Supplements of Calcium Help Weight Management in Postmenopausal Women

Sunday, August 15, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial found that 1,400 or 1,500 milligrams of calcium per day in overweight postmenopausal women was associated with significantly better body/trunk composition and noticeably less weight gain.  {filedir_2}Supplements_of_Calcium_Help_Weight_Management_in_Postmenopausal_Women.mp3

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High-Fat Diet May Adversely Alter Your Brain Structure

Wednesday, August 04, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

In a rather sobering study scientists have demonstrated that a high-fat diet has the potential to drastically alter the architecture of the brain, resulting in poor circulation within the brain, down-regulated metabolism, and outright brain damage in areas of the brain central to appetite regulation.  The implications of the study are that once a person starts eating too much and continues to do so for a period of time they are inducing actual brain damage that will be difficult to reverse – in turn locking in a poor state of metabolic health.

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Bone Health Can Help Prevent Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Thursday, July 29, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

A unique strain of mouse was bred to have no insulin receptors on its bone-building osteoblasts, although it had insulin receptors every place else.  The mouse became fat.  As it aged it grew even fatter and its blood sugar levels shot up and it developed severe insulin resistance.  The mouse was treated with osteocalcin and the problems reversed.  Welcome to the new world of bones as a metabolic powerhouse.  We are witnessing a major breakthrough in the subjects of both bone and metabolic health.

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Cinnamon in the Prevention of Type II Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome

Monday, July 26, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

The FDA would like you to think that no nutrient can prevent any disease. The US Department of Agriculture would like you to know that cinnamon, especially water-soluble extracts, “may be important in the alleviation and prevention of the signs and symptoms of metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and related diseases.”

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Cissus Quadrangularis: Linking Bones & Metabolic Health

Monday, July 05, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

Cissus quadrangularis (CQ) is a traditional Ayurvedic herb in use for over a thousand years.  The Sanskrit name for this herb is Hadjod which translates literally to bone-union.  An emerging body of exciting new science is linking bone health and metabolic health (weight loss and blood sugar metabolism).  Interestingly, CQ has new studies further supporting its role for both issues.

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Obesity Trend Out of Control

Wednesday, June 30, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

A new independent report, F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010, makes it plain that America is in the midst of a rapidly expanding obesity epidemic.  Obesity rates rose in 28 states in the past year.  38 states now have obesity rates above 25% and 8 states have rates above 30%.  If health care costs are to be spread amongst all Americans then this is everyone’s problem.

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Resveratrol Helps Improve the Fitness of Your Fat

Sunday, June 27, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

The health of your white adipose tissue determines your metabolic and cardiovascular risk.  Many nutrients are showing that they can favorably influence the fitness of your fat and a new study shows that resveratrol is one of them.

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DHA Omega 3 Fatty Acids in the War Against Obesity

Thursday, June 24, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

Dietary intake of DHA omega 3 essential fatty acids is woefully lacking all around the world. In populations that have adequate access to other foods this correlates strongly with the world-wide obesity epidemic. A new study reviews the multiple mechanisms by which omega 3 fatty acids, especially DHA, can combat the obesity epidemic.

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Citrus Flavonoids are Potent Metabolic Boosters & Anti-carcinogens

Tuesday, June 22, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

Special types of citrus-derived flavonoids, known as polymethoxyflavones, especially nobiletin and tangeretin, are inversely associated with cardiovascular disease. Previous studies have shown them to be effective in lowering cholesterol in humans as well as helping to prevent the accumulation of LDL cholesterol in the lining of arteries.  Even relatively small amounts of them can activate gene signals that help to correctly metabolize cholesterol.  A new study shows that nobiletin can boost adiponectin levels and reduce inflammation within white adipose tissue, thereby significantly improving insulin resistance and lowering high blood sugar.  Additionally, a significant body of research has been accumulating in the past few years showing that polymethoxflavones are powerful nutrients in cancer prevention.

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Obesity During Pregnancy Increases Heart Defect Risk in Child

Wednesday, June 09, 2010  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

Almost 1/3 of pregnant American women are obese.  A new study shows that obesity during pregnancy significantly increases the risk for a variety of heart defects, causing poor health in their children.

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