James Meschino DC, MS, ND
In 2013 the New England Journal of Medicine published their findings from the study known as “Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet” (the PREDIMED study), which showed that a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil and/or tree nuts (hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts) reduced the risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction (heart attack) or stroke by 30%.
The study group involved a total of 7...
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An estimated 40 million Americans have some form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is strongly linked to obesity, type 2 Diabetes, insulin resistance and high cholesterol, according to the American Liver Foundation. Occasionally NAFLD is seen in patients with none of these risk factors. NAFLD is also known as hepatic steatosis due to the accumulation of fat in liver cells. Nearly 66% of Americans are currently overweight or obese and various studi...
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Until recently hepatocellular carcinoma, a primary malignancy of the liver, has been a very rare cancer in North America and most developed countries. However, the recent escalation in the number of overweight, obese and Type 2 diabetic individuals in our society has contributed to a corresponding rise in cases of liver cirrhosis and related hepatocellular carcinoma cases.
Being overweight, obese, and/or developing Type 2 diabetes promote the deposition of fat into liver cells, primarily...
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A 2012 study published in The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry has shown the importance of zinc supplementation, especially as we get older, as an importance means to help prevent cancer, support immune function, and control inflammation associated with many health problems, including cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease and diabetes.
Previous studies by the same researchers showed that in both animal and human studies zinc deficiency can cause DNA damage linked ...
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In the previous two articles I reviewed the evidence showing that omega-3 fats from fish and fish oil supplementation provide many established health-promoting benefits with respect reducing risk of heart attack and other vascular diseases. The problem is that you can’t just rely on fish ingestion alone to optimize your omega-3 fat intake, as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned the public that having more than two fish servings per week increases risk of mercury toxicity. More spec...
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