Monthly Archives: July 2014

Overweight? Get Your Zinc

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Obesity is characterised by metabolic dysfunction that includes insulin and leptin resistance. This dysfunction leads to a derailing of normal appetite and energy regulation and this results in hyperphagia and reductions in resting, postprandial and post-exercise metabolic rates. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Leptin, Leptin Resistance, Micronutrients, Obesity, Trace Minerals, Weight Loss, Zinc | Comments Off on Overweight? Get Your Zinc

When Free Radicals Are Good

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Free radicals are chemicals with unpaired electrons that are highly reactive. When present in the body they tend to react with cell components and the damage they cause can lead to disease if their reactivity is not controlled. Antioxidants are … Continue reading →

Posted in Antioxidant, Exercise, N-Acetylcysteine (NAC), Resistance Training | Comments Off on When Free Radicals Are Good

Why Fruit Juice Should Not Be Part of a Healthy Diet

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Robert Barrington
Posted in Fibre, Fructose, Fruit, Metabolic Syndrome, Sucrose | Comments Off on Why Fruit Juice Should Not Be Part of a Healthy Diet

Does The Amino Acid Glycine Elevate Blood Pressure?

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Robert Barrington

The Western diet is a known driver of disease because it is devoid of adequate nutrients and also contains metabolic poisons. In particular, the Western diet is increasingly being linked to cardiovascular disease, and regular consumption is known to elevate … Continue reading →

Posted in Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Disease, L-glycine, Protein | Comments Off on Does The Amino Acid Glycine Elevate Blood Pressure?

Do You Need A Vitamin D Supplement?

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Robert Barrington
Posted in Vitamin D | Comments Off on Do You Need A Vitamin D Supplement?

Cardiovascular Disease: More Stuff ‘They’ Don’t Want You To Know

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Cardiovascular disease is big money. The monetisation of a disease may seem strange, yet that is the current business model of pharmaceutical companies. They need disease in order to profit because they only manufacture drugs that treat symptoms once a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cardiovascular Disease, Cholesterol, Eggs, Magnesium | Comments Off on Cardiovascular Disease: More Stuff ‘They’ Don’t Want You To Know

Why Nuts Won’t Make You Fat

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Robert Barrington
Posted in Alpha Linolenic Acid, Essential Fatty Acids, Fat, Fatty Acids, Nuts, Weight Loss | Comments Off on Why Nuts Won’t Make You Fat

Gut Feelings: The Influence of Microbiota on Colon Cancer

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Epidemiology is the study of the way that disease relates to particular populations. This is a useful tool in nutrition because although cause and effect cannot be ascribed from observational epidemiological studies, they give a broad understanding of disease risk … Continue reading →

Posted in Bacteria, Cancer, Fibre | Comments Off on Gut Feelings: The Influence of Microbiota on Colon Cancer

Why You Should Take A Selenium Supplement

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Robert Barrington
Posted in Cancer, Micronutrients, Selenium | Comments Off on Why You Should Take A Selenium Supplement

Homocysteine and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Homocysteine is an intermediate metabolite of the methionine to cysteine pathway. Under normal circumstances homocysteine is synthesised back to methionine using the salvage pathway or is further metabolised to cysteine via the enzyme cystathionine beta-synthase. However, these two pathways rely … Continue reading →

Posted in Eyes, Folate, Homocysteine, Vitamin B | Comments Off on Homocysteine and Age-Related Macular Degeneration