Chinese Traditional Medicine According to practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, rehmannia glutinosa, a wild herb also known as Chinese foxglove, can balance the yin. The herb grows in parts of northern and northeastern China, and has been used in medicine for over 2,000 years. Its thick brownish-black roots are usually harvested in the fall and […]
“Ketogenic” is a term for a low-carb diet (like the Atkins diet). The idea is for you to get more calories from protein and fat and less from carbohydrates. You cut back most on the carbs that are easy to digest, like sugar, soda, pastries, and white bread. When you eat less than 50 grams […]
What is Curcumin? Curcumin, also called diferuloylmethane, is a natural polyphenol found in turmeric, a spice that has received much interest from both the medical/scientific worlds as well as from the culinary world. Turmeric has been traditionally used in Asian countries as a medical herb due to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, antimicrobial, and anticancer properties. […]
After we ingest food the insulin concentration increases and by doing so, glucose intake and oxidation in peripheral tissues happen. Insulin also activates lipoprotein lipase which promotes the storage of dietary fat in adipose tissue. When we fast, the plasma levels of insulin decrease, which results in lipolysis, a shift from glucose to fat oxidation […]
Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. In 2018, there were 18.1 million new cases and 9.5 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. By 2040, the number of new cancer cases per year is expected to rise to 29.5 million and the number of cancer-related deaths to 16.4 million. It has been hypothesized that vegetarian […]
What is Vitamin C? Vitamin C (ascorbic acid, ascorbate) is an essential micronutrient that must be delivered either with the diet or as a supplement, given that humans lost the ability to synthesize it due to mutations in the gene encoding a part of vitamin C. This vitamin plays an important role in multiple processes […]
Calorie restriction consists in reducing the average daily caloric intake below what is typical or habitual, without malnutrition or deprivation of essential nutrients. In a fasting diet, a person does not eat at all or severely limits intake during certain times of the day, week, or month. In a new study published in the journal […]
There are many dietary supplements in the market, some of them claim to help with brain function and health in general. However, the research studies don’t always back up what the manufacturer’s claim their supplement can do. We are going to discuss the use of some dietary supplements that have shown to improve brain health. […]
In a new study published in the journal Clinical Nutrition, researchers investigated the potential biases that exist in available epidemiological evidence resulting in negative associations or underestimation of cardiovascular (CV) risk associated with alcohol consumption. The researchers examined hospitalizations related to cardiovascular events among more than 350,000 UK residents aged between 40 and 69 from […]
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune disease characterized by central nervous system (CNS) inflammation, demyelination, and axonal loss. MS affects 2.5 million people worldwide, and imposes major burdens on individuals and society. The etiology of the disease is considered to be multifactorial, including genetics and environmental factors. Dysregulation of immune responses and abnormal metabolism […]