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Consuming fructose-sweetened, not glucose-sweetened, beverages increases visceral adiposity and lipids and decreases insulin sensitivity in overweight/obese humans - 0 views

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    fructose intake, whether in foods or soda, is associated with disrupted metabolism and plays a major role in obesity.
Nathan Goodyear

Oxidative Stress and Stress-Activated Signaling Pathways: A Unifying Hypothesis of Type 2 Diabetes - 0 views

  • In patients with diabetes, LA levels are reduced (48, 74, 103). LA has long been used for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy in Germany
  • evidence indicates that it increases insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes
  • LA has been shown to 1) quench free radicals, 2) prevent singlet oxygen-induced DNA damage, 3) exhibit chelating activity, 4) reduce lipid peroxidation, 5) increase intracellular glutathione levels, and 6) prevent glycation of serum albumin (73, 74). LA is able to reduce oxidative stress-mediated NF-κB activation in vitro (74, 108, 109) and in patients with type 2 diabetes
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  • Activation of NF-κB can also be blocked by several other thiol-containing antioxidants including N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC)
  • Other clinically available antioxidants reported to have antiinflammatory, antioncogenic, and/or antiatherogenic properties that have been shown to block the activation of NF-κB include resveratrol (115, 116), (-)-epicatechin-3-gallate (117), pycnogenol (118), silymarin (119), and curcumin (120)
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    Great read!  If you want to see how free radicals and oxidative stress contribute to inflammation and disease (DM in this case), read this article.
Nathan Goodyear

http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/27785.pdf - 0 views

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    Nice review of the literature of low T and LUTS in men.
Nathan Goodyear

Normalization of testosterone level is associated with reduced incidence of myocardial infarction and mortality in men | European Heart Journal - 0 views

  • In this study of men with low TT levels and without prior MI or stroke, normalization of TT levels using TRT is associated with lower all-cause mortality, fewer MIs, and ischaemic strokes.
  • retrospective study
  • significant benefit is observed only if the dose is adequate to normalize the TT levels
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  • the mechanisms for these effects remain speculative
  • It can be postulated that the beneficial effect of normal T levels on adipose tissue, insulin sensitivity, and lipid profiles or by its anti-inflammatory and anticoagulant properties, as reported by other investigators, might have contributed to our findings
  • off-label use of TRT remains a concern
  • Recent FDA analyses suggest that currently only half of the men on TRT had been diagnosed with hypogonadism
  • 25% of users did not have their T concentrations tested prior to initiating therapy
  • 21% of those prescribed TRT did not have their levels tested at any time during treatment
  • two very recent meta-analyses suggested a lack of convincing evidence posed by TRT.
  • men without a history of previous MI or stroke who have low TT levels, TRT might be associated with decreased risks of MI, ischaemic stroke, and all-cause mortality in long-term follow-up
  • TRT should aim for doses resulting in normalization of TT level as this was shown to be associated with reduction in adverse CV events
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    Testosterone therapy in men with low T to restore physiologic Testosterone levels found to reduce mortality, MI, and stroke risk.
Nathan Goodyear

Redox regulation in cancer - 0 views

  • Mitochondrial electron-transport chain and other oxidizing agents are the prime pathways that generate excess ROS in vivo
  • Permanent modification of genetic material resulting from the oxidative damage is one of the vital steps involved in mutagenesis that leads to carcinogenesi
  • The most frequent DNA mutations caused during oxidative stress, initiated by ionizing radiation and other environmental carcinogens are 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-Oxo-G) and Thymine Glycol (TG)
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  • catalase and SOD, GPx, GST
  • insulin like growth factor I, or fibroblast growth factor 2 generates ROS
  • Depletion of GSH increases the sensitivity of cells to ROS
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    The redox reaction in cancer: great read!
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