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While emergency care and surgical techniques for accident victims has improved in modern times, treatment of lifestyle diseases has not progressed for decades within allopathic medicine. This undoubtedly originates in part from a failure to address the role of nutrition … Continue reading →

In recent years there has been a huge growth in the industry that supplies and sells dietary supplements. The range and quality of supplements available has improved as demand from consumers increases thanks to a growing body of research demonstrating … Continue reading →

The glucose fatty acid cycle is also called the Randle cycle after its discoverer, Philip Randle, and was originally observed in the hearts of rats. Nutritionally, the Randle cycle is important to understand because it explains the interaction between glucose … Continue reading →

Resting metabolic rate is used as a tool in clinical practice to determine the effects of nutrients on energy expenditure. However, these measurements can only be useful if there is a firm understanding of the changes that occur to resting … Continue reading →

Glycolysis is perhaps the most important pathway in biochemistry because it is central to so many other pathways and is considered important in energy metabolism in almost all living organisms. The third step in the glycolytic pathway involves the conversion … Continue reading →

If you search through online journals looking at the vast number of research articles, it becomes apparent that many papers show no effects for the nutrients they test. These studies are chalked up as negative findings, and often we see … Continue reading →

The link between poor diet and disease has been well established over decades of nutritional research. Despite advances in our understanding of the link between nutrient deficiencies, poor diet and the development of degeneration, large proportions of the global population … Continue reading →

The literature is full of studies that show a beneficial effect of dietary supplements on a variety of degenerative diseases. For example, supplemental vitamin E has been shown to be protective of cardiovascular disease and supplemental vitamin D is known … Continue reading →

Food and fuel prices are currently on the rise because the deteriorating economic situation has lead to worldwide inflation through quantitative easing programmes and speculation on commodities. The increase in prices of food has been particularly problematic to the poorest … Continue reading →