Category Archives: Mortality

Mortality in Vegetarians Versus Non-Vegetarians

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Evidence suggests that plant foods have beneficial health effects. In particular, plants contain a number of phytonutrients that may be beneficial to the health. These phytonutrients include the polyphenols and carotenoids, two groups of chemicals that may play an important … Continue reading →

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Do High Fruit Diets Make You Live Longer

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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The Mediterranean Diet Reduces Mortality

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Adherence To The Mediterranean Diet Reduces Mortality

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The Mediterranean diet is a traditional diet eaten by populations that inhabit the regions around the Mediterranean sea. The diet consists largely of unrefined and minimally processed plant foods, along with dairy foods, eggs, poultry, red wine and occasional red … Continue reading →

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Vitamin K and Mortality

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Vitamin K is a group of fat soluble vitamers that include phylloquinone (vitamin K1), menaquinone (vitamin K2), and menadione (a synthetic form of vitamin K). While phylloquinone is present in green leafy vegetables, menaquinone is a product of bacterial fermentation … Continue reading →

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Sugar Intake and Mortality

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Refined crystalline sugar consumption is increasing in developed countries and is mirrored by an increases in Western lifestyle diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Sugars are present naturally in fruits and other foods traditionally eaten by … Continue reading →

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Protein Prevents Weight Loss in The Elderly

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Weight loss in the elderly, specifically a decrease in lean mass, increases the risk of mortality significantly. A loss of skeletal muscle in the elderly is associated with reduced mobility, increased frailty, and a loss of bone tissue that increases … Continue reading →

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Phosphorus Intake Associated With Mortality

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Phosphorus is an important macromineral required for cell function. Phosphorus forms part of the phosphate molecule, and in this regard is required for the utilisation of energy by ATP and the synthesis of glycogen from glucose in skeletal muscle and … Continue reading →

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Magnesium Prevents Cardiovascular Mortality

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Magnesium is an essential macromineral that is known to possess a number of functions in humans nutrition. Magnesium is best known perhaps for its role as a cofactor in the ATP molecule where it acts to stabilise its structure. This … Continue reading →

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Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics: Mortality in Scotland

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Fat people are unhealthy. Or at least that is what we are told. The ‘fact’ that fatness and mortality show a linear association is a very widely held belief amongst the medical community and the general population alike. However, a … Continue reading →

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