This article may sound to you like Elisha's directive to Naaman sounded to him. "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times..." (2 Kings 5: 1 - 15) At first Naaman refused this easy cure for his leprosy as being too simple.
This information on Diabetes sounds almost too simple to me, but the medical literature (not the popular stuff out there) says researchers have "shown conclusively that diabetic patients are thiamine deficient in blood plasma". Please go to the source articles and even print them out for your doctor. It is hot off the press and I would really be surprised if very many doctors have seen it yet.
The summary article is at the following URL:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/r4723142882735l5/?p=de1637f799b94f9eaf1affc684404efb&pi=1
The article, "High prevalence of low plasma thiamine concentration in diabetes linked to a marker of vascular disease", was published on August 4, 2004 in the journal, Diabetologia.
Many of the complications of diabetics are those related to blood vessels not functioning correctly. This can give rise to
Damage to the retina of the eye which can lead to vision problems.
Peripheral neuropathy or pain in the arms and legs due to nerve damage.
Damage to the heart due to damaged blood vessels.
Inflammation to blood vessel walls.
High blood pressure.
Kidney damage which can lead to the need for dialysis.
The cause for these complications? Loss of thiamine (Vitamin B1) from the body. This is due not to lack of thiamine in the diet, but the loss of it by way of the kidneys.
Doctors typically test for levels of thiamine by measuring the activity of transketolase. This can check out as being normal when the level in either Diabetes I or Diabetes II will actually be only a quarter of the level needed.
Please, please, please check with your medical specialist before any more damage is done!
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Colon and Breast Cancer: Vitamin D3 is Deterrent
Adequate levels of Vitamin D3 should reduce breast and colorectal cancer worldwide rates by 600,000 cases per year, according to University of California, San Diego studies. The researchers showed an inverse relationship between levels of serum vitamin D3 and numbers of individual with these cancers.
In order to obtain an adequate level of D3, you would need approximately fifteen minutes in the sun and an intake of 2000 IU of D3 per day. If you have more sun exposure, there is less need for the nutritional or pill form of this vitamin. Both the pigmentation of your skin and the quality of sunlight make a difference in your needs.
For a more detailed summary of this study, go to http://www.eurekalert.org - Study shines more light on benefit of vitamin D in fighting cancer
In order to obtain an adequate level of D3, you would need approximately fifteen minutes in the sun and an intake of 2000 IU of D3 per day. If you have more sun exposure, there is less need for the nutritional or pill form of this vitamin. Both the pigmentation of your skin and the quality of sunlight make a difference in your needs.
For a more detailed summary of this study, go to http://www.eurekalert.org - Study shines more light on benefit of vitamin D in fighting cancer
Obesity in Postmenopausal Women
The American Chemical Society has released a bulletin, “Revealing Estrogen's Secret Role in Obesity”. The paper was presented on August 20, 2007 by Dr. Deborah J. Clegg, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati, Academic Health Center.
Through the use of a technique using RNA interference, the ventromedial nuclei of the hypothalamus of rodents’ brains were altered so that the estrogen receptors would not be affected by circulating estrogen. Compared to unaltered animals, the experimentals quickly gained abdominal fat and lost some glycemic control, even though they had the same intake of calories.
This study increased evidence that lack of estrogen leads to weight gain in postmenopausal women.
This photograph, Courtesy of Min Liu, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, shows two almost identical appearing rats except for differing weights. Both mice had their ovaries removed. Only the slim one received replacement estrogen. The second one appears to have almost twice the girth of the first.
Human studies of this type are not possible, but inferences are that lack of estrogen may lead to weight gain in postmenopausal women who are not on a system of hormone replacement.
Through the use of a technique using RNA interference, the ventromedial nuclei of the hypothalamus of rodents’ brains were altered so that the estrogen receptors would not be affected by circulating estrogen. Compared to unaltered animals, the experimentals quickly gained abdominal fat and lost some glycemic control, even though they had the same intake of calories.
This study increased evidence that lack of estrogen leads to weight gain in postmenopausal women.
This photograph, Courtesy of Min Liu, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, shows two almost identical appearing rats except for differing weights. Both mice had their ovaries removed. Only the slim one received replacement estrogen. The second one appears to have almost twice the girth of the first.
Human studies of this type are not possible, but inferences are that lack of estrogen may lead to weight gain in postmenopausal women who are not on a system of hormone replacement.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Astroglia Can Act as Stem Cells for Other Neurons in the Brain
The most numerous cells in the brain are supporting cells named astroglia. Dr. Benedikt Berninger and colleagues from Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany have now been able to show how these astroglia can act as stem cells for functional nerve cells of the brain.
The identification of the chemical pathways necessary for this change could lead to help for those with brain injuries or diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.
Keep tuned for the next exciting chapter!
A larger summary of this article can be found at http://www.Eurekalert.org - Milestone in the regeneration of brain cells: Supportive cells generate new nerve cells
The identification of the chemical pathways necessary for this change could lead to help for those with brain injuries or diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.
Keep tuned for the next exciting chapter!
A larger summary of this article can be found at http://www.Eurekalert.org - Milestone in the regeneration of brain cells: Supportive cells generate new nerve cells
Pectin: Lowers cholesterol and glucose levels and kills lung, colon and prostate cancers
This latest study which added prostate cancer cells to the list of cancers killed by pectin has at this point, only been studied in the laboratory and has not yet been tested in vivo (in living animals).
Pectin is a fiber which is found in fruits and vegetables and is on the grocery shelf for you to use to help jams and jellies to jell. Some fruits, such as apples, may have enough natural pectin so that you can make apple jelly without adding a packaged variety, such as the liquid Certo or the powdered Sure-Jell.
This gives new meaning to the saying that an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
This latest research on the effects of pectin on prostate cancer cells was published in the journal, Glycobiology. The researchers, headed by Debra Mohnen, were from the University of GA and the VA Medical center in Augusta, GA.
A longer summary of this article can be found at http://www.uga.edu/news/artman/publish/070806_Pectin.shtml
Pectin is a fiber which is found in fruits and vegetables and is on the grocery shelf for you to use to help jams and jellies to jell. Some fruits, such as apples, may have enough natural pectin so that you can make apple jelly without adding a packaged variety, such as the liquid Certo or the powdered Sure-Jell.
This gives new meaning to the saying that an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
This latest research on the effects of pectin on prostate cancer cells was published in the journal, Glycobiology. The researchers, headed by Debra Mohnen, were from the University of GA and the VA Medical center in Augusta, GA.
A longer summary of this article can be found at http://www.uga.edu/news/artman/publish/070806_Pectin.shtml
Tel Aviv University Professor Reports on New Treatment for Alzheimer’s at Meetings of the American Society for Microbiology.
Friends, it makes good sense. Why didn’t I put the information together myself?
What have we known about Alzheimer’s before this?
An early symptom is loss of the sense of smell.
Antibodies can treat the disease.
Some antibodies as well as many other proteins are too large to penetrate the blood/brain barrier.
Bacteriophages are viruses known to attack bacteria and not human cells.
Viruses can be genetically modified.
So why should we be surprised when Prof. Beka Solomon of Tel Aviv University either comes up with a phage that can dissolve amyloid plaque, or maybe the idea of genetically modifying one to carry something probably like the active site of an antibody which can latch onto and cause the destruction of the brain plaques of Alzheimer’s? And her approach is through the nose which is attached to nerves of the olfactory bulb of the brain where the sense of smell abides.
Brilliant!! And even better, it works!
This was done on mice. (They have all the luck!) The mice which had showed signs of Alzheimer’s regained their sense of smell, had better memory and at the end of one year of treatment, had 80% fewer amyloid plaques than the controls. (Hmm. How did they find that out? Ulps! Guess the mice weren’t so lucky after all.)
I’m about ready to get in line! And certainly would like to be at the head of a line to congratulate and thank Dr. Solomon for her awesome work.
What have we known about Alzheimer’s before this?
An early symptom is loss of the sense of smell.
Antibodies can treat the disease.
Some antibodies as well as many other proteins are too large to penetrate the blood/brain barrier.
Bacteriophages are viruses known to attack bacteria and not human cells.
Viruses can be genetically modified.
So why should we be surprised when Prof. Beka Solomon of Tel Aviv University either comes up with a phage that can dissolve amyloid plaque, or maybe the idea of genetically modifying one to carry something probably like the active site of an antibody which can latch onto and cause the destruction of the brain plaques of Alzheimer’s? And her approach is through the nose which is attached to nerves of the olfactory bulb of the brain where the sense of smell abides.
Brilliant!! And even better, it works!
This was done on mice. (They have all the luck!) The mice which had showed signs of Alzheimer’s regained their sense of smell, had better memory and at the end of one year of treatment, had 80% fewer amyloid plaques than the controls. (Hmm. How did they find that out? Ulps! Guess the mice weren’t so lucky after all.)
I’m about ready to get in line! And certainly would like to be at the head of a line to congratulate and thank Dr. Solomon for her awesome work.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Fruits and Vegetables Containing Anthocyanins (purple and red pigments) Slow the Growth of Colon Cancers
This study was conducted by Dr. Monica Giusti and associates at Ohio State University and reported in a paper given by her at the American Chemical Society meeting in Boston on August 19, 2007.
Fruits and vegetable anthocyanins were extracted from such fruits and vegetables as purple corn, chokeberries, bilberries, purple carrots, elderberries, grapes and radishes. The first three of the list showed the greatest potency and the least potent of this selection was that of radishes.
Dr. Giusti suggests that making some small changes in the chemical structures of these pigments could improve these results. She is a proponent of using such natural food coloring agents by the food industry.
Fruits and vegetable anthocyanins were extracted from such fruits and vegetables as purple corn, chokeberries, bilberries, purple carrots, elderberries, grapes and radishes. The first three of the list showed the greatest potency and the least potent of this selection was that of radishes.
Dr. Giusti suggests that making some small changes in the chemical structures of these pigments could improve these results. She is a proponent of using such natural food coloring agents by the food industry.
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