Showing posts with label nutrition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nutrition. Show all posts

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Study Results Linking Diet Soda To Cancer Fall Into The 'Gray Zone' Of Science | Redux

Study Results Linking Diet Soda To Cancer Fall Into The 'Gray Zone' Of Science

Blame Drew's Cancer Blowout
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The co-author of a controversial study on diet soda's link to blood cancers says his results fall into a gray zone between a clear relationship and no relationship at all. The co-author of a controversial study on diet soda's link to blood cancers says his results fall into a gray zone between a clear relationship and no relationship at all. The study by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital found some correlation between aspartame, the most widely used artificial sweetener in diet soda, and an increased risk of leukemia and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and other rare blood-related cancers. And early in the week, the public relations department at Brigham and Women's Hospital sent a press release to reporters exaggerating that correlation.

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Walter Willett

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0.321652Willett calls them part of "the natural process of science."
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Aubrey

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Willet

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Organization: Harvard Medical School

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Organization: Harvard School of Public Health

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Friday, December 28, 2012

Are your supplements doing more harm than good? | Synopsis

Are your supplements doing more harm than good?

白切小拼盘 Pig stomach, small intestine, heart, liver, tofu - Zhu Mama AUD4.50
白切小拼盘 Pig stomach, small intestine, heart, liver, tofu - Zhu Mama AUD4.50 by avlxyz
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With so many recommendations from a number of ‘experts’ to take supplements, herbal remedies and essential nutrients in a daily pill form – I got to thinking, when do all these pills become too many? And, what are they doing to our gastrointestinal (GI) tract? I contacted Dr. Aoi Sedarat, a gastroenterologist in Hackensack, N.J., to ask these questions. Q: Can I get an obstruction in my GI tract from taking too many pills? A: According to Sedarat, this will typically not occur unless a person has a pre-existing condition, such as acid reflux, that causes his or her GI tract to narrow.   “If there is acid reflux, it can get aggravated by some vitamins and natural remedies,” Sedarat said. “If that continues to be a problem, it can cause a narrowing in the esophagus. Taking a large bolus of anything, especially pills, it can get obstructed there.

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Dr. Aoi Sedarat

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0.0669717  “If there is acid reflux, it can get aggravated by some vitamins and natural remedies,” Sedarat said. ...
0.148395  “If there is acid reflux, it can get aggravated by some vitamins and natural remedies,” Sedarat said. “If that continues to be a problem, it can cause a narrowing in the esophagus. Taking a large bolus of anything, especially pills, it can get obstructed there.”
0“It does happen, at times,” Sedarat said. ...
0.113116“You have to fish [the obstruction] out with an endoscope.”  He added that recent pushes by the media and advertisement agencies in favor of supplements could encourage people to take too many of them and make obstructions more likely to happen. Q: How does a pill get absorbed in the GI tract? A: “There are several ways this can happen,” Sedarat said. ...
-0.200819 “ Some of the ingredients, namely minerals, can be harsh on the stomach lining – it causes indigestion and pain,” Sedarat said. ...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Babies breastfed for 6 months may have lower iron levels | Essentials

Babies breastfed for 6 months may have lower iron levels

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The health benefits of breast-feeding have been intensely researched, but it's less clear exactly how long exclusive breast-feeding, without the addition of other foods, should be kept up. While six months of exclusive breast-feeding is often recommended, a new study shows that babies who began eating infant cereal at 4 months old had higher levels of iron than those who were exclusively breast-fed for six months. Both groups of  babies had sufficient iron levels, and there were no differences in rates of anemia, the researchers said. "The  biological significance of the higher [iron] levels  among those infants who began complementary feeding at 4 months of age remains to be determined," the researchers wrote in their study, published Nov. 12 in the journal Pediatrics.

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Olof H. Jonsdottir

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