The Importance Of Metabolism In Understanding Health Benefits Of Cocoa Flavanols: Recent Study By Mars, Incorporated And Partners

A comprehensive investigation of flavanol absorption and metabolism has provided a critical step forward in our understanding of how cocoa flavanols work in the body to exert their circulatory and cardiovascular benefits…

HCG Diet Is Unproven And Potentially Harmful, Say Endocrine Experts

The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, has published a fact sheet called, “Myth vs. Fact: The Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Diet”, in order to clear up confusion surrounding the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) diet

Mice Are Not Men, Health Risk From Eating Well-Done Meat May Be Underestimated

Mice are often used to test whether substances in food are harmful to humans. This requires that mice and humans metabolise substances in the same way. Humans have certain enzymes in more parts of the body than mice

Scientists Find Vitamin D Crucial In Human Immune Response To TB

Not just important for building strong bones, an international team of scientists has found that vitamin D also plays an essential role in the body’s fight against infections such as tuberculosis.

Pre-Diabetic? Start Eating More Fruit

Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have “prediabetes,” defined as blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. There are 79 million people in the United States who have prediabetes

How The Bitter Can Produce The Sweet Pre-Meal Dietary Supplement Developed At Hebrew University Can Overcome Fat And Sugar Problems

A little bitter with a little sweet, in the form of a nano-complex dietary supplement taken before meals, can result in a substantial reduction of fat and sugar absorption in the body, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harvard University researchers have found…

Folic Acid Absorption Rates Examined From Softgel Capsule And Standard Tablet

Folic acid, an essential vitamin formulated to be part of a multivitamin + DHA liquid softgel capsule, is absorbed and available within the body in amounts similar to folic acid formulated for solid tablets, according to a study presented in a late breaking session at the Experimental Biology (EB) 2011 annual meeting…

Added Sugars In Foods Mean More Health Problems For Americans

According to a recently released study that traced the eating habits of Minnesota residents for 27 years, the body weight of Americans is rising along with their increased intake of sugars added to processed and home-cooked foods…

Switching To Fresh Foods Cuts Hormone Disruptors BPA And DEHP

Switching to a fresh food diet devoid of canned and packaged foods reduces levels in the body of the hormone disruptors BPA and DEHP, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives this week…

What Is Vitamin B3? What Is Niacin?

Vitamin B3, also known as Niacin, vitamin PP, and nicotinic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin. Water soluble means it dissolves in water. Any niacin our body does not need is excreted in urine; it is not stored in the body, so we need to consume it daily

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