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Peanuts to the Rescue!

Posted in General, Nutrition, Pregnancy on Feb 28th, 2014

In this study, children of women who participated in the Nurses Health Study II (NHSII) and the Growing Up Today Study 2 (GUTS2) and were born between January 1990 and Dec 31, 1994 were identified. A questionnaire was sent out in 2009 to the mother of every child in these two studies in order to […]

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Iron supplementation During Pregnancy

Posted in Dietary Supplements, General, Nutrition, Pregnancy on Oct 30th, 2013

Iron deficient anemia affects 38% of pregnant women around the world and is clearly one of the reasons prenatal iron supplements are recommended. Researchers in this systematic review and meta-analysis analyzed 48 randomized trials of iron supplementation, involving 17,793 women and 44 cohort studies of maternal anemia and birth outcomes involving 2 million women. Iron […]

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Calcium: How much do we need???

Posted in Bone Health, Bone Loss, Calcium, Nutrition, Osteoarthtritis, Prevention on May 22nd, 2013

A great deal of confusion has been stirred up in the last few months about the potential harm of too much calcium intake. As is often the case, there are studies that reveal conflicting results. Examples of this include the following summaries: 1) Calcium from food does not appear to raise the risk of cardiovascular […]

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Healthy lifestyle factors can lower the risk of sudden cardiac death

Posted in Cardiovascular, General, Nutrition, Prevention, Weight Management on Apr 9th, 2012

A recent study confirmed what we probably all already know: Women who don’t smoke, have a body mass index lower than 25, exercise at least 30 minutes a day and eat a Mediterranean-style diet have a significantly lower risk of sudden cardiac death. In the Nurses’ Cohort Study that followed 81,722 women from 1984 to […]

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Soy and lowered risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer

Posted in General, Nutrition, Soy on Mar 19th, 2010

A meta-analysis of five case-control and two cohort studies examined the effects of soy intake on endometrial and ovarian cancer. 169,051 women and, 3516 with endometrial or ovarian cancer in the U.S., China, Italy and Japan with an average age of 54 were evaluated for their soy intake based on soy containing foods or soy […]

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Macular Degeneration and B Vitamins

Posted in Cardiovascular, Dietary Supplements, General, Nutrition on Jul 29th, 2009

In a randomized trial of more than 5400 women with cardiovascular disease or risk factors, women were randomized to placebo or a combination of folic acid 2.5 mg/day, Vitamin B6, 50 mg/day and Vitamin B12, 1mg/day. The women were over the age of 40, and two thirds of them had a history of cardiovascular disease […]

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D-ribose, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia

Posted in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Dietary Supplements, Fatigue, Nutrition on Nov 3rd, 2008

Issues of cellular metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction are very important in women’s health, creating numerous problematic changes that result in hypothalamic suppression as well as dysfunctions in the brain, heart, skeletal muscles, liver and endocrine system. The hypothalamus controls sleep, pituitary and autonomic functions. When hypothalamic function is suppressed, it can result in insomnia, irritable […]

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Q. Are all multivitamin/mineral supplements created equal?

Posted in Dietary Supplements, Nutrition, Vitamin D on Sep 24th, 2008

As the saying goes, you usually get what you pay for. But just so you know what you’re paying for, multivitamin-mineral supplements vary in four basic ways: ingredients potency quality manufacturing process In general, however, basic mass-market multiples are often sold at a lower price because they are inferior in one or more of those […]

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