Curcumin Inhibits Prostate Cancer Metastases
Curcumin, an ingredient of the Indian spice Turmeric, has been shown to stop the formation of metastases in prostate cancer patients, researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany, reported in the journal Carcinogenesis today. Tumeric, in powdered form, has been used for hundreds of years for the treatment of various illnesses, such as osteoarthritis…
October 12, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: carcinogenesis, indian, journal, lmu, munich, nutritional counseling, powdered-form, such-as-osteoarthritis, the-journal, the-treatment, treatment, turmeric, various-illnesses
How The Body Uses Vitamin B To Recognize Bacterial Infection
An Australian research team has discovered how specialised immune cells recognise products of vitamin B synthesis that are unique to bacteria and yeast, triggering the body to fight infection.
October 12, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: australian, body, finding-opens, immune system / vaccines, immune-cells, improve-treatments, nutritional counseling, potential-targets, recognise-products, research-team, triggering-the-body
Vitamin C Found To Prevent Bone Loss In Animal Models
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown for the first time in an animal model that vitamin C actively protects against osteoporosis, a disease affecting large numbers of elderly women and men in which bones become brittle and can fracture. The findings are published in the October 8 online edition of PLoS ONE…
October 12, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: actively-protects, animal-model, become-brittle, bones / orthopedics, elderly-women, esearchers-at-mount, first-time, large-numbers, medicine, mount, mount-sinai, oncalldiets
