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Matti Narkia

Genetically Altered Mice Stay Lean With High-Carb Diet - 0 views

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    Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a gene that plays a critical regulatory role in the process of converting dietary carbohydrates to fat. In a new study, they disabled this gene in mice, which consequently had lower levels of body fat than their normal counterparts, despite being fed the equivalent of an all-you-can-eat pasta buffet. The authors of the study, to be published in the March 20 issue of the journal Cell, say the gene, called DNA-PK, could potentially play a role in the prevention of obesity related to the over-consumption of high-carbohydrate foods, such as pasta, rice, soda and sugary snacks.
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The antibiotic vitamin: deficiency in vitamin D may predispose people to infection | Sc... - 0 views

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    In the July 2005 FASEB Journal, Adrian F. Gombart of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and his colleagues reported that vitamin D boosts production in white blood cells of one of the antimicrobial compounds that defends the body against germs.\n\nImmediately, Cannell says, the proverbial lightbulb went on in his head: Maybe the high doses of vitamin D that he had been prescribing to virtually all the men on his ward had boosted their natural arsenal of the antimicrobial, called cathelicidin, and protected them from flu. Cannell had been administering the vitamin D because his patients, like many other people in the industrial world, had shown a deficiency:
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Folic Acid Supplements Linked To Higher Risk Of Prostate Cancer, Study Shows - 0 views

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    ScienceDaily (Mar. 10, 2009) - A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that men who took a daily folic acid supplement of 1 mg daily had more than twice the risk of prostate cancer compared with men who took a placebo.
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Supplements of DIM Stop Many Cancers in Their Tracks - 0 views

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    (NaturalNews) An anti-cancer compound found in broccoli and cabbage stops breast cancer by lowering the activity of an enzyme associated with rapidly advancing breast cancer, according to a recent study from the University of California, Berkley. That compound was indole-3-carbinol (I3C). Today, scientists have found that diindolymethane (DIM), a molecule found in I3C, is the chemoprotective compound that gets the job done. According to them, DIM is the better choice for women wanting to halt breast
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Vitamin D Council | Understanding Vitamin D Cholecalciferol - 0 views

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    The Vitamin D Council is a group of concerned citizens that believe many humans are needlessly suffering and dying from Vitamin D Deficiency. We are incorporated as a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(e) educational corporation in the State of California. Our Board of Directors currently includes four physicians, including John Cannell as Executive Director. The board will eventually be expanded to 20 members.
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Sham vs. Wham: The Health Insider: Omega 3 In the News Again - Lower Advanced Prostate ... - 0 views

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    new (March 24th) report in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, shows that Omega-3 fatty acids appear protective against advanced prostate cancer. Dr. John S. Witte, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco, says that previous research has shown protection against prostate cancer, but that this is one of the first studies to show protection against advanced prostate cancer.
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YouTube - Vitamin D and Cancer Prevention - 0 views

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    YouTube - Vitamin D and Cancer Prevention. A presentation by Dr. Cedric Garland.
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YouTube - Vitamin D and Prevention of Chronic Diseases - 0 views

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    Vitamin D and Prevention of Chronic Diseases. A presentation by professor Michael F. Holick
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YouTube - Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - 0 views

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    Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention by Dr. David C. Sane
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YouTube - Connection with Vitamin D and Cancer - 0 views

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    Connection with Vitamin D and Cancer by Dr. Donald L. Trump
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YouTube - Vitamin D and Diabetes-Can We Prevent it? - 0 views

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    Vitamin D and Diabetes-Can We Prevent it? Frank C. Garland
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YouTube - Whats a Vitamin D Deficiency? - 0 views

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    Professor Robert P. Heaney's talk about vitamin D deficiency and what actions should be taken
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