In a previous article, I wrote about the importance of protein and how much one should consume on a daily basis. Now I’m going to be a bit more specific. The most abundant protein in the body is collagen. Also, collagen makes up about ninety-percent of connective tissue. This is important for a number of …
Nutritional Supplements – “Added value”
“Added value” is in quotes because it is the title of an article written by Sarah Murray, and published in the “Health” magazine of yesterday’s (9/16/09) Financial Times newspaper. The subtitle is: “Public-private partnerships in food fortification are an efficient and sustainable way of improving the health of the world’s poorest”. I will speak about …
Natural remedies for inflammation
The word inflammation comes from the Latin word inflamatio, which translates into: “to set on fire”. It is a term that describes the biological response to an injury or protection from a microbe. Essentially, this “injury” can only come from about 5 things: 1) physical trauma (e.g.: ankle sprain, etc.); 2) allergic reactions; 3) infections; …
High cholesterol? What about high homocysteine???
These days cholesterol still gets all the attention when it comes to heart disease. In fact, I think way too much attention. There are other, often better predictors of heart disease than standard cholesterol tests. And these are routinely missed, even when the patient’s (and doctor’s) motive is to assess the potential risk of future …
Prenatal vitamins and nutrition – choline
Choline is in the B-vitamin family. Additionally, it is classified as an essential nutrient by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Institute of Medicine; technically meaning that one must acquire the nutrient from their diet as the body cannot manufacture it through other biochemicals. This must be a technicality, as you actually can …