Monthly Archives: January 2013

Even More Evidence of Nutrient Deficiencies

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Robert Barrington

It has been reported in numerous studies that large numbers of individuals in Western nations are deficient or borderline deficient in many of the essential elements. This is a paradox, because food is cheap and widely available in developed nations, … Continue reading →

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Lipoprotein Fatty Acid Composition

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) represent the lipoprotein fraction measured as plasma triglycerides. Following absorption to the plasma within chylomicrons, triglycerides are passed to the liver where they are arranged into VLDL particles. The composition of the VLDL particles therefore … Continue reading →

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More evidence of Poor Nutritional Intakes in the Elderly

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Robert Barrington

High quality diets are associated with a reduced risk of major lifestyle diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity. The defining content of a high quality diet is controversial, but generally includes high intakes of whole grains, micronutrients, essential … Continue reading →

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Doctors and Nutrition Advice

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Robert Barrington

While emergency care and surgical techniques for accident victims has improved in modern times, treatment of lifestyle diseases has not progressed for decades within allopathic medicine. This undoubtedly originates in part from a failure to address the role of nutrition … Continue reading →

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Do Larger People Require More Vitamin D?

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The current adult recommended intake of vitamin D is based on data collected from a decades old medical report on a handful of children with rickets, which is not relevant to healthy adults. In fact, recent evidence suggests that the … Continue reading →

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Lycopene Prevent Oxidative Stress

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Carotenoids are yellow, red and orange pigments that accumulate in the chloroplasts of plants. Carotenoids play an important role in plant physiology, where that act to harvest light in the 400 to 500 nm range which aids the plant in … Continue reading →

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Calcium Reduces Adiposity

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The traditional view is that calcium is required for muscle contraction and skeletal health, but beyond these functions is generally not of concern to mainstream medicine. Further, the growing scientific evidence showing an inverse association between calcium intake and adiposity … Continue reading →

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Protein is the Main Determinant of Satiety in Food

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The rise in cases of obesity in Western nations has increased interest in the dietary causes of satiety. Generally, mixed meals tend to cause satiety when a particular bulk of food has been consumed. And for this reason fibre can … Continue reading →

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Wheat Germ as a Source of Vitamin E?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Results from animal studies should always by treated with caution because humans and animals have physiological differences. However, some animal studies are interesting from a nutritional point of view because certain types of study that may be considered unethical in … Continue reading →

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Alpha-Linolenic Acid From Flax

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Western diets are too high in the n-6 essential fatty acid linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)) and too low in the n-3 essential fatty acid α-linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)). This imbalance in essential fatty acids, in addition to high … Continue reading →

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