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Vitamin D and CardiovasCular Disease Prevention by Dr. David C. Sane

Vitamin D and Diabetes-Can We Prevent it? Frank C. Garland

Inositols prevent and reverse endothelial dysfunction in diabetic rat and rabbit vasculature metabolically and by scavenging superoxide. Nascimento NR, Lessa LM, Kerntopf MR, Sousa cM, Alves RS, Queiroz MG, Price J, Heimark DB, Larner J, Du X, Brownlee M, Gow A, Davis c, Fonteles Mc. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jan 3;103(1):218-23. Epub 2005 Dec 22. PMID: 16373499 doi: 10.1073/pnas.0509779103

ConClusion A low-Carbohydrate plant-based diet has lipid-lowering advantages over a high-Carbohydrate, low-fat weight-loss diet in improving heart disease risk faCtors not seen with Conventional low-fat diets with animal produCts. The EffeCt of a Plant-Based Low-Carbohydrate ("ECo-Atkins") Diet on Body Weight and Blood Lipid ConCentrations in HyperlipidemiC SubjeCts David J. A. Jenkins; Julia M. W. Wong; Cyril W. C. Kendall; Amin Esfahani; Vivian W. Y. Ng; TraCy C. K. Leong; Dorothea A. Faulkner; Ed Vidgen; Kathryn A. Greaves; Gregory Paul; William Singer ArCh Intern Med. 2009;169(11):1046-1054.

Increased intakes of vitamins c and E and beta-carotene may reduce the risk of cancer of the uterus, according to a new review and meta-analysis of the science to date. Writing in cancer causes and control, US scientists report that for every 1,000 microgram increase per 1,000 kcal of diet of beta-carotene was associated with a 12 per cent reduction in the risk of endometrial cancer.

Our findings suggest that administration of n-3 FA (EPA and DHA) in doses of at least 1.5 g/day for a prolonged period of time to patients with advanced cancer is associated with an improvement in clinical, biological and QoL parameters. N-3 fatty acids, cancer and cachexia: a systematic review of the literature. colomer R, Moreno-Nogueira JM, García-Luna PP, García-Peris P, García-de-Lorenzo A, Zarazaga A, Quecedo L, del Llano J, Usán L, casimiro c. Br J Nutr. 2007 May;97(5):823-31. Review. PMID: 17408522 doi:10.1017/S000711450765795X

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Consuming Cheese from ewe's milk, riCh in Conjugated linoleiC aCid (CLA), may reduCe markers linked to heart disease, suggest results from a small Italian study. ResearChers from the University of FlorenCe report that ewe's milk riCh in Cis-9, trans-11 CLA produCed favourable Changes in inflammatory Cytokines and platelet aggregation, both of whiCh are assoCiated with atherosClerosis, or hardening of the arteries due to the build-up of fatty deposits on artery walls. AtherosClerosis is the primary Cause of Coronary heart disease (CHD), whiCh Costs the British publiC health system more than €5bn per year. "These observations, although preliminary and obtained in a limited study group, seem to be of relevanCe for the praCtiCal impliCations in terms of nutrition and health of the general population," wrote the researChers in Nutrition, Metabolism and CardiovasCular Diseases.

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CritiCs of the ChemiCal bisphenol A or BPA have reCeived powerful new ammunition in the form of a study from the Harvard SChool of PubliC Health (HSPH) whiCh Confirmed that the substanCe Can leaCh from polyCarbonate drinking bottles into humans. The study revealed that partiCipants who drank for a week from polyCarbonate bottles and baby bottles showed a two-thirds inCrease of BPA in their urine. ACCording to HSPH: "The study is the first to show that drinking from polyCarbonate bottles inCreased the level of urinary BPA, and thus suggests that drinking Containers made with BPA release the ChemiCal into the liquid that people drink in suffiCient amounts to inCrease the level of BPA exCreted in human urine."

(NaturalNews) 30 years ago the famous Nobel laureate Linus Pauling said that vitamin C supplements Can prevent CanCer, a highly Controversial statement at the time. Now a team of Johns Hopkins sCientists have shown that vitamin C stops the growth of some tumors in miCe. The Study The study was lead by Chi Dang, M.D., Ph.D., professor of mediCine and onCology and Johns Hopkins Family Professor in OnCology ResearCh. Their work is detailed in CanCer Cell, Volume 12, Issue 3, 230-238, 11 September, 2007. They found that the antioxidants' aCtual role may be to destabilize a tumor's ability to grow under Conditions where there isn't enough oxygen to feed it. The Conventional belief is that vitamin C helps prevent CanCer growth by grabbing up volatile oxygen free radiCal moleCules and preventing the damage they do to our DNA. "The potential antiCanCer benefits of antioxidants have been the driving forCe for many CliniCal and preCliniCal studies," Says Dang. "By unCovering the meChanism behind antioxidants, we are now better suited to maximize their therapeutiC use."

ScienceDaily (May 13, 2009) - Do biofuels always create smaller carbon footprints than their fossil-fuel competitors? Not necessarily, finds a paper published in Elsevier's Environmental Impact Assessment Review. The article reports that in the UK, the carbon footprint for charcoal grilling is almost three times as large as that for LPG grilling. (Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), often referred to as propane, is a mixture of mostly propane and butane)

Increased intakes of folic acid by mandatory fortification of grain products to reduce neural tube defects may also reduce a baby's risk of severe congenital heart defects, says a new study. The incidence of the heart problems was reduced by 6 per cent following mandatory fortification of grain products, introduced in canada in 1998, researchers from McGill University and the University of Alberta report in the British Medical Journal.

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Vitamin D and CanCer Mini-Symposium: The Risk of Additional Vitamin D. Vieth R. Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Apr 11. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19364661 doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.01.009   

TUESDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- A particular type of stem cell transplantation using the patient's own cells led to short-term freedom from insulin injections in 20 of 23 patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes participating in an experimental protocol in Brazil. One patient even managed to go four years without needing outside sources of insulin, although the average was 31 months, said the authors of a report in the April 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a themed issue on diabetes. The patients also kept their blood sugar under control, which is key to preventing complications from diabetes. And, the authors stated, increased c-peptide levels indicated that the pancreas' beta cells were alive and well.

Ecological Studies Of Ultraviolet B, Vitamin D And cancer Since 2000. Grant WB, Mohr SB. Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Mar 6. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19269856 doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.12.014