Archive for 'Nutritional Therapy'
Polyphenol-Rich Dark Chocolate Preserves Our DNA
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Kerry D Friesen, M.D..
DNA: The Stuff Of Life
Our DNA contains the genetic instructions of life itself—yes, that includes you.
However, protecting DNA is problematic. Everything from the air we breathe to the sun that shines down upon us, damages our DNA.
Enter polyphenol-rich dark chocolate.
According to a recent study published in the British Journal of Nutrition, consumption of polyphenol-rich dark [...]
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Muddling Through Menopause? Resveratrol To The Rescue!
Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by Kerry D Friesen, M.D..
Resveratrol To The Rescue!
Of all the phytoestrogens (plant compounds with weak estrogen-like activity), resveratrol, is now considered the safest and most effective alternative to hormone replacement therapy.
Reseveratrol you’ll remember is an extract of red wine and grape skins and now, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, [...]
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Vitamin C And Cataracts: Too Much Of A Good Thing?
Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Kerry D Friesen, M.D..
The Two Faces Of Vitamin C
L-ascorbic acid or “vitamin C” is an essential nutrient and potent anti-oxidant.
Vitamin C has a long history dating back to 1795 when the British Navy introduced lime juice to prevent the scourge of scurvy.
More recently, mega-doses of vitamin C have been used for everything from the common cold to cancer.
While [...]
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Vitamin D: The Ultimate Antiviral?
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Kerry D Friesen, M.D..
Remember cod-liver oil?
Well a great idea, just got better!
While cod-liver oil is a good source of vitamin D, it contains far too much vitamin A and a only a fraction of the omega 3 fatty-acids recommended.
We now know that vitamin D is the “active ingredient” in cod-liver oil and responsible for most of the [...]
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The “Color Of Food” Not Food Coloring, Determines Health!
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Kerry D Friesen, M.D..
Recently researchers reported on data from “NHANES”, a survey that monitors the daily diet of Americians, with the following shocking conclusion:
Eighty per cent of Americans increase their risk for diet-related diseases by failing to eat a diet rich in colorful fruits and vegetables.
Rightfully so, America’s Phytonutrient Report, highlighted the importance of the color of fruit [...]
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Finally The FDA Finds That Supplemental Vitamins—”can be useful”
Posted on 23. Oct, 2009 by Kerry D Friesen, M.D..
Earlier this month the Food And Drug Administration released a consumer advisory regarding the use of supplemental vitamins. To everyone’s surprise the advisory admitted that vitamins “can be useful” and that “there are many good reasons” to consider taking them! As a physician that practices “preventing” medicine, I couldn’t agree more.
Vitamins are and always will [...]
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Green Tea: Several Cups A Day Keeps Depression Away
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Kerry D Friesen, M.D..
Depression can be difficult to treat.
Even with the most effective medications, a sixty percent response rate is considered exceptional. Worse yet for most people, continued treatment revolves around minimizing side-effects rather than aggressively addressing the circumstances that allowed the depression to develop in the first place.
Even more confusing are recent clinical studies that suggest [...]
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I’ll See You In Health! Stephen Colbert Rebuts Ridiculous Crestor Claim
Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by Kerry D Friesen, M.D..
OZ: THE LAND OF INFINITE MEDICAL ANSWERS
(THAT DOESN’T EXIST)
What does it mean when Comedy Central becomes the voice of reason in all things medical?
Only that when you get to the Emerald City and pull back the curtain and discover the Wizard of Oz is really the Wizard of Biz and incapable of solving all of [...]
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Why I Quit Counting Cholesterol: Confessions Of A Medical Heretic
Posted on 24. Jan, 2009 by Kerry D Friesen, M.D..
The great tragedy of science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
–Thomas Henry Huxley
At one time or another we have all held certain beliefs that later turn out to be not true at all. Most are innocent lies like the tooth fairy or Easter bunny and ultimately no major mental paradigm [...]
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