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Practical Information In Disease Prevention, and Symptom Alleviation Gleaned From Up-To-Date Scientific Studies
- Individuals in the highest percentile of Vitamin B12 supplementation were six times less likely to experience brain shrinkage, a consequence of ageing and alcohol abuse, than individuals in a lower percentile. [1]
- Vitamin D supplementation corresponded to up to 5 years of increased lifespan. [2]
- Vitamin D shown to reduce the risk of developing schizophrenia in men by up to 77%. [3]
- Supplementation with omega-3 from fish oil reduces both amyloid-beta (A-beta) and tau protein, both hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease. [4]
- Children with a high omega-3 intake were 55% less likely to develop type 1 diabetes. [5]
- Folic Acid deficiency increases the brain’s susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease. [6]
- A 70 year old will synthesize approximately 4 times less Vitamin D from the same amount of sun exposure than his or her former 20 year old self. [7]
- Individuals supplementing 500 milligrams of vitamin C daily had 24% drop in plasma C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation.[8] Chronic inflammation results in a plethora of diseases including aging, Alzheimer’s disease, atherosclerosis, asthma, acne, cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, obesity, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and type 2 diabetes.
- Coconut oil promotes weight loss in women with abdominal obesity. [9]
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References
- ↑ Vogiatzoglou, Anna; A David Smith, Eha Nurk, Paula Berstad, Christian A Drevon, Per M Ueland, Stein E Vollset, Grethe S Tell, Helga Refsum (2009-04). "Dietary sources of vitamin B-12 and their association with plasma vitamin B-12 concentrations in the general population: the Hordaland Homocysteine Study". The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 89 (4): 1078-1087. doi:. ISSN 1938-3207. PMID 19190073.
- ↑ Richards JB, Valdes AM, Gardner JP, Paximadas D, Kimura M, Nessa A, Lu X, Surdulescu GL, Swaminathan R, Spector TD, Aviv A (November 2007). "Higher serum vitamin D concentrations are associated with longer leukocyte telomere length in women". Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 86 (5): 1420–5. PMID 17991655.
- ↑ McGrath, John; Kaisa Saari, Helinä Hakko, Jari Jokelainen, Peter Jones, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, David Chant, Matti Isohanni (2004-04-01). "Vitamin D supplementation during the first year of life and risk of schizophrenia: a Finnish birth cohort study". Schizophrenia Research 67 (2-3): 237-245. doi:. ISSN 0920-9964.
- ↑ Green, Kim N; Hilda Martinez-Coria, Hasan Khashwji, Eileen B Hall, Karin A Yurko-Mauro, Lorie Ellis, Frank M LaFerla (2007-04-18). "Dietary docosahexaenoic acid and docosapentaenoic acid ameliorate amyloid-beta and tau pathology via a mechanism involving presenilin 1 levels". The Journal of Neuroscience: The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience 27 (16): 4385-4395. doi:. ISSN 1529-2401.
- ↑ Norris, Jill M; Xiang Yin, Molly M Lamb, Katherine Barriga, Jennifer Seifert, Michelle Hoffman, Heather D Orton, Anna E Barón, Michael Clare-Salzler, H Peter Chase, Nancy J Szabo, Henry Erlich, George S Eisenbarth, Marian Rewers (2007-09-26). "Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and islet autoimmunity in children at increased risk for type 1 diabetes". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 298 (12): 1420-1428. doi:. ISSN 1538-3598. PMID 17895458.
- ↑ Duan, Wenzhen; Bruce Ladenheim, Roy G Cutler, Inna I Kruman, Jean Lud Cadet, Mark P Mattson (2002-01). "Dietary folate deficiency and elevated homocysteine levels endanger dopaminergic neurons in models of Parkinson's disease". Journal of Neurochemistry 80 (1): 101-110. ISSN 0022-3042. PMID 11796748.
- ↑ Holick, M F; L Y Matsuoka, J Wortsman (1989-11-04). "Age, vitamin D, and solar ultraviolet". Lancet 2 (8671): 1104-1105. ISSN 0140-6736.
- ↑ Block, Gladys; Christopher D Jensen, Tapashi B Dalvi, Edward P Norkus, Mark Hudes, Patricia B Crawford, Nina Holland, Ellen B Fung, Laurie Schumacher, Paul Harmatz (2009-01-01). "Vitamin C treatment reduces elevated C-reactive protein". Free Radical Biology & Medicine 46 (1): 70-77. doi:. ISSN 1873-4596.
- ↑ Assunção, Monica L; Haroldo S Ferreira, Aldenir F dos Santos, Cyro R Cabral, Telma M M T Florêncio (2009-07). "Effects of dietary coconut oil on the biochemical and anthropometric profiles of women presenting abdominal obesity". Lipids 44 (7): 593-601. doi:. ISSN 1558-9307.
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