Holistic Health Articles and Research Related to Herbal Medicines, Foods and Phytochemicals

Monday, 28 August 2017

18 Remarkable Health Benefits of Celery

Kyle J. Norton

Celery is a species of Apium graveolens, belonging to the family Apiaceae, cultivated all around the globe as a vegetable. Celery can grow to 1/2 m tall with stalks (leaf on the top) arranging in a conical shape joined at a common base.

Nutrients
1. Carbohydrates
2. Sugars
3. Fiber
4. Fat
5. Protein
6. Water
7. Vitamin A
8. Vitamin B1
9. Vitamin B2
10. Vitamin B6
11. Vitamin C
12. Vitamin K
13. Folate
14. Calcium
15. Manganese
16. Magnesium
17. Phosphorus
18. Potassium
19. Iron
20. Sodium

18 Health Benefits of Celery

1. Celery and atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer progression
2. Food therapy - Celery and liver cancer
3. Celery and Alzheimer's disease
4. Food therapy - Celery and Conon Cancer
5. Food therapy - Celery and lung cancer
6. Celery and hypertension
7. Food Therapy - Celery and Oxidative Stress
8. Food Therapy - Celery and Hepatoprotective effect
9. Food Therapy - Celery and cholesterol
10. Food Therapy - Celery and Stroke
11. Food Therapy - Celery and Dementia
12. Food Therapy - Celery and anti microbial effects
13. Food Therapy - Celery and anti Inflammatory effects
14. Food Therapy: Celery, the Natural Whole Food Repellent
15. Food Therapy: Celery, the Natural Whole Food in Ameliorated Pain of Dysmenorrhea
16. Food Therapy: Celery, the Natural Whole Food with Analgesic effects
17. Food Therapy: Celery, the Natural Whole Food for Suppressed Symptoms of Arthritis Diseases
18. Food Therapy: Celery, the Natural Whole Food for Hyperthyroidism or Hypothyroidism?

Herbal Therapy: Green Tea, in Reduced Risk of Early Onset and Progression of Dementia

Kyle J. Norton, Master of Nutrients
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

People who turn to herbal Medicine for treatment of disease in avoidance of adverse effect induced by conventional medicine must be patient as the alternative treatment can only ease symptoms gradually, depending to stage of the treatment which directly address to the cause.

Dementia is the loss of mental ability that is severe enough to interfere with people's every life and Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia in aging people. About 5-8% of all people over the age of 65 have some form of dementia, and this number doubles every five years above that age.

Green tea may be used as functional food for prevention of early onset and treatment of dementia due to aging progression, a renowned institute study suggested

Green tea, a precious drink processes numbers of health benefit known to almost everyone in Asia and Western world. However, as yin in nature herbal medicine ,or food, long term injection of large amounts may obstruct the balance of yin-yang, induced "yin excessive syndrome" or "yang vacuity syndrome", according to traditional Chinese medicine's Yin-Yang theory. Adding a slice of ginger will do the neutralization trick.

In the 5.7-year prospective cohort study, using a questionnaire, information on daily green tea consumption and other lifestyle factors collected from elderly Japanese individuals aged 65 years or more, green tea consumption is associated to reduced risk of dementia with a incidence of occurrent rate of 8.7%.

Furthermore, in the intracerebroventricular (ICV) infusion of streptozotocin (STZ) animal model explicted chronic brain dysfunction involved long-term and progressive deficits in learning, memory, and cognitive behavior, along with a permanent and ongoing cerebral energy deficit, mice treated with green tea EGCG at a dose of 10mg/kg/day for 4 weeks, showed a sigificant improvement in reduced oxidative stress parameter against production of inflammatory and free radical expression.

These inhibitions can be seen in the diminished AChE activity, glutathione peroxidase activity as well as NO metabolites, and reactive oxygen species contents

More importantly, the enhanced antioxidants status induced neuroprotective effect is result of EGCG injection in ameliorated inflammatory and free radical causes of cell death in brain of treated mice.

Dr. Tomata Y, the lead author of the study said, "The lower risk of incident dementia was consistent even after selecting participants who did not have subjective memory complaints at the baseline."

More explicitly, in the finding of a natural food for reverse or delay of risk factors of dementia and AD, vascular, metabolic, and lifestyle-related factors involved development of dementia and late-life cognitive disorders, green tea with high amount of caffeine stimulate the psychoactive effects in attenuated cognitive impairment/decline and dementia through heightened alertness and arousal and improvement of cognitive performance.

Promisingly, such results have been proposed by several cross-sectional and longitudinal population-based studies, particular in patients with mild cognitive impairment and progression to dementia.

There is no doubt that green tea may be considered as a function foods for reduced risk of early onset and delay progression of dementia, but longer follow-up periods are necessary before the use of green tea can open new ways for diet-related prevention and treatment of dementia.

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Sources
(1) Green Tea Consumption and the Risk of Incident Dementia in Elderly Japanese: The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study by Tomata Y1, Sugiyama K2, Kaiho Y2, Honkura K2, Watanabe T2, Zhang S2, Sugawara Y2, Tsuji I2(PubMed)
(2) Green tea (-)epigallocatechin-3-gallate reverses oxidative stress and reduces acetylcholinesterase activity in a streptozotocin-induced model of dementia by Biasibetti R1, Tramontina AC, Costa AP, Dutra MF, Quincozes-Santos A, Nardin P, Bernardi CL, Wartchow KM, Lunardi PS, Gonçalves CA.(PubMed)
(3) Coffee, tea, and caffeine consumption and prevention of late-life cognitive decline and dementia: a systematic review by Panza F1, Solfrizzi V, Barulli MR, Bonfiglio C, Guerra V, Osella A, Seripa D, Sabbà C, Pilotto A, Logroscino G.(PubMed)

Sunday, 27 August 2017

14 Impressive Health Benefits of Cayenne Pepper

Kyle J. Norton

Cayenne is also known as Cayenne Pepper, a red, hot chili pepper, belonging to Capsicum annuum, the family Solanaceae, native to sub-tropical and tropical regions, used in traditional medicine to increases metabolism, enhance circulatory system and stomach and the intestinal tract, adjust blood pressure, lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, treat frostbite, muscles, arthritis, rheumatism, low back pain, strains, sprains, bruises and neuralgia, etc.

Ingredients
The chemical constituents of Cayenne include capsaicin, capsacutin oil, solaine, xanthenes, oleic acid, palmitic acid, etc.

14 Health Benefits of Cayenne Pepper

1. Herbal Cayenne and weight loss
2. Herbal Cayenne and cancers
3. Cayenne and Breast cancer
4. Herbal Cayenne as Antioxidants
5. Herbal cayenne and Allergic Rhinitis
6. Herbal Cayenne and Non Allergic Rhinitis
7. Herbal cayenne and Cholesterol
8. Herbal cayenne and High blood pressure
9. Herbal Therapy: Cayenne Adverse Effects on Circulatory System
10. Herbal Therapy: Cayenne , the Natural Whole Herb for Antimicrobial Infection
11. Herbal Therapy: Cayenne, The Best Whole Herb medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Liver cancer
12. Herbal Therapy: Cayenne, the Natural Whole Herb Medicine for treatment of Metabolic dysregulation
13. Herbal Therapy: Cayenne, the Natural Whole Food Medicine for Gastrointestinal protective effects
14. Herbal Therapy: Cayenne, the Natural Whole Food Medicine for Reduced Risk of Airway Inflammation

The Side Effects
1. It may cause allergic reaction in young children
2. It may also cause hypertensive response if overdosed.
3. It may promote symptoms of acute anal fissure.
4. It may cause burning sensation to certain people in the first taste
5. Do not use cayenne pepper in young children
6. Etc.

Herbal Therapy: Chaste Tree Berry The Best Antioxidant for Prevention and Treatment of Aging Chronic Diseases

Chaste tree berry is a species of Vitex agnus-castus, genus Vitex, belonging to the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, used in herbal medicine for thousands of year as anaphrodisiac herb and considered as Queen herb in treating menstrual problems and discomforts.

Antioxidants are chemical compound with function in inhibited oxidation caused by production of free radicals with an aim to reduce risk of oxidative damage to our body.

According to the Faculty of Pharmacy, Ege University, in the observation of the chemical activity of different preparation s of Chaste tree berry, researchers showed that water and ethanol extracts content are far stronger antioxidant activity in compared n-hexane extracts.

In vitro antioxidant assays, the newly differentiated ingredients isolated from the Chaste tree berry, EtOAc extract displayed a significant antioxiadnt property in reduced free radicals caused of brain homogenate. at the concentration-dependent effect tested by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrasyl (DPPH) free radical assay (IC(50) = 68 microg/mL) in compared fractions of MeOH-H(2)O and n-hexane fraction.

The study also suggested that the efficacy of antioxidant effect in the extract may be resulted of the recently discovered phytochemicals, flavonoid constituents EtOAc extract, casticin, vitexin and orientin as viewed in the tested essay.

More importantly, in support of the above differentiation, a study of mice subcutaneously injected with d-galactose (500 mg/kg/d for 45 days) induced aging and natural aging. administrated extract of Vitex (600 mg/kg/bid for 7 days by gavage) to 72 female NMRI mice (48 3-month-old normal mice and 24 18-24-month-old mice), weighing 30-35 g randomly divided into six groups: control, Vitex, d-galactose, Vitex + d-galactose, Aging, and Vitex + Aging, groups treated with chaste tree berry expressed a superior effect in restored estrous cycle and damage of uterus and ovarian tissues, through antioxidant activities in ameliorated oxidative stress and aging diseases.

Truly, mice treated with extract of Chaste tree berry only showed a reduced presence of free radicals but also improved hormone expression in natural and d-galactose induced aging.

Taking together, there is no doubt that Chaste tree berry displayed a significant antioxidant potential in ameliorated risk of free radical in induced chronic diseases, but large amount of intake should be taken with care.

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Sources
(1) Antioxidant activity of Vitex agnus-castus L. extracts by Sağlam H1, Pabuçcuoğlu A, Kivçak B.(PubMed)
(2) Diterpenoids and flavonoids from the fruits of Vitex agnus-castus and antioxidantactivity of the fruit extracts and their constituents by Hajdú Z1, Hohmann J, Forgo P, Martinek T, Dervarics M, Zupkó I, Falkay G, Cossuta D, Máthé I.(PubMed)
(3) Effects of Vitex agnus-castus fruit on sex hormones and antioxidant indices in a d-galactose-induced aging female mouse model by Ahangarpour A1, Najimi SA2, Farbood Y3.(PubMed)

Alternative Therapy: Yoga Reduced Psychological Symptoms of Women Before IVF Treatment and After IVF Pregnancy

Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrients, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

Women, waiting treatment of IVF program and participated in yoga lesson may be benefit in reduced psychological stress, a recent pilot study proposed.

Vitro fertilization (IVF), is an induced pregnancy artificial insemination, targeting mostly healthily infertile women with unknown causes of infertility.

Yoga, the accident technique practice for harmonized external and internal body well being, through breath control, meditation, bodily movement and gesture..... has been well known for people in Western world and some parts in Asia due to health benefits reported by various respectable institutes' research and supported by health advocates.

According to the McGill University, yoga showed a positive effect in treating anxiety and depression, reducing stress and improving the overall quality of life in the general population may be considered as a safe exercise and stress-management programmes for IVF patients.

In fact, returned from participants expressed a strong and positive effect in reduced anxiety, depression and quality of life over time, in study of 49 infertile women recruited to participate in a 6-week Yoga class during 2013 while awaiting their IVF treatment asked to complete standardized questionnaires assessing fertility-related quality of life (FertiQoL), marital harmony (Dyadic Adjustment Scale [DAS]), state and trait anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI]) and depression (Beck Depression Inventory [BDI]) before commencing and after completing the Yoga workshops,

Furthermore, in support the efficacy of yoga program also in women awaiting their treatment with IVF. the study of a total of 143 consecutive women with couple infertility the opportunity to attend a free Hatha-yoga course lasting 3 months offered by the designated institution, displayed an improved significantly higher of symptoms of anxiety, depression and distress in questionnaire returned from attendees.at the end of 3 months in compared non HY group.

More importantly, women who attended yoga class get pregnant with IVF also found to enhance the stress, anxiety, self confidence during and reduced labor pain.

Dr. Shim CS, the lead author in a quasi experimental study said, "(due to efficacy of yoga program in reduced psychological symptoms and improved quality of life in women who participant in IVF treatment), Yoga-focused educational program be offered to every pregnant woman".

Taking altogether, Yoga may be considered as a form of physical education in reduced psychological symptoms and enhanced pregnancy term for women waiting for IVF treatment and getting pregnancy after IVF.

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Sources
(1) Hatha-yoga as a psychological adjuvant for women undergoing IVF: a pilot study by Valoriani V1, Lotti F2, Vanni C1, Noci MC3, Fontanarosa N3, Ferrari G1, Cozzi C3, Noci I4.(PubMed)
(2) A prospective study using Hatha Yoga for stress reduction among women waiting for IVFtreatment by Oron G1, Allnutt E2, Lackman T2, Sokal-Arnon T2, Holzer H2, Takefman J3.(PubMed)
(3) [Effects of a yoga-focused prenatal program on stress, anxiety, self confidence and labor pain in pregnant women with in vitro fertilization treatment].[Article in Korean] by Shim CS1, Lee YS.(PubMed)

Saturday, 26 August 2017

Food Therapy: Beet Juice, the Best Beverage for Reduced Risk and Treatment of Breast Cancer

Kyle J. Norton(Scholar, Master of Nutrients), all right reserved.
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

In compared herbal medicine; food therapy even takes longer to ease symptoms of disease, depending to stage of the treatment which directly address to the cause.

Beet, one of the root vegetable may have a therapeutic effect in reduced risk and treatment of breast cancer, a renowned institute opinionated.

Beet, a perennial plant with leafy stems growing to 1–2 m tall, is best known as the beetroot or garden beet, belongings to the amaranth family.

According to the Howard University, extract of red beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.), the FDA approved red food color E162, in animal model, exhibited anti cancer activity by suppressing the early onset of multi-organ tumors.

In the compared red beetroot extract and anticancer drug, doxorubicin cytotoxic effect against estrogen receptor-positive human breast cancer cells (MCF-7), both treated groups exerted a similar and significant anti breast cancer cell line effect in induction of cytotoxicity, although the cytotoxicity of the beetroot extract was significantly lower to those of doxorubicin.

Dr. Kapadia GJ, the lead author postulated, the breast cancer cell line inhibition of beetroot may be attributed to the phytochemical betanin, the major betacyanin constituent found abundantly in the vegetable.

Also in testing of chemotherapeutic drug oxorubicin (DOX, Adriamycin), at different concentrations of BRJ (0.5, 5, 50, 250, and 500 µg/ml) with or without DOX, BRJ showed a significantly reduced breast cancer cell growth within and at 48 hours, similar to those of DOX-induced apoptosis, observed by TUNEL assay.

Additionally, in dose dependent, co-treatment of BRJ and DOX, improved the efficacy of treatment in enhanced apoptosis in breast cancer cells by exerting a strong effect in ameliorated generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS by) produced by DOX.

In fact, lower concentrations, combination of BRJ and DOX, also displayed the most effective in explicited cardioprotection and chemoprevention in tested subjects synergistically.

More importantly, Dr. Kapadia GJ, the lead author in the other study conducted by the same University said, " a long-term daily exposure to low doses of B through diet might be safe and sufficient to produce cancer chemopreventive effect in humans.

Promisingly, intake of beet juice may also contribute to overall positive reduction in DOX drug concentration in use for influence cytotoxicitic activity for treatment of human breast cancer.

Taking together, Beet Juice, used alone or combination with chemotherapeutic medicine, may be served as a functional food for reduced risk and enhanced treatment of breast cancer.

Sources
(1) Cytotoxic effect of the red beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) extract compared to doxorubicin (Adriamycin) in the human prostate (PC-3) and breast (MCF-7) cancercell lines by Kapadia GJ1, Azuine MA, Rao GS, Arai T, Iida A, Tokuda H.(PubMed)
(2) Beet root juice protects against doxorubicin toxicity in cardiomyocytes while enhancing apoptosis in breast cancer cells by Das S1,2, Filippone SM1, Williams DS3, Das A1, Kukreja RC4,5.(PubMed)
(3) Synergistic cytotoxicity of red beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) extract with doxorubicin in human pancreatic, breast and prostate cancer cell lines by Kapadia GJ1, Rao GS, Ramachandran C, Iida A, Suzuki N, Tokuda H.(PubMed)

Food Therapy, Asparagus, the Whole Herb Medicine in Reduced Risk and Treatment of Hypertension?

Asparagus is a flowering plant belong to species the genus Asparagus, native to the western coasts of northern Spain, north to Ireland, Great Britain, and northwest Germany, northern Africa and western Asia, used from early times as a vegetable and medicine, because of its delicate flavour and diuretic properties.

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps out blood. High blood pressure means raising pressure in your heart.If it stays high over time it can damage the body in many ways.

Hypertension is a condition of abnormally high blood pressure.

According to the Junior College of Kagawa Nutrition University, intake of asparagus significantly reduce Systolic blood pressure (SBP) (AD: 159 ± 4.8 mmHg, ND: 192 ± 14.7 mmHg) by inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity in upregulated blood pressure.

The study also suggested that the efficacy of this activity may be attributed to a chemical compound, 2″-hydroxynicotianamine in inhibiting angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity in hypertension and preserved renal function.

In the total of 28 healthy volunteers injected of cladophylls and bottom-stems of asparagus study, cladophylls group improved many aspects of metabolic syndrome, but only diastolic blood pressure in comparison to significantly reduced the subjects' systolic and diastolic blood pressure in bottom-stems of asparagus intake group.

Dr. Nishimura M, the lead of researcher suggested that these results may be attributed to asparagus cladophylls and bottom-stems properties in differentially attenuated hypertension, hyperglycemia, and dyslipidemia.

There is no doubt that asparagus has a potential effect in reduced high blood pressure, in inducing further renal damage, but large quantity intake should only be prescribed by herbalist as maximally tolerable doses of Asparagus P((R)) may induce opposite effects.

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Sources
(1) Green asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) prevented hypertension by an inhibitory effect on angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in the kidney of spontaneously hypertensive rats by Sanae M1, Yasuo A.(PubMed)
(3) Improvement of Blood Pressure, Glucose Metabolism, and Lipid Profile by the Intake of Powdered Asparagus ( Lú Sŭn) Bottom-stems and Cladophylls by Nishimura M1, Ohkawara T2, Kagami-Katsuyama H3, Sato H4, Nishihira J3.(PubMed)
(3) Asparagus P(R) cannot compete with first-line diuretics in lowering the blood pressure in treatment-requiring antihypertensives by Chrubasik S, Droste C, Black A.(PubMed)