Vitamin D and HIV

Posted by Clay Hillary , February 26, 2010 — 3 comments

Despite everything we know about vitamin D, anyone can bet that nothing will surprise us about this vitamin?

I certainly do not. Reviewing some of the latest published studies on vitamin D one caught my attention appeared in the Journal of Infectious Diseases in October 2009. The study was conducted in Tanzania, a country particularly affected by the HIV epidemic, with 884 infected pregnant women.

And the results were quite significant:

- 61% higher mortality during follow-up in children born to mothers with low vitamin D.

- 50% more cases of HIV measured in the sixth week of birth in children born to mothers with low vitamin D.

- 49% fetal mortality or HIV infection detected at birth in mothers with low vitamin D.
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Gluten-free Diet Autistic

Posted by Clay Hillary , February 24, 2010 — 1 comment

Gluten-free Diet Autistic

Gluten-free diet autism must follow a regime free of gluten and casein foods, and who show intolerance to these proteins. Gluten occurs in grains such as wheat, oats, barley, rye and their derivatives and casein in milk and food from it.

When an autistic child is diagnosed with the disease, both the gluten and casein, should not be eliminated dramatically, to not display anything like the withdrawal syndrome.

Since it appears that casein has a greater influence is the first to eliminate and from the sixth week of gluten.

The diet of a celiac autism should be based on:

  • Cereals suitable for celiacs gluten such as rice, corn, quinoa, amaranth, tapioca, or buckwheat, which provide protein and carbohydrates. Read more
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Vitamin B1 Helps Your Body to Refuse Disease

Posted by Clay Hillary , February 22, 2010 — Post a comment

Vitamin B1 Helps Your Body to Refuse Disease

Why Does My Body Vitamin B1?

The B family of vitamins is a big one! Vitamin B1, also known as thiamin, helps your body to refuse disease and diseases of the nervous system. But this is just the beginning.

Vitamin B1 was discovered in the search for a cure for beriberi. It is a key element in the domino effects that provide energy to the body. This helps your body convert food, fat production and protein metabolism. Thiamin is also beneficial for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other mental degeneration and damage. This can also help improve mental function in people suffering from epilepsy.
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Nutritional Supplements Part. II

Posted by Clay Hillary , February 19, 2010 — 2 comments

Lubrication

Like any engine, our body needs not only an excellent fuel (good food), but also very good oils (called “unsaturated”).

Setting aside the outset of trans fatty acids, (which form toxic isomeric polyunsaturated fatty acids), the most harmful to health: what are the margarines based oils extracted hot and refined and all products labeled “partially hydrogenated oil”: the industrial pastries, snacks, crackers, chips, fried foods.

The important point is that there are two main types of fats composed of various fatty acids on the one hand, saturated fatty acids (no double bond), and secondly, the unsaturated fatty acids which divide themselves into fatty acids monounsaturated (one double bond) fatty acids and polyunsaturated (many double bonds). The presence of double bonds and their numbers which give the unsaturated fatty acids, their fluidity, while saturated fats are more solid at ordinary temperatures.

Saturated fatty acids are predominant in animal fats and action mainly energy. The surpluses are stored in the body, with a consequent overload disorders such as obesity, diabetes, fat, cardiovascular disease, etc..

The polyunsaturated fatty acids are “essential” to be provided by the diet, and, unlike saturated fats, they do not accumulate in the body for storage.

Acids include monounsaturated fats, the most widely used is oleic acid, the main component of olive oil and fat duck and goose.
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Nutritional Supplements

Posted by Clay Hillary , February 17, 2010 — 1 comment

Nutritional Supplements

Why nutritional supplements?

In this period of Lent when some practice some dietary restrictions and are, hence, more attention to what they eat, we had the idea to ask the doctor Patrick Theillier why he favored in the life of every day, use of dietary supplements. Of course it does not blame anyone for it consumes not, nor seek to persuade any strength, simply the opportunity to address a practice that spreads for obvious reasons.

There is much talk today of dietary supplements without knowing what to think. How to recover from the spate of advertising information displayed on food packaging? Whom to trust? Must be treated by dietary supplements, what is now called micro-nutrition or nutritherapy? If everyone was healthy, this would not even bother to ask questions. This is unfortunately not the case. Read more

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Benefits of Fiber for Health

Posted by Clay Hillary , February 15, 2010 — 1 comment

Benefits of Fiber for Health

Broccoli contains the most fiber. This shows a test of the Consumers in 15 vegetables. Three large spoonfuls broccoli contains 4.5 grams of fiber, followed by carrots, red cabbage and green beans. Fibers include ensuring that you can reach the toilet and can not get short of constipation. An adult has 30 to 40 grams of fiber per day. That is much more than a serving of broccoli or red cabbage. What are fiber-rich foods? How do you get inside that you have enough fiber?

Many people get less than the recommended amount of fiber will. The average is between 20 and 25 grams. Consequence: slow stool, hemorrhoids and so on. You therefore need enough fiber to get no complaints. Some fibers also have a positive effect on blood pressure and cholesterol. This reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Vitamin B2 Helps the Body Make Energy

Posted by Clay Hillary , February 12, 2010 — 2 comments

Vitamin B2 Helps the Body Make Energy

Why Does My Body Vitamin B2?

So many B vitamins folic acid, B6, B12 … And our bodies need all of them! Vitamin B2 was discovered by accident in the early part of 20th century when dietitians seeking an enzyme that promoted the growth of the food. What they found instead was a yellow substance that we now know as riboflavin – also known as vitamin B2!

Along with the other B-complex vitamins, vitamin B2 helps the body make energy from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Riboflavin especially promotes energy production in the brain! Researchers believe that vitamin B2 may be able to help bring relief to victims of migraine and help prevent cataracts. A recent study of older women found that those who ate more vitamin B2 had the lowest level of cataract formation.

Vitamin B2 works with glutathione – an enzyme that helps to clear free radicals from the body. When glutathione levels are low, riboflavin may help to regenerate the enzyme. Glutathione is also important for people with sickle cell anemia, five milligrams of riboflavin daily may help increase the amount of glutathione and iron in the blood. Riboflavin can improve iron levels in people with iron deficiency anemia, too. Read more

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Chromium Deficiency

Posted by Clay Hillary , February 10, 2010 — 1 comment

Chromium Deficiency

Your body does not need massive amounts of chromium, but really needed a bit of chrome in order to function properly.

The extent absorbed intestinal very low amounts of chromium – not much more than two and a half percent of the chromium consumed at most. What your body really does absorb is stored in the liver, spleen, tissue, and bones.

What helps to improve absorption of chromium?

Vitamin C (found in fruits and veggies) nicotinic acid (a B vitamin found in beef, poultry, fish, and whole grains)

You need not emphasize on consumption of chromium. The body needs very little – about 25 micrograms per day for women and 35 micrograms per day for men. For most healthy adults, the loss of chromium is not an issue.

What stores can reduce chromium from your body?

Diets high in simple sugars may increase the amount of chromium that your body emits. Infection and stressful states (such as physical trauma) can increase chromium loss. Pregnancy and lactation can increase the loss of chromium. Aging can make a person more vulnerable to a chromium deficiency – studies have shown that older adults have less chromium in the hair and blood than younger adults. However, it is difficult to measure definitively state chromium stores. Read more

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Iron Deficiency

Posted by Clay Hillary , February 8, 2010 — 1 comment

Iron Deficiency

According to the World Health Organization, iron deficiency is the number one nutritional disorder in the world – as much as eighty percent of the world population may be iron deficient. As many as thirty percent of the world population may have anemia resulting from iron deficiency.

Iron deficiency usually develops gradually. This begins in the body with a negative iron balance – when your iron intake is not the body’s daily requirement of iron. At first, your body stores of iron are depleted, but the level of hemoglobin in their blood stays there. Anemia develops when the body’s iron stores and iron levels in blood are both weak.

Who is at greater risk for iron deficiency?

Women of childbearing age and pregnant women Preterm children of low birth weight children Teens Older Women and children who are individuals of very heavy menstrual periods with kidney failure, especially those on dialysis Individuals gastrointestinal disorders (such as celiac disease and Crohn’s disease) that can inhibit iron absorption. Read more

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Zinc Deficiency

Posted by Clay Hillary , February 5, 2010 — 1 comment

When the body does not take in enough zinc or zinc is not being absorbed in the right amounts is possible to develop a zinc deficiency.

What are the signs of zinc deficiency?

Including growth retardation Hair loss Loss of appetite, delayed sexual maturity, diarrhea, weight loss, and other gastrointestinal issues. The skin and eye injuries, problems with delayed wound healing of the smell and taste Mental lethargy.

Some people are at higher risk of zinc deficiency than others, including:

Vegetarians. The body tends to absorb less zinc from plant foods than animal sources. If you follow a vegan diet or vegetarian, you may need as much as fifty percent more zinc than a person in an omnivore diet. Alcoholics. Thirty to fifty percent of alcoholics may suffer from zinc deficiency. Why? Because alcohol can decrease the absorption of zinc in the body and increase the loss of zinc in the urine. People with digestive disorders like Crohn’s disease and celiac sprue. Individuals who experience frequent or chronic diarrhea can lose large amounts of zinc. Individuals who have had gastrointestinal surgery to remove part of the intestine may also be at risk for zinc deficiency. Read more

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