Calcium supplements linked to significantly increased heart attack risk, study suggests

Calcium supplements might increase the risk of having a heart attack, and should be “taken with caution,” concludes new research. Furthermore, boosting overall calcium intake from dietary sources confers no significant advantage in terms of staving off heart disease and stroke, the findings indicate.

Fast food diet increases risk of depression by more than fifty percent

Providing more evidence to the motif ‘you are what you eat’, scientists have found that eating a fast food diet increases the risk for depression by more than fifty percent. The food we eat today will provide the structural network for the cellular matrix that we need…

Dental x-rays can cause brain tumors

Most of us know that radiation from X-rays can be harmful to our body. High amounts of radiation exposure can increase the risk of several types of cancer. Ionizing radiation from X-rays can potentially damage the DNA. A recent study published in Cancer, Journal of the…

High fiber foods reduce disease

According to a health review put together at the Rain Forest Research Institute in India, and recently published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health, increased dietary fiber consumption can reduce the risk of developing a number of…

Regular vitamin and mineral supplementation lowers colon cancer risk more than eighty percent

Researchers publishing in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) have found that a diet enhanced with vitamin and mineral supplementation can lower the risk of developing precancerous colon cancer lesions by up to 84%. Colon cancer is the second most…

Diet and specific nutrients prevent brain shrinkage and lower Alzheimer’s disease risk

Researchers reporting in the prestigious journal, Neurology have found that proper diet and specific nutrients can lower the risk of brain shrinkage by nearly forty percent. Other lifestyle factors including degree of education and elevated blood pressure combined with…

Neti pot scare story proves that brain-eating amoeba lurk in public water supplies

All across the ‘net, the mainstream media is running scare stories about people who use neti pots and then suffer from brain-eating amoeba that fatally devour their brain tissue. Of course, it’s all a deception to try to link a natural cleansing therapy to the risk of…

Vitamin D levels appear to be associated with risk of skin cancer, although relationship is complex

As an individual’s level of vitamin D increases, the risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer seems to increase as well, although factors such as ultraviolet radiation exposure may complicate the relationship, according to a new report.

Vitamin A deficiency does not affect onset of asthma, study suggests

Vitamin A deficiency does not increase the risk of asthma, according to new research.

Vitamin E may increase or decrease the risk of pneumonia, depending on smoking and exercise

Depending on the level of smoking and leisure time exercise, vitamin E supplementation may decrease or increase, or may have no effect, on the risk of pneumonia, according to a study by researchers in Finland.

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