Monthly Archives: August 2013

Vitamin C Reduced Blood Pressure: More Evidence

hat free radicals are implicated in the aetiology of hypertension is evidenced by the beneficial effects of increased dietary antioxidants on blood pressure. The exact reason why antioxidants are beneficial at reducing blood pressure is not known, but may relate … Continue reading

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Energy of Nuts: Less than is Labelled

The available energy content of foods are determined by a calculation first proposed by Atwater. The metabolisable energy content of foods are still calculated in this way and the Atwater method is still widely accepted as the gold standard for … Continue reading

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Upper and Lower Body Fat Differences

he old obesity paradigm suggests that a positive energy balance causes accumulation of energy which is subsequently stored as fat in adipose tissue. However, recent evidence suggests that the situation is far more complex than this. It is considered that … Continue reading

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The Low Fat, High Carbohydrate Diet Fallacy

roponents of the dietary cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease claim that high intakes of dietary cholesterol and saturated fat are the cause of elevated plasma lipid levels, and this in turn is the cause of atherosclerosis. Despite this theory being … Continue reading

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Fructose: More on Rats and Insulin Resistance

That fructose can cause insulin resistance has been demonstrated in the nutritional literature. Because sucrose (table sugar) contains a moiety of fructose, sugar is known to cause insulin resistance in mammals. Many experiments have been performed in rats showing that … Continue reading

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Calcium and Blood Pressure: Responders and Non-Responders

he mainstream medical establishment is still fixated on the effects of dietary salt (sodium chloride) on blood pressure. However, evidence going back over three decades clearly shows that in normal healthy individuals salt does not cause an increase in blood … Continue reading

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More Cholesterol Lowering Nutrients: Olive Oil

vidence suggests that a number of nutrients and dietary factors are able to cause beneficial changes to plasma lipoprotein levels. In many cases the effects are superior to pharmaceutical drugs because not only are the physiological effects of the nutrients … Continue reading

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Calcium Absorption

 number of minerals are essential to human health and therefore must be provided by the diet. Minerals play an important role in human physiology and can be enzyme co-factors, used in structural components such as bone, or play a role … Continue reading

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Can Fructose Increase Blood Pressure?

ugar intake has increased considerably over the last century in Western nations. Increasingly the overconsumption of sugar is considered one of the major causative factors in the development of lifestyle diseases such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. … Continue reading

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More Cholesterol Lowering Nutrients: Rice Bran oil

 number of nutrients have been researched for their ability to lower plasma cholesterol concentrations in humans. In many cases the lowering effects are as great or greater than the current cholesterol lowering drugs of choice, the statins. However, the nutrients … Continue reading

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