Saturday, November 29, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new mechanism has been identified that explains one novel way that resveratrol not only helps prevent aging but may help reverse it. It involves a unique way in which the resveratrol-activated SIRT1 guards your DNA. In the new study the researchers state: “We see here, through a proof-of-principal demonstration, that elements of aging can be reversed.”
Thursday, November 27, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A number of new studies have been making it clear that elevated triglycerides (excess fat blobs in your circulation) and elevated CRP (an inflammatory compound made by your liver) are key indicators of eventual heart disease. I would also like to point out that these markers are clearly linked to sluggish thyroid as well…
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Earlier this year researchers published data showing that grape seed extract polyphenols could prevent Alzheimer’s plaque from forming in mice. In their latest experiments they sought to determine exactly how grape seed extract was able to work its magic.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study in JAMA indicates that nonfasting triglyceride levels are associated with stroke risk. This data follows other recent research linking them to heart attacks. Nonfasting triglycerides are not measured on routine blood tests, which are typically fasting. Nonfasting triglycerides are more reflective of what your body is actually doing during the day. Every time you snack between meals you raise your triglycerides, which is why rule #2 of the Leptin Diet is to eat three meals a day and do not snack.
Sunday, November 23, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study on cellular detoxification is helping piece together the puzzle of exactly how cells become unhealthy. One primary cause is a failure of a cell’s trash removal and recycling systems to work properly, in turn setting off a cascade of cellular inflammation and free radical damage that sets the stage for poor health.
Saturday, November 22, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study provides dramatic proof of the inter-relationship between digestive contents (foreign cells) and your digestive-related immune system. Researchers have now identified that the endothelial cells that line your digestive tract sense the type of bacteria that are present in your digestive tract. In response to this perception, instructions are then given to form lymph tissue that is specific to keeping that particular foreign type of cell in check (a customized police force).
Friday, November 21, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
I was fascinated by a new study from researchers at the University of Chicago showing that complex tasks learned during the day, and often forgotten, were remembered in the morning after sleep helped to consolidate and preserve the new learning.
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
New research shows that if a patient is lacking in vitamin D then injury from toxic statin drugs is likely to happen more often. A whopping 38.8% of patients reported statin-related muscle aches and pains.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study shows that a poorly functioning thyroid is a contributing factor to worsening cardiovascular health. The most surprising finding in the study is that the thyroid did not have to be clinically out-of-whack for this problem to occur. A slightly off thyroid, one doctors don’t think of treating, was adequate to make heart health significantly worse.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The issue of cognitive decline and the more advanced Alzheimer’s disease is predicted to be a public health crisis in America over the next 20 years, as the swell of baby boomers hits the age when problems manifest. This past week the Wall Street Journal ran an article on a man getting Alzheimer’s in his 40s, one of 500,000 Americans with early onset.
Sunday, November 16, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
FDA management is doing everything in its power to keep the Big Pharma bubble from bursting. A case in point is that of the bone drugs, one of the great scams of all time.
Saturday, November 15, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A brand new study out on vitamin C says that it is just as good at lowering CRP as a statin, at the dose of 1000 mg per day.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The statistics are painfully clear. African-Americans are 40% more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than the white population; including a 250% increased chance for heart failure between ages 45 and 64. Conditions that increase the risk for heart disease such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and diabetes are at epidemic levels in young African-Americans and the general trend of these health issues is worsening.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
More than 50 years of research indicates that niacin can help lower your triglycerides, raise your HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol), improve your circulation, and lower your LDL cholesterol, including Lipoprotein A. These effects are likely to positively support weight management.
Monday, November 10, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The script reads like a bad Hollywood movie: make vitamin E look bad so men will line up like robots for their statins. Producer: the American Heart Association (AHA). The actors are all worthless no-names on Big Pharma’s payroll. The story never ends; but the damage to health is very real.
Sunday, November 09, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study just added the social element to mind and body health. Of course, there have been many observations that some people are healthier and live longer when they have better social interaction. However, scientists with their new tools are now showing that gene switches are turned on and off in your brain based on social interaction.
Saturday, November 08, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Researchers at UCLA tried to show that low vitamin D would make an autoimmune thyroid problem worse. This turned out not to be the case, but what they did find was rather surprising.
Friday, November 07, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study highlights just how vital it is to maintain healthy balance in your digestive tract. The researchers found that a single inflammatory signal resulting from too much H. pyloria is adequate to drive processes that result in stomach cancer, the second leading cause of cancer mortality around the world.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study looking at sleep duration in 1138 children age 6 found that less than 10 hours of sleep on a regular basis increased the risk of obesity 420%.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
While a child is developing in the womb major imprints are made on the developing nervous system that may affect brain health, growth, obesity, and future cardiovascular risk. If children are to maximize their genetic potential then good parenting during pregnancy is a must.
Monday, November 03, 2008 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study looked into the GABA levels in those having trouble sleeping and found they were 30 % below normal, a level that also contributes to an anxious feeling and poor mood.
