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Nutritional diseases - modern-diets-and-nutritional-diseases.com
"What Are Nutritional Diseases?
In their book, The Modern Nutritional Diseases, Fred and Alice Ottoboni, retired Public Health Service scientists, list the following.
• Obesity
• Diabetes II
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Stroke.
• Cancer.
Modern nutritional diseases are just that. They haven't always been the ugly part of our life. They were introduced when people had to get their food from grocery stores, when people traded their whole foods from the family farm for those manufactured by the food processing industry. "
GNC - HealthNotes
"Healthnotes offers comprehensive, science-based health and lifestyle information. Written with you in mind, Healthnotes answers the most commonly asked questions with credible, easy-to-understand information. Healthnotes' content is edited by physicians who review over 550 scientific and medical journals to keep content current, factual, and balanced. Articles include footnotes tied to over 14,000 references. "
Maximizing Vegetarian Nutrition by Michael Greger, M.D. - Vegan news portal
August of this year, the BBC reported that the British Advertising Standards Authority attacked a vegetarian organization for making "alarmist" and "unsubstantiated" claims about the risks of eating meat. Headlines like "Vegetarian group slammed over advertising" splashed across the evening news. What "exaggerated" claims were targeted by the Agency? The vegetarian group claimed that meat-eaters were at increased risk of dying from heart disease and stroke, and that vegetarians lived longer than meateaters. How could the agency possibly find fault with such incontrovertible facts?
Because, simply put, our "facts" aren't true.
The latest science and the best science that we have that we have suggests that we vegetarians do not live longer than our meat-eating counterparts. The latest published results came out January, 2002 in a journal called Public Health Nutrition. Eight thousand vegetarians were followed for 18 years, and no survival advantage was found. Then April, 2002 the results of a study twice that size were released at the International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition held at Loma Linda University. A study involving seventeen thousand vegetarians followed for about 9 years confirms the bad news-no survival advantage for vegetarians. Even more worrisome, both this huge studies found that vegetarians had an increased risk of dying from degenerative brain diseases
[Dichloroacetate treatment for adult patients with mitochondrial disease] - [Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2003] - PubMed result
[Dichloroacetate treatment for adult patients with mitochondrial disease]
Oishi K, Yoshioka M, Ozawa R, Yamamoto T, Oya Y, Ogawa M, Kawai M.
Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2003 Apr;43(4):154-61. Japanese.
PMID: 12892050
Nerve conduction changes in patients with mitochondrial diseases treated with dichloroacetate. - Wiley InterScience :: Article :: HTML Full Text
Nerve conduction changes in patients with mitochondrial diseases treated with dichloroacetate.
Spruijt L, Naviaux RK, McGowan KA, Nyhan WL, Sheean G, Haas RH, Barshop BA.
Muscle Nerve. 2001 Jul;24(7):916-24.
PMID: 11410919
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1089
Peripheral neuropathy appears to be a common side effect during chronic DCA treatment, even with coadministration of oral thiamine. Nerve conduction should be monitored during DCA treatment.
Berberine: a plant alkaloid with therapeutic potential for central nervous system disorders - Wiley InterScience :: Journal :: Article PDF
Berberine: a plant alkaloid with therapeutic potential for central nervous system disorders.
Kulkami SK et al.
Phytotherapy Research, Published Online: 8 Dec 2009
This review attempts to discuss the pharmacological basis of the use of berberine in various central nervous system
and related disorders. Its protective effect in Alzheimer’s, cerebral ischemia, mental depression, schizophrenia
and anxiety are highlighted. However, more detailed clinical trials along with a safety assessment of berberine
are warranted for positioning the alkaloid in the treatment of neurological disorders.
Benefits of Vitamin D Supplementation - Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Volume 14 Number 2 - Summer 2009
Benefits of Vitamin D Supplementation
Joel M. Kauffman, Ph.D.
Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
Volume 14 Number 2 - Summer 2009
Clinical trials show that vitamin D supplementation at higher
levels than previously recommended is beneficial for many
conditions. It decreases the frequency of falls and fractures, helps
prevent cardiovascular disease, and reduces symptoms of colds or
influenza. Benefits are also seen in diabetes mellitus, multiple
sclerosis, Crohn disease, pain, depression, and possibly autism.
Sunlight does not cause an overdose of vitamin D production,
and toxicity from supplementation is rare. Dose recommendations
are increasing, but appear to be lagging the favorable trial results. A
number of common drugs deplete vitamin D levels, and others may
limit its biosynthesis from sunlight.
People with adequate levels from sun exposure will not benefit
from supplementation. While dietary intake is helpful,
supplementation is better able to raise serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D ,
the major circulating metabolite, to the level now thought adequate,
30-50 ng/mL.
Where there is inadequate daily sun exposure, oral doses of
1,000-2,000 IU/d are now considered routine, with much higher
doses (up to 50,000 IU) for rapid repletion now considered safe.
Vitamin D Deficiency Lead to Disease - Dr. Weil's Weekly Bulletin
"If you're running low on vitamin D - as an estimated 70 percent of the U.S. population is - your immune system may not be functioning as well as it should. As a result, you may be more vulnerable to infectious diseases than you would if your vitamin D levels were optimal. Worse, you could be at higher than normal risk of a long list of diseases including heart disease and several kinds of cancer. A report recently published journal, Future Microbiology, highlighted research at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, which has shown that vitamin D induces expression of an antimicrobial peptide gene called cathelicidin that is the "first line of defense" in the immune system's response to minor wounds, cuts and bacterial and viral infections. The regulation of cathelicidin by vitamin D could help explain its vital role in immune function. The report noted that vitamin D is a key cofactor in reducing inflammation, in blood pressure control and helping to protect against heart disease. Author Adrian Gombart explains that there is still much to explore about D's mechanisms of action, the potential use of synthetic analogs of it in new treatments, and its duty in fighting infection."
More Good News About Vitamin D | Print Article | Newsweek.com
"For more than 80 years, scientists have known that vitamin D is important for building bones. And for most of those 80 years, people thought this was the only thing it was good for. In the past decade, however, we've learned two important things about vitamin D: it appears to have many other important health effects, and many Americans don't get enough of it. In 2008, new research pointed to a vitamin D deficiency as a possible contributing factor in heart disease. And the suspected link between vitamin D deficiency and cancer grew even stronger. This surely will spur much new research in 2009.
Why is vitamin D deficiency so common? The vitamin is made in our skin when sunlight strikes it. Many Americans—especially those who live in the northern part of the country, are elderly or have dark skin—don't soak up enough sun. And the vitamin isn't found in many foods. The main sources are fatty fish (such as salmon, mackerel, herring and sardines) and milk, cereal and juices that have been fortified with it. Vitamin D deficiency often is unsuspected because it causes no direct symptoms; like high blood pressure, it does its damage silently."
Do dietary lectins cause disease? -- Freed 318 (7190): 1023 -- BMJ
Do dietary lectins cause disease?
Freed DL.
BMJ. 1999 Apr 17;318(7190):1023-4.
PMID: 10205084
THE LECTIN STORY
"While research in lectinology is in its infancy this information is critical to your health and it is important to begin to understand lectins NOW. Read the following report carefully. I'll get specific about how this all applies to you. ALL foods contain lectins. Some are your friends, others neutral, and others may be your enemies. Know your lectins. Avoid your enemies.
DEFINITION
Protein or glycoprotein substances, usually of plant origin, of non-immunoglobulin nature, capable of specific recognition of and reversible binding to, carbohydrate moieties of complex glycoconjugates without altering the covalent structure of any of the recognized glycosyl ligands. This group includes monovalent lectins (i.e. bacterial and plant toxins). These lectins bind to sugar moieties in cell walls or membranes and thereby change the physiology of the membrane to cause agglutination, mitosis, or other biochemical changes in the cell. (agglutination- clumping; mitosis-multiplication or division of a cell forming two daughter cells)
High levels of lectins (specialized proteins) may be found in grains (also known as cereals or pulses), legumes (that is 'beans' including peanuts), dairy and plants in the nightshade family. Many other foods contain lectins but are less well studied and the amounts of lectins present are not thought to be as high or as potentially toxic.!
Hypercalcemia due to excess 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D in Crohn's disease ScienceDirect - American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Hypercalcemia due to excess 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D in Crohn's disease.
Tuohy KA, Steinman TI.
Am J Kidney Dis. 2005 Jan;45(1):e3-6.
PMID: 15696436
doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.09.008
Can a Treatment for Sarcoidosis be Helpful for CFS or Fibromyalgia?
Is the MP Treatment for Sarcoidosis Helpful for Other Chronic Diseases?
MP’s Vitamin D Theories Are Not Supported by Lab Studies.
Updated July 2, 2008
"The MP treatment plan was originally designed to treat an inflammatory condition known as sarcoidosis. The treatment consists of using the drug Benicar, combined with the avoidance of all sources of vitamin D, and eventually adding various antibiotics, especially minocycline. After being used by sarcoidosis patients for some years, it was then theorized and claimed that the treatment could treat other inflammatory conditions. Eventually it was also claimed that it could treat fibromyalgia and CFS, conditions which are not recognized by the medical literature as being inflammatory in nature. "
Vitamin D and autoimmune rheumatic diseases -- Cutolo 48 (3): 210 -- Rheumatology
Vitamin D and autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
Cutolo M.
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009 Mar;48(3):210-2. Epub 2008 Oct 17.
PMID: 18930963
doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ken394
Vitamin D, nervous system and aging - ScienceDirect - Psychoneuroendocrinology
Vitamin D, nervous system and aging.
Tuohimaa P, Keisala T, Minasyan A, Cachat J, Kalueff A.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19660871
Vitamin D metabolites as clinical markers in autoimmune and chronic disease. - Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Sep;1173:384-90. - Wiley InterScience :: Article :: HTML Full Text
Vitamin D metabolites as clinical markers in autoimmune and chronic disease.
Blaney GP, Albert PJ, Proal AD.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Sep;1173:384-90.
PMID: 19758177
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04875.x
Overview of general physiologic features and functions of vitamin D -- DeLuca 80 (6): 1689S -- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Overview of general physiologic features and functions of vitamin D.
DeLuca HF.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Dec;80(6 Suppl):1689S-96S. Review.
PMID: 15585789
Reversing bacteria-induced vitamin D receptor dysfunction is key to autoimmune disease. - Wiley InterScience :: Article :: HTML Full Text
Reversing bacteria-induced vitamin D receptor dysfunction is key to autoimmune disease.
Waterhouse JC, Perez TH, Albert PJ.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Sep;1173:757-65.
PMID: 19758226
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