Naturopathic Physician, Author, Educator and Researcher
Posted in Breast Cancer Prevention, Dietary Supplements on Jun 12th, 2012
Over two thousand women with stage I, II or IIIA were enrolled in a study about two years after their breast cancer diagnosis. The use of a multivitamin pre-diagnosis and post-diagnosis was assessed with a questionnaire in Kaiser Permanente patients from Northern California. A yearly self-report and verification of their medical records was evaluated. Overall, […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, General on Dec 20th, 2011
A recent study was at first glance, alarming to users of dietary supplements. However, understanding the details of the study tells a different story. The authors report that the use of multivitamins and select nutrients was assessed in relation to total mortality in 38,722 older women in the Iowa Women’s Health Study. Over a period […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, General on Oct 21st, 2011
A recent study was published reporting on the results of using melatonin for the treatment of chronic tinnitus (ringing in the ears) in adults. This was a randomized, double-blind, cross over trial in which one group was given 3 mg of melatonin nightly and the other group was given a placebo nightly for 30 days. […]
Posted in Bone Health, Calcium, Dietary Supplements on Aug 29th, 2011
Many women think that if a certain amount of calcium is good for the bones than even more is better. A large longitudinal and prospective cohort study from Sweden recently showed that consuming more than 700 mg of calcium per day in women older than 63, did not further reduce the risk for fracture or […]
Posted in Cardiovascular, Dietary Supplements, Prevention on Jul 22nd, 2011
A review of 25 trials that evaluated the risk of CHD related to the body’s omega-3 levels showed that there was an inverse relationship with major cardiovascular (CV) events and tissue levels of EPA and even more so, with DHA. [1] There have been three large randomized trials documenting omeg-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, Pregnancy, Prevention on Jun 29th, 2011
The Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and Environment (CHARGE) study is a population-based case-control study of Northern California families. Using standardized clinical assessments, enrolling 288 children aged 24–60, with autism and 144 with autism spectrum disorders, and compared them with 278 children who were developing normally. Researchers calculated the odds ratios for associations between autism […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, Prevention on Jun 14th, 2011
Magnesium plays a role in more than 300 enzymatic reactions and is involved in energy metabolism, cellular metabolism, utilization of glucose, synthesis of protein and fatty acids, muscle contractions, all hormonal reactions, neurotransmitter production, and intracellular balance of sodium, potassium and calcium.[1] The list is long for the consequences of a magnesium deficiency. Magnesium deficiencies […]
Posted in Dietary Supplements, Premenstrual Syndrome on May 27th, 2011
The cause of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is not convincingly known, and continued exploration into possible dietary associations goes on. Investigators conducted a study nested within the Nurses’ Health Study, a very large group of women who provide biennial reports on their diet and lifestyle and health status. The possible association of dietary B vitamin intake […]
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