Coffee has been the chosen beverage for literally millions of people around the world. So why is the same substance literally a life saver for some people and a potentially deadly drug to others? Thanks to the science of genetics we now understand the concept of different strokes for different folks. It turns out that the enzyme that breaks down caffeine (CYP1A2) as caffeine passes through the liver, is genetically …
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Research Supports Nutrient Shields Against Ionizing Radiation In hospitals and doctors’ offices around the country, millions of innocent patients are unknowingly exposed to excessive radiation. The main culprit is the computed tomography (CT) scan which exposes patients to the equivalent amount of radiation received by atomic bomb survivors in the low-dose range.1 Published scientific studies document that these excessive amounts of radiation will result in catastrophic numbers of new cancers due to …
Abstract Medical imaging has become a central component of patient care to ensure early and accurate diagnosis. Unfortunately, many imaging modalities use ionizing radiation to generate images. Ionizing radiation even in low doses can cause direct DNA damage and generate reactive oxygen species and free radicals, leading to DNA, protein, and lipid membrane damage. This cell damage can lead to apoptosis, necrosis, teratogenesis, or carcinogenesis. As many as 2% of …
View the Life Enhancement Forum presentation on Healthy Eating: Sugar, how much is too much? via ISSUU. The Life Enhancement Forum hosts lectures and presentations on various health related topics throughout the year. When possible, we share the presentation to ISSUU and post it here on our site for our readers to review and learn from. One of the key goals for the Life Enhancement Forum is to provide lectures …
Review the Healthy Eating: KB K-8 Center Progress Report May 2017 via ISSUU.
The following is an excerpt from The Autism Intensive: James Adams, PhD – How Diet and the Environment Affect the Gut Microbiome and Nutrient Status Host: Mike Mutzel Mike: All right. We are here with James Adams. James you’ve been a real pioneer in helping people understand some of the molecular causes, gut imbalances, and so forth. We really want to commend you for the over 35 publications that you’ve conducted in the realm of …
Review the Healthy Eating: Charles R Drew Progress Report 2016-2017 school year via ISSUU.
Food and nutrition influence the health, learning, and behavior of children. As a parent or clinician addressing a disorder such as autism or ADHD, it’s important to understand the connections between what goes into the body and how it functions. You can affect the existence or severity of varied symptoms by giving strategic attention to children’s diet. Nourishing hope is about using scientific research, practical knowledge, and individualized insight to …
From Mary T. Newport, MD: The media has irresponsibly taken viral a fragment of information purporting that coconut oil may be bad for your heart from an article published in the medical journal “Circulation” 2017, 135:e1-24, as a presidential advisory committee report from the AHA, “Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease”. The four “core studies” this committee relied on were all conducted in the 1950s, were relatively small groups of men …
This report describes a novel, comprehensive, and personalized therapeutic program that is based on the underlying pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease, and which involves multiple modalities designed to achieve metabolic enhancement for neurodegeneration (MEND). The first 10 patients who have utilized this program include patients with memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), or subjective cognitive impairment (SCI). Nine of the 10 displayed subjective or objective …
Metformin and Glaucoma Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world. A medical group submitted a report to Life Extension Magazine® that provides persuasive data that the AMPK-activating drug metformin may be of significant benefit in protecting the eyes against the threat of blindness from open angle glaucoma. This report is written with some technical language that may make it challenging for some of our readers to understand. We choose to publish …
KEY BISCAYNE FOUNDATION HEALTH UPDATE – March 2017 Topic – Basic Health tips to consider Most everyone now knows that to maintain optimum health there are some basic simple strategies that should be added to our daily lives. Wayne Fields covered most of the basics in a simple poem: “The best six doctors anywhere, and no one can deny it, are sunshine, water, rest, and air, exercise and diet. These …
Review the Healthy Eating: KB K-8 Center Progress Report Feb 2017 via ISSUU.
Dietary Tips: Anti-Infammatory Diet It is becoming increasingly clear that chronic in!ammation is the root cause of many serious illnesses – including heart disease, many cancers, and Alzheimer’s disease. We all know infammation on the surface of the body as local redness, heat, swelling and pain. It is the cornerstone of the body’s healing response, bringing more nourishment and more immune activity to a site of injury or infection. But …
This report describes a novel, comprehensive, and personalized therapeutic program that is based on the underlying pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease, and which involves multiple modalities designed to achieve metabolic enhancement for neurodegeneration (MEND). The first 10 patients who have utilized this program include patients with memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), or subjective cognitive impairment (SCI). Nine of the 10 displayed subjective or objective improvement in cognition beginning …