#Green Tea Polyphenols #EGCG in the Inhibition of HCV Through the Early steps of Entry and Replication Interferences, According to Studies

By Kyle J. Norton

Green tea may have a therapeutic and positive effect in reducing the risk and treatment of hepatitis C, some scientists suggested.
Green tea is a precious drink that processes a number of health benefits known to almost everyone in Asia and the Western world. However, as yin in nature herbal medicine or food, long-term injection of large amounts may obstruct the balance of yin-yang, inducing "yin excessive syndrome" or "yang vacuity syndrome" including weakened immunity and painful case of GERD,... according to traditional Chinese medicine's Yin-Yang theory.

Hepatitis C is a medical condition induced by contaminated food intake containing the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Hepatitis C has been found to associate with severe liver damage.

According to statistics, approximately 130–150 million people around the world are living with chronic HCV.

Green tea bioactive polyphenols Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in reduced risk and treatment of hepatitis was found to associate a number of implications through various aspects.

In Huh7.5.1 cells, an HCV cell culture (HCVcc) system using a JFH1-GFP chimeric virus, application of green tea EGCG with 50 % effective concentration (EC(50)) of 17.9 μM demonstrated a strong effect in interrupted HCV progression through monitoring HCV RNA and protein levels in Huh7.5.1 cells infected with the JFH1 virus by preventing the mRNA in transferring infectious cell transcription in facilitated cell proliferation and division.

Importantly, injection of green tea at doses of 50 and 25 μM EGCG, expressed a significant inhibition of the presence of HCV after 2 and 5 passages in HCV cell culture (HCVcc) experiment, using an American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) reference strain, with little effect to the viral internal ribosome entry site (IRES) in initiated substitution of RNA sequences for viral protein synthesis in shutting off classic host translation to evade host immune response.

Notably, in comparison to the effect of green tea with potent anti-HCV activity
medicine, cyclosporin A and tamoxifen, researchers indicated that application of green tea showed a strong anti-HCV viral activity, similar to those of anti-hepatitis medicine through its antioxidant expression of flavonoids epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and 7,8-benzoflavone (α-naphthoflavone), observed in HCV cell culture (HCVcc) by blocking the entry point of the virus in initiated infection to host cells and stimulating the viral cell cycle arrest at the late stage of HCV life cycle, respectively

Interestingly, some researchers in the evaluation of green tea polyphenols (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in hepatitis C infection suggested that EGCG processed anti-viral expression through interrupting the cross-link between HCV life cycle involving steps of entry, replication.

Injection of a concentration of 50 μM of EGCG was found to inhibit HCV infectivity by more than 90% at an early step of the viral life cycle.

Indeed, the interrupted property in blocking the HCV entry cycle to induce infection to the host cell was confirmed with HCV pseudo particles, an experimental model system in the expression of cellular attachment which is the essential component of the HCV entry process.

Moreover, green tea EGCG also prevented attachment of the virus to the cell surface in ameliorated HCV infection to the host cell without affecting viral replication and virion secretion outside of the host.

Taken together, green tea and its bioactive polyphenols EGCG may be considered as a functional food with reduced risk and combined with other standard medicine for the treatment of hepatitis C virus in the induction of acute and chronic liver diseases.



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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.,.
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Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.


Sources
(1) (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate is a new inhibitor of hepatitis C virus entry by Calland N1, Albecka A, Belouzard S, Wychowski C, Duverlie G, Descamps V, Hober D, Dubuisson J, Rouillé Y, Séron K.(PubMed)
(2) (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits the replication cycle of hepatitis C virus by Chen C1, Qiu H, Gong J, Liu Q, Xiao H, Chen XW, Sun BL, Yang RG.(PubMed)
(3) A cell-based, microplate colorimetric screen identifies 7,8-benzoflavone and green tea gallate catechins as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus by Fukazawa H1, Suzuki T, Wakita T, Murakami Y.(PubMed)

#Healthyfoods #TualangHoney Processes A Significant Effects on Boosting the Short and Long Memory, According to Studies

By Kyle J. Norton

Honey may have a profound and positive effect on boosting human memory, some scientists suggested
Memory is a process of the mind\ in learning and storing information.

Memory impairment is a condition of not remembering new and current events which may be recalled in a short period, affecting mostly the older population.

Memory impairment is an early symptom associated with late-life neurodegenerative diseases.

In contrast to general belief, memory impairment not only is associated with the progression of neurodegenerative diseases but also can be caused by other factors such as medical conditions including stroke and brain injury.

Long-term use of certain medications such as antidepressants, antihistamines, anti-anxiety medications, excessive alcohol drinking, substance abuse, and tobacco are some major risk factors associated with the onset of memory loss.

Some researchers suggested that people who are living under long-term stress and anxiety or follow a nutritionally deficient diet are most vulnerable to the condition developing.

According to the article "Stress might lead to memory loss and brain shrinkage, study says" By Sandee LaMotte, CNN wrote, "If you live a high-stress life, you could have memory loss and brain shrinkage before you turn 50, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology".

"Higher levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, seem to predict brain function, brain size, and performance on cognitive tests," said study author Dr. Sudha Seshadri, professor of neurology at UT Health San Antonio.

"We found memory loss and brain shrinkage in relatively young people long before any symptoms could be seen," Seshadri said. "It's never too early to be mindful of reducing stress."


In other words, long-term stress can induce the production of certain hormones such as cortisol which have strong implications on the brain in the induction of memory loss.

Honey is a miraculous product made by bees using nectar from flowers.

The rich golden liquid is considered healthy sweet food for replacing the use of white sugar and artificial sweetener for many people.

In finding the correlation and association between aging and stress exposure and memory impairment, researchers examined the potential protective effects of Tualang honey supplementation on memory performance in aged rats exposed to noise stress.

Tested rats were given orally, 200 mg/kg body weight of Tualang honey supplementation for 28 days, before exposing to loud noise, 100 dB(A), 4 hours daily for 14 days.

Rats subjected to noise stress exhibited significantly lower memory performance and higher oxidative stress, through the increased expression of oxidative stress markers, elevated malondialdehyde, and protein carbonyl levels.

The stress rats also exhibited a reduction in the levels of antioxidant enzymes compared to the nonstressed rats.

Tualang honey supplementation applied to the stress rats showed a significant improvement in memory performance, by decreasing oxidative stress levels and increasing the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) concentration, which was reduced due to stress.

Furthermore, Tualang honey also normalized the ratio of free radicals and antioxidants in the stress rats' bodies and enhanced neuronal proliferation in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and hippocampus associated with memory, particularly, in long-term memory.


Dr. Azman KF, the lead scientist in the final report wrote, "Tualang honey protects against memory decline due to stress exposure and/or aging via enhancement of mPFC and hippocampal morphology possibly secondary to a reduction in brain oxidative stress and/or upregulation of BDNF concentration and cholinergic system".

The results underlined the effects of the Tualang honey effect in boosting the short and long-term memory which was significantly reduced by stress exposure and/or aging.


Moreover, in the study of a total of forty-eight adult male rats randomly divided into the following four groups: i) nonstressed with the vehicle, ii) nonstressed with Tualang honey, iii) stressed with the vehicle, and iv) stressed with honey with supplement was given once daily via oral gavage at 0.2 g/kg body weight, researchers found that
* The rats subjected to noise stress were found to process higher levels of depressive-like behavior and lower memory functions compared to the unexposed control rats.

* Tuatang honey supplementation regimen successfully counteracted the effects of noise stress.

* Tualng honey also increased the climbing and swimming and mobility times significantly.

These results suggested that Tualang honey normalizes the cognitive function of the rats exposed to noise stress, similar to those of the first study.

Taken altogether, Tualang honey may be considered a functional food for the prevention and combined with the primary therapy for the treatment of cognitive impairment, pending a larger and multi-center human study.


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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.,.
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Sources
(1) Tualang Honey Attenuates Noise Stress-Induced Memory Deficits in Aged Rats by Azman KF1, Zakaria R1, Abdul Aziz CB1, Othman Z2. (PubMed)
(2) Tualang honey improves memory performance and decreases depressive-like behavior in rats exposed to loud noise stress by Azman KF1, Zakaria R, AbdAziz C, Othman Z, Al-Rahbi B. (PubMed)
(3) Potential Role of Honey in Learning and Memory by Othman Z1, Zakaria R2, Hussain NHN3, Hassan A4, Shafin N5, Al-Rahbi B6, Ahmad AH. (PubMed)

#Healthyfood #Honey Exerts Cardio-Protective Effects Against the Risk of #HeartDiseases, Researchers Say

By Kyle J. Norton

Scientists may have found a natural alternative for the treatment of heart disease, according to studies.
Heart diseases are a medical condition associated with any disruption of blood vessels and heart function.

There are 5 types of heart diseases, including
* Heart disease affected by the arteries to the heart, such as coronary artery heart disease
* heart disease affected by heart valves function in regulating blood flow such as valvular heart disease
* heart disease affected electrical conduction such as arrhythmias
* Heart disease affected by heart muscles such as cardiomyopathy
and * Congenital heart disease caused by heart defect at birth

According to the statistics, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, approximately 610,000 people die of heart disease every year.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) kills over 370,000 people annually.

The most common heart disease in North America is CHD, the type of heart disease caused by plaque buildup on artery walls, leading to narrow, thickens, and stiffens arteries. Some researchers suggested that the causes of plaque build-up on the arterial wall were the results of several factors including an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, being overweight, and smoking.

Dr. Sonia S. Anand and colleagues in examing the risk of heart disease associated with poor diet wrote, "Based on the current evidence, the optimal dietary pattern to reduce CVD is one that emphasizes whole grains, fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts, fish, poultry, and moderate dairy and heart-healthy vegetable oil intake; this pattern will likely reduce the CVD risk by about a third".

And, "This healthy dietary pattern needs also to be low in refined grains, added sugars, trans-fats, SSBs, and red and processed meats. The traditional Mediterranean-type diet provides a well-tested prototype for this healthy dietary pattern".

Researchers not only mentioned that the Western diet pattern is associated with the risk of CVD indirectly but also suggested that the diet pattern including the intake of whole grains, fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts, fish, poultry, and moderate dairy and heart-healthy vegetable oil in reducing the risk of CVD.

Honey is a miraculous product made by bees using nectar from flowers.

The rich golden liquid is considered healthy sweet food for replacing the use of white sugar and artificial sweeteners.

Researchers on finding a natural compound for the treatment of heart disease investigated the
honey and its polyphenols' cardioprotective activity.

According to epidemiological studies, regular intake of phenolic compounds is associated with reducing the risk of heart disease.
Honey exerted coronary heart disease protective effects by the expression of phenolic compounds through several mechanisms, including mainly antithrombotic, anti-ischemic, anti-oxidant, and vasorelaxant effects.

Furthermore, the effect of flavonoids found in honey decreased the risk of coronary heart disease by improving coronary vasodilatation, decreasing the ability of platelets in the blood to clot, and preventing low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) from oxidization.

The results clearly suggested the preventive role of polyphenols in honey against the onset of cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

In order to reveal more information about the honey's cardioprotective activity, researchers examined the honey's effects on blood sugar, body weight, lipid profile, C-reactive protein, nitric oxide, pro-inflammatory prostaglandins, and homocysteine.

By examing the growing evidence and scientific data, researchers found honey not only demonstrates in the treatment of diabetes, HTN, dyslipidemia, and obesity but also has a potential effect against CVD.


Taken altogether, honey may be considered a functioning remedy for the prevention and treatment of heart disease, pending the confirmation of large sample size and multicenter human study.


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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 the international journal Pharma ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) The Potential Role of Honey and its Polyphenols in Preventing Heart Diseases: A Review by M I Khalil and S A Sulaiman. (PubMed)
(2) Honey and cardiovascular risk factors, in normal individuals and in patients with diabetes mellitus or dyslipidemia by Al-Waili N1, Salom K, Al-Ghamdi A, Ansari MJ, Al-Waili A, Al-Waili T. (PubMed)
(3) Food Consumption and its impact on Cardiovascular Disease: Importance of Solutions focused on the globalized food system. A Report from the Workshop convened by the World Heart Federation by Sonia S. Anand,1,2,* Corinna Hawkes,3,* Russell J. de Souza,4 Andrew Mente,2Mahshid Dehghan,2 Rachel Nugent,5 Michael A. Zulyniak,1 Tony Weis,6 Adam M. Bernstein,7Ronald Krauss,8 Daan Kromhout,9 David J.A. Jenkins,10,11 Vasanti Malik,12Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez,13 Dariush Mozafarrian,14 Salim Yusuf,2 Walter C. Willett,12 andBarry M Popkin. (PMC)

#Garlic #Alliin Aqueous Leaf Extracts Suppresses Parameters Associated with the Risk of #Hyperglycemia in Vivo, Scientists Found

By Kyle J. Norton

Hyperglycemia is a medical condition characterized by abnormally high levels of glucose in the bloodstream
Although hyperglycemia is a hallmark in patients with diabetes, the condition can also occur in people without diabetes due to a certain medical condition such as pneumonia in the elderly.

Dr. Yuan, and Lin, the lead scientists in the examination of hyperglycemia in patients with an

acute pancreatitis (AP) wrote, "Hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, hypertension, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography treatment, acute hyperglycemia, elevated lactate dehydrogenase, and creatine kinase, decreased calcium, and AB blood type were risk factors for hyperglycemia development after AP".

The most common causes of hyperglycemia are associated with uncontrolled diet, improper use of insulin, and skipping diabetic medication.

The most common symptoms of hyperglycemia are increased thirst frequent urination, fatigue (weak, and unintended weight loss. In severe cases, some patients may also experience symptoms of headaches, trouble concentrating, and blurred vision.

If you have experienced some of the aforementioned symptoms, you may have abnormally elevated high blood sugar.


Untreated hyperglycemia can lead to serious complications requiring emergency care, such as a diabetic coma. Over the long term, persistently mild hyperglycemia can lead to complications eyes, kidneys, and nerve damage and heart disease, and stroke.

By following the guidelines and recommendations in the management of blood glucose accompanied by healthy and moderate exercise, diabetics may do just fine against hyperglycemia.


Alliin (S-allyl-L-cysteine-S-oxide) is a phytochemical compound sulfoxide,. a derivative of the amino acid cysteine, belonging to the class of sulfur compounds, found abundantly in fresh garlic and onion.

On finding a potential compound for the treatment of hyperglycemia, researchers examined the effect of alliin against metabolic risk factors in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice.

Selected C57BL/6J DIO diet-induced obese mice are treated with drinking water with or without alliin (0.1 mg/ml) for 8 weeks.

Oral administration of alliin enhanced glucose homeostasis, increased insulin sensitivity, and improved the lipid profile in the DIO mic without affecting the body weight, adiposity, or energy balance.

In other words, alliin inhibited hyperglycemia selectively without normalizing the adiposity tissue's inappropriate responses of energy intake and energy expenditure.

Based on the tested results, researchers found that the efficacy of alliin in the inhibition of hyperglycemia is partly associated with the modulation of the intestinal microbiota composition, typically decreased Lachnospiraceae and increased Ruminococcaceae.

In order to reveal more information about alliin antihyperglycemic activity, researchers examined the production and therapeutic efficiency of alliin extracted from garlic leaves of plants grown under ex-situ and in-situ conditions.

According to the results of alliin aqueous leaf extracts (from ex-situ and in situ grown plants) were given to normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats for five weeks, under in situ conditions, alliin extract lowered the serum glucose, triglycerides, total lipids, and total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-, and very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL)-cholesterol in diabetic rats by ~54%, 15%, 14%, 20%, 24%, and 15% compared to 35%, 14%, 10%, 12%, 17% and 11% from the ex-situ grown plants.

Furthermore, compared to glibenclamide, the leaf extract of plants lowered serum enzyme levels (alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase) associated with liver oxidative stress toward the normal.

Moreover, The histopathological alteration in the pancreas caused by alloxan was also inhibited markedly by leaf extract.

Based on the findings, Dr. Nasim SA, the lead scientist wrote, "These findings demonstrate leaf extract obtained from plants grown under in situ conditions possess higher therapeutic efficiency in comparison with leaf extract obtained from plants grown under ex-situ condition".

In other words, geographic growth may influence the therapeutic potential of phytochemicals in plants.

Taken altogether, alliin may be considered a supplement for the prevention and treatment of hyperglycemia, depending on the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of alliin in the form of a supplement should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.

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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 the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect of S-allyl-cysteine sulfoxide (alliin) in DIO mice by Zhai B1, Zhang C1, Sheng Y1, Zhao C2, He X1,3, Xu W1,3, Huang K1,3, Luo Y. (PubMed)
(2) Alliin obtained from leaf extract of garlic grown under in situ conditions possess higher therapeutic potency as analyzed in alloxan-induced diabetic rats by Nasim SA1, Dhir B, Kapoor R, Fatima S, Mahmooduzzafar, Mujib A. (PubMed)
(3) Risk Factors of Hyperglycemia in Patients After a First Episode of Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Cohort by Yuan L1, Tang M, Huang L, Gao Y, Li X. (PubMed)

#Antioxidant #Lycopene Inhibits the Progression of #SkinCancer Cells in Vitros, Researchers Suggest

By Kyle J. Norton

Skin cancer is a medical condition associated with irregular cell growth in the skin tissues.
Most cases of skin cancer start in the cells on the surface of the outermost inner lining tissue before penetrating into deeper layers.

After growing in size at the advanced stage, the cells of the tumor may travel a distance away to infect other healthy tissue and organs through blood and fluid circulation.

The most common secondary metastasis of skin cancer is breast, lung, and colon.

Believe it or not, more people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the U.S. than all other cancers combined. As of today, there are 58 million Americans are living with skin cancer.

Approximately, 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70.

If you have experienced some of the symptoms such as a sore that doesn't heal or comes back after healing, pale white or yellow flat areas that look like scars, raised and scaly red patches, small, smooth, and shiny lumps that are pearly white, pink or red, a pink growth with raised edges and indents in the center and a growth that has small blood vessels on the surface of the skin, you may be on the early stage of skin cancer, please check with your doctor immediately.

The 5-year survival of among all people with melanoma of the skin is 92% compared to 100% of the with localized skin cancer.

Out of many prevalent factors that cause skin cancer, some researchers suggested exposure to UVB are one most risk associated with skin cancer onset in the US.

Dr. Calzavara-Pinton P, the lead scientist said, "BCC is much more strongly related to measures of intermittent ultraviolet exposure (particularly those of childhood or adolescence) than to measures of cumulative exposure".

And, " In contrast, SCC is more strongly related to constant or cumulative sun exposure. Photobiological studies have clarified that sunlight and UVB radiation are complete carcinogens for AK and SCC although the relationship with UVA exposure is much less known".

Lycopene is a phytochemical in the class of carotenoids, a natural pigment with no vitamin A activity found abundantly in tomatoes and other red fruits and vegetables, such as red carrots, watermelons, and papayas,

Tomatoes provide about 80% of the lycopene in the world's diet. In plants, lycopene protects the host against excessive photodamage and performs various functions in photosynthesis.

In the urgency to find a natural compound for the treatment of skin cancer without side effects, researchers evaluated the effect of lycopene, a kind of carotenoid inhibitory function on skin tumor cell migration.

In the human sSCC cell line COLO-16 selected for the study, the administration of lycopene inhibited the cell proliferation and migration of COLO-16 cells without affecting the normal keratinocytes.

Furthermore, the inhibitory activity was found by exhibiting Zonula occludens (ZO)-1, inhibition of ZO-1 expression, and its failure to accumulate at cell junctions (ZO-1 and claudin-1) have been found to induce cancer progression.

In other words, lycopene inhibited the SCC cell line COLO-16 proliferation by enhancing the expression of the tight junction complexes that regulate the permeability of epithelial against cancer cells.

Additionally, cell cycle division proteins (JNK and ERK ) in the induction of mitogen associated with the decreasing levels of ZO-1 and claudin-1 were also inhibited by the injection of lycopene.

More precisely, lycopene inhibited the progression of human sSCC cell line COLO-16 by reducing the proteins involved in promoting cell cycle division and increasing cancer cell permeability and autophagy,

Based on the findings researchers said, "This study indicates that lycopene might be a useful chemopreventive agent against cSCC".

Taken altogether, lycopene may be considered a supplement for the prevention and treatment of skin cancer, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of lycopene in the form of a supplement should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.

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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 the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Lycopene upregulates ZO-1 and downregulates claudin-1 through autophagy inhibition in the human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma cell line COLO-16 by Bi S1,2, Li L1, Gu H1, Li M1, Xu S1, Bu W1, Zhang M1, Zhou Z2, Chen X. (PubMed)
(2) Suppressive effects of lycopene and β-carotene on the viability of the human esophageal squamous carcinoma cell line EC109 by Ngoc NB1,2, Lv P1,3, Zhao WE1. (PubMed)

#Phytochemical #Carotenoids Inhibit the Risk of Age-Related #MacularDegeneration, According to Clinical Trials

By Kyle J. Norton

Age-related macular degeneration is a condition caused by the deterioration of the small central portion of the retina, known as the macular degeneration.

Macular degeneration happened mostly in adults over 60 and is one of the major causes of vision loss.

The exact causes of macular degeneration are not identified. As of today, researchers cannot explain why some elderly are susceptible to macular degeneration while others do not.

However, researchers do know that certain risk factors have been found epidemiologically to induce the risk of macular degeneration including aging, the disease has been found most commonly in people over 50, family history and genetics, race, and macular degeneration is more common in Caucasians.

Smoking, obesity and medical condition such as cardiovascular disease are also associated with a higher risk of macular degeneration

There are 2 forms of macular degeneration found in the elderly
* The dry form is caused by the presence of yellow deposits, called drusen under the retina, in the macula. However, the elderly with increased was not at a higher risk of macular degeneration.

* The wet form is caused by the growth of abnormal blood vessels from the choroid, the vascular layer of the eye, underneath the retina.

Compared to the loss of vision of 10% of patients induced by the wet form, most patients of macular degeneration have the dry form which has been found to cause loss of some central vision.

Some researchers suggested that macular degeneration may also be caused by an unhealthy diet. Dr. Martha P. Montgomery wrote, "A 97-item Block food frequency questionnaire was used to gather diet information, and overall diet quality was measured using the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) and Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI)".

And, "Participants in the highest quartile of diet quality had significantly reduced odds of AMD according to the AHEI score (0.54, 95% confidence interval 0.30 – 0.99) and non-significantly reduced odds of AMD according to the HEI (0.75, 0.41 – 1.38). Odds of AMD were also 51% lower in the highest quartile of fish intake compared to the lowest quartile (odds ratio = 0.49, 0.26 – 0.90)".


These results strongly suggested the risk of AMD is many folds higher in people who follow the Western diet compared to those who follow the Oriental diet.

Carotenoids is a class of mainly yellow, orange, or red fat-soluble pigments, including lycopene and carotene, found abundantly in ripe tomato, pumpkins, carrots, corn, and daffodils.

In finding a potential ingredient for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), researchers examined the beneficial role of carotenoids in the prevention of AMD.


Epidemiologically, in a case-control study by comparing the risk AMD in subjects with late AMD, exudative AMD, and retinal pigment abnormalities with the presence of drusen, and an equal number of control subjects,
*Administration of lutein and zeaxanthin-induced serum concentrations was not associated with the risk of AMD.


* Consumption of food sources of lutein and zeaxanthin (carotenoids) was associated with reducing the risk of macular degeneration.

* People with higher levels of lutein and zeaxanthin in the blood have a lower risk of AMD.


However, the reduced risk of lutein and zeaxanthin for AMD when levels of the carotenoids are elevated in the serum or diet was not consistent.


Based on the findings, researchers wrote, "Until scientifically sound knowledge is available we recommend for patients judged to be at risk for AMD to alter their diet to more dark green leafy vegetables, wear UV protective lenses and a hat when outdoors".

Taken altogether, carotenoids, particularly lutein, and zeaxanthin may be considered a remedy for the prevention and treatment of age-related macular degeneration, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of carotenoids in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
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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 the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.


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#Healthyfood #Coffee Intake > 2 cups/day May Associate with with an Increased Risk Type 1 Diabetes, Researchers Show

By Kyle J. Norton

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

Intake of coffee in adulthood may increase the risk of autoimmune diabetes or type 1 diabetes, a study by the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet suggested.

In a population-based case-control study with incident cases of adult-onset (≥ 35 years) diabetes, including 245 cases of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody positive), 759 cases of Type 2 diabetes (glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody negative), together with 990 control subjects without diabetes, randomly selected from the population, after inspection of the returned questionnaire, researchers found that coffee intake may be associated with an increased risk of high glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.

The relative odd ratio of these populations was 1.11 compared to non-drinkers.
The risk of disease development increased by 15.2% (P = 0.0268) for every additional cup intake.

Dr. Löfvenborg JE, the lead author said, "Coffee may be associated with the development of autoimmunity and possibly an increased risk of more Type 1-like latent autoimmune diabetes in adults".

More importantly, in the review of the association between coffee intake, its influence on the immune system, and the insurgence of the most relevant autoimmune diseases conducted by the joint study led by Tel-Aviv University coffee intake showed a selective both in increased(rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM)) and decreased(multiple sclerosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and ulcerative colitis) risk of some autoimmune diseases.

Particularly in type 1 diabetes, Dr. Sharif K, the lead author said, "Coffee intake led to a decrease in insulin sensitivity in T1DM" and " coffee consumption was shown to influence disease course and management options".

Remarkably, in the study of some diabetic children younger than 15 years, and diagnosed from September 1986 to the end of April 1989, with 600 newly diagnosed diabetic children and 536 randomly selected population-based children, researchers postulated that the risk for type 1 diabetes was increased in the children who consumed at least 2 cups of coffee daily compared to other groups. even after adjusting to other odd factors.


The findings suggested that coffee intake daily and regular may have a significant impact on the increased development of type 1 diabetes in children and adults population regardless amount of cup intake. therefore, people with a family history of type 1 diabetes should reduce their intake of fewer than 2 cups of coffee per day.


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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 the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Coffee consumption and the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults--results from a Swedish case-control study by Löfvenborg JE1, Andersson T, Carlsson PO, Dorkhan M, Groop L, Martinell M, Rasouli B, Storm P, Tuomi T, Carlsson S.(PubMed)
(2) Coffee and autoimmunity: More than a mere hot beverage! by Sharif K1, Watad A1, Bragazzi NL2, Adawi M3, Amital H1, Shoenfeld Y4.(PubMed)
(3) Is children's or parents' coffee or tea consumption associated with the risk for type 1 diabetes mellitus in children? Childhood Diabetes in Finland Study Group by Virtanen SM1, Räsänen L, Aro A, Ylönen K, Lounamaa R, Akerblom HK, Tuomilehto J.(PubMed)