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Can including wheat in your diet create hell on earth? Was The Inferno nothing more than Danté's prediction for the state of the U.S. diet circa 2009? I'm kidding on The Inferno allusion, but the American diet nonetheless sure does create an inferno of unhealthy phenomena.

What is C-reactive protein (CRP)? It is a blood-borne protein that originates in the liver and serves as an index of the body's inflammatory state. It is triggered by yet another inflammatory signal molecule, interleukin-6. What triggers this cascade of inflammatory markers? Any inflammatory stimulus, such as being overweight, lack of exercise, vitamin D deficiency, viral illness no matter how trivial, any inflammatory disease like arthritis, small LDL, high triglycerides, poor diet rich in processed foods, resistance to insulin, any injury, incipient diabetes, hidden cancer, lack of education (no kidding), etc.

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The benefits of pomegranate juice.I hope you drink more pomegranate juice after reading this.

A Track Your Plaque member brough the following webcast to our attention: Prospects for Vitamin D Nutrition\nwhich can be found at http://tinyurl.com/f93vl (The above link no longer seems to work, use http://wildhorse.insinc.com/directms13oct2005/ instead) Despite the painfully dull title, the webcast is the best summary of data on the health benefits on vitamin D that I've seen. The presenter is Dr. Reinhold Vieth, who is among the handful of worldwide authorities on vitamin D. In 1999, Dr. Vieth authored the first review to concisely and persuasively argue that vitamin D nutrition was woefully neglected and that its potential for health was enormous.

It seems not a single day passes that I don't learn something new about this unique hormone (mis)named "vitamin D." \nFrom its humble beginnings recognized only as the factor responsible for bone maturation (with deficiency leading to childhood rickets), vitamin D now commands a recognized role in almost every conceivable aspect of health and disease. \n

Dr. Michael Eades on the Paleolithic diet\nDr. Michael Eades has posted an absolutely spectacular commentary on the Paleolithic diet concept: \n\nRapid health improvements with a Paleolithic diet

Hypocalcemia as a Cause of Reversible Cardiomyopathy with Ventricular Tachycardia Chandrakant B. Chavan, MD, DNB; Kalavakolanu Sharada, MD, DM; Hygriv B. Rao, MD, DM; and Calambur Narsimhan, MD, DM, AB Annals of Internal Medicine, 3 April 2007, Volume

Erkkila AT, Matthan NR, Herrington DM, Lichtenstein AH. Higher plasma docosahexaenoic acid is associated with reduced progression of coronary atherosclerosis in women with CAD. J Lipid Res. 2006 Dec;47(12):2814-9. Epub 2006 Sep 18. PMID: 16983146 [Pub

Drinking more than one soda a day -- even if it's the sugar-free diet kind -- is associated with an increased incidence of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors linked to the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, a study finds

Jenkins DJ, Kendall CW, Josse AR, Salvatore S, Brighenti F, Augustin LS, Ellis PR, Vidgen E, Rao AV. Almonds Decrease Postprandial Glycemia, Insulinemia, and Oxidative Damage in Healthy Individuals.J Nutr. 2006 Dec;136(12):2987-2992.PMID: 17116708 [

Marc P. McRae. Treatment of hyperlipoproteinemia with pantethine: A review and analysis of efficacy and tolerability. Review. Nutrition Research Volume 25, Issue 4 , April 2005, Pages 319-333

Marc P. McRae. Treatment of hyperlipoproteinemia with pantethine: A review and analysis of efficacy and tolerability. Review. Nutrition Research Volume 25, Issue 4 , April 2005, Pages 319-333

The Harvard Alumni Association in partnership with the Harvard Medical School presented this two-day Alumni College seminar highlighting the latest research on cancer, nutrition and dieting, exercise, and stress management.