Posts Tagged ‘vitamin C’
|Ascorbate exerts anti-proliferative effects through cell cycle inhibition and sensitizes tumor cells towards cytostatic drugs
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Tags: 5-FU, alternative cancer treatmen, antineoplastic drugs, ascorbate, Docetaxel, Epirubicin, Irinotecan, natural cancer treatment, naturopathic cancer treatment, Oxaliplatin, Vinorelbin, vitamin C
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Antioxidants do help arteries stay healthy
Monday, July 5th, 2010
Tags: alternative cardiovascular disease treatment, Antioxidants, arterial health, blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, coenzyme Q10. selenium, Heart disease, lipids, natural cardiovascular disease treatment, naturopathic cardiovascular disease treatment, vitamin C, vitamin E
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New Study Evaluates Effectiveness Of Vitamins For The Treatment Of Sun-Damaged Skin
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Researchers have found there is evidence to support the potential role of vitamins A, C, E, and B3 in modifying the photoaging process due to UV damage, but the method of the efficacy of these vitamins is dependent upon how they are administered.
Tags: alternative aging treatment, natural aging treatment, naturopathic aging treatment, photoaging, skin damage, sun damage, sun lotion, sunblock, UV radiation, vitamin A, vitamin B3, vitamin C, vitamin E
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Risk For Blood Pressure Disorders Of Pregnancy Unaffected By Vitamin C And E Supplements
Friday, April 9th, 2010
A NIH study showed that pregnant women supplementing with vitamin C and E did not result in a reduction in pregnancy-associated hypertension and its complications.
Tags: Diet, high blood pressure, hypertension, Nutrition, preeclampsia, pregnancy, vitamin C, vitamin E
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Non-Toxic Vitamin C Inhibits Formation Of New Blood Vessel Growth To Tumors
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Tags: alternative cancer treatment, angiogenesis, anti-angiogenesis, cancer nutrition, natural cancer treatment, naturopathic cancer treatment, tumor, vitamin C
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Vitamin C Reverses Abnormalities Caused By Werner Syndrome Gene, Including Cancer, Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Failure And High Cholesterol
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Tags: Cancer, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Heart disease, Obesity, vitamin C, Werner syndrome
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Naturopathic Prevention of Swine Flu
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
The mainstream media and most conventional physicians would have you believe that the only way to prevent swine flu is by getting a shot. Nonsense! Healthy immune systems have been protecting people from infectious diseases for many thousands of years. Our immune systems didn’t lose this ability in the last few decades, but the key is to have a healthy immune system. (more…)
Tags: boost immune system, Diet, Flu, flu season, Nutrition, Swine flu, vitamin C, vitamin D, zinc
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Hit Job
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
A recent study on antioxidants is a classic “hit job” on alternative medicine.
This study compared aspirin to a combination of antioxidants for their ability to prevent progression of arterial disease and diabetes. The study found that there was no difference in effectiveness between the two therapies. And without missing a beat, newspapers around the country proclaimed this new finding.
The dose of antioxidants used in this study is ridiculously low. For instance, this study used 100mg of vitamin C daily in their antioxidant supplement. While this is higher than the US RDA, it is somewhere between 1/5 and 1/20 the dose that is widely recognized to confer therapeutic benefits. (more…)
Tags: Antioxidants, Diabetes, Naturopathic medicine, vitamin C, vitamin D
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Vitamin C and Exercise Recovery
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
For all you exercise fans, a study in the Journal of Sports
Medicine and Physical Fitness has shown that supplementing with 1
gram of vitamin C prior to exercise reduced the level of muscle
damage induced by the exercise. In addition, other important health
indicators such as antioxidant status and stress levels in the body were
lower in the vitamin C group than in the control group.
Tags: Antioxidants, Exercise, muscle damage, vitamin C
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The Top 5 Most Recommended Supplements
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
Listen to The Top 5 Most Recommended Supplements
In this podcast, Portland naturopathic doctors, Dr. Greg Eckel and Dr. Greg Nigh will tell you the top five supplements that they recommend for any patient to be on. They’ll explain to you why they think you should be on them, as well as the physical benefits of each one.
Tags: body cleanse, Dr. Greg Eckel, Dr. Greg Nigh, Fish oil, magnesium, melatonin, Naturopathic medicine, probiotics, vitamin C, vitamin D
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