Green tea compound shows promise for treating rheumatoid arthritis
EGCG – a compound abundant in green tea – was found to reduce ankle swelling in mouse models of rheumatoid arthritis, suggesting it could be a promising treatment for the disease.
February 17, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: arthritis / rheumatology, compound-abundant, disease, egcg, green-tea, mouse-models, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, promising-treatment, reduce-ankle, rheumatoid-arthritis
New Link Discovered Between Heart Disease And Red Meat
A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis – or the hardening or clogging of the arteries – according to Cleveland Clinic research published online this week in the journal Nature Medicine…
April 10, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: compound-abundant, diet, journal, popular-energy, promote-atherosclerosis, red-meat, the-hardening, the-journal
Compound In Red Meat, Energy Drinks, Raises Heart Risk Via Gut Bacteria
Researchers in the US have discovered a surprising new connection between red meat and heart risk that involves bacteria living in the gut. Gut bacteria digest L-carnitine, a compound abundant in red meat and added to popular energy drinks, to produce trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a metabolite already suspected of helping to clog up arteries…
April 8, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bacteria-digest, compound-abundant, connection-between, involves-bacteria, nutrition, oncalldiets, popular-energy, red-meat, surprising-new, tmao
New link between heart disease and red meat: New understanding of cardiovascular health benefits of vegan, vegetarian diets
A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis — or the hardening or clogging of the arteries.
April 7, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: arteries, compound-abundant, hardening, hardening-or-clogging, on call diets, popular-energy, promote-atherosclerosis, red-meat, the-hardening