by Dr. James Meschino on 22 March 2021 in Supplements, Depression

Source: Journal Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Treatment (March 2017)Nutrition / Natural Medicine UpdateIn recent times, Rhodiola rosea extract is often highlighted by the researchers to combat burnout issues. We know that burnout is a common problem in society today, and it accounts for an increasing number of disability claims.The increasing demands of our fast-paced life, coupled with multiple responsibilities and demands ...

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by Dr. James Meschino on 1 March 2021 in Vitamin, Supplements, Aging

General FeatureMelatonin benefits the human body by acting as a hormone, neurotransmitter, antioxidant and immune system modulator. Melatonin is a molecule that has been found in every animal and plant studied to date, from human beings to the most primitive one-celled algae that evolved more than three billion years ago. What are the general features of melatonin?In each organism, Melatonin’s molecular ...

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by Dr. James Meschino on 22 February 2021 in Lifestyle, Cancer

Source: Medscape August 30, 2017 Nutrition / Natural Medicine Update 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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by Dr. James Meschino on 18 January 2021 in Supplements

IntroductionHealth practitioners are frequently questioned by their athletic patients about the effectiveness and safety of various dietary supplements promoted as performance-enhancing ergogenic aids.  Creatine monohydrate is one of the sports supplements that has received much attention in this regard and has been shown to enjoy widespread use across the North American athletic population, with U.S. retail sales of the product ...

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by Dr. James Meschino on 1 June 2020 in Vitamin, Asthma

In this edition of the Lifestyle Medicine Update, I want to highlight a September, 2016 review paper that showed the addition of vitamin D supplements to standard asthma medication can lead to fewer severe asthma attacks in patients with mild to moderate asthma. Source: European Respiratory Society International Congress, 2016 Nutrition / Natural Medicine Update (January 31, 2017) In this ...

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by Dr. James Meschino on 9 March 2020 in Weight Loss

It seems every way we look at it, your body is more than willing to work with you if you will work with it. Another example of this was published in August, 2016, in the American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. It has recently been discovered that during exercise, muscle cells release a chemical messenger, called “irisin”, from their ...

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by Dr. James Meschino on 4 November 2019 in Weight Loss, Cancer

This study was published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association on May 19, 2016, and it showed once again that modest lifestyle changes can cut cancer deaths by about 50%. The study combined data from the long-running Nurses’ Health Study Source: Journal Source JAMA, May 19, 2016 Nutrition / Natural Medicine Update (May 27, 2016) This study ...

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by Dr. James Meschino on 28 October 2019 in Diet, Cardiovascular disease

Dr. Ornish is the author of several books, including the Dr. Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease. Dr. Ornish is a personal hero of mine, as his diet and lifestyle program is the only one that has ever been shown to reverse plaque build-up in the walls of arteries in the heart.Source: Medscape, May 12, 2016Nutrition / Natural Medicine ...

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