Posted in Diabetes, nutrition on August 20th, 2007 No Comments »
There is an interesting article in the International Herald tribune, today. Apparently, doctors and media tend to focus exclusively on blood sugar in helping diabetics. Obviously blood sugar is very important in diabetes, but it turns out that most diabetics die from heart disease. If you are diabetic, blood pressure and cholesterol are just as [...]
Posted in nutrition on July 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
The final version of th FDA’s new regulations on supplements came out this June, and it is clearly their intention to shut the supplement industry down. The FDA states, “We find that this final rule will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities…. Establishments with above average costs, and even [...]
Posted in Immune System, cancer, colds and flus, nutrition on July 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
A recent review of research into the effects of vitamin C concludes that it is largely ineffective in preventing colds. See the article in the International Herald Tribune.
But read it carefully. They talk about people taking at least 200 mg of vitamin C. Everybody knows that if you want to fight off a cold you [...]
Posted in nutrition on July 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
I find it interesting that this research comes out of th US, but I found the article on the BBC News web site. Is the US media more interested in helping big Agribiz than in reporting the news?
A ten year study in the US, shows that tomatoes grown organically have almost double the flavonoids of [...]
Posted in cancer, nutrition on May 16th, 2007 No Comments »
If you’ve read most of my posts, you have probably figured out that I am not a fan of taking vitamins. I think we should get our nutrients from whole food. Now researchers into fatal prostate cancer agree with me. It seems that men who take multivitamins more than 7 times per week nearly double [...]