ALL other vitamins very little comes from our food. Almost all of our Vi...

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February 19, 2010

How Can We Cure NO/ONOO− Cycle Diseases? A Review

Approaches to Curing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Gulf War Syndrome and Possibly Many Others by Martin L. Pall, PhD From the Townsend Letter February / March 2010 Abstract The NO...

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February 19, 2010

Expensive Urine or Effective Triage?

Victor Herbert, the outspoken Harvard nutrition scientist, was quoted by the United States well read Time magazine in a famous 1992 cover story about nutrition as saying that vitamins just gave one "expensive urine." This one liner has acted as ...

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