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A Handful of Pistachios a Day Helps to Keep Your Heart Healthy

...dense levels of eight nutrients including thiamin, vitamin B6, copper, manganese, potassium, fibre, phosphorus and magnesium. High levels of most blood lipids increase the risk of developing both heart disease and stroke while lowering blood lipid levels has been shown to reduce the risk. Lipids join with ...

Vitamin Extends Life in Yeast, Dartmouth Medical School Researchers Find

Hanover, NH--Imagine taking a vitamin for longevity! Not yet, but a Dartmouth discovery ...ported in the May 4 issue of Cell, shows how a new vitamin extends lifespan in yeast cells, much like calorie restriction does in animals. It could pave the wa...

Higher Intake of Calcium and Vitamin D Linked With Brain Lesions in Older People

...nd women who consumed higher levels of calcium and vitamin D are significantly more likely to have greater vo... but those who reported consuming more calcium and vitamin D were markedly more likely to have higher total volume of brain lesions as measured across numerous...

Caffeinated Sunflower Seeds To Hit The Market

...cked with healthy fats, proteins, fiber, minerals, vitamin E, and phytochemicals - all important to the nutritional quality of a diet. They are also a good source of manganese, magnesium, selenium, zinc as well as phytosterols, which are believed to reduce levels of cholesterol. ANN/B...

Cure for CMT

...Westmead's Children's Hospital, hope high doses of vitamin C could relieve children's CMT symptoms. The two c...earlier French study had found that high dosage of vitamin C injected in mouse made it over come the disease. Hoping this will help find a cure for the disea...

Antioxidants May Aid Chemotherapy Patients

...ioxidants used in the trials included glutathione, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, ellagic acid, selenium and beta carotene. Source-Newswise SRM/N...

Women More Vulnerable to Multiple Sclerosis, Research Shows

...se of hair dye and use of cosmetics that may block vitamin D absorption," he says in a news release. "At this...hest from the equator, leading to speculation that vitamin D deficiency due to low sun exposure contributes to the disease. Gary Birnbaum, director of the M...

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Disability in Older Adults

...tudy showed a significant relationship between low vitamin D levels in older adults and poorer physical perfo... About one-fourth of people over age 60 have low vitamin D levels. Previous research has shown that vitamin D not only plays a role in bone health, but possi...

Better Drug Delivery Method to Fight Cancer Developed

...ansporting Pacitaxel in nanoparticles derived from vitamin E, side effects can be significantly reduced, Feng told The Straits Times. Nanoparticles are equipped with "homing" devices, in the form of antibodies that are attracted only to antigens on the surface of cancer cells, he said. Their tiny size, l...

Deficiency in Vitamin D Increases the Risk of Cancer

...er risk is higher among those individuals with low vitamin D levels, according// to research. Epidemiologi...search, as well as clinical trials on the value of vitamin D as a preventive and therapeutic cancer agent, suggest that vitamin D deficiency may predispose som...

Efforts Underway to Fight Alcoholism Among Tribals

... acid, nicotinic acid and riboflavin; proteins and vitamin C. It has less calorific value, apart from being sweet and delicious. It can give mineral water a run for its money," said A.K. Sharan of KVIC. According to Sharan, neera can enhance the income of a farmer. One palm tree yields four litres of toddy...

Certain Vitamins may Have Adverse Effects on Human Lifespan

Taking vitamin supplements may no longer be a mantra to stay fit....clinical trials into the benefits of commonly used vitamin supplements, including vitamins A, E and C besides beta-carotene and selenium. They found that vit...

Bangladesh Wages a War Against Polio – 22 Million Children to Receive Vaccinatio

...he age of five. Health officials will also provide vitamin A capsules to children from ages 1 to 5; children between 2 and 5 years of age will be given chewable de-worming tablets. These treatment measures will be available at 120,000 sites instituted in health facilities and centers across the nation. SA...

Multivitamins Improve Birth Outcomes Among Children Born With HIV

...nts included vitamins B-complex, C and E; however, vitamin A and zinc were not included, based on findings from previous studies that failed to show a beneficial effect of these nutrients. All women also received iron and folate supplementation and malaria prophylaxis, as part of standard prenatal care in Ta...

Depression Increases the Risk of Disease Progression and Death in HIV-positive Women

...was nested within a randomized controlled trial of vitamin supplementation in pregnant women. The primary end-points of the parent study included vertical transmission rates, pregnancy outcomes, HIV disease progression, and mortality among the women and their children born into the study. Nine hundred and ...

Fruit and Vegetable Diet 'could Prevent Asthma'

...ivity. Children who ate nuts - a rich source of vitamin E - at least three times a week were less likely to wheeze. Vitamin E is the body's main defense against cell damage caused by free radicals. Free radicals are highly reactive chemicals and they are produced in many different ways such as, norm...

Fat Overrides Effects of Vitamin C

...uce the protective effects of antioxidants such as vitamin C.// Scientists at the University of Glasgow found...ts, such as ascorbic acid (the active component of vitamin C), to protect against the generation of potential cancer-forming compounds in the stomach is less t...

MPs Vow to Fight Malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh

...ldren were saved, they may go blind due to lack of vitamin A," claims Sachin Kumar Jain, an activist fighting alleged negligence in government departments. "In the last two years, malnutrition - an indicator of human underdevelopment - has been on the rise in Madhya Pradesh. According to data collected a f...

Organic Crops Contain Higher Levels of Nutrients: Study

..., apples and peaches had greater concentrations of vitamin C, polyphenols, betacarotene and flavonoids, accor...apple puree contained more phenols, flavonoids and vitamin C than conventional versions. Apple puree is a popular food choice for babies. The latest studies ...

MIT Biologists Solve Vitamin Puzzle

...ered// the final piece of the synthesis pathway of vitamin B12--the only vitamin synthesized exclusively by microorganisms. B12, the most chemically complex of all vitamins, is es...

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