Natural Health Products provides informations and resources about good quality vitamins, minerals, nutritional health products, and herbal supplements. |
|
|
|
|
|
DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid) Helps To Reduce Stress |
 |
What is DHA? It’s also commonly known as Docosahexaenoic acid which is an omega-3 essential fatty acid. In chemical structures, it composes of carboxylic acid with a 22-carbon chain and six cis (cis-trans isomerism) double bonds. Docosahexaenoic acid is most often found in fish oil which is originates on various photosynthetic and heterotrophic microalgae, and concentrates in organisms as it moves up the food chain.
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may regulate stress mediators, such as catecholamine’s (high levels in the blood are associated with stress) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (intercellular messengers responsible for signaling many cellular functions), and it may help reduce perceived stress, according to a study reported in Nutrition Journal.
Members of a university staff who were stressed (measured by a score of 17 on the Perceived Stress Scale) were randomized to two groups for a six-week trial. Group one took six grams of fish oil containing 1.5 grams per day of DHA. Group two took a placebo (six grams of olive oil). The groups were compared to one another and also to a wider cross-sectional study population that did not receive any treatment.
The subjects had significant reductions in perceived stress in both the treatment and placebo groups from baseline to the study’s conclusions. However, the fish-oil group had a significantly better rate of stress reduction compared to the control group while the placebo group did not. The researchers stated that DHA appeared to have adaptogenic effects but that a larger study was needed to support the findings.
Source: Natural Health Products |
Last edited by  Michell3  03 Jun 2008 04:01:50
|
|
|
|
|
Future Of CT And MR |
|
The strengths of magnetic resonance cardiovascular imaging include greater definition of tissue characteristics, perfusion, valvular function, lack of X-ray radiation, and lack of need for potentially nephrotoxic contrast media, compared to CT technologies. Several studies have been reported comparing this modality to coronary angiography [47–49]. Limited temporal and spatial resolution [50], partial volume artifacts (due to slice thickness limitations) [51], reliance on multiple breath-holds, and poor visualization of the left main coronary artery [52] all reduce the clinical applicability of MR angiography. Reported sensitivities for MR angiography range from 0% to 90% [47,53]. MR angiography remains a technically challenging technique with certain limitations hindering its clinical use.CT angiography offers advantages over MR angiography, including single breath-hold to reduce respiratory motion, higher spatial resolution, reduced slice thickness and overall study time of 35–50 seconds with CT techniques as compared to 45 to 90 minutes for MR angiography [53]. The rapidity and ease with which CT coronary angiography can be performed suggest possible cost advantages compared with MR angiography and selective coronary angiography [54]. Thus, for most applications (in the absence of renal insufficiency or contrast allergy), CT will be the preferred method to evaluate anatomy, be it coronary, renal, carotid or peripheral vascular beds (Figure during systole, when images are not used for reconstruction) are increasingly being applied, which will continue to improve the image quality and diagnostic rate of these machines.
|
|
|
|
|
Summer Whole Grains For Better Blood Sugar |
|
Summertime can be good for your blood sugar. Just make sure
you pack your picnic basket with whole-wheat buns, brown-rice salad, and an
oat-berry crumble.
With whole-grain foods like these, it will be smooth
sailing. Studies show that nutrient- and fiber-dense whole grains help keeps
blood sugar levels quite steady.
Insulin Action
Whole grains are chock-full of fiber, antioxidants, vitamins
(especially B and E), and minerals (magnesium, potassium, selenium, zinc, and
-- whew! -- iron). All are great for your body in so many ways. But the real
key here is fiber. It slows down digestion, keeping blood sugar on an even keel
and insulin levels more stable. Vitamin E and magnesium might boost insulin
sensitivity as well. (Find good food sources of vitamin E and magnesium with
this online tool.)
Good-for-Your-Blood-Sugar Plan
Along with aiming for six servings of whole grains daily,
try these other tricks for keeping your blood sugar in a healthy range:
- Be choosy about
your carbs. Get a breakdown of both good and bad carbs. - Invest in some
comfy walking shoes. Here's how a daily walk could prevent blood sugar
disorders like diabetes. - Whittle your waist.
First step: Check out these six things you didn’t know about belly fat -- and
how to make it scram. - Get spicy.
Sprinkle a little of this on your oatmeal or latte.
How close are you to developing diabetes? Find out right now
with this quick questionnaire.
Here's another health tips you can read to control your blood sugar and the title was Cinnamon decreases blood sugar.
Source by: Yahoo Health
|
|
Last edited by Michell3 17 Jun 2008 05:09:57
|
|
|
|
|
Cocoa Can Prevent High-fat Diet-induced Obesity |
|
There’s much more to cocoa than the role it plays in cooking. Researchers now believe it can help prevent obesity. In fact, scientists in Kanagawa, Japan claim, “Ingested cocoa can prevent high-fat diet-induced obesity” by regulating lipid metabolism in the body, “especially by decreasing fatty acid synthesis and transport systems and enhancement of part of the thermogenesis mechanism in liver and white adipose (fatty) tissue.”
In their most recent study, researchers fed a high-fat diet to two groups of rats. One group was supplemented with real cocoa, the other was fed an artificial cocoa. On the 21st day of the study, body weights, fatty tissue weights and concentrations of serum triacylglycerol were measured. Researchers found that final body weights and fatty tissue weights were significantly lower in rats fed the real cocoa than in those fed the fake cocoa. Serum triacylglycerol concentrations also tended to be lower in rats fed the real cocoa diet.
Original posted at Herbal Dietary Supplements
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michell3 |
|
You can call me "Mich", I always love to read books and surfing the net specially about health and wellness since it was... |
|
http://www.swanson[...]
|
|
|
 SUMMARY OF CONTENTS |
|
|
|
|
GROUP USERS LIST |
|
|
|
|
|
| Social Network |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
