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Mankai Duckweed Plant Found to Offer Health Benefits
Mankai, a new high-protein aquatic plant strain of duckweed, has significant potential as a superfood and provides glycemic control after carbohydrate consumption, a team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel has determined. Hila Zelicha, RD, a PhD student in the BGU Department of Public Health and her BGU colleagues researched ...
Rye is Healthy, Thanks to an Interplay of Microbes
Eating rye comes with a variety of health benefits. A new study from the University of Eastern Finland now shows that both lactic acid bacteria and gut bacteria contribute to the health benefits of rye. Published in Microbiome, the study used a metabolomics approach to analyze metabolites found in food and the human body. Rye sourdough ...
Too Much Caffeine During Pregnancy May Damage Baby’s Liver
Having too much caffeine during pregnancy may impair baby’s liver development and increase the risk of liver disease in adulthood, according to a study published in the Journal of Endocrinology. Pregnant rats given caffeine had offspring with lower birth weights, altered growth and stress hormone levels and impaired liver development. The study findings indicate that consumption ...
David Winston Named Doctor of Science by NUNM
Herbalist & Alchemist (Washington, NJ) founder David Winston, RH (AHG), was presented with an honorary Doctor of Science degree from National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) in Portland, OR, in recognition of 50 years of contributions to the herbal medicine field at the commencement ceremony June 29 at the Oregon Convention Center. The commencement program described ...
NCCAOM Announces Mina Larson as Incoming CEO
The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) Board of Commissioners has announce that they have selected Mina M. Larson, NCCAOM’s former deputy executive director from a wide list of nationwide candidates, as its new CEO, effective July 22, 2019. Former CEO, Dr. Kory Ward-Cook, will stay on through December 2019 to assist with the ...
Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Genetic Risk of Dementia
Living a healthy lifestyle may help offset a person’s genetic risk of dementia, according to new research. The study was led by the University of Exeter—simultaneously published in JAMA and presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2019 in Los Angeles, CA. The research found that the risk of dementia was 32 percent lower in people with ...
Poor Sleep Quality and Fatigue Plague Women With Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
Sleep disturbances are a frequent complaint of women in the menopause transition and postmenopause. A new study demonstrates that women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) who are receiving hormone therapy have poorer sleep quality and greater fatigue than women of the same age with preserved ovarian function. Study results are published online in Menopause, the journal ...
House of Representatives Instructs FDA to Regulate CBD
Legislation passed the House of Representatives on June 25 that would appropriate $100,000 for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to perform a Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) and set a safe level of CBD for consumers to use each day. The process would follow the same precedent as red yeast rice, which allows a natural product to ...
Drinking Matcha Tea Can Reduce Anxiety
Many different countries have a tea culture, and Japanese matcha tea is growing in popularity around the world. In Japan, matcha has a long history of being used for various medicinal purposes. It has been suspected to have various beneficial effects to health, but relatively little scientific evidence supported that claim. Now, a group of ...
Low Vitamin D at Birth Raises Risk of Higher Blood Pressure in Kids
Vitamin D deficiency from birth to early childhood was associated with an increased risk of elevated blood pressure in later childhood and adolescence, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. Researchers followed 775 children from birth to age 18 at the Boston Medical Center. Most lived in a low-income, urban area ...
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