Scientific Update: Diabetes and Dietary Supplementation
February 26, 2011 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Supplements
Courtesy of Nature’s Sunshine Diabetes is a serious threat to the health of Americans. According to the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 24 million people in the United Stated have diabetes. There are three types of diabetes: type 1 (insulin dependent); type 2 (non-insulin dependent); and gestational diabetes, which [...]
Minding Your Blood Pressure Could Prevent Alzheimer’s
May 22, 2010 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Aging & Longevity, Holistic Nutrition, Supplements
by Dr. Mercola Controlling blood pressure just might be the best protection yet known against dementia. In a flurry of new research, scientists scanned people’s brains to show hypertension fuels a kind of scarring linked to later development of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Those scars can start building up in middle age, decades before [...]
High Intakes of Omega-3s Linked to Big Health Benefits
March 7, 2010 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under General Nutrition, Supplements
Intakes of omega-3 essential fatty acids that exceed levels consumed by the general population in the United States may significantly reduce the risk of chronic disease, a new study with Yup’ik Eskimos suggests. High levels of the omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) were associated with lower levels of triglycerides, as [...]