Nutritional Medicine Blogs

How Cancer Doctors Prevent Cancer in Their Own Bodies?

In this week’s update, I wanted to bring your attention to a recent interview that was conducted with cancer doctors to see how they go about protecting themselves from cancer development. This report was published on Medscape on August 30, 2017, which highlighted a feature that appeared in Men’s Health

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How Antioxidants During Chemotherapy Benefits?

Table of Contents In Brief Several studies suggest that dietary supplementation with antioxidants during chemotherapy can influence the response of treatment as well as the development of adverse side effects that results from treatment with antineoplastic agents. Administration of antineoplastic agents results in oxidative stress, i.e., the production of free

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Cinnamon Supplements Reverse Pre-Diabetic State

The research I’m citing today comes from the journal Lipids in Health and Disease (BioMedical Central), published on June 12, 2017. The study showed that  with 3 grams per day of cinnamon supplements for 16 weeks improved blood sugar regulation and other important cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with pre-diabetes

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How Reishi Mushroom Extract Improve Immune System?

Table of Contents Introduction Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) is called “the mushroom of immortality” in China and has been used in Oriental Medicine for over 2,000 years. (1,2) In recent years its reishi mushroom extract has been the subject of intensive research regarding their apparent ability to help prevent or

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How Raw Beet Juice benefits Sports Performance?

The research I am citing today is from the Journal Human Hypertension (2016) and The Journal Nutrients (2017), and it features the emerging evidence that raw beet juice benefits both to heart health and sports performance. I am a big fan of pomegranate juice. If you follow my research updates,

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Can Almonds Increase HDL(the Good Cholesterol)?

The research I am citing today was published in the Journal of Nutrition on August 1st, 2017. The study included 48 men and women with elevated LDL-cholesterol (the bad cholesterol that narrows arteries leading to heart attack and stroke). The intention was to compare the impact on LDL-cholesterol and HDL(the

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