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Science of the Week #3: Nitrate from spinach boosts muscle mitochondria function

The spinach-eating cartoon character Popeye has much to teach us, new research from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows. The muscles' cellular power plants – the mitochondria – are boosted by nitrate, a substance found in abund

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Latest science of the week #2: High-protein, low-carb and its risk of colon disease

Background: Diets that are high in protein but reduced in carbohydrate contents provide a common approach for achieving weight loss in obese humans. However, the effect of such diets on microbiota-derived metabolites that influence colonic health has

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Science of the week: Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Depression

Emerging evidence relates some nutritional factors to depression risk. However, there is a scarcity of longitudinal assessments on this relationship.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between fatty acid intake or the use of culinary fats and depr

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Salt-laden foods quickly hinder blood vessels' ability to widen, new study shows

While the long term effects of this kind of impairment are unknown, the findings do show that salt has an impact even in people with healthy blood pressure, noted the study’s lead author, Kacie M. Dickinson, a researcher at the Commonwealth Scientif

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Robby Barbaro takes on Type 1 Diabetes with a low fat raw vegan diet.

Hey guys. I just finished an interview with Robby Barbaro, a low fat raw vegan who says his diet allows him to better manage his type 1 diabetes while living a healthier, more vibrant life.Robby fielded questions from a former colleague of mine who h

Started by Andrew in Science

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How to help cancer patient ? Hints how to persuade?

Hello there

Im since yesterday a member of a cancer patient and now i want to help this person.

He will start with a chemotherapie next week, now they are testing him

I want to persuade him but also his familiy members and this i could not do with tell

Started by todayisforever in Science

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lowered her blood cholesterol levels!

My mom listened to my advice and for the past 6 months she's decreased her animal product consumption by a lot and cut out a lot of the dairy she was eating before. She had her blood tested pre and post. Her cholesterol levels before were 7.4. The do

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Please Help! My Husband has been diagnosed with Terminal Metastatic SCC Cancer

I am reading everything I can get my hands on regarding cancer and alternative therapies and I am SOOOO CONFUSED!! I have bought a Vitamix Blender and a Compact Premier Juicer as well as the Excalibur Dehydrator in an effort to keep our food as raw

Started by Jaimee-Lee in Science

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How can I show proof of the link between blood sugar issues and fat?

I often have people question where I get my knowledge that fat in the bloodstream causes a rise in blood sugar, not the sugar itself. I know this from Dr. Graham and also from experiencing the effects myself, but people want hardcore evidence. They w

Started by Alicia in Science

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Refreshing read

http://greensmoothiesblog.com/omega-3-fatty-acid-green-smoothie/

VICTORIA BOUTENKO’S LATEST RESEARCH: OMEGA 3’S IN GREENS & REDUCING OMEGA 6 FATTY ACIDS

Dear Friends
While visiting Sweden and Denmark earlier this year I learned new important facts about

Started by Fruit Curls in Science

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Scientists suggest cancer is "man-made"

http://www.kurzweilai.net/scientists-suggest-that-cancer-is-purely-man-made

As if it weren't already clear :)

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Has Denise Minger Read 'The China Study'? -- A Collective Rebuttal

Has Denise Minger Read ‘The China Study’? –- A Collective Rebuttal

This will be a series of posts examining Denise Minger’s critiques of “The China Study” (TCS) by various contributors including myself. Since we all live busy lives, this format will a

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Lyme Disease/CFIDS/etc...

I apologize if this is not appropriate, but I could not think of another place to put this since there isn't a health/medical section per se, here...

I have been dealing with Lyme Disease and CFIDS for years now, and currently in a relapse. I have b

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Low carb, animal based diets associated with higher mortality rates

VegSource has a great article about it here.

http://www.vegsource.com/news/2010/09/on-a-low-carb-diet-you-may-live-longer-if-you-make-it-vegetable-based-1.html

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Recent 26 year study of nearly 130,000 people concludes low carb, animal-based diets increase heart disease, cancer and overall mortality rates

Furthermore this was shown on CNN tonight apparently! (if anyone can find a link to the video clip please post here)

This huge prospective cohort study was conducted by the same crew as the Harvard Nurses' Health Study (Walter Willet, Frank Hu, et. al

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Great link on breast cancer and diet by Dr Barnard.

Here it is.http://www.pcrm.org/dlc/docs/nutritioncmebreastcancersurvival-mls.html

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Why do they say battled cancer when someone dies?

I just saw an email at work from someone unknown to me who works in a completely different city, state, and department. They indicated that there was a death of someone's wife. The person who died did not work with the department but the husband did.

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Great sites for preventing/curing/managing diabeties.

These are what I have found, feel free to share yours.http://www.drmcdougall.com/med_diabetes.html www.robbybarbaro.org http://www.nealbarnard.org/media.cfm http://www.reversingdiabetes.org/

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The link between dairy and type 1 diabeties.

Here is a great article put together by Dr McDougall.

http://www.nealhendrickson.com/mcdougall/020700puthepancreas.htm

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Science of the Week #3: Nitrate from spinach boosts muscle mitochondria function

Latest science of the week #2: High-protein, low-carb and its risk of colon disease

Science of the week: Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Depression

Salt-laden foods quickly hinder blood vessels' ability to widen, new study shows

Robby Barbaro takes on Type 1 Diabetes with a low fat raw vegan diet.

How to help cancer patient ? Hints how to persuade?

lowered her blood cholesterol levels!

Please Help! My Husband has been diagnosed with Terminal Metastatic SCC Cancer

How can I show proof of the link between blood sugar issues and fat?

Refreshing read

VICTORIA BOUTENKO’S LATEST RESEARCH: OMEGA 3’S IN GREENS & REDUCING OMEGA 6 FATTY ACIDS

Scientists suggest cancer is "man-made"

Has Denise Minger Read 'The China Study'? -- A Collective Rebuttal

Lyme Disease/CFIDS/etc...

Low carb, animal based diets associated with higher mortality rates

Recent 26 year study of nearly 130,000 people concludes low carb, animal-based diets increase heart disease, cancer and overall mortality rates

Great link on breast cancer and diet by Dr Barnard.

Why do they say battled cancer when someone dies?

Great sites for preventing/curing/managing diabeties.

The link between dairy and type 1 diabeties.

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