Monthly Archives: October 2016
Mulberry extract activates brown fat
“Rutin treatment significantly reduced adiposity, increased energy expenditure, and improved glucose homeostasis in both the genetically obese mice and the mice with diet-induced obesity.”
ContraReport Opioid/Cannabis 2016 Video Sources
“78 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose.” – CDC ‘Understanding the Epidemic’ Since 2000 opioid overdose deaths have increased 200%. – Rudd, R. (2016). Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths — United States, 2000–2014. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep., 64(50-51), 1378-1382. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6450a3 “2.6 million people in […]
Additional benefit of omega-3 fatty acids for the clearance of metabolites from the brain
“New research published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are found in fish oil, could improve the function of the glymphatic system, which facilitates the clearance of waste from the brain, and promote the clearance of metabolites including amyloid-β peptides, a primary culprit in Alzheimer’s disease.”
A new look at vitamin D challenges the current view of its benefits
“Research at the Buck Institute shows that vitamin D works through genes known to influence longevity and impacts processes associated with many human age-related diseases. The study, published in Cell Reports, may explain why vitamin D deficiency has been linked to breast, colon and prostate cancer, as well as obesity, heart disease and depression.”
Study investigates absorption of artificial sweeteners in blood
“The results of the study demonstrate that, compared to adults, children had double the concentrations of plasma sucralose after ingestion of a single twelve ounce can diet soda. The same research team previously found that these artificial sweeteners were also present in breast milk when mothers ingested foods, drinks, medicines or other products that contained […]
Boosting levels of known antioxidant may help resist age-related decline
“In young animal cells, stress doesn’t cause such a rapid loss of glutathione. The cells from older animals, on the other hand, were quickly depleted of glutathione and died twice as fast when subjected to stress. “But pretreatment with NAC increased glutathione levels in the older cells and largely helped offset that level of cell […]
Oh Dear II, Adam Curtis Short (2014)
“It’s a strategy of power that keeps any opposition constantly confused – a ceaseless shapeshifting that is unstoppable, because it’s undefinable.”
Blast of thin air can reset circadian clocks
“In the paper, the researchers show that changing the concentration of oxygen in cells by just 3%, twice a day, will synchronize mouse cells to a circadian rhythm.”
Low vitamin D levels are associated with increased negative and depressive symptoms
“The associations between low vitamin D levels and increased negative and depressive symptoms, and decreased processing speed and verbal fluency are good arguments for planning large scale randomised controlled studies in target populations, in order to reach conclusions about vitamin D’s potential beneficial effect in psychotic disorders.”
Migraine sufferers have more nitrate-reducing microbes in their mouths
“We know for a fact that nitrate-reducing bacteria are found in the oral cavity,” said Hyde, project manager for the American Gut Project and assistant project scientist in the Knight lab. “We definitely think this pathway is advantageous to cardiovascular health. We now also have a potential connection to migraines, though it remains to be […]