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

Wednesday, 30 August 2017

Food Therapy: Asparagus, the Natural Whole Food in Reduced Risk and Treatment of Cognitive impairment

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, applying food therapy should be patient as micro nutrients and phytochemicals in foods may take months to alleviate symptoms of diseases gradually while addressing to the causes.

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.

Recent study suggested that asparagus may process a potential in prevented progression of cognitive impairment into serve stage of aging dementia.

Cognitive impairment (MCI), is an early stage of aging related degenerative diseases, involving decline of memory, language, thinking and judgment resulting in dementia.

Enzyme-treated Asparagus officinalis extract(ETAS) in cognitive impairment SAMP8 mice reduced neuronal cells damage through expression of information of DNA involved cytoprotective and anti-apoptotic functions.

Dr. Sakurai T, the lead researchers insisted, ETAS significantly attenuated this cell damage, restored hippocampus-dependent memory, and attenuated the effects on the cognitive impairment through its cytoprotective activities.

In an evaluation of effects of ethanolic extract of Asparagus racemosus (EEAR) on learning and memory f Swiss albino male rats for 21 days, group treated with the extract showed a significantly decreased levels of lipid peroxidation (TBARS) contents and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in the brain tissue in comparison to disease control group.

In fact, EEAR roots may be an outstanding source for natural nootropic drug in enhancement of memory or other cognitive functions, through ameliorated progressive degeneration of neurons in central nervous system, inducing cognitive dysfunctions, the study also postulated,

Some researchers proposed that the effects of asparagus in attenuation of cognitive impairment may be also attributed to rich content of folate, the vitamin deficiency found to associate with an increased risk for cognitive dysfunction.

These findings suggested that asparagus has processed a potential neuroprotective effects against progression of cognitive impairment. Depending to types of asparagus, large amounts intake asparagus officinalis should only be prescribed by herbalists.

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Sources
(1) Folate: a key to optimizing health and reducing disease risk in the elderly by Rampersaud GC1, Kauwell GP, Bailey LB(PubMed)
(2) Enzyme-treated Asparagus officinalis extract shows neuroprotective effects and attenuates cognitive impairment in senescence-accelerated mice by Sakurai T, Ito T, Wakame K, Kitadate K, Arai T, Ogasawara J, Kizaki T, Sato S, Ishibashi Y, Fujiwara T, Akagawa K, Ishida H, Ohno H.(PubMed)
(3) Neuroprotective Activity of Asparagus racemosus Linn. Against Ethanol- Induced Cognitive Impairment and Oxidative Stress in Rats Brain: Auspicious for Controlling the Risk of Alzheimer′s Disease by Md. Sahab Uddin1†*, Md. Asaduzzaman1†, Abdullah Al Mamun1, Mohammed Ashraful Iqbal2, Ferdous Wahid3and Ram Kamol Rony4(Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism)

Tuesday, 29 August 2017

Food Therapy: Black Bean, A Potent Anti Liver Cancer Legume

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.

People who turn to alternative medicine for treatment of disease in avoidance of adverse effects induced by conventional medicine should be patient. In compared to herbal medicine; food therapy even takes longer than six months to ease symptoms, depending to stage of the treatment which directly address to the cause of disease.

Intake of black bean regularly may have a profound effects in reduced risk and treatment of liver cancer, a renowned institute study proposed.

Liver cancer is a condition of the abnormal growth of the cells in the liver's tissue. According to statistics approximated 40,710 adults (29,200 men and 11,510 women) in the United States will be diagnosed with primary liver cancer this year.

Black bean, a small roughly ovoid legumes with glossy black shells, genus Phaseolus, belongings to the family Fabaceae can bought in most grocery stores all around the year in dried and canned forms. It is believed that black bean was first domesticated growth in South America.

According to the Stocking Hall, Cornell University, phytochemicals isolated from black bean such as triterpenoids, flavonoids, and other compounds exhibited antiproliferative activities against the HepG2 cells, the human liver cancer cell line.

The efficacy of black bean in ameliorated growth of liver cancer may be attributed to the presence of some potent antioxidants in expression of apoptosis.

Furthermore, consumption of bean not only played a prominent role of gene expression involved the regulation of gene Hspa8 in reduced risk of liver disease developed, but also addressed the important issue of attenuated hepatic stress or toxicity in rat model.

In fact, increased bean consumption in rats exhibits changes indicative of hepatic damamge, Dr. Daniell EL, the lead author said, "Dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) consumption is associated with reduced risk for a number of chronic diseases", such as liver cancer.

More interestingly, dietary bean concentrations.is found to associate to the cholesterol 7α hydoxylase and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase genes increased with connection to the development of liver cancer, in a dose-dependent manner.

These findings suggested that dietary black(dried) bean may have a potential effect in reduced risk and treatment of liver cancer through antioxidant activity and regulated genes involved early onset of the disease.

Sources

(1) Phytochemicals of black bean seed coats: isolation, structure elucidation, and their antiproliferative and antioxidative activities by Dong M1, He X, Liu RH.(PubMed)
(2) Dietary dry bean effects on hepatic expression of stress and toxicity-related genes in rats by Daniell EL1, Ryan EP, Brick MA, Thompson HJ.(PubMed)

12 Amazing Health Benefits of Cat's claw

Kyle J. Norton

Cat's claw found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America, is a genus Uncaria, belonging to the family Rubiaceae, used in traditional medicine over two thousand years as a tonic, contraceptive, anti-inflammatory and infectious agent, and to treat diarrhea, rheumatic disorders, acne, diabetes, cancer and diseases of the urinary tract, etc..

Ingredients
The chemical constustuents of Cat's claw include, ajmalicine, akuammigine, campesterol, catechin, carboxyl alkyl esters, chlorogenic acid, cinchonain, corynantheine, corynoxeine, daucosterol, epicatechin, harman, hirsuteine, hirsutine, iso-pteropodine, etc.

12 Health Benefits of Cat's claw

1. Herbal Cat's claw and Cancers
2. Herbal Cat's claw and Breast cancer
3. Herbal Cat's claw as Antioxidants
4. Herbal Therapy: Cat's claw, The best Whole Herb Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Cancers
5. Herbal Cat's claw and Osteoarthritis
6. Herbal Therapy: Cat's claw, The best Whole Herb Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory disease
7. Cat's Claw, the Whole Herb medicine for Reduced Symptoms and Treatment of Inflammatory arthritis.
8. Herbal Therapy: Cat's Claw, the Best Whole Herb medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Colorectal cancer
9. Herbal Therapy: Cat's Claw, the Best Whole Herb medicine for Treatment of Type I Diabetes
10. Herbal Therapy: Cat's claw, The best Whole Herb Medicine for Treatment of Breast Cancers
11. Herbal Therapy: Cat's claw, The Whole Herb Medicine for Treatment of Parkinson disease
12. Herbal Therapy: Cat's claw, The Whole Herb Medicine for Improve Immune Activities

The Side Effects
1. It may cause allergic reaction, including itching, rash and allergic inflammation of the kidneys, etc. to certain people, according to the article of `Uncaria Tomentosa`by Wikipedia(a)
2. If you are taking blood pressure medicines, blood-thinning medications, hormones therapy or insulin injection do not take cat's claw
3. Do not take Cat's claw if you are pregnant or breast feeding with out approval of your related field specialist
4. Do not take cat’s claw if you have low blood pressure or an autoimmune disease (such as lupus or multiple sclerosis) or have had an organ or bone marrow transplant.
5. Etc.

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Alternative Therapy: Yoga, Reduces Symptoms and Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Epilepsy

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.

Yoga, the accident technique practice for harmonized external and internal body well being, through breath control, meditation, bodily movement and gest ure..... 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.

Epilepsy is a condition of a neurological disorder caused byabnormal electrical activity in the brain inducing the sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance and convulsions.

People with epilepsy participated in yoga class may benefit to a reduction in seizure frequency or seizure duration and the overall reduction in seizure frequency, a renowned study suggested.

In the review of literature in data base of the Cochrane Epilepsy Group trial register, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (The Cochrane Library Issue 4, 1998), MEDLINE articles published up to the middle of 1998, a study of a total of 32 patients, 10 to sahaja yoga and 22 to control, showed that
1. 4/10 patients were seizure free for six months compared to none in the control groups
2. In compared to 1 patient in non treatment group, 9/10 yoga participants showed a 50% reduced seizure frequency
3. Yoga group also enjoyed the decline in the average number of attacks per month
4. Yoga participants also showed a 50% reduction in seizure duration.

Other, in a randomized controlled trial with repeated measures (N=18), all participants had an EEG-verified epilepsy diagnosis with drug-refractory seizures randomized into one of two groups: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT or yoga, both ACT and yoga showed significantly reduce seizure index and increase quality of life over time.

Yoga participants also improved quality of life significantly as compared with the ACT group measured by the Satisfaction with Life Scale.

Additionally, in the total of 300 yoga amongst people living with epilepsy(male:female=173:127; age: 31.6±12.4 years) attending the neurology out-patient services of a neuropsychiatry hospital, 33.7% of the respondents, yoga practicing expressed benefits in managing epilepsy and a willing rate of practiced yoga of 54.8%, according to the pre-tested KAP questionnaire.

Correspondents also opinioned that regular practice of yoga might reduce dosage of medication (62.8%), their side effects (51.3%) and frequency of seizures (54.5%).

Taking together, yoga may be considered as an integrated form potential treatment for epilepsy in reduced symptoms of convulsion and improved quality of life through decreased duration and frequency of seizure.

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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, 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 Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Yoga for epilepsy by Panebianco M1, Sridharan K, Ramaratnam S.(PubMed)
(2) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and yoga for drug-refractory epilepsy: a randomized controlled trial by Lundgren T1, Dahl J, Yardi N, Melin L.(PubMed)
(3) Yoga and epilepsy: What do patients perceive? by Naveen GH1, Sinha S, Girish N, Taly AB, Varambally S, Gangadhar BN.(PubMed)

14 Extraordinary Health Benefits of Herbal Cinnamon

Kyle J. Norton

Cinnamon, a kitchen spicy in many cultures, may have gained many believers, including medical professions because of its anti diabetic effect, through regulating the blood glucose levels in healthy and diabetic subjects. According to herbalists, intake of 1/4 tsp. in the morning and evening may reduce the blood sugar significantly with little or no adverse effects.

14 Health Benefits of Cinnamon

1. Herbal Cinnamon and Diabetes
2. Herbal Cinnamon and Alzheimer's Diseases
3. Herbal Cinnamon and Infertility
4. Herbal Cinnamon - The new generation for Treatment and Management of Diabetes
5. Herbal Therapy: Cinnamon: The Best Whole Herb medicine for Treatment of Menstrual Pain and Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
6. Cinnamon, the number One whole herb in management of diabetes and its complications
7. Herbal Therapy: Cinnamon: The Best Whole food Medicine for Reduced Risk of CVD
8. Cinnamon, The Whole Herb medicine in stimulated mmunomodulatory effect.against Inflammatory Diseases
9. Herbal Therapy: Cinnamon: The Best Immunomodulatory Whole food Medicine
10. Herbal Therapy: Cinnamon: The Best Whole Food Medicine for Anti Microbial infection
11. Herbal Therapy: Cinnamon: The Whole food Medicine for Prevention, management and Treatment of Cervical Cancer
12. Herbal Therapy: Cinnamon: The Best Whole Food Medicine for Patients with Hyperlipidemia
13. Herbal Therapy: Cinnamon - The Whole Food for Reduced Risk & Progression of Cognitive impairment
14. Food Therapy: Cinnamon, The Whole Herbal Medicine for Osteopenic Disease

Side effects
1. Oral intake of Cinnamon may cause Stomatitis, according to the study of "Cinnamon contact stomatitis" by Georgakopoulou EA.
2. Consult with your doctor if you are taking anticoagulation medicine before applying.
3. Do not use Cinnamon if you are pregnant without consulting with related field specialist.
4. Overdoses can be toxic and damaged to liver.
5. Do not use the herb in children.
6. Oral intake may cause burning sensation in mouth with large amount
7. Etc.

Monday, 28 August 2017

Alternative Therapy, Yoga, the Integrated Form of Exercise for Weight Loss and Weight Management

Yoga, one of the ancient technique may have a therapeutic value in induced weight loss through improvement health behaviors and psychological well-being in obese patients, a renowned institute suggested.

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 Institute for Extraordinary Living, Kripalu Center, in a total of 35 overweight/obese participants attended the 5-day weight loss program, researchers found that after 3 months of treatment, attendees displayed improvements in nutrition behaviors, SC, mindfulness, stress management, and spiritual growth with a impressive ratio of 84%.

Dr. Braun TD, the lead author said, " Kripalu yoga-based, residential weight loss program may foster psychological well-being, improved nutrition behaviors, and weight loss".

Supportively, study of 30 males and 16 females, aged 17-20 yr)with 23 motivated subjects (15 male and 8 female) given yoga training and the remaining 23 subjects served as controls. conducted by the the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), group attended yoga class showed a significant weight reduction at the end of the study in compared to control group, observed by Harvard step test.

Additionally, group with yoga training also showed a remarkable increase in respiratory pressures and endurance in 40 mm Hg test in both male and female subjects (P < 0.05 for all comparisons) which are indication of improvement in respiratory muscle strength.

Promisingly, An Ayurveda-inspired weight management curriculum (YWL) piloted in female yoga practitioners into 2 groups with Study 1 enrolled 22 yoga-experienced women (48.2 ± 14.3 years, BMI 30.8 ± 4.2 kg/m2) in a 10-week yoga-based program (YWL-YE) and Study 2 enrolled 21 yoga- naïve women (49.4 ± 10.7 years, BMI 35.5 ± 6.8 kg/m2) in a revised 10-week program (YWL-YN), showed that weight loss is found higher in YWL-YN (28.6%) than YWL-YE (18.2%) and both studies expressed a greater weight loss after 3 months of follow up with % of self-reported total body weight loss (%TBWL) reaching clinical significance (>5%).

Dr. Ross A, not the author in the studies said, "Yoga interventions improve obesity-related outcomes including body mass index (BMI), body weight, body fat, and waist circumference" and "...diverse behavioral, physical, and psychosocial effects that may make it a useful tool for weight loss".

Taking together, there is no doubt that the greater weight loss of yoga participants addressed an important issue - weight loss program must accompany with change of social behavior, improvement of physical, and psychosocial well being for achieving better outcome.

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Sources
(1) Psychological well-being, health behaviors, and weight loss among participants in a residential, Kripalu yoga-based weight loss program by Braun TD1, Park CL, Conboy LA(PubMed).
(2) Effect of six weeks yoga training on weight loss following step test, respiratory pressures, handgrip strength and handgrip endurance in young healthy subjects by Madanmohan1, Mahadevan SK, Balakrishnan S, Gopalakrishnan M, Prakash ES.(PubMed)
(3) Group-Based Yogic Weight Loss with Ayurveda-Inspired Components: A Pilot Investigation of Female Yoga Practitioners and Novices by Braun TD1, Park CL1, Gorin AA1, Garivaltis H, Noggle JJ2, Conboy LA3,4.(PubMed)
(4) A Different Weight Loss Experience: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Behavioral, Physical, and Psychosocial Changes Associated with Yoga That Promote Weight Loss by Ross A1, Brooks A1, Touchton-Leonard K1, Wallen G1.(PubMed)

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