Mom’s Diet Affects Health and Future Allergies of Baby
February 22, 2010
Reuters
By Joene Hendry
Greater intake of green and yellow vegetables, citrus fruit, and veggies and fruits high in beta carotene (generally those colored red and orange) may lessen the risk of having a baby with eczema (itchy, dry, red patched skin), Dr. Yoshihiro Miyake at Fukuoka University and colleagues found.
Foods high in vitamin E, found in some green vegetables, similarly may lessen the risk of having a wheezy infant, they report in the journal Allergy.
Beta carotene and vitamin E are two of many vegetable and fruit antioxidants thought to benefit health. But prior investigations of maternal antioxidant intake and childhood allergies offered conflicting findings. This area of research “is still developing,” Miyake noted in an email to Reuters Health.
In the current study, Miyake’s team evaluated vegetable and fruit intake during pregnancy of 763 women and their offspring’s early-age eczema or allergic wheeze.
The women were 30 years old on average and about 17 weeks pregnant when they reported personal and medical history. When their babies were between 16 and 24 months old, the women provided birth and breastfeeding history, number of older siblings, and exposure to smoke.
The team found that 21 percent of the youngsters wheezed or had a “whistling in the chest in the last 12 months,” and fewer than 19 percent had eczema.
According to the investigators, moms who ate greater amounts of green and yellow vegetables, citrus fruits, or beta carotene while pregnant were less apt to have an infant with eczema.
For example, after allowing for other eczema risk factors, eczema was more common among infants of moms who ate the least versus the most green and yellow vegetables – 54 and 32 infants, respectively.
Likewise, higher intake of vitamin E during pregnancy was associated a reduced likelihood of having a wheezy infant — a finding that supports previous investigations from the U.S. and
U.K.
Boosting intake of green and yellow vegetables, citrus fruits, and antioxidants such as beta-carotene and vitamin E among moms-to-be “deserves further investigation as measures that would possibly be effective in the prevention of allergic disorders in the offspring,” the researchers conclude.
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Green Tea Can Fight Eye Disease
February 22, 2010
Tea News
By Philip Hogan
Substances found in green tea could help fight eye disease, according to authors of the latest research from the University of Hong Kong.
Scientists from the department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Hong Kong have confirmed that substances found in green tea do penetrate into the tissues of the eye, a fact previously unknown as scientists were unsure if catechins, which are antioxidants thought to protect the body against damage from oxygen, could make their way from the mouth to the gastrointestinal system to the eyes.
The article, which is featured in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, is the first of its kind to document how the lens, retina and other tissues within the eyes absorb beneficial substances such as catechins. The research within the study raises the possibility that among green tea’s long list of already documented health benefits that it might also help to protect against common eye diseases such as glaucoma.
Catechins contained within green tea, as well as other antioxidants such as vitamin C and E, lutein and zeaxanthin have long been linked with having the capability of protecting the eye from disease, but lack of research has, until now, left this thought unproven.
The study was conducted using laboratory rats that were fed green tea over a period of time. Subsequent dissection and analysis of the rats’ eye tissue showed significant absorption of individual catechins into various structures of the eye. The retina was seen to absorb the highest levels of gallocatechin, with the aqueous humor absorbing epigallocatechin.
The authors of the research stated that their ‘results indicate that green tea consumption could benefit the eye against oxidative stress’. The effect of the green tea catechins on the laboratory rats was a reduction in harmful oxidative stress in the eye, which lasted up to twenty hours.
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Green Tea and Eye Disease
February 22, 2010
The Money Times
By Natalie James
Green tea has shown several health benefits in previous researches, such as fighting heart disease and cancer. Now a new study adds one more to them- Protection against eye diseases. Adding to the surging list of health benefits related to green tea, a new research has shown that the tea may protect against glaucoma and other eye diseases, thanks to its high concentration of disease-fighting antioxidants called catechins, the antioxidants thought to protect the body against damage from oxygen.
Glaucoma is a disease of the eye in which damage is caused by elevated pressure within the eye. The disease leads to damage to the optic nerve and gradual loss of eyesight.
Green tea, the hot favorite in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Middle East, have been labeled as a health drink, reducing illnesses and assuring a healthy life.
Green tea and eye disease
Now, researchers of the latest research from the University of Hong Kong suggest that drinking green tea often may help protect against common eye diseases like glaucoma as it contains healthful substances which helps to penetrate health tissues.
Scientists from the department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Hong Kong believe healthful substances found in green tea are capable of protecting the eye.
Antioxidants in green tea
According to them, the substances, known as “catechins,” can penetrate into the tissues of the eye, and have antioxidant activity there. These catechins are absorbed by the lens, retina and other parts of the eye and reduce oxidative stress in the eye.
Researcher Kai On Chu of the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and colleagues say that their findings suggest that catechins have protective qualities against the oxidation that causes various eye diseases.
The study authors say that catechins are among a number of antioxidants, including vitamin C, vitamin E, lutein, and zeaxanthin, thought to help protect the delicate tissues of the eye from glaucoma and other eye ailments.
Catechins beat harmful oxidative stress
On Chu said their study conducted on laboratory rats is the first to show that catechins pass from the gastrointestinal tract and the stomach into the eyes tissue.
In their animal model study, On Chu and colleagues fed laboratory rats green tea extract and then tested their eye tissues to see if catechins affected them.
They found the green tea compounds, after reaching the eye tissues, did reduce harmful oxidative stress in the eyes for up to 20 hours.
The scientists’ team concludes that “Our results indicate that green tea consumption could benefit the eye against oxidative stress”.
The authors of the study reported benefits of green tea in ACS’s bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
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Vitamin E – After a Stroke
January 22, 2010
Natural News
S.L. Baker
A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is suddenly blocked by a blood clot or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, driving blood into the spaces surrounding brain cells, or neurons. The result can be brain damage that leaves stroke survivors with disabilities ranging from one-sided paralysis or weakness to problems with thinking, attention, memory and learning. But new research by Ohio State University scientists set for publication in an upcoming edition of the Journal of Neurochemistry concludes a specific type of vitamin E known as tocotrienol (TCT) could prevent brain cells from dying after a stroke.
Tocopherols are the best-known form of vitamin E and the kind usually found in supplements. However, the vitamin occurs naturally in seven other different forms, including TCT. Although not widely found in the typical American diet, it is common in foods that comprise a typical Southeast Asian diet. Food sources of TCT include rice bran oil, barley, wheat germ and oats.
“Our research suggests that the different forms of natural vitamin E have distinct functions. The relatively poorly studied tocotrienol form of natural vitamin E targets specific pathways to protect against neural cell death and rescues the brain after stroke injury,” Chandan Sen, professor and vice chair for research in Ohio State’s Department of Surgery and senior author of the study, said in a statement to the media.
Over the past decade, the Ohio State University research team has studied how this form of vitamin E protects the brain in animal and cell models. But according to Dr. Sen, their new study provides specific details about how that protection works. Bottom line: they’ve identified an enzyme called cystolic calcium-dependent phospholipase A2 (cPLA2, for short) that tocotrienol targets to protect neurons after a stroke.
“We have studied an enzyme that is present all the time, but one that is activated after a stroke in a way that causes neurodegeneration. We found that it can be put in check by very low levels of tocotrienol,” Dr. Sen said. “So what we have here is a naturally derived nutrient, rather than a drug, that provides this beneficial impact.”
The researchers explained that the blocked blood flow to the brain associated with a stroke causes an excess of the neurotransmitter glutamate to be released. In normal amounts, glutamate is beneficial and important for memory and learning. But when produced in large amounts due to the brain trauma of a stroke, it triggers a cascade of reactions that leads to the death of neurons and causes the most serious stroke damage.
For their study, Dr. Sen and colleagues took cells from the hippocampus region of developing mouse brains and added excess glutamate to produce the type of changes seen in the brain after a stroke. In the presence of excess glutamate, the cPLA2 enzyme released a fatty acid called arachidonic acid which normally helps maintain the stability of health cell membranes. Under stroke conditions, however, with high levels of glutamate present, arachidonic acid undergoes an enzymatic chemical reaction that makes it toxic — then brain cells are poisoned and start to die.
But when the researchers added tocotrienol to the cells that had been exposed to excess glutamate, the vitamin E decreased the release of fatty acids by 60 percent when compared to cells exposed to glutamate alone. What’s more, the brain cells treated with the TCT form of vitamin E were about four times more likely to survive than brain cells exposed to glutamate alone.
In the press statement, Dr. Sen noted that the amount of TCT needed to achieve these brain cell protecting effects is quite small — a concentration about 10 times lower than the average amount of tocotrienol circulating in humans who consume this form of vitamin E regularly. The Ohio State University researchers intend to continue their research to see if TCT can successfully prevent and treat strokes in humans.
Editor’s note: NaturalNews is opposed to the use of animals in medical experiments that expose them to harm. We present these findings in protest of the way in which they were acquired.
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Healty Piscachios Cut Cancer Risk
December 14, 2009
Natural News
By S. L. Baker
Researchers have reported over the past year that nuts offer a wide range of health benefits — from helping fight the pre-diabetic condition known as metabolic syndrome (http://www.naturalnews.com/025098_n…) to preventing age-related blindness (http://www.naturalnews.com/026369_o…) and lowering breast cancer risk (http://www.naturalnews.com/026115_w…). Now there’s even more good news about nuts. According to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference held in Houston recently, eating a handful of pistachios daily may protect you from lung cancer.
“It is known that vitamin E provides a degree of protection against certain forms of cancer. Higher intakes of gamma-tocopherol, which is a form of vitamin E, may reduce the risk of lung cancer,” Ladia M. Hernandez, a PhD candidate at Texas Women’s University and a senior research dietitian in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, said in a statement to the press. “Pistachios are a good source of gamma-tocopherol. Eating them increases intake of gamma-tocopherol so pistachios may help to decrease lung cancer risk.”
Pistachios have already been shown in previous studies to be a heart-healthy food. The nuts have a cholesterol-lowering effect and are loaded with immune system boosting antioxidants. Hernandez and her research team conducted a six-week, controlled clinical trial to investigate whether the consumption of pistachios would increase levels of gamma-tocopherol in the body.
Their study, which was at conducted at Texas Woman’s University in Houston, involved 36 healthy research subjects. The participants were randomized into a control group and an intervention group. For two weeks, both groups ate their normal diets so the scientists could take baseline measurements. Then for four weeks the control group continued on their regular diet while the other study participants added 68 grams (about 2 ounces or 117 kernels) of pistachios to their diets each day.
By weeks three and four, the scientists found that the research subjects eating pistachios had significantly higher serum gamma-tocopherol levels, compared to their baseline measurements and the vitamin E levels measured in the control group not eating the nuts. This substantially increased amount of gamma-tocopherol in the body of pistachio eaters could help lower the risk of not only lung cancer but other malignancies, as well. “Because epidemiologic studies suggest gamma-tocopherol is protective against prostate cancer, pistachio intake may help,” Hernandez said.
But what about the added calories? Hernandez explained the amount of pistachios needed to lower the risk of cancer isn’t enough to pack on extra pounds. “Pistachios are one of those ‘good-for-you’ nuts, and two ounces per day could be incorporated into dietary strategies designed to reduce the risk of lung cancer without significant changes in body mass index,” she stated.
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I’ve got your Erectile Dysfunction cure
September 29, 2009 by KT
Filed under Kevin's Blog
If you know someone in their 30’s, 40’s or 50’s suffering from erectile dysfunction, they have a serious medical problem. They need to wake up because you should be in your 70’s and 80’s and never have erectile dysfunction issues. And if they do, take notes…
What’s the cause of this problem?
* Mental and emotional stress. You need to do the thought field therapy techniques to resolve this issue.
* Diabetes. Someone may say, “I’m not diabetic.” Well, how do you know? You’re probably pre-diabetic. This is a major issue and you need to take control of it. Eleotin cures diabetes and that in itself almost always handles erectile dysfunction. If you don’t handle the diabetic issue or the pre-diabetic issue, you’re not going to solve the problem.
* High blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure issues, that’s going to cause problems with erectile dysfunction. So you need to address that, but never take the drugs prescribed for high blood pressure. In my book, More Natural Cures Revealed, I give you a whole bunch of cures for high blood pressure!
* Non-prescription and prescription drugs. Every single non-prescription and prescription drug can cause erectile dysfunction and the answer is not another drug.
* Circulation could be a major factor. You could have blockages in your arteries. You need to do either oral chelation or intravenous chelation. I would also use live cell therapy and the high precursors from AbleHeal.
* I would also take Vitamin E and not just any vitamin E; you’ve got to take the three brands that I recommend. There are also some herbs that are very powerful. Yohimbe and maca are two very powerful ones. Ginseng can also help a little bit. Chiropractic adjustments, surprisingly, can also help with getting energy flow back to that area in the male. Acupuncture is very effective. Alphabiotics is very effective.
When you address those causes the problem will be cured. Animals in the wild don’t have erectile dysfunction. Think about it. Our closest cousins, gorillas and chimpanzees, never have erectile dysfunction issues. They also don’t take any drugs. They don’t need Viagra. They’re fathering children in human years in their 90’s. Male gorillas have no erectile dysfunction ever in their life. But you, you’re 35 or 40 and already have erectile dysfunction.
Folks, you got to open your eyes, there is a major problem here!
Yours in health,
KT
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My Vitamin E Recommendations!
August 12, 2009 by KT
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As promised in yesterday’s show, here are my top 3 recommended websites to buy all-natural Vitamin E supplements!
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Americans Spend $34 Billion a Year on Alternative Medicine
July 30, 2009
USA TODAY
By Liz Szabo
That’s a growth of more than 25% in the past decade, says an in-person survey of 23,000 Americans from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health.
Alternative therapies, which range from herbs to yoga classes, now account for 11% of the total amount that Americans spend out-of-pocket on all health care.
These unconventional approaches are popular with people of all ages: 38% of adults and 12% of children have used them in the past year, the study says.
But Americans don’t always use these treatments under a doctor’s guidance.
The bulk of these expenses, $22 billion, go to “self care,” or treatments such as homeopathic medications and fish oil capsules that people buy without a health practitioner’s advice, the study says.
But that doesn’t mean that these patient reject conventional medical treatment, says Linda Lee, director of the Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine & Digestive Center in Baltimore, who wasn’t involved in the new survey.
Many people combine conventional and “complementary” approaches, Lee says. For example, cancer patients may undergo chemotherapy at a hospital, but also use acupuncture for chronic pain, she says. And while natural approaches to health care may sound home-spun, they’ve also become a big business. Lee notes that supplements and alternative therapies have boomed in popularity partly due to savvy marketing.
The study shows that conventional doctors need to learn as much as possible about alternative therapies, Lee says, “not so they can necessarily prescribe or profit from them, but so they understand what it is their patients are hoping to gain and advise patients as to their appropriate use.”
The results also show why it’s important for researchers to conduct rigorous scientific studies of alternative therapies, says the NIH’s Josephine Briggs. Many alternative approaches have never been carefully tested for safety and effectiveness.
That’s starting to change.
In recent years, clinical trials presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, for example, have shown that ginseng relieves fatigue in cancer patients, ginger fights chemo-related nausea and flax seeds seem to slow the growth of prostate tumors. Other research presented at the oncology society show that shark cartilage has no effect on fighting lung cancer.
Lee says she’s concerned about patients who “self-prescribe” alternative therapies.
Many patients also fail to tell their doctors when they try alternative therapies for fear of ridicule, Lee says. Both practices can put patients at risk, however. Alternative therapies can have dangerous interactions — both with conventional or non-conventional medications — or may pose risks for patients with particular medical conditions.
For example, antioxidant supplements can interfere with the effects of radiation therapy and some forms of chemo, Lee says. High doses of vitamin E, which can thin the blood, could be harmful for people taking other blood-thinning drugs or those about to have surgery.
“An open dialogue with our patients only improves our ability to care for them,” Lee says.
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