This study was published in Public Health Nutrition 1999 Dec;2(4):477-87 Study title and authors:Dietary questions as determinants of mortality: the OXCHECK experience.Whiteman D, Muir J, Jones L, Murphy M, Key T.ICRF General Practice Research Group, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford, UK. david.whiteman@dphpc.ox.ac.uk This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10656467The study compared various types of food intake with specific causes of death. The study included 11,090 men and women aged 35-64 years who were followed for nine years.Regarding red meat consumption,...
Friday, 31 August 2012
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Animal food based diets are associated with a reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancer
This study was published in the International Journal of Cancer 2008 Feb 1;122(3):609-13Study title and authors:Nutrient dietary patterns and the risk of breast and ovarian cancers.Edefonti V, Decarli A, La Vecchia C, Bosetti C, Randi G, Franceschi S, Dal Maso L, Ferraroni M.Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria Giulio A. Maccacaro, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. valeria.edefonti@unimi.itThis study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17764109?dopt=AbstractThe study examined the associations between dietary patterns and breast and ovarian cancers. The...
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Bread, cereals and soy increase the risk of ovarian cancer
This study was published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2011 Feb;20(2):308-17Study title and authors:Dietary phytoestrogens and the risk of ovarian cancer in the women's lifestyle and health cohort study.Hedelin M, Löf M, Andersson TM, Adlercreutz H, Weiderpass E.Department of Genetic Research, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21098648This study investigated the relationship between diet and ovarian cancer. The study included 47,140 women who were followed for 16 years.The study...
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Bread consumption increases the risk of lung cancer
This study was published in the Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology 2011;9(2):153-8 Study title and authors:A case control study on the lung cancer risk factors in north of Iran.Karimzadeh L, Koohdani F, Siassi F, Mahmoudi M, Moslemi D, Shokrzadeh M, Safari F.Department of Nutrition & Biochemistry, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21699022The study assessed various risk factors of lung cancer. The study included 40 cases of lung cancer and 40 controls.Regarding...
Monday, 27 August 2012
Statin use is associated with accelerated artery calcification in type two diabetes
This study was published in Diabetes Care 2012 Aug 8 Study title and authors:Progression of Vascular Calcification Is Increased With Statin Use in the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT).Saremi A, Bahn G, Reaven PD; for the VADT Investigators.Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, Arizona. This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22875226The objective of the study was to determine the effect of statin use on progression of calcification in the arteries in type two diabetes. (The higher the calcification, the higher the risk of a cardiac event)....
High fat diets reduce the aging process
This study was published in the Journal of Applied Research 2009 Jan 1;9(4):159-165Study title and author:Clinical Experience of a Diet Designed to Reduce Aging.Rosedale R, Westman EC, Konhilas JP.Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Durham NC.This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20204146Dr. Rosedale notes that centenarians have lower blood glucose, insulin, leptin, free T3 and serum triglycerides than those who do not live to be over one hundred years old.The objective of the study was to assess the effect of a high...
Sunday, 26 August 2012
The mechanisms of how glucose restricted diets may offer protection from cancer
This study was published in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal 2010 May;24(5):1442-53Study title and authors:Glucose restriction can extend normal cell lifespan and impair precancerous cell growth through epigenetic control of hTERT and p16 expression.Li Y, Liu L, Tollefsbol TO.Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20019239WI-38 cells are a type of human cell (used in laboratories) derived from foetal lung tissue. Immortalized WI-38 (WI-38/S) cells,...
Friday, 24 August 2012
Low cholesterol is associated with major depressive disorder and death from suicide
This study was published in the British Journal of Psychiaty 1999 Sep;175:259-62 Study title and authors:Association of low serum total cholesterol with major depression and suicide.Partonen T, Haukka J, Virtamo J, Taylor PR, Lönnqvist J.Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland. timo.partonen@ktl.fi This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10645328The aim of the study was to investigate the association between total cholesterol levels, depression and suicide. The study included 29,133 men...
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Breast cancer rates increase with higher soy consumption
This study was published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2005 Apr;14(4):805-8 Study title and authors:Flavonoids and breast cancer risk in Italy.Bosetti C, Spertini L, Parpinel M, Gnagnarella P, Lagiou P, Negri E, Franceschi S, Montella M, Peterson J, Dwyer J, Giacosa A, La Vecchia C.Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via Eritrea 62-20157 Milan, Italy. bosetti@marionegri.it This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15824147This study investigated the relationship between flavonoids and breast cancer risk. The study included 2,569...
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Increased risk of breast cancer with high levels of soy consumption
This study was published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2004 May;13(5):698-708Study title and authors:Phytoestrogen concentrations in serum and spot urine as biomarkers for dietary phytoestrogen intake and their relation to breast cancer risk in European prospective investigation of cancer and nutrition-norfolk.Grace PB, Taylor JI, Low YL, Luben RN, Mulligan AA, Botting NP, Dowsett M, Welch AA, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Day NE, Bingham SA.MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom.This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15159299The...
Women eating increasing amounts of soy have a higher risk of breast cancer
This study was published in the British Journal of Cancer 2003 Oct 6;89(7):1255-9 Study title and authors:Flavonoid intake and breast cancer risk: a case--control study in Greece.Peterson J, Lagiou P, Samoli E, Lagiou A, Katsouyanni K, La Vecchia C, Dwyer J, Trichopoulos D.Schools of Nutrition and Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA. This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14520456The study investigated the association between flavonoids and the risk of breast cancer. The study included 820 women with breast cancer and 1,548 control women without breast cancer.Regarding...
Monday, 20 August 2012
Soy consumption increases the risk of breast cancer
This study was published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2005 Jan;14(1):81-90Study title and authors:Food and botanical groupings and risk of breast cancer: a case-control study in Shanghai, China.Shannon J, Ray R, Wu C, Nelson Z, Gao DL, Li W, Hu W, Lampe J, Horner N, Satia J, Patterson R, Fitzgibbons D, Porter P, Thomas D.Oregon Health and Sciences University, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 3181 Southwest Jackson Park Road, CSB669, Portland, OR 97239, USA. shannoja@ohsu.eduThis study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15668480The study investigated...
Sunday, 19 August 2012
Soy consumption increases the risk of central precocious puberty
This study was published in Clinical Endocrinoloy 2011 Dec;75(6):831-5 Study title and authors:High serum isoflavone concentrations are associated with the risk of precocious puberty in Korean girls.Kim J, Kim S, Huh K, Kim Y, Joung H, Park M.Department of Food and Nutrition, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Korea. This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21623856?dopt=AbstractCentral precocious puberty is sexual development before the age of eight in girls, and age 10 in boys. The early onset of puberty may cause problems when hormones trigger changes in the growth...
Soy formula disrupts hormones and leads to early menarche
This study was published in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2012 Mar;26(2):163-75Study title and authors:Early-life soy exposure and age at menarche.Adgent MA, Daniels JL, Rogan WJ, Adair L, Edwards LJ, Westreich D, Maisonet M, Marcus M.Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. adgentma@mail.nih.govThis study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22324503The commencement of menstruation at puberty is termed as menarche. It marks the beginning of reproducive life of a women. Early menarche is linked to...
Friday, 17 August 2012
Exclusive breast-feeding during the first months after birth is associated with lower asthma rates during childhood
This paper was published in the Journal of Pediatrics 2001 Aug;139(2):261-6 Study title and authors:Breast-feeding and the risk of bronchial asthma in childhood: a systematic review with meta-analysis of prospective studies.Gdalevich M, Mimouni D, Mimouni M.Department of General Pediatrics, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqvah, Israel. This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11487754This paper was a review of 12 studies, the objective of which was to evaluate the association of exclusive breast-feeding during the first 3 months...
Women who were given soy formula as an infant have longer and more difficult periods and find it harder to conceive
This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association 2001 Aug 15;286(7):807-14. Study title and authors:Exposure to soy-based formula in infancy and endocrinological and reproductive outcomes in young adulthood.Strom BL, Schinnar R, Ziegler EE, Barnhart KT, Sammel MD, Macones GA, Stallings VA, Drulis JM, Nelson SE, Hanson SA.University of Pennsylvania, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 824 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021, USA. bstrom@cceb.med.upenn.edu This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11497534The...
Thursday, 16 August 2012
Soy may cause goiters in healthy people, especially the elderly
This study was published in Nihon Naibunpi Gakkai Zasshi 1991 May 20;67(5):622-9Study title and authors:The effects on the thyroid gland of soybeans administered experimentally in healthy subjects.Ishizuki Y, Hirooka Y, Murata Y, Togashi K.Ishizuki Thyroid Clinic.This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1868922This study investigated the effects of soy consumption on thyroid function. The study included 37 healthy subjects who were given 30g of soybeans everyday and divided into 3 groups.(i) Group 1 were given soybeans for one month.(ii) Group 2 (average age 29 years...
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Actos increases bladder cancer risk by 30.5%
This study was published in Diabetes Care 2012 Feb;35(2):278-80Study title and author:Pioglitazone and bladder cancer: a population-based study of Taiwanese.Tseng CH.Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. ccktsh@ms6.hinet.netThis study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22210574The study investigated the association between pioglitazone (Actos) and bladder cancer. The study included 54,928 patients with type 2 diabetes who were followed for four years.The study found those who had used Actos had a 30.5% increased...
Monday, 13 August 2012
Low-fat diets have harmful health effects on diabetic patients who have high blood pressure
This study was published in the American Journal of Hypertension 1990 Jul;3(7):527-32Study title and authors:Effect of low fat-high carbohydrate diets in hypertensive patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.Fuh MM, Lee MM, Jeng CY, Ma F, Chen YD, Reaven GM.Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China.This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2194509The effects of variations in dietary fat and carbohydrate content were evaluated in 11 patients with high blood pressure, who also had diabetes.The diets, which lasted...
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Beneficial effects of the high fat ketogenic diet in obese diabetic patients
This study was published in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 2007 Aug;302(1-2):249-56Study title and authors:Beneficial effects of ketogenic diet in obese diabetic subjects.Dashti HM, Mathew TC, Khadada M, Al-Mousawi M, Talib H, Asfar SK, Behbahani AI, Al-Zaid NS.Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, PO Box 24923, 13110 Safat, Kuwait. info@drdashti.comThis study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17447017Dashti notes that obesity is closely linked to the incidence of type II diabetes.The objective of this 56 week study was to examine the...
Friday, 10 August 2012
Actos and avandia are associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer among people with type 2 diabetes
This study was published in the British Medical Journal 2012 May 30;344:e3645Study title and authors:The use of pioglitazone and the risk of bladder cancer in people with type 2 diabetes: nested case-control study.Azoulay L, Yin H, Filion KB, Assayag J, Majdan A, Pollak MN, Suissa S.Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Côte Sainte-Catherine, H-425.1, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2. laurent.azoulay@mcgill.caThis study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22653981Pioglitazone (Actos) and rosiglitazone (Avandia) are types of thiazolidinediones,...
Thursday, 9 August 2012
Low cholesterol levels associated with slow mental processing in students
This study was published in Psychosomatic Medicine 1995 Jan-Feb;57(1):50-3Study title and author:Do low cholesterol levels slow mental processing?Benton D.Department of Psychology, University College, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7732160 The study investigated the relationship between cholesterol levels and mental processing. Reaction times were assessed in 279 students, aged 18 to 25, by subjecting them to a series of tests that measured their decision times and movement times.The study found that lower cholesterol...
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Low cholesterol levels are associated with a higher incidence of stroke
This study was published in Stroke 1982 Jan-Feb;13(1):62-73Study title and authors:Risk factors for cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction in a Japanese rural community.Tanaka H, Ueda Y, Hayashi M, Date C, Baba T, Yamashita H, Shoji H, Tanaka Y, Owada K, Detels R.This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7064181The study investigated the influence of cholesterol levels on the rates of stroke. The study included 1,673 participants aged 40 years and older who were followed for ten years.The study found:(a) Those with the lowest cholesterol (under 129 mg/dL or 3.33 mmol/L)...
Monday, 6 August 2012
Low cholesterol levels are associated with higher death rates
This study was published in the Journal of Internal Medicine 2003 Feb;253(2):169-80Study title and authors:What cause of mortality can we predict by cholesterol screening in the Japanese general population?Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H; Nippon Data80 Research Group.Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu City, Shiga 520-2192, Japan. tokamura@belle.shiga-med.ac.jpThis study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12542557This study investigated the association of cholesterol levels with death...
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Statins associated with increased bleeding in the brain in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage
This study was published in Stroke 2012 Jul 24Study title and authors:Statin Use and Microbleeds in Patients With Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage.Haussen DC, Henninger N, Kumar S, Selim M.From the Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22829545Microbleeds (or microhaemorrhages) are pinpoint drops of blood that leak from blood vessels in the brain and increase may increase the risk of stroke and cognitive dysfunction.The cortico-subcortical region of the brain is the outer layers and the area...
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Low cholesterol levels are associated with a higher risk of stroke
This study was published in the Japanese Circulation Journal 1999 Jan;63(1):53-8Study title and authors:Low serum cholesterol as a risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke in men: a community-based mass screening in Okinawa, Japan.Okumura K, Iseki K, Wakugami K, Kimura Y, Muratani H, Ikemiya Y, Fukiyama K.Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of The Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.This study was published in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10084389This study investigated the relationship between cholesterol levels and stroke. The study included 38,053 subjects, aged 33 to 93 who were followed...
Friday, 3 August 2012
Higher cholesterol levels are associated with a decreased risk of stroke
This study was published in Stroke 1997 Jan;28(1):45-52Study title and authors:A 15.5-year follow-up study of stroke in a Japanese provincial city. The Shibata Study.Nakayama T, Date C, Yokoyama T, Yoshiike N, Yamaguchi M, Tanaka H.Department of Epidemiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan. takeo.epi@mri.tmd.ac.jpThis study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8996487The study investigated various factors that are associated with the risk of stroke. The study included 2,302 subjects aged 40 years or older who were followed for 15.5 years.Regarding cholesterol levels,...
Thursday, 2 August 2012
High saturated fat diets reduce the risk of intraparenchymal hemorrhage
This study was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology 2003 Jan 1;157(1):32-9Study title and authors:Fat and protein intakes and risk of intraparenchymal hemorrhage among middle-aged Japanese.Iso H, Sato S, Kitamura A, Naito Y, Shimamoto T, Komachi Y.Department of Public Health Medicine, Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, Japan. fvgh5640@mb.infoweb.ne.jpThis study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12505888The study examined the relationship between intakes of saturated fat and animal protein and the risk of intraparenchymal...
High levels of HDL cholesterol are associated with better survival in people aged over 80
This study was published in Gerontology 2008;54(2):71-8Study title and authorsSerum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and mortality in frail, community-living elderly.Landi F, Russo A, Pahor M, Capoluongo E, Liperoti R, Cesari M, Bernabei R, Onder G.Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. francesco_landi@rm.unicatt.itThis study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18025809The object of the study was to evaluate the impact of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol on death rates in older people. The two year...
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
High cholesterol levels reduce the risk of stomach cancer
This study was published in Acta Oncologica 1988;27(1):39-42Study title and authors:Risk of stomach cancer in association with serum cholesterol and beta-lipoprotein.Törnberg SA, Carstensen JM, Holm LE.Department of General Oncology, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3365353Beta-lipoprotein equates to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.This study investigated the relationship between cholesterol levels, beta-lipoprotein levels and the risk of stomach cancer. The study included 92,710 individuals who were followed...
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