How much fructose does the average American consume each day? The average fructose consumption is about 37 grams to 40 grams per day. However, in the last three decades, the amount of fructose, from...
It should be a very well rounded vitamin, meaning a mix of vitamins and minerals. Try to stay away from fillers and dyes because they will affect the way the nutrient is absorbed. Also,...
What happens when bodies don’t get enough Vitamin C? There is too little reproduction of the reinforcement molecules called collagen which make up not only the bones, but also the skin, the organs, the...
What is Type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes and used to be called “maturity onset” or “non-insulin-dependent” diabetes. When you have diabetes your body cannot use glucose...
Yes. There is some evidence that taking just some form of calcium supplement can have the same effect. However, at this point in time, it looks like that actually something about the combination of...
Fish is really becoming a superstar so to speak when it comes to heart health primarily because it’s such a great source of the omega-3 fatty acids. These omega-3 fatty acids do a number...
What is the prevalence of heart diseases in Americans? Heart disease is the biggest killer of all of the chronic diseases. Cancer comes second. They say if you don’t die of heart disease you’re...
Carotid Ultrasound IMT Score Not surprisingly perhaps, the health of the carotid arteries (the ones that carry oxygen and nutrients to the brain) can give great insight into the health of the cardiovascular system...
The findings come from Japanese investigators who tested the technique on 86 patients in the hopes of identifying the cancer in its early stages. Although the procedure failed to find the cancer before it...
Quitting smoking can decrease the risk of developing all different types of lung cancer, including those most and least closely associated with tobacco use. Lung cancer is typically divided into two major types: small...
Why has the incidence of autism increased? Do you think vaccines relate to this? There really is not a good hypothesis right now to explain that increase. I think many parents have been concerned...
Is there the chance that some of these disorders were completely different disorders and not autism? Yes, because autism is defined completely by behavior at this point. There are hints about the biological causes...
Autism was conceived as a very specific disorder almost always associated with mental retardation, but quite severe. The estimates there were four or five per 10,000 kids, so maybe one in 2,000 kids, had...
People with type 2 diabetes who try to control the condition with diet alone may not be receiving all the health services they need. That’s the key finding from a new study out of...
Researchers from UCLA have discovered what they call a “remarkable” new tool in the fight against diabetes. An 18-month clinical trial shows a new drug halts the progression of type 1 diabetes and improves...
High blood pressure is diagnosed when a person’s systolic or top number is higher than 140 and a person’s diastolic pressure, or the bottom number, is greater than 90. Often patients undergo an ambulatory...
Beautinutrients (InnerHealth) were originally designed as a bridge from the USANA Sense product line to the USANA Nutritionals and Dr. Wentz’ nutritional philosophy. This product played the supplement role of USANA Sense’s “inner and...
Does soy kill the cancer or just prevent it? Kumar: Soy stops prostate cancer from progressing. One of the characteristics of prostate cancer cells is they proliferate purposelessly, very quickly and at a higher...
Nagi B. Kumar, R.D., explains the value of incorporating soy into your diet to prevent and/or lessen the effects of prostate cancer. What effect has soy shown to have in cancers? Kumar: Soy is...
BALTIMORE (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Vitamin D is hailed by many as the wonder vitamin. It can boost your immune system, ward off osteoporosis, help lower your blood pressure. But can it lower your risk...
What makes vitamin D a hormone? Dr. Burnstein: A hormone is a substance that the body makes. A hormone travels in the bloodstream, and it affects targets such as organs and tissues. Vitamin D...
Jennifer Love, Ph.D., explains how some common supplements can keep middle-age weight gain from building up. When you learned of the study that showed these common supplements slow down weight associated with getting older,...
Once you reach the age of forty, annual physicals are a first line of detection for risk factors of cardiovascular and other life-threatening diseases. Typically your doctor will give you a standard battery of...
Our bodies naturally generate stress hormones on a daily basis, we need them to survive. During periods of stress, the levels of these hormones can go up and that’s generally a good thing. It...
BOSTON (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Could the cure for breast cancer come in a shot? What about a vaccine to treat prostate cancer? Doctors are now looking past measles and mumps and developing vaccines to...
Women who report having job stress have a 40 percent increased risk of cardiovascular disease – including heart attacks as well as the need for procedures such as angioplasty – in comparison to those...
For many teens, fast food, pizza, and cereal are food groups in and of themselves. There are many problems with a processed food heavy diet, but high salt intake is of particular concern –...
Probiotics are finally being understood for their extreme importance in intestinal health and immune system strength. Stomach upset, fatigue, frequent colds and flu, sensitivity to milk and dairy products, are some of the signs...
An arrhythmia is any change in the regular rhythm of the heart. It is typically due to interference with the electrical pathways of the heart and are responsible for over 400,000 deaths each year....
A joint research between a physician and a mathematician has led to development of a mathematical model on how red blood cells change in size and hemoglobin content, which can lead to predicting earlier...