How to Treat Edema Naturally and Efficiency, MEDLINE Studies Suggest

By Kyle J. Norton


Herbal Arnica may have a therapeutic and substantial effect in reduced progression and treatment of edema, some scientists suggested.

Arnica is a herbaceous species, genus perennial, belongings to the family Asteraceae, antive to Europe and Asia, used in herbal medicine for centuries in treatment of strains, sprains, and bruises.
Wound healing is process of repairing after damage of skin, tissues, organs, etc.

Edema is a condition, characterized by excessive accumulation of fluids in some tissues within the body.

Certain diseases including heart, liver, and kidneys may also increase prevalence of edema as a result of salt retention in induction of excess fluid accumulation.

Some researchers suggested that the alternation of starling forces which control transfer of fluid from the vascular compartment to surrounding tissue spaces may be a culprit in facilitated edematous disorders.

However, in compared to diminished organs function in causes of edema, edematous states may share many of the same afferences and efferent mechanisms for sodium and water retention.

Long term untreated  edema may increase complications of painful swelling, difficulty walking. with skin becoming itchy and uncomfortable. In serious case, it can cause infection in the swollen area and scarring between layers of tissue.

Some patients may also experience decreased blood circulation,  elasticity of arteries, veins, joints and muscles in the surrounding of infectious areas.

The ingredients
Helenalin, chamissonolid, Sesquiterpene lactone, lignans of the furofuran, dibenzylbutyrolactone, dibenzylbutyrolactol types, pinoresinol, epipinoresinol, phillygenin, matairesinol, nortrachelogenin, and nortracheloside, six dibenzylbutyrolactol derivative.

In the study to compare the efficacy of herbal Arnica and corticosteroids in reduced postoperative edema and bruising associated with rhinoplasty of 48 primary rhinoplasty patients randomly assigned to three groups as follow

* Group P received 10 mg of dexamethasone (intravenously) intraoperatively followed by a 6-day oral tapering dose of methyl-prednisone
* Group A received Arnica three times a day for 4 days, and
* Group C received neither agent and served as the control.

3 blinded panelists were assigned to rate the extent of ecchymosis, including the intensity of the ecchymosis, and the severity of the edema


After observating the study over the entire period, scientists found that
* There were no significant differences in all groups on the day 2 of postoperative
* In compared to increased swelling of control group, both group A and P demonstrated a significant improvement in edema rating.

Interestingly, conventional medicine administration group exerted higher intensity of ecchymosis compared to groups A and C on the day of postoperative and all groups displayed no difference of magnitude of edema.

However, between period of day 2 and 8, groups A and C exhibited significantly more resolution of ecchymosis in compared to group P.


The results suggested that although Arnica may have a therapeutic property in reducing edema during the early postoperative period. And the herbal medicine did not provide similar benefits in regard to extent and intensity of ecchymosis in compared to corticosteroids.


In order to further confirmation of the effect of herbal Arnica in reduced postoperative ecchymosis and edema, researchers at the joint study lead University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, conducted an investigation in a select population of healthy volunteers after oculofacial surgery by examining the postoperative course and medical records of a total of 27 patients (16 females, 11 males) with age range from18 to 70 years using topical Arnica and Ledum after undergoing common oculofacial procedures, including blepharoplasty, browpexy, and rhinoplasty, in the hands of 4 surgeons at tertiary referral centers from July 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012.


According to the result of experiment, application of Arnica 50 M (10) 50% and Ledum 50 M (10) pads bilaterally after surgery through postoperative day 6, showed a significantly accelerated healing from day 7 to day 12 in dose depending manner, without inflicting any adverse effects.

The findings suggested that application of composited Arnica and Ledum displays a potential efficacy in reducing postoperative ecchymosis and edema after oculofacial surgery.


The above differentiation of herbal Arnica in improved edema after surgery were supported by the joint study lead by the Research Center of University of adult male Wistar rats inoculated with 1% carrageenan into the footpad to induce emeda then treated with Arnica montana 6cH, dexamethasone (4.0 mg/kg; positive control) or 5% hydroalcoholic solution (negative control), per os, each 15 minutes, between 30 and 180 minutes after the irritant inoculation.

According to the investigation, application of Arnica group exhibited anti edema through increased lymphatic edema absorption, particularly, in late edema and less intense edema treatment group after adjusting to the individually qualitative of inflammatory vascular events.


Moreover, the edema inhibition of Arnica was attributed to significant reduced mast cell degranulation and increased lymphatic vessels diameter and decreased production of prostaglandins associated to the development of edema, caused by subcutaneous carrageenan injection in induction of local inflammation.

Taken together, herbal Arnica may be considered as a functional food in reduced risk, progression and for treatment of edema and ecchymosis.

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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.,.
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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) A randomized, controlled comparison between arnica and steroids in the management of postrhinoplasty ecchymosis and edema by Totonchi A1, Guyuron B.(PubMed)
(2) Assessing the Effectiveness of Arnica montana and Rhododendron tomentosum (Ledum palustre) in the Reduction of Ecchymosis and Edema After Oculofacial Surgery: Preliminary Results by Kang JY1, Tran KD, Seiff SR, Mack WP, Lee WW.(PubMed)
(3) Inflammatory Process Modulation by Homeopathic Arnica montana 6CH: The Role of Individual Variation Ana Paula Kawakami,1 Cesar Sato,1 Thayna Neves Cardoso,1 and Leoni Villano Bonamin(Hidawi)
(4) Pathogenesis of sodium and water retention in edematous disorders by Paller MS, Schrier RW(PubMed)

The Effects of Coffee Intake on The Prevalent Risk Factors of Metabolic Syndrome, Revealed By MEDLINE Studies

Moderate intake of coffee daily and regularly may have a therapeutic effect in reduced risk and treatment of metabolic syndrome, some scientists suggested.

Coffee, second to green tea, is a popular and social beverage made from roast bean from the Coffea plant, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

According to epidemiological studies, drinking coffee daily has a strong implication in numbers of  health benefits, including cancers(1), neuro-degenerative diseases(2) and heart diseases(3), diabetes(4),......

Some researchers also showed that intake of coffee beverage may prevent premature death and reduce mortality(5).

Metabolic Syndrome is a group of risk factors associated with the development of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, including high blood pressure, abnormal high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels,.....

Although the exact causes of the syndrome are still under investigated, some researchers suggested that overweight or obesity induced insulin resistance and inactivity are associated to a closed link to  conditions of metabolic syndrome.

Others postulated that metabolic syndrome may be an underlying disorder of energy utilization and storage.

In fact, metabolic syndrome also correlates to numbers of marker of systemic inflammation, including increased levels of C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and others....

Levels of C-reactive protein is considered as a bio marker of systematic inflammation.

Fibrinogen is a glycoprotein circulated in the blood with coagulated function involving early phase tissue damage or injure.

Hyperfibrinogenemia may be considered a component of the metabolic syndrome.

Interleukin 6 is a proinflammatory cytokines produced at the site of inflammation, particularly in the acute phase of infection. Targeting Interleukin 6 may be considered as an effective prevention and treatment of models of chronic inflammatory diseases.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) plays a key role in systemic inflammation and the acute phase reaction.

In obese patients, the proinflammatory cytokine is also associated to insulin resistance and metabolic abnormalities.

Dr. Marsland AL, the lead author after examining the results of the experiment of 645 community volunteers aged 30 to 54 year.in the study of "Systemic inflammation and the metabolic syndrome among middle-aged community volunteers" said, "Inflammation was positively associated with this common factor, accounting for 54% of its variance and partially mediating statistical aggregation of the component factors comprising the metabolic syndrome".

These results also provided a strong argument of including markers of systemic inflammation in the definition of the syndrome and its role in induction of pathogenesis.

Furthermore, according to the searching of database from f PubMed and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) for relevant articles published between 1 January 1999 and 31 May 2015, including 11 published reports and 13 studies with a total of 159,805 participants were eligible for our meta-analysis, the relative odd risk ratio of metabolic syndrome between the highest vs lowest category of coffee consumption was 0.872

The review also observed a non linear relationship between coffee and coffee caffeine consumption in ameliorated risk of metabolic syndrome, by dose-response analysis.

Additionally, in a cross-sectional population-based survey of 8,821 adults (51.4% female) conducted in Krakow, Poland. to evaluate the coffee and tea consumption and risk of metabolic syndrome, using food frequency questionnaires, observation of the questionnaire returned from participants expressed an interesting association between high coffee consumption of 3 cups and the clusters of lower BMI, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, and higher HDL cholesterol than those drinking less than 1 cup/day.

The study apparently indicated that people drinking 3 cups of coffee daily and regularly have a favorably ameliorated risk of metabolic syndrome even after adjusting for potential confounding factors.

More importantly, the study also pointed out that high coffee consumption was negatively associated with waist circumference, hypertension, and triglycerides in women but not in men.

Interestingly, in animal evaluation of the effect of coffee drinking on clinical markers of diabetes and metabolic syndrome in Zucker rats including Diabetic Zucker rats with metabolic syndrome and control Zucker rats, researchers at the Fluminense Federal Institute found that after animals received daily doses of coffee drink by gavage for 30 days, coffee treated group expresses a decreased risk of metabolic syndrome through reduced serum glucose, total cholesterol and triglycerides in compared to non treatment group.

Dr. Abrahão SA, the lead researchers said, "The results demonstrate that treatment with roasted coffee drink, because of its hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect, is efficient in the protection of animals with metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus type 2".

The findings from above studies suggested that coffee and coffee caffeine drinking daily and regularly have a favorably profound effect in inhibited risk of metabolic syndrome, particular in women.


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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 cancer risk, epidemiological evidence, and molecular mechanisms by Bøhn SK1, Blomhoff R, Paur I(PubMed)
(2) Coffee consumption and incident dementia by Mirza SS1, Tiemeier H, de Bruijn RF, Hofman A, Franco OH, Kiefte-de Jong J, Koudstaal PJ, Ikram MA(PubMed)
(3) Long-term coffee consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies by Ding M1, Bhupathiraju SN, Satija A, van Dam RM, Hu FB(PubMed)
(4) Coffee and caffeine intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of prospective studies by Jiang X1, Zhang D, Jiang W.(PubMed)
(5) Coffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European Countries: A Multinational Cohort Study by Marc J. Gunter, PhD *; Neil Murphy, PhD *; Amanda J. Cross, PhD; Laure Dossus, PhD; Laureen Dartois, PhD; Guy Fagherazzi, PhD; Rudolf Kaaks, PhD; Tilman Kühn, PhD; Heiner Boeing, PhD; Krasimira Aleksandrova, PhD; Anne Tjønneland, MD, PhD; Anja Olsen, PhD; Kim Overvad, MD, PhD; Sofus Christian Larsen, PhD; Maria Luisa Redondo Cornejo, PhD; Antonio Agudo, PhD; María José Sánchez Pérez, MD, PhD; Jone M. Altzibar, PhD; Carmen Navarro, MD, PhD; Eva Ardanaz, MD, PhD; Kay-Tee Khaw, MB BChir; Adam Butterworth, PhD; Kathryn E. Bradbury, PhD; Antonia Trichopoulou, MD, PhD; Pagona Lagiou, MD, PhD; Dimitrios Trichopoulos, MD, PhD †; Domenico Palli, MD; Sara Grioni, BSc; Paolo Vineis, MD, MPH; Salvatore Panico, MD, MSc; Rosario Tumino, MD; Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, MD, PhD; Peter Siersema, MD, PhD; Max Leenders, PhD; Joline W.J. Beulens, PhD; Cuno U. Uiterwaal, MD, PhD; Peter Wallström, MD, PhD; Lena Maria Nilsson, PhD; Rikard Landberg, PhD; Elisabete Weiderpass, MD, PhD; Guri Skeie, PhD; Tonje Braaten, PhD; Paul Brennan, PhD; Idlir Licaj, PhD; David C. Muller, PhD; Rashmi Sinha, PhD; Nick Wareham, PhD, MBBS; Elio Riboli, MD, ScM(Annals of Internal Medicine)
(6) Coffee consumption and risk of the metabolic syndrome: A meta-analysis by Shang F1, Li X1, Jiang X2.(PubMed)
(7) Association of daily coffee and tea consumption and metabolic syndrome: results from the Polish arm of the HAPIEE study by Grosso G1,2, Stepaniak U3, Micek A3, Topor-Mądry R3, Pikhart H4, Szafraniec K3, Pająk A3.(PubMed)
(8) Systemic inflammation and the metabolic syndrome among middle-aged community volunteers by Marsland AL1, McCaffery JM, Muldoon MF, Manuck SB(PubMed)

Broccoli Sprout May Cure Airway Inflammatory Diseases, Suggested By MEDLINE studies

Sulforaphane, the main chemical constituent of broccoli sprout may activate anti inflammatory activity in open upper airway for reduced risk of asthma and treatment of asthma complications, some scientists suggested.

The phytochemicals sulforaphane is a compound belongings to isothiocyanate group.

According to epidemiological studies, sulforaphane processed detoxification, anti diabetes, anticancer, anti-aging, neuroprotective properties.

These health benefits have also been proven by studies conducted by numbers of best known institutes and published on online medical literature.

Readers can find some of related studies by searching online with keywords such as sulforaphane and diabetes, sulforaphane and cancers, sulforaphane and heart diseases,.......

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the air way of the lung with recurring symptoms, such as wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing.

The disease affects people of all ages, and mostly starts during childhood.

According to the statistic from American academy of allergy asthma and immunology, in 2016, approximately 8.3% of children in the United States had asthma. The prevalent rate of boys was slightly higher in compared to girls at  9.2% and 7.4%, respectively.

Cruciferous vegetables are the group of vegetables belongings to the family Brassicaceae, including cauliflower, cabbage, cress, bok choy, broccoli, etc.

Broccoli sprout is a three- to four-day-old young plant of broccoli, belongings to group of cruciferous vegetables and available in health food stores.


In rare case, asthma may induce serious respiratory complications, such as pneumonia (infection of the lungs)  and a collapse of part or all of the lung and respiratory failure.


According to the study from the UCLA team, in a total 65 participated volunteers, 3 days of oral administration of broccoli or preparations of sprout at 100 grams, significant increased antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes  produced by body tissue, in compared with the placebo group.

At a maximum doses of 200 grams, broccoli sprout also induced significant increase of detoxified(GSTP1) and antibody NQO1 enzymes.

Glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) is a natural enzyme produced by the body of the host with function in inhibited toxicity caused by cisplatin, a chemo medicine for treatment of cancers.

NAD(P)H dehydrogenase [quinone] 1, an enzyme encoded by the NQO1 gene plays an important role in quinone detoxification. Where Quinone is considered as oxidized derivatives of aromatic compounds.

In support of the above, the study of antioxidant enzymes in the human upper airway found, broccoli sprout demonstrated the potential antioxidant effect to reduce the inflammation of oxidative stress in induction of airway disease, such as asthma.

Oxidative stress is associated to over expression of free radicals in compared to levels of antioxidants produced by the host body tissue.

Some researchers suggested that prolonged period of oxidative stress can lead to chronic inflammation in mediated most chronic diseases including pulmonary diseases, through activation of over expression of pro inflammatory cytokines, including Interleukin (IL)-1 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and a variety of transcription factors, including NF-κB, AP-1, p53,.....

Activation of pro inflammation by immune cells, such as helper T cells (Th) and macrophages in protection our body against infectious organisms in the acute phase of tissue damage or injure, may
increase risk of forming of scar tissue and have a deleterious effect on the host in induction of numbers of syndromes and diseases, including hypotension, intravascular thrombosis, pulmonary edema, hemorrhage.....

Additionally, a randomized controlled trial in healthy young adults, also suggested that chemical compound isothiocyanates found in cruciferous vegetable, including broccoli sprout, exhibits anti inflammatory effects through altered serum concentrations of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, C-reactive protein (CRP), and necrosis factor (TNF) α,, that involve in systemic inflammation.

Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is an interleukin that acts as both a pro-inflammatory cytokine and anti inflammatory mytokines.

Altering serum concentrations, may have a profound effect in reduced over expression of pro inflammatory levels produced by interleukin 6 (IL-6) and 8.

Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is produced by a variety of tissue and blood cells. 

C-reactive protein (CRP) is produced by the liver, expression of CRP is considered as a blood test maker of increased inflammation in the body.

Further analysis, also showed that intake of cruciferous vegetables(broccoli sprouts) reduces the circulation of proinflammatory cytokins, namely IL-6 through inhibited the expression of abnormal function of gene Glutathione S-Transferase Theta 1(GSTT1) metabolism in lower the levels of glutathione, the antioxidant with anti inflammatory properties.


Dr. Navarro SL, the lead researchers said, " IL-6 concentrations were significantly lower on day 14 of (the double-dose cruciferous) (2xC) and (cruciferous plus apiaceous (carrot family) 1xC+A diets than with the basal diet,...respectively" and " Twenty-four-hour urinary isothiocyanate excretion was not associated with any of the inflammation markers overall; however, IL-6 was inversely associated with total isothiocyanate excretion in GSTM1(The antioxidant enzyme)".

Taking altogether, intake of broccoli sprout daily and regularly is associated to increase circulation of Sulforaphane in regulation of the over expression of pro inflammatory cytokines and increase of detoxified enzymes permanently  in ameliorated airway inflammation in patient with airway inflammatory diseases.

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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) Broccoli may help protect against respiratory conditions like asthma by Rachel Champeau | March 02, 2009
(2) Cruciferous vegetables have variable effects on biomarkers of systemic inflammation in a randomized controlled trial in healthy young adults by Navarro SL1, Schwarz Y2, Song X2, Wang CY2, Chen C2, Trudo SP3, Kristal AR2, Kratz M2, Eaton DL4, Lampe JW2.(PubMed)
(3) Oral sulforaphane increases Phase II antioxidant enzymes in the human upper airway by Riedl MA1, Saxon A, Diaz-Sanchez D.(PubMed)
(4) Oxidative stress, inflammation, and cancer: How are they linked? by Simone Reuter, Subash C. Gupta, Madan M. Chaturvedi, and Bharat B. Aggarwal(PMC)

Analyzed Antioxidant Impacts of Color Rices on Oxidative Stress Diseases, Suggested by PubMed Studies

Kyle J. Norton

Color rice may have potential effects in enhanced levels of antioxidants through its antioxidants and  stimulation of the natural antioxidant enzymes found in the host tissue, some scientists suggested.

In compared to white rice with the hull, bran layer and cereal germ removed color rice contains a similar amounts of calories and carbohydrates with only the hull removed.

There fore, replacing the portion of white rice by color rice in your diet, may eventually increase circulation of antioxidants in your body.

The results of the replacement not only reduce the risk of over expression of levels of reactive oxygen species in induction of free radical domino's effects but also protect the body against  imbalance of  free radicals and antioxidants.

Antioxidants are molecules with unique function in inhibited oxidation caused by other molecules.

Oxidative stress is a production as a result of imbalance of ratio of antioxidant produced by the body tissue and free radical expression in the body.

In other words, low levels of natural antioxidants in the body may increase risk of oxidative stress diseases.

Long term over expression of oxidative stress induced damage of body tissues can lead to development of many diseases. Link with a list of such diseases is provided below for your references.
 
Color rice or unpolished rice is a kind of whole, natural grain with varieties of color with only the outermost layer (hull) of the rice kernel removed.

Nutrients
1. Carbohydrates
2. Sugars
3. Dietary fiber
4. Fat
5. Protein
6. Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
7. Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)
8. Niacin (Vitamin B3)
9. Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5)
10. Vitamin B6
11. Folate (Vitamin B9)
12.Calcium
13. Iron
14. Magnesium
15. Manganese
16. Phosphorus
17. Potassium
18. Sodium
19. Zinc

In the study of the extracts from white-, black-, and red-hulled rice prepared by sequential extraction with six different polar solvents to investigate the potential radical-scavenging activities, researchers at the National Agricultural Research Center for Kyushu Okinawa Region found that in compared to other extracts isolated, the acetone extract from red-hulled rice exhibits a high DPPH* and t-BuOO* scavenging activity

DPPH is a common free radical of the organic chemical compound 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl used as a tool to monitor chemical reactions involving radicals.

t-BuOO (tert-Butyl hydroperoxide) is a free radical of organic peroxide widely used in a variety of testing of oxidation.

Further analysis showed that the efficacy of red hulled rice in inhibited the presence of free radicals was attributed to the phytochemical procyanidins,which are members of the class of flavonoids, formed from catechin and epicatechin molecules.

Some researchers suggested that procyanidins show more effects on the ability of free radical scavenging in aqueous phase with the average molecular weight  about 5000.

 Additionally, in a range of about 500-18,000 procyanidins also facilitated a free radical reduction through the hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and single electron transfer followed by proton transfer (SET-PT) mechanisms.

In phenolic compounds isolated from pigmented rice (black, red, and green rice) using aqueous mixtures of acetone, ethanol, and methanol to determine the most effective extraction solvent against expression of reactive oxygen species, researchers showed that according to 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay,

* An extract from 40:60 acetone-water mixtures (v/v) provids the highest antioxidant activity in ameliorated presence of levels of free radicals.

*  Antioxidant activities of 40% acetone extracts of pigmented rice bran, measured in the range of 0 to 1500 μg/mL,process the highest total phenolic (259.5 μg/mg) and total flavonoid (187.4 μg/mg) contents in exhibition of antioxidant activity of 83.6%.

In compared to other pigments, red rice bran showed the least efficacy in inhibited free radical butylated hydroxytoluene (144.5 μg/mL) also from the DPPH radical assay.

Dr. Jun H, after taking into account of other con founders, said, "The major phenolic acids of red rice bran were ferulic, vanillic and p-coumaric acids and " black and red rice bran could be better raw materials for manufacturing the food with high antioxidant activity".

These results of investigation indicated that antioxidants contents in hulled rice are incomparable, depending to the color and the red and black hulled rice contain a highest antioxidants expression in compared to other colors.

Interestingly, when the hull is removed from three types of colored rice bran--forbidden rice, red rice and green rice, the antioxidant levels were reduced by ONLY a fraction
* Forbidden rice, and green rice bran yield the antioxidant contents of  90%-100% and 80%-90%, respectively, and
* Red rice bran obtained from red rice yields the antioxidant content of  90%-100%.

The showings suggested that contrary to general belief, the pigment skin of hull rice only represents  a fraction of antioxidants in compared to all contents in the color rice bran.

Taking altogether, non hull colors rice may be considered as functional food to promote antioxidant circulation in attenuated risk of oxidative stress in induction of various forms of disease.

People with higher risk of oxidative stress may want to add a portion of non hull color rice into their daily diet for preventive measure.

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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.


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(1) Polymeric procyanidins as radical-scavenging components in red-hulled rice.
Oki T1, Masuda M, Kobayashi M, Nishiba Y, Furuta S, Suda I, Sato T(PubMed)

(2)Antioxidant activities and phenolic compounds of pigmented rice bran extracts by Jun HI1, Song GS, Yang EI, Youn Y, Kim YS(PubMed)

(3) Antioxidant activity of colored rice bran obtained at different milling yields by Fujita A1, Fujitake H, Kawakami K, Nomura M(PubMed)(4) Effects of hydrothermal processes on antioxidants in brown, purple and red bran whole grain rice(Oryza sativa L.) by Min B1, McClung A2, Chen MH(PubMed)
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How to Protect Your Skin from All Forms of Acne Naturally, US National Library of Medicine Studies Find

Extracts of green tea may have a therapeutic and positive effect in protection against the development of all forms of acne, some scientists suggested.

Green tea, is a precious drink with numbers of health benefit known to almost everyone in Asia and Western world.

Acne is a condition of skin diseases characterized by the occurrence of inflamed or infected sebaceous glands in the skin.

Serious types of acne such as nodules and cysts burst and damage nearby skin can lead to forming of scarring.

In the examined the effects of EGCG, the bioactive major polyphenol of green tea on human SEB-1 sebocytes with function in secreted sebum in patients with acne, researchers found that EGCG exerted a significant antioxidant activity in reduced sebum secretion by modulating the AMPK -SREBP-1 signaling pathway through AMPK expression.

SEB-1 sebocytes is a human sebocyte culture model used intensively in studying sebaceous gland activity and regulating and treating acne.

The AMPK are pathways played an essential role in regulation of sebum production and secretion of sebaceous glands.

 Application of green tea EGCG also demonstrated a strong effect in reduced sebum in induction of inflammation of sebaceous glands, through suppressing
*  The NF-κB in induced transcription of proinflammatory genes in cellular response to stress and pathogens and

* The AP-1 pathway, a transcription factor with function in regulated gene expression of inflammation factors in response to a variety of stimuli, including bacterial and viral infections.

Furthermore, administration of EGCG also found to facilitate a huge effect in targeting almost all the pathogenic features of acne through exhibited a significant cytotoxicity of SEB-1 sebocytes in induction of viability of cutibacterium (propionibacterium) acnes.


Dr. Yoon JY, the lead author at the Seoul National University Hospital, after taking into account of all findings said, " EGCG significantly improved acne in an 8-week randomized, split-face, clinical trial, and was well tolerated".

Amazingly, the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial conducted from May 2012 through October 2013.of a total of 64 of 80 women, from 25 to 45 years of age with moderate-to-severe acne randomly assigned to receive either 1500 mg of decaffeinated GTE or placebo (cellulose) daily for 4 weeks, there were statistically significant differences in inflammatory lesion counts found on the nose, periodically and on the chin between the two groups but no significant differences of total lesion counts.

Within group, green tea application displayed significant reductions in inflammatory lesions distributed on the forehead and cheek with no difference in total lesion counts.

Moreover, green tea group also significantly reduced total cholesterol levels in compared to cellulose group.

However, due to limitation of the small sample and short time period, researchers postulated that more research is required to determine whether a decaffeinated GTE standardized for EGCG content will provide clinical benefits in women with post-adolescent acne.


Additionally, in selected 59 studies with eight met the inclusion criteria to evaluate the effect of tea polyphenols in reduced sebum production in the skin and for treatment of acne vulgaris by reviewing the literature published on PubMed, researchers suggested that application of tea polyphenols topically may have a beneficial effect in reduced sebum secretion and in treatment of acne through inhibited lipid synthesis by the sebaceous glands.


Truly, according to the University of Miami, in the examine 12 patients with mild-to-moderate acne vulgaris received green tea application twice daily for a period of 6 weeks, topical injection of 2% green tea lotion was found to be effective in treatment with statistically significant in mean total lesion count (TLC) decreased from 24 measured at the baseline to 10 after 6 weeks treatment, a reduction of 58.33%.

The mean severity index (SI) from all patients also decreased from 2.05 before treatment to 1.25 after 6 weeks treatment, a decrease of 39.02%.

Dr. Elsaie ML, the lead scientists said, "Topical 2% green tea lotion is an effective, cost-effective treatment for mild-to-moderate acne vulgaris".


Taking altogether, green tea and its bioactive major polyphenol may be used safely in reduced risk, progression and treatment of all forms of acne pending to a large sample size and multi centers clinical trial.

Oral administration of green tea extact should be taken with exceptional care as some cases of acute liver toxicity were reported literaturally.



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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.,.
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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) Green Tea and Other Tea Polyphenols: Effects on Sebum Production and Acne Vulgaris by Saric S1, Notay M2, Sivamani RK(PubMed)

(2) Does supplementation with green tea extract improve acne in post-adolescent women? A randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled clinical trial by Lu PH1, Hsu CH2.(PubMed)
(3) Epigallocatechin-3-gallate improves acne in humans by modulating intracellular molecular targets and inhibiting P. acnes by Yoon JY1, Kwon HH, Min SU, Thiboutot DM, Suh DH.(PubMed)
(4) The efficacy of topical 2% green tea lotion in mild-to-moderate acne vulgaris by Elsaie ML1, Abdelhamid MF, Elsaaiee LT, Emam HM.(PubMed)

How to Mediate Your Sex Hormone to the Body Needed Naturally, Revealed by MEDLINE Studies

By Kyle J. Norton


Coffee, a popular and social beverage,  is a drink made from roasted bean from the Coffea plant, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

A recent study suggested that coffee may have a direct effect in influence of sex hormone steroid-binding globulin(SSBG) in stimulated production of estrogen and testosterone depending to levels in the host.

Sex hormones are class of hormones, affecting sexual development or reproduction. Steroid-binding globulin(SSBG), is a sex hormone, having a direct effect on androgen and estrogen.

In sex hormones and sexual differentiation, most influential hormone in human sexual desire is testosterone.

Low levels of estrogen in women can also reduce sex drive caused by vaginal dryness that can lead to painful intercourse

Mentally, women with low levels of estrogen also experience unstable mood and sleep patterns that can have a strong impact in sexual desire.

However, sexual motivation is influenced by a set of hormones, including testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, oxytocin, and vasopressin...... Altogether, they control the ability to engage in sexual behaviors.

In a 8-week parallel-arm randomized controlled trial with Healthy adults (n = 42) recruited from the Boston community, including regular coffee consumers, nonsmokers, and overweight, randomized to five 6-ounce cups of caffeinated or decaffeinated instant coffee or water per day, at 4 weeks, researchers surprisingly found that
* Decaffeinated coffee drinking was associated with a borderline significantly increased levels of SHBG in women, but not in men.
*. At week 4, decaffeinated coffee decreased total and free testosterone and caffeinated coffee decreased only total testosterone in women.
*. Contrast to women participants, men consumption of caffeinated coffee displayed a significantly increased total testosterone and decreased total and free estradiol hormones.
*. The study also indicated that caffeinated coffee consumption do not exert any effect on SHBG in either men or women.

These results suggested that intake of coffee may have a strong impact in maintained normal levels of SHBG, thus reducing risk of low levels of SHBG induced higher testosterone levels in overweight women, which can lead to androgenization and development of polycystic ovarian syndrome.

And in men, higher levels of testosterone may also have a significant contribution of healthy libido, building muscle mass, and maintaining energy levels.

Some researchers suggested that increased testosterone level for middle-aged (30 to 50 years old) and older males may also improve the physical energy, strength, stamina, mental aggressiveness which were lost in aging population.

Contrast to above differentiation, in type 2 diabetic patients, coffee and coffee caffeine showed an elevated effect as a mediator of sex hormone-binding globulin in both androgen and estrogen particularly in women in compared  to the healthy young adult.

Dr. Eric L. Ding and colleagues in the study to evaluate "Sex Hormone–Binding Globulin and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women and Men" said, " Among women, higher plasma levels of sex hormone–binding globulin were prospectively associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and " the predicted odds ratio of type 2 diabetes per standard-deviation increase in the plasma level of sex hormone–binding globulin was 0.28 (95% CI, 0.13 to 0.58) among women and 0.29 (95% CI, 0.15 to 0.58) among men".

The analysis strongly suggested that coffee regardless to types have a negative correlation with risk of diabetes through increasing levels of SHBG.

Additionally, according to the cross-sectional study of 2377 nondiabetic pre- and postmenopausal women from the E3N cohort study in a multivariate adjusted model, intake of more than 3 cup of coffee daily coffee and caffeine ≥265 mg/day were associated with an increased SHBG level distribution (<46.3 nmol/L), in compared to no risk association of decaffeinated coffee subgroup.

In other words, in low levels of SHBG nondiabetic pre- and postmenopausal in compared to healthy women, injection of caffeinated coffee increased levels of sexual hormones estrogen and testosterone


The above analysis was supported by the examination of the study during a median follow-up of 10 years of 359 postmenopausal women with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes matched with 359 control subjects by age, race, duration of follow-up, and time of blood draw, coffee and caffeine were associated to increased levels of fee and total testosterone among postmenopausal women.

In Summary,  the evidences indicated that coffee and caffeine have a extreme effect in exhibition of sex hormone estrogen and testosterone through increased lower level of SHBG in menopause women and prevented onset of type 2 diabetes without affecting the serum in healthy individuals.

Decaffeinated coffee decreased total and free testosterone through significantly increased levels of SHBG in overweight women who are at risk of  diseases associated to over expression of testosterone.

And caffeinated coffee displayed a significantly increased total testosterone and decreased total and free estradiol in men.

Altogether, coffee may be considered as a function food in mediated production of sexual hormone estrogen and  testosterone against diseases and syndromes caused by low levels of SSBG.

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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) The effects of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee on sex hormone-binding globulin and endogenous sex hormone levels: a randomized controlled trial by Wedick NM1, Mantzoros CS, Ding EL, Brennan AM, Rosner B, Rimm EB, Hu FB, van Dam RM.(PubMed)
(2) Cross-sectional association of coffee and caffeine consumption with sex hormone-binding globulin in healthy nondiabetic women by Pihan-Le Bars F1,2, Gusto G3,4,5, Boutron-Ruault MC3,4,5, Fagherazzi G3,4,5, Bonnet F1,2,3.(PubMed)
(3) Coffee and caffeine consumption in relation to sex hormone-binding globulin and risk of type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal women by Goto A1, Song Y, Chen BH, Manson JE, Buring JE, Liu S.(PubMed)

*Chaste Tree Berry May Cure Type I and II Diabetes, Revealed by MEDLINE Model Studies

Kyle J. Norton


Chaste tree berry may have a potential in improved pancreatic islet regeneration and hepatic insulin sensitivity for cure of Type I and II diabetes, some scientists suggested.

Diabetes are condition caused by insufficient insulin entering the bloodstream in regulation of glucose.

The diseases are either 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 reaction of cells in the immune system.

The cause of type 1 diabetes in unknown, however it is the result of immune system mistakenly destroys the insulin-producing (islet, or islets of Langerhans) cells in the pancreas.

The mystery is why the immune system attached the specific insulin producing cells in the pancreas?

Recent study suggested that the immune system does not destroy the entire colony of the insulin producing cells in pancreas but reduced numbers of existence and function in production of insulin.

In other words, according to the the Exeter Clinical Research Facility in study of 74 volunteers. by measurement of how much natural insulin of tested subjects produced, as responded to meals, researchers found that 73 per cent of islet produced very low levels of insulin.

Chaste tree berry is a species of Vitex agnus-castus, genus Vitex, belongings to the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region.

The herbal medicine has been used  for thousands of year as anaphrodisiac herb and considered as Queen herb in treating menstrual problems and discomforts.

In the study to test two water soluble extracts (aqueous and ethanolic) obtained from the leaves of Vitex doniana, researchers at the Ahmadu Bello University, launched  an investigation to test whether these extracts exerting any protection of pancreas against normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

According to the results of experiment, application of extracts of chaste tree berry displayed significant effects in increased volume density of pancreatic islet as well as percentage of β-cells and size of islet in compared to non-treated diabetic control which showed complete degeneration of the islet cells.

Treated rats also showed a reduction (P<0.05) in the serum activities of marker enzymes, alanine aminotransferase(ALT), aspartate aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase in diabetes treated rats,

In healthy individuals, the ALT levels in the blood are low but the serum increase substantially in patients with diabetes caused by liver damage in decreased hepatic insulin sensitivity.

High levels of alanine aminotransferase is a marker of decreased hepatic insulin sensitivity and predictor of onset of type 2 diabetes.

In compared to healthy individuals, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), an enzyme, has been found to elevate in diabetes patients. 

Furthermore, injection of extract of chaste tree berry also lowered the serum of total bilirubin and unconjugated bilirubin which were found to associate negatively to onset of diabetes.

These results of differentiation indicated that extracts of chaste tree berry exert a liver protective effect of treatment group against diabetics in induction of decreased hepatic insulin sensitivity and normalized the pancreas function in production of insulin through restoring the numbers of scattering islet cells.

Application of the extracts also induced regeneration and repairing of damaged islet cells in the pancreas.

Dr. Oche O, the lead researcher said, "plant extracts, (exhibited) regeneration of β-cells along with β-cells repairs, in compared to non-treated diabetic control which showed complete degeneration of the islet cells".


More important, in D-galactose induced pancreatic disorder in aging mouse model, treatment of Vitex agnus-castus (VAC) demonstrated potential pancreatic protective and hypoglycemic effects through improved the size of pancreatic islets decreased in aged and D-galactose groups.

In a total of 72 adult female Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI) mice (weighing 30-35 g) divided into 6 groups of control, VAC hydroalcoholic extract, D-galactose, D-galactose + VAC hydroalcoholic extract, aged, aged + VAC hydroalcoholic extract through subcutaneous injection of D-galactose for 45 days and, VAC hydroalcoholic extract gavaged twice a day in the last 7 days. 24 h after the last drug and extract administrations, group treated with Chaste tree berry extract or combinations of the extract showed increased evels of insulin and decreased serum glucose and D-galactose level in compared to other treatment groups.


The study also found, "Despite the size of pancreatic islets decreased in aged and D-galactose groups, ........... VAC hydroalcoholic extract has hypoglycemic and pancreatic protective effects in natural aged and aging model mice".


In fact, there is also a report indicated that oral administration of once daily to diabetic rats for the period of 30 days of iridoid glucoside isolated from chaste tree berry may be effective as glibenclamide, a known hypoglycemic drug, at concentration of 50 mg/kg b.w.

Promissingly, iridoid glucoside reversed hyperglycemia-induced biochemical changes to near normal levels.

Collectively, Chaste tree berry may be used as functional food for curing Type I and Type II diabetes through its hypoglycemic and pancreatic and hepatic protective effects.

However, further data collection on studies performed with human consumption during the course of the disease will be necessary to complete the picture of its antidiabetes possibilities.
Intake of chaste tree berry extracts should be taken with extreme care, as overdoses may cause acute liver toxicity.


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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) Pancreatic islet regeneration and some liver biochemical parameters of leaf extracts of Vitex doniana in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic albino rats by Oche O1, Sani I1, Chilaka NG1, Samuel NU1, Samuel A1.(PubMed)
(2) Pancreatic protective and hypoglycemic effects of Vitex agnus-castus L. fruit hydroalcoholic extract in D-galactose-induced aging mouse model by Ahangarpour A1, Oroojan AA2, Khorsandi L3, Najimi SA4.(PubMed)
(3) Antihyperglycemic effect of iridoid glucoside, isolated from the leaves of Vitex negundo in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats with special reference to glycoprotein components by Sundaram R1, Naresh R, Shanthi P, Sachdanandam P.(PubMed)
(4) Insulin 'still produced' in most people with type 1 diabetes(Science News)