Tag Archives: Micronutrients

Low Fat Diets: More Problems

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Robert Barrington

ow fat diets have become popular because of the false belief that saturated fat is able to cause detrimental changes to plasma lipoprotein levels. In addition dietary fat is seen by many as the cause of weight gain, and this … Continue reading →

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Refined Carbohydrates and Cancer

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Robert Barrington

vidence is accumulating that refined carbohydrates are a cause of the lifestyle diseases that plague the Western health care system. In contrast, consumption of whole grain carbohydrates are considered protective of the same diseases. Refining the grains removes much of … Continue reading →

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Calcium and Blood Pressure: Responders and Non-Responders

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Robert Barrington

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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Calcium Absorption

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Robert Barrington

 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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Vitamin K: Depletion and Repletion

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Some knowledge regarding vitamin deficiencies is derived from human depletion and repletion studies. Subjects are fed a balanced diet which is carefully controlled to be deficient in the vitamin of choice. The researchers then assess the physiological changes in order … Continue reading →

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More Medical Nonsense on Supplements

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The concluding remarks in the abstract from a research paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 19881 stated that: ‘we conclude that multivitamin and mineral supplementation was without any measurable ergogenic effect and that such supplementation is … Continue reading →

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Fat Soluble Vitamins in Adipose Tissue

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Robert Barrington

A daily intake of water soluble vitamins in needed by humans. However, a regular intake of fat soluble vitamins is not required because humans have a capacity for storage. The liver is able to store some fat soluble vitamins such … Continue reading →

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Zinc: More Evidence of Deficiencies

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Evidence suggests that the modern Western diet is devoid of meaningful levels of certain minerals. In particular zinc, selenium and magnesium have been identified in research. Mineral intakes are falling because the traditional whole food diets are being replaced by … Continue reading →

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Selenium and Prostate Cancer

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Clark’s seminal paper (here) showing a 50 % reduction in cancer mortality from 200 µg per day selenium yeast has been followed by a number of other studies suggesting that selenium deficiency might be a cause of cancer. Cancer is … Continue reading →

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Niacin and Cholesterol

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Robert Barrington

ccording to proponents of the cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease, dietary cholesterol raises plasma levels of certain lipoproteins, which leads to the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. The treatment for this problem is claimed to be the administration of … Continue reading →

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