Vitamin E & Cholesterol

WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation – Evidence continues to accumulate that Vitamin E can lower cholesterol levels, with one of the latest studies coming from Rome, where a team of scientists has not only determined how cholesterol...

VITAMINS, SEX AND CERVICAL CANCER

Antioxidants lacking in women with this cancer By Colette Bouchez HealthScout Reporter MONDAY, April 30 (HealthScout) — Could protection from cervical cancer be as simple as popping a vitamin pill? That may be a stretch, but a new study links certain nutrients...

SOY IN THE DIET INCREASES LIPOPROTEIN (A)

Soy Protein Diet Increases Lipoprotein (A) Concentrations Compared with Casein Diet It’s known that dietary substitution of soy protein for casein decreases LDL- and increases HDL-cholesterol levels. Danish researchers have now discovered, however, that soy...

VITAMINS MAY CUT PREGNANCY PROBLEM

Antioxidants may control dangerous blood pressure By Colette Bouchez HealthScout Reporter TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthScout) — If you’re pregnant, keeping your body high in antioxidants may help you avoid a condition where your blood pressure rises rapidly and...

SOY FAILS TO HELP MENOPAUSE

Soy Supplements Fail to Help Menopause Symptoms Supplements that contain concentrated phytoestrogens — plant-based estrogens found in soy — do not appear to improve mood, memory or menopause symptoms in women over age 45. Some studies had suggested that a...

VITAMIN C IMPROVES CORONARY ARTERIES

Vitamin C Improves Blood Vessels Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Long-term administration of vitamin C reverses endothelial vasomotor dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease. Researchers took patients with documented coronary artery disease to take...

VITAMIN E MAY HELP HOT FLASHES

Vitamin E is one of only a handful of remedies that may provide some relief for breast cancer survivors who suffer hot flashes, according to experts from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Estrogen relieves hot flashes in most women, but concerns remain over its...

NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES MAKES FLU MORE HARMFUL

April 30, 2001 (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Missing nutritional elements from your diet could cause a case of the flu to wreak more damage. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found an insufficient amount of the mineral selenium can...

NEWS ON GENETIC HIGH CHOLESTEROL

News on Genetic High Cholesterol April 30, 2001 (Ivanhoe Newswire) — If high cholesterol runs in your family, it may not mean you will meet a premature death, say researchers. Researchers from the Netherlands examined 200 years worth of birth, marriage and death...

HEALTH RISKS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD

Crops genetically modified to have reduced susceptibility to pests are promoted as a solution to low food yields in developing countries. The motive of these promoters is profit, not altruism. Monsanto, one of the largest developers of genetically modified crops, has...