According to CDC’s Community Preventive Services Task Force, high blood pressure was listed as a primary or contributing cause of death for approximately 336,000 Americans in 2007. If all patients …
Links Between Nutrients, Genes and Cancer Spread Documented
There is new reason to take PERQUE! In a recent article posted in ScienceDaily, more than 40 plant-based compounds have been identified as being able to turn on genes that …
Long-term moderate zinc supplementation increases exchangeable zinc pool masses in late-middle-aged men: The Zenith Study.
Assessing exchangeable zinc pools may be a useful approach to evaluating zinc status and is positively related to dietary zinc intake, daily-absorbed zinc, and excretion of zinc. The aim of …
Olive oil linked to lower blood pressure
Moderate Consumption of Olive Oil by Healthy European Men Reduces Systolic Blood Pressure in Non-Mediterranean Participants. Did you enjoy this post? We post new content regularly! Click here to see …
Nutrient Physiology, Metabolism, and Nutrient-Nutrient Interactions
Dietary Oxidized Fat Prevents Ethanol-Induced Triacylglycerol Accumulation and Increases Expression of PP AR Target Genes in Rat Liver. Did you enjoy this post? We post new content regularly! Click here …
Dr. Jaffe comments on article published in Heart journal online on May 23rd, 2012
Calcium supplements should be taken ”with caution,” Swiss researchers warn, as they may raise your risk of heart attack. Calcium supplementation recently came under attack when Swiss researchers came out …
The Truth About Vitamin E
Is Vitamin E bad for you? Looking at the volume of research pouring in, it may seem that way. A vitamin that was once thought to be useful is now …
Is all the sugar the same?
A myth resurrected remains a myth. Dr. Russell Jaffe answers the question: Is sugar, just sugar? In the 1960s the nutrition world was told that a ‘miracle’ had been discovered …
Vitamin D and Antioxidants May Help to Reverse Glucocorticoid Resistance
Abstract: Glucocorticoid resistance or insensitivity is a major barrier to the treatment of several common inflammatory diseases-including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute respiratory distress syndrome; it is also an …
PERQUE Vessel Health Guard and PERQUE Life Guard can help with migraines
Background: Migraine is a prevalent and debilitating disease that may, in part, arise because of disruption in neurovascular endothelia caused by elevated homocysteine. This study examined the homocysteine-lowering effects of …