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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a result of lifestyle factors that result in disordered functioning of endothelium (ED) in the vessels supplying the affected ocular structures with blood (choroidalneovascularization [CNV]). AMD is a local Continue reading Macular Degeneration…Is It Coronary Artery Disease of the Eye?
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40 million Americans devote their lives to taking care of their loved ones at an estimated 37 billion hours of unpaid caregiving worth an estimated $470 billion dollars (AARP report, “Valuing the Invaluable”). Continue reading Caregiving in America: The Next Chronic Disease
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A 75 year old female who was overweight, had high cholesterol and in two weeks drops here cholesterol from 245 to 203, LDL 154 to 113, hs CRP 3.8 to 2.2 and lost 4-5 lbs on a whole food, mainly Continue reading Empower Yourself! Drop Your Cholesterol with Diet Not Drugs!
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CONCLUSION: In more than 57,000 postmenopausal women since 1990 current, but not past vitamin D supplementation was associated with a 26 % decrease in postmenopausal breast cancer risk in menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) users; there was no association in MHT Continue reading Can Vitamin D Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Menopausal Hormone Users?
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CONCLUSION: Pantethine 600 mg/day from weeks 1 to 8 and 900 mg/day from weeks 9 to 16 (300 mg capsules) showed a significant decrease in total cholesterol; decreasing Continue reading Cholesterol Lowering with Pantethine in Individuals with Low-to-Moderate Cardiovascular Risk
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Red Yeast Rice, which comes from fermenting rice with Monascus purpureus, contains the cholesterol lowering monacolins, of which monacolin K (about half of the total monocalins) has been renamed Lovastatin. 10 mg Continue reading Combining Red Yeast Rice and Berberine for Cholesterol, Triglyceride and Blood Sugar Control – An Interview with Mark McCarty, BA
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MighTeaFlow® lozenges (Nomax Inc, St. Louis, MO, USA) containing 2 plant extracts including green tea catechins with 500 mg xylitol compared to xylitol alone taking 1 lozenge every 4 hours with a maximum of 6 lozenges per day showed after 8 weeks the 500 mg Continue reading Dry Mouth (Xerostomia) Helped with Natural Formula Containing Green Tea Catechins – An Interview with Stephen Hsu, PhD
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CONCLUSION: Oral nicotinamide (non-flush vitamin B3) 500 mg twice daily was safe and effective in reducing the rates of new nonmelanoma skin cancers and actinic keratoses in Continue reading Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Prevention with Nicotinamide (Vitamin B-3)
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Listen to these two case studies (interview links below) of dramatic reversal of heart disease, neck and leg hardening of the arteries, diabetes, food cravings and 50 lbs plus weight loss with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn’s Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Program. Continue reading Reverse Heart Disease, Hardening of Arteries in the Neck and Legs, and Diabetes with Dr. Esselstyn’s Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Program
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Learn how Jim McNamara, a 63 year former sales manager who suffered a stroke at the age of 55, a blocked carotid artery and a diagnosis of severe peripheral vascular disease (leg) 6-7 years ago, not only recovered from surgical failures to open these blood vessels, but eliminated his high blood Continue reading Reversal of Carotid Artery and Peripheral Vascular Disease Following Dr. Esselstyn’s Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease “Lifestyle” Program – An Interview with Jim McNamara
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Learn how Patricia (Tricia) Slimbarski, a 66 year old retired research analyst who worked at the Pentagon for 38 years, and self-proclaimed food addict, lost close to a 100 pounds; got rid of her angina (heart disease); eliminated Continue reading Reversal of Angina, Diabetes, Obesity and Food Addiction Following Dr. Esselstyn’s Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Lifestyle Program – An Interview with Patricia Slimbarski
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“Eat Your Way to Brain Health” AARP Bulletin, October, 20`5, page 12.
Reviewed the Mediterranean Diet, DASH Diet and Mind Diet as being beneficial for brain health.
“The common denominator in all three diets is a plant-based eating pattern that is low in saturated fat (animal foods) Continue reading Eat Your Way to Brain Health – Mediterranean, DASH & MIND Diets
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N-acetylcysteine (NAC) at 1200-2400 milligrams per day with or without food helped those who had quit cocaine stay away from trying it again and reduced the craving. Side effects were mainly Continue reading Cocaine Dependence and the Potential Benefit of N-Acetylcysteine – An Interview with Steven D. LaRowe, PhD
