Please enjoy new clues to reduce obesity, chronic disease, and mental maladies. Read the entire summary at DETAILS below.
“The Gut Microbiota”, explaining great recent progress understanding how the bacteria in our intestines control our physical and mental health. SUMMARY: Disruptions caused by diet and medication can be detrimental to health. Disruptions caused by antibiotic therapy [...] Read more »

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Sending caring thoughts to the growing interest in accurate nutrition information by subscribers to nutritioninvestigator. I was delighted to read A 97 Yr Old Japanese Physician’s Formula For Life.
HEADLINES OF THE JOURNAL of NUTRITION ARTICLES THIS MONTH-details below.
FOR EVERYONE: 1. Fish oil decreases unnecessary inflammation that is harmful, but increases useful inflammation that is [...] Read more »

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 -Read the summaries with links below. Here’s the headlines-very brief for holiday time:
1. Reduce inflammation and asthma with particular foods – Kaempferol from citrus fruits, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, apples, …2. Green tea suppresses inflammation 3. Total and Specific Polyphenol Intakes in Midlife Are Associated with Cognitive Function Measured 13 Years Later 4. Specific lignan,s in [...] Read more »

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Two brief notes. First, a recent issue of Science (vol. 330, pg 1621 17 Dec 2010) stated that one of the top 10 discoveries of the past decade is that inflammation is a major cause of chronic diseases associated with aging. As Nutrition Investigator readers like you have known for many years, reducing stress, avoiding [...] Read more »

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Notes from the American Aging Association Meeting of June, 2010
*Growth hormone causes aging.  Both IFG1 and GH signaling harmful to longevity. GH- and IFG- are like caloric restriction.
*What is aging? Metabolism causes damage, damage causes pathology. Aging is multifaceted – genes extend life 10x, environment 3x, stochastic events 20x. Key identified factors include ROS, telomeres, [...] Read more »

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Notes from the American Aging Association Meeting of June, 2010 and the Linus Pauling Institute Spring newsletter
American Aging Association Meeting of June, 2010- INFLAMMATION SUMMARY
70% of death is caused by infection/inflammation; 16-30% by traumatic sepsis; 1-10% by age alone. Human life expectancy has increased 2.5yrs each decade since 1850. 50% of 21st century births will live [...] Read more »

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SUMMARY - Coming to this blog soon: my recently accepted peer-reviewed scientific paper reviewing many scientific studies about the health benefits of taking 500 mg of vitamin C twice a day.
Fish and fish oil are not perfect, but have great health benefits -
1. Tremendous benefits of fish oil are measured
2. Most people need more fish and less 4-legged [...] Read more »

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SUMMARY – See longer synopses and links after summary.
I. INFLAMMATION IS A LEADING CAUSE OF CHRONIC DISEASE
1. Cinnamon helps your liver health, especially if you drink liquor – Acute and chronic consumption of alcohol can cause increased intestinal permeability and bacterial overgrowth, recent studies have suggested that cinnamon extract may have antiinflammatory effects.
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