59Calcium: Not Just For Your Bones, But Also For Your Heart
Calcium: Not Just For Your Bones, But Also For Your Heart
The heart is a tireless organ, beating an average of 100,000 times a day. However, conditions that stop the heart from pumping blood efficiently can cause serious problems and ultimately require a heart transplantation. In a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers from Osaka University (Japan) have shown that a previously unknown mutation ...
Mediterranean Diet Associated With Lower Risk of Mortality in Older Adults
A greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet which had been assessed through an index made with biomarkers during a 20-year scientific monitoring is associated with a lower mortality in adults over 65. This is one of the main conclusions of a study led by Cristina Andrés-Lacueva, head of the Research Group on Biomarkers and Nutritional ...
Vitamin C Lipid Metabolites
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a water-soluble micronutrient. Unlike some other vitamins, human beings cannot manufacture their own vitamin C and must rely on outside sources (food and supplements) to obtain it. Considering this nutrient’s extremely important role in relation to human health, we would all do well to make sure we obtain adequate amounts. ...
Logan University Partners with Ivy Tech Community College
Logan University (Chesterfield, MO) has partnered with Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana on an articulation agreement that establishes a 2+2 dual-degree between the two institutions. The program makes it possible for qualified students to earn both an Associate of Science degree in Biology from Ivy Tech and a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology ...
Exercise Alters Brain Chemistry to Protect Aging Synapses
When elderly people stay active, their brains have more of a class of proteins that enhances the connections between neurons to maintain healthy cognition, a University of California, San Francisco study has found. This protective impact was found even in people whose brains at autopsy were riddled with toxic proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative ...
FDA Announces Qualified Health Claim for Magnesium and Reduced Risk of High Blood Pressure
In a letter of enforcement discretion released on Jan 10., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it does not intend to object to the use of certain qualified health claims regarding the consumption of magnesium and a reduced risk of high blood pressure (hypertension), provided that the claims are appropriately worded to avoid misleading ...
Abnormal Thyroid Hormone Levels During Pregnancy May Increase the Risk of Preschool Boys’ Behavioral Problems
Thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy may predict preschool boys’ emotional and behavioral problems, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Thyroid hormones are crucial for normal development of a baby’s brain and nervous system. During the first trimester—the first three months of pregnancy—a baby depends on its mother’s ...
For IBS, Specific Diets Are Less Important Than Expected
Many IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) sufferers avoid certain types of food and often exclude gluten. However, a large new study from Chalmers University of Technology and Uppsala University, Sweden, does not show a relationship between high intake of gluten and increased IBS symptoms. The researchers did find that a certain type of carbohydrate called FODMAPs ...
Nutrients for Brain Health
We hear a lot lately about preserving and supporting brain health. This is often discussed within the context of delaying or preventing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease from developing, but it is also discussed within the context of day-to-day use of our brains more effectively. Consumers are keen on finding ways to promote their focus, attention ...
Dr. Eric Goodman, Foundations of Health
Dr. Eric Goodman has spent his professional life learning from his patients and from his own symptoms. Educated originally as a Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Goodman began quickly paving his own path in pain management through specific movements called Foundation Training. Since 2007, Dr. Goodman’s Foundation Training has brought innovation, compassion and action to the ...
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