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Folic Acid Supplements Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

Researchers were trying to prove that taking folic acid supplements would increase a woman’s chance for breast cancer. Much to their dismay, they found that after ten years of supplementation folic acid was protective against breast cancer.

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Zinc, Alcohol Damage, and Thyroid Function

Several new studies on zinc show an amazing ability to protect against alcohol damage. The data raises several interesting points – one of which is protecting yourself from alcohol intake and another is on general zinc deficiency, including alcohol induced, and its affect on thyroid function.

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Alcohol-Related Acetaldehyde Increases Cancer Risk

Acetaldehyde is a fat-soluble toxin that can damage your liver and brain, and is the prime reason for a hangover. A new study proves that too much acetaldehyde exposure increases cancer risk.

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Alcohol May Disturb Your Sleep and Biological Clock

Many people have a drink or two to relax and calm down from the stressors of the day, which even may assist sleep (at least in the short term). A new study shows that an increased level of alcohol can disrupt your biological clock. Not only does this induce potential serious sleep problems, it can throw your entire body out of rhythm (including your immune system).

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Tocotrienols Offset Alcohol-Induced Nerve Damage

Excess alcohol consumption induces inflammatory damage to nerves resulting in cognitive dysfunction. A new study shows that the tocotrienol form of vitamin E is superior to plain d alpha tocopherol in reducing alcohol-induced nerve damage.

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Acetyl-L-Carnitine Protects the Brain from Alcohol-Induced Damage

Brain injury from alcohol intake is a society-wide problem that accelerates brain damage and the onset of cognitive decline and other neurological disease. A variety of animal experiments performed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center show exactly how acetyl-l-carnitine can protect the brain from the highly damaging effects of alcohol excess.

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Acetyl-L-Carnitine Protects Blood-Brain Barrier from Alcohol Damage

In excess alcohol is a fat-soluble toxin that readily damages the healthy structure of your blood-brain barrier. In this situation not only is your brain exposed to toxic levels of alcohol but the compromise that excess alcohol causes to your blood-brain barrier enables other toxins to enter your brain and induce damage. A new study shows that Acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC) can prevent alcohol-induced damaged to the blood-brain barrier.

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A Family History of Alcoholism Means Obesity Could be Knocking at Your Door

Researchers have now established that the rate of obesity in women, and to some degree men, is rapidly rising in those whose parents have a history of excess alcohol use. It means that those most likely to succumb to eating extra sweet, salty, and fatty foods are those with in inherited weakness relating to addiction.

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