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Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Food Therapy: Coffee and Caffeine Intake in Attenuated Risk of Hepatic Fibrosis

By Kyle J. Norton

Intake of coffee daily and regularly may be considered as a functional beverage in reduced risk and treatment of liver fibrosis, a renowned institute study suggested.

Hepatic fibrosis is a condition characterized by overly exuberant wound healing causing excessive connective tissue builds up in the liver.

Coffee, the best popular and social beverage all over the world, particularly in the West, is a drink made from roasted bean from the Coffea plant, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

In the examine 910 patients with chronic HCV infection, 98% male and 38% with advanced hepatic fibrosis, researchers filed the following results
1. Intake of coffee is lower in control group in compared with advanced fibrosis
2. But caffeine intake of higher than 100 mg or more, daily from all sources was found in controls (66.0%) than patients with advanced fibrosis (57.9%)
3. Caffeine intake of controls mostly come from coffee intake
4. Intake of average daily intake of 100 mg or more of caffeine (adjusted odds ratio, 0.71; 95% confidence interval, 0.53-0.95; P = .020) was associated in increased liver protective effect.

The result demonstrated that moderately coffee and coffee caffeine intake of 100 mg may have a protective benefit against risk of advanced hepatic fibrosis.

Additionally, in the study, using food-frequency instrument for dietary caffeine consumption to evaluate the relationship between caffeine intake and liver fibrosis in patients undergoing liver biopsy completed a detailed caffeine questionnaire on three occasions over a 6-month period, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reported the results as follow
1. Daily caffeine consumption of 308 mg = approximately 2.25 cups of coffee equivalents was associated with reduced liver fibrosis
2. The protective association persisted without changing even after taking into account of other factors,
3. In compared to coffee caffeine, other sources of caffeine showed insignificant effect in decreased risk liver fibrosis.

After making adjustment from all sources, Dr. Modi AA, the lead author said, " . A reliable tool for measurement of caffeine consumption demonstrated that caffeine consumption, particularly from regular coffee, above a threshold of approximately 2 coffee-cup equivalents per day, was associated with less severe hepatic fibrosis."

Promisingly, in the study of chronic HBV-infected patients underwent transient elastography examination in 2006-2008, questionnaire returned from among 1045 patients, 216 (20.7%) patients with advanced fibrosis., researchers also found the similar results in compared to other studies as follow
1. The percentage of patients who drank ≥ 1 cup of coffee had advanced fibrosis was 95 (19.0%) , compared with 1.21 (22.2%) patients who drank < 1 cup (P = 0.21).
2. Caffeine intake does not affect liver stiffness in chronic HBV-infected patients in compared to coffee intake

Taking together, there is no doubt that coffee intake may have a profound effect in ameliorated risk of hepatic fibrosis and advanced hepatic fibrosis regardless amount intake daily.

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Author Biography
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.

Sources
(1) Coffee and Caffeine Are Associated With Decreased Risk of Advanced Hepatic Fibrosis Among Patients With Hepatitis C by Khalaf N1, White D1, Kanwal F1, Ramsey D1, Mittal S1, Tavakoli-Tabasi S2, Kuzniarek J3, El-Serag HB4.(PubMed)
(2) Increased caffeine consumption is associated with reduced hepatic fibrosis by Modi AA1, Feld JJ, Park Y, Kleiner DE, Everhart JE, Liang TJ, Hoofnagle JH.(PubMed)
(3) The effect of caffeine and alcohol consumption on liver fibrosis - a study of 1045 Asian hepatitis B patients using transient elastography by Ong A1, Wong VW, Wong GL, Chan HL.(PubMed)

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Food Therapy: Coffee and Coffee Caffeine Intake in Risk to Childhood Brain Tumors?

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.

Expected mothers consuming high amount of coffee and coffee caffeine during pregnancy may or may not associate to increased risk of offspring childhood brain tumors, respectable studies suggested.

Coffee, a popular and social beverage all over the world, particularly in the West, is a drink made from roasted bean from the Coffea plant, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

According to the Australian case-control study conducted between 2005 and 2010 with children recruited from 10 pediatric oncology centers and control children by nationwide random-digit auto account dialing, after taking taking into account of confounders
1. There are little evidence linking gestational consumption of any coffee and CBT risk.
2. The odd ration of risk childhood brain tumors was 1.76 among children aged under 5 years, for any coffee consumption during pregnancy.
3. For women drinking ≥2 cups per day during pregnancy, the relative ratio was 2.52.

Other, in the evaluated pooled data from two French national population-based case-control studies with similar designs conducted in 2003-2004 and 2010-2011 in mothers of 510 CBT cases (directly recruited from the national childhood cancer register) and 3,102 controls aged under 15 years, researchers also suggested that there is no evidence of coffee and coffee caffeine consumption in risk of childhood brain tumors.

Additionally, in the investigation of epidemiological Study on childhood Cancer and Leukemia ESCALE study and a national population-based case-control study carried out in France in 2003-2004. researchers found that there is profound risk between ependymomas, a tissue of the central nervous system and the highest consumption of coffee.

Dr. Plichart M, the lead author said, "maternal coffee and tea consumption during pregnancy may also increase the risk of CNS tumours".

Taking together, there are contradictory evidences to associate risk of childhood brain tumors to high amount intake of coffee and coffee caffeine during pregnancy. But women having a history of previous incidence should reduce intake of coffee as a preventive risk factor.

Alternative Therapy: Yoga In Improved Both Psychological and Physical Behavior in Children with Autism

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 practicing may heave a positive and profound impact in reduced symptoms of autism, epidemiological studies suggested.

Autism is one of the most common forms of brain development disorder affecting one in 166 child every year in US alone. Children diagnosed with autism tend to have weak immune system and auto immune problems.

Yoga, the ancient technique practiced 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.

In the study using experimental pretest-post test control group design, to investigate the effectiveness of the Get Ready to Learn (GRTL) classroom yoga program among children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) with intervention group received the manualized yoga program daily for 16 wk, and the control group engaged in their standard morning routine, researchers found that yoga group expressed significant decreases in teacher ratings of maladaptive behavior, as measured with the Aberrant Behavior Checklist, in compared to control group.

After taking account of other con founders, Dr. Koenig KP, the led author suggested that yoga intervention may have an therapeutic role in ameliorated classroom behaviors in children with Autism.

Other researchers in examine the relaxation effect of yoga in children with an autism-spectrum disorder(ASD) conducted a study of 24 children aged 3-16 years with a diagnosis of an ASD assigned to an 8-week multimodal yoga, dance, and music therapy program based on the relaxation response (RR), filed the following result
1. Children attended yoga exercise with age of 5-12-year-old children demonstrated a strong change according to Behavioral Assessment System for Children, Second Edition (BASC-2)
2, After completed the class, all children, unexpectedly displayed a enormous change in core features of autism measured by the Atypicality scale of the BASC-2.

With the finding information, researchers suggested that movement-based involving yoga and dance may be used as an adjunct intervention in modified RR behavior, for treating behavioral and some core features of autism, particularly for latency-age children.

Interestingly, in support of the above differentiation, researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Center in the searching of the published article and studies, 23 studies and 9 work-, 11 ADL/IADL satisfied the criteria and guideline selected indicated that daily yoga therapy combined with brief exercise may be sued as a secondary integrated form of intervention to improve classroom performance and behavior and physical activities.

Taking altogether, there is no doubt that yoga intervention may benefits children of autism in both psychological and physical aspects, including work, activities of daily living (ADLs)

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Sources
(1) Efficacy of the Get Ready to Learn yoga program among children with autismspectrum disorders: a pretest-posttest control group design by Koenig KP1, Buckley-Reen A, Garg S(PubMed).
(2) Relaxation response-based yoga improves functioning in young children with autism: a pilot study by Rosenblatt LE1, Gorantla S, Torres JA, Yarmush RS, Rao S, Park ER, Denninger JW, Benson H, Fricchione GL, Bernstein B, Levine(PubMed)
(3) Effectiveness of Work, Activities of Daily Living, Education, and Sleep Interventions for People With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review by Weaver LL1.(PubMed)

Alternative Therapy: Yoga, the Integrated form of Exercise in Reduced Risk and Treatment of Diabetes

Yoga, a ancient technique may have a therapeutic effect on blood glucose parameters in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, a recent and renowned institute study suggested.

Diabetes is a medical condition caused by insufficient insulin entering the bloodstream to regulate the glucose, caused by cells in pancreas dying off or receptor sites clogged up by fat and cholesterol. In some cases, diabetes is also caused by allergic reactions of cells in the immune system.

Yoga, the ancient technique practiced 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 joint study lead by the Yoga and Naturopathy Government Hospital, yoga participants showed an improvement on the blood glucose parameters in diabetes, through motivated 'lifestyle modification practices' including maximizing adherence to yoga should be the focus to experience any beneficial effects of yoga.

In a single group longitudinal study over 6 months sconducted at VASK yoga centre, Bangalore., researchers after taking account of other confounders suggested that patients with type 2 diabetes attending the yoga class over 6 months, showed a decreased fasting blood glucose through reduced stress.

Further more, the study qualitative data also revealed that most of the participants joined and expressed to complete the yoga programme which they belief can help cure their diabetes. Drope out of the participants is low with most reasons related travel, ill-health and increased work-load at office.

Interestingly and importantly, in the parallel, randomized controlled pilot study, 8-week yoga participants showed a decreased risk of diabetes through induced weight loss and reduced waist circumference and improved quality of life and potentially increasing psychological well-being in compared to a walking control.

Also in compared to walking group, there are no significant difference in improvement in fasting blood glucose, postprandial blood glucose, insulin resistance or any other factors related to diabetes risk.

The efficacy of yoga in reduced risk and management of diabetes complications may be attributed the ameliorated systolic and diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, anxiety, depression, negative affect and perceived stress.

Other in an open label parallel three armed randomized control trial conducted among 124 recruited women with Diabetes for three months, yoga group showed a trend in decline of fasting plasma glucose and of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) with a significant decrease of diastolic blood pressure and hip circumference with 90% of women attended classes regularly.

Taking together, yoga participant with type 2 diabetes showed significantly in decreased blood glucose, through many mechanisms, including weight loss, lower blood cholesterol, improved physical and psychological aspects,..... People should ask instructors for a class tailored to their needs.

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Sources
(1) Adherence to yoga and its resultant effects on blood glucose in Type 2 diabetes: A community-based follow-up study by Angadi P1, Jagannathan A2, Thulasi A3, Kumar V4, Umamaheshwar K5, Raghuram N1.(PubMed)
(2) A yoga intervention for type 2 diabetes risk reduction: a pilot randomized controlled trial by McDermott KA1, Rao MR, Nagarathna R, Murphy EJ, Burke A, Nagendra RH, Hecht FM.(PubMed)

Food Therapy: Coffee and Coffee caffeine in reduced Risk of Colon Cancer

By Kyle J. Norton

Good news for coffee drinkers, coffee consumption regularly is associated to reduced risk of colon cancer, a renowned institute study suggested.

Coffee, becoming a popular and social beverage all over the world, particularly in the West, is a drink made from roasted bean from the Coffea plant, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Colon Cancer is a disease characterized by irregular cell growth in the colon, with tendency in spreading to distant parts of the body, depending to the stage.

According to the Federico II University of Naples, the efficacy of coffee consumption in attenuated risk of colon may be attributed to its bioactive components, such as polyphenols, melanoidins, carbohydrates, diterpenes,....

Dr. Vitaglione P, the lead author said, " ...metabolism and composition, both coffee chlorogenic acids and dietary fiber, including melanoidins, may reduce CRC risk, increasing colon motility and antioxidant status".

However, these phytochamicals found in coffee may be different depending the amount and type of compounds ingested with the beverage, variety of coffee used, the roasting degree, the type of brewing method as well as the serving size.

Additionally, in the investigated the protective action of coffee against Caco-2 human coloncarcinoma cells. researchers filed the following results
1. Even with low concentrations, coffee (<5%) inhibited proliferation of Caco-2 cells without affecting normal cell viability.
2. . Increasing the duration of coffee bean roasting showed a significant in reduction mutative risk of in gene KRAS expression.

3 Coffee reduced risk colon cancer through suppressed miR-30c and miR-96, in promoted cell proliferation, migration and invasion and enhanced tumor growth.

Interestingly, in the examine of the association between coffee consumption and CRC risk as well as risk by anatomic subsite among Japanese, using data from the Hospital-based Epidemiological Research Program at Aichi CancerCenter I and II (HERPACC-I and II) with subjects enrolled in HERPACC-I between 1988 and 2000 and in HERPACC-II between 2001 and 2005, scientists found that returned self-administered questionnaire from participants, coffee consumption in reduced risk of colon cancer is associated to numbers of cup intake daily, in compared to non-drinker.

The relative odd ration of less than 1 cup/day, 1-2 cups/day and 3 or more cups/day for CRC were 0.88, 0.90 and 0.78 respectively.

Dr. Senda Nakagawa H, the lead author said, " Subsite-specific analysis revealed a significant inverse linear trend between coffee consumption and distal colon cancer (p-trend = 0.048), and a tendency toward a lower risk of rectal cancer (p-trend = 0.068)".

The finding evidences suggested that coffee and coffee caffeine may have a profound effect in reduced risk of cancer linearly.

Monday, 6 November 2017

Alternative Therapy: Yoga. an Adjunct Intervention In Treatment of Alcoholism

Scientist may have found an integrated form of exercise used combined with standard treatment in alcoholism, a joint study led by the Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Intervention Research (EPHIR),ostulated.

Yoga, the ancient technique practiced 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.

In a study to examine 18 alcohol dependent patients randomizedly received either treatment as usual or treatment as usual plus yoga taken at baseline with six months follow-up for testing the effect of yoga therapy in reduced alcohol dependent, researchers filed the following results, after 10 weeks
1. Yoga was found to be a feasible and well accepted adjunct treatment for alcohol dependence
2. Yoga + conventional treatment showed a reduction in alcohol consumption from 6.32 to 3.36 drinks per day in compared to other group
After taking account to other risk factors, researchers said, "Larger studies are needed to adequately assess the efficacy and long-term effectiveness of yoga as an adjunct treatment for alcohol dependence".

Other, in the study to evaluate the effect of a yoga intervention on alcohol and drug abuse behaviors in women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through analyzed data from a pilot randomized controlled trial in comparing a 12-session yoga intervention and control of women age 18 to 65 years with PTSD, researchers found that
1. Yoga intervention at the end of period expressed a significantly lower mean score of Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) in compared to control
2. Yoga group also demonstrated a reduction in symptoms and improved symptom management. in most participants
3. Yoga participants expressed interesting in psychological treatment

The findings suggested that yoga may play a role in attenuating the symptoms of PTSD, reducing risk of alcohol dependent and promoting interest in evidence-based psychotherapy.

More importantly, in the reviews the philosophical origins, current scientific evidence, and clinical promise of yoga and mindfulness as complementary therapies for addiction, researchers at the joint study led by the Manipal University, said, " theoretical models suggest that the skills, insights, and self-awareness learned through yoga and mindfulness practice can target multiple psychological, neural, physiological, and behavioral processes implicated in addiction and relapse".

Further analysis, researchers concerned, "the clinical effectiveness and hypothesized mechanisms of action underlying mindfulness-based interventions for treating addiction" and "..very few studies have been conducted on the specific role of yoga in treating or preventing addiction".

Taking altogether, yoga intervention may play an important role used conjunction with standard therapy in treating alcoholism.

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Sources

Sources
(1)Yoga as an adjunct treatment for alcohol dependence: a pilot study by Hallgren M1, Romberg K2, Bakshi AS3, Andréasson S4.(PubMed)
(2) The effect of a yoga intervention on alcohol and drug abuse risk in veteran and civilian women with posttraumatic stress disorder by Reddy S1, Dick AM, Gerber MR, Mitchell K.(PubMed)
(3) A narrative review of yoga and mindfulness as complementary therapies for addiction by Khanna S1, Greeson JM.(PubMed)

Food Therapy: Coffee Intake In Reduced Risk and Progression of Liver Diseases

By Kyle J. Norton

Coffee intake regularly may have a profound effect on development and progression of liver disease, a recent study suggested.
Coffee, a popular and social beverage all over the world, particularly in the West, is a drink made from roasted bean from the Coffea plant, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Liver disease is a class of conditions, including, irrhosis, or scarring of the liver, inflammatory viral liver disease.....

According to the joint study led by the Fortis Escorts Liver and Digestive Diseases, coffee consumption showed a strong effect in reduced risk of liver diseases caused by Hepatitis B and C, as well as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and alcoholic liver disease.

Among coffee drinkers and non drinker, in take of 2 cups or more of coffee attenuated risk of fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients diagnosed with precondition of liver disease.

Furthermore, regular intake of coffee also demonstrated a significant decreased incidence of liver disease in high risk people, caused by altered liver enzymes (ALT, AST, and GGTP).

In a follow up study of 766 participants of the Hepatitis C Antiviral entered a Long-Term Treatment against Cirrhosis (HALT-C) trial with hepatitis C-related bridging fibrosis or cirrhosis on liver biopsy and failed to achieve a sustained virological response to peginterferon plus ribavirin treatment, researchers found that higher coffee consumption showed a significant in reduced progression of liver disease expressed with a relative risk ratio of 1.11 (0.76-1.61) for less than 1 cup/day; 0.70 (0.48-1.02) for 1 to fewer than 3 cups/day; and 0.47 (0.27-0.85) for 3 or more cups/day (P-trend = 0.0003) in compared to non drinkers.

Regular coffee consumption was associated with lower rates of disease progression also reported a large prospective study in participants with advanced hepatitis C-related liver disease.

More importantly, the retrospective cross-sectional study on patients different ltypes of liver disease, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, postulated that drinking over 2 cups of coffee per day showed a lower liver stiffness in compared to non drinking group.

Interestingly, the effect of coffee in reduced stiffness may also contribute to less risk of fibrosis and inflammation, independent of disease state.

Taking together, there is no doubt that coffee intake may have a potential effect in reduced risk and progression of liver disease, depending to the numbers of cup of coffee consumption per day.

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Author biography
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.

Sources
(1) Coffee and Liver Disease by Wadhawan M1, Anand AC2.(PubMed)
(2) Coffee intake is associated with lower rates of liver disease progression in chronic hepatitis C by Freedman ND1, Everhart JE, Lindsay KL, Ghany MG, Curto TM, Shiffman ML, Lee WM, Lok AS, Di Bisceglie AM, Bonkovsky HL, Hoefs JC, Dienstag JL, Morishima C, Abnet CC, Sinha R; HALT-C Trial Group.(PubMed)
(3) Coffee Intake Is Associated with a Lower Liver Stiffness in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatitis C, and Hepatitis B by Hodge A1,2, Lim S3, Goh E4, Wong O5, Marsh P6, Knight V7, Sievert W8,9, de Courten B10.(PubMed)
(4) Coffee and herbal tea consumption is associated with lower liver stiffness in the general population: The Rotterdam study by Alferink LJM1, Fittipaldi J2, Kiefte-de Jong JC3, Taimr P1, Hansen BE4, Metselaar HJ1, Schoufour JD5, Ikram MA6, Janssen HLA4, Franco OH5, Darwish Murad S7.(PubMed)