Shield Your Kidneys from Celiac Disease: Part 2 Guest blog by Brian Dean, RD of Celiact.com In part 1 of this series, we discussed the surprisingly high prevalence of kidney disease in those with celiac disease and some potential reasons why this may be the case.Now it’s time to give you some simple and straightforward [...]
Read More...Bacteria from your mouth may cause arterial plaque, says a study out of Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. Chronic infections can set the stage for atherosclerosis. The referenced article is a must read for cardiac patients and here is a simplified breakdown of the main points, plus how to solve the problem and what [...]
Read More...Pterostilbene - a stilbenoid found in blueberries and dark grapes. It is responsible for a plant’s ability to ward off fungal and viral infections. And now it has been found to protect against age related disease, including Alzheimer’s. Biomarkers of cellular stress, inflammation, and Alzheimer’s disease pathology were positively modulated by pterostilbene but not resveratrol…in [...]
Read More...Making a habit of consuming extra virgin olive oil will reduce and prevent inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis (near and not-so-dear to my heart). Here’s my favorite quote from the European Journal of Nutrition’s study: Influence of extra virgin olive oil diet enriched with hydroxytyrosol in a chronic DSS colitis model: “Currently, [...]
Read More...I’ve written before about how berries lower high blood pressure and inflammation (the silent killer behind most disease). Now here’s a study by the Department of Food and Nutrition, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea on how ellagic acid in berries prevents collagen destruction and inflammatory responses caused by UVB exposure. Let me repeat that. UVB exposure [...]
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