#FennelExtract Reduces Levels of Blood Cholesterol, Triglycerides, LDL-Cholesterol, and Apolipoprotein-B..., Researchers Say

Kyle J. Norton

Scientists may have found a natural whole food with the potential to treat hyperlipidemia without inducing any side effects, some studies suggested.

Cholesterol, the natural ingredient produced in the liver plays an important role in stimulating the production of vitamin D, steroid hormones, and bile acids and maintaining healthy cell membranes.
Hyperlipidemia is a condition characterized by abnormally elevated levels of cholesterol in the plasma of the blood.

The causes of hyperlipidemia are unknown. However, an unhealthy diet with a lot of unsaturated fat and trans fat is associated with the early onset of the disease. Foods such as cheese egg yolks fried and processed foods and red meat have been found to increase blood cholesterol, and long-term intake of such foods in great amount have been found to increase the risk of hyperlipidemia, epidemiological studies found.


The Beni-Suef University, in the study to determine the development of obesity in response to a high-fat diet (HFD) an Egyptian Herbal mixture formulation (HMF), including fennel, showed, "feeding an HFD diet significantly increased final body weight, triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol, & LDL concentration compared with controls, while significantly decreasing HD".

Hyperlipidemia is a lifelong condition that is treatable.

Dr. Robert B. Kelly at the Fairview Hospital/Cleveland Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program in the article "The most beneficial changes result from reducing intake of saturated and trans fats; increasing intake of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats; fortifying foods with plant stanols or sterols; isocalorically adding tree nuts to the diet; consuming one or two alcoholic drinks per day; and adopting a Portfolio, Mediterranean, low-carbohydrate, or low-fat diet. Smaller but still beneficial effects result from reducing intake of dietary cholesterol, increasing intake of soluble fiber and soy protein, and eating fatty marine fish or taking marine-derived omega-3 fatty acid supplements".


Therefore changing the diet pattern and engaging in regular physical exercise are fundamental
options that not only can prevent the onset of the condition, particularly in people who are at a higher risk of hyperlipidemia, but also treat high blood cholesterol in patients who already have the condition.


Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is a plant species of a genus, belonging to Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), native to the Mediterranean.

The plant has been used in traditional and herbal medicine as a warming, carminative, antispasmodic, antidepressant agent to stimulate the appetite, ease indigestion, soothe coughing, reduce intestinal spasms, regulate the menstrual cycle, and relieve PMS.

In the study to examine the effect of the aqueous extract of fennel on the reduced risk of hyperlipidemia, researchers conducted an experiment in Triton WR-1339-induced hyperlipidemia in mice.

Mice treated with the extract at different doses display a significant reduction of cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol, and apolipoprotein-B decreased by 40%, 23%, 61%, and 61%, respectively.

Further analysis, the application also increased the levels of HDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein A1 by 85% and 58%, respectively

According to the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences also conducted a study to assess the effects of Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) on lipid profiles, in sixty eligible postmenopausal women, randomly assigned into the fennel and placebo groups.

Measurement of total blood cholesterol, cholesterol fractions, and triglycerides was tested at the baseline, and after a three-month follow-up.


At the end of 3 months, blood profiles withdrawn from the women suggested
* There are no significant difference in triglyceride (P = 0.679), total cholesterol (P = 0.103), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C; P = 0.146) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C; P = 0.266) levels between the two groups.


* Fennel treated group demonstrates a significant borderline improvement for HDL-C and triglyceride, compared to the placebo group.

In additional differentiation of the process of the double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled trial, researchers suggested that longer durations, higher doses, and larger sample sizes are recommended to validate the results.


These results indicated that the intake of foods for the treatment of conditions or diseases must be on a long-term basis. The time of 3 months may be too short for foods to exert their potential effects.


Taken together, fennel may be considered a functional food for the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia. Intake of fennel should be increased gradually for the food to reach its antihyperlipidemic stage, a longer duration may be needed. In other words, please be patient.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All rights 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) Foeniculum vulgare Mill: A Review of Its Botany, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Contemporary Application, and Toxicology by Shamkant B. Badgujar,* Vainav V. Patel, and Atmaram H. Bandivdekar(PMC)
(2) The Effect of Short-term Treatment with Fennel on Lipid Profile in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Afiat M1, Amini E2, Ghazanfarpour M3, Nouri B4, Mousavi MS5, Babakhanian M6, Rakhshandeh H(PubMed)
(3) Effect of Carnitine and herbal mixture extract on obesity induced by high fat diet in rats by Amin KA1, Nagy M(PubMed)

#Vegetables and Fruits Intake Regularly are Associated with A Reduced Risk of #Subtypes of #EsophagealCancer and #GastricCancer, Researchers Find

Kyle J. Norton

The esophagus, an organ in vertebrates, is the tube that leads food from the pharynx to the stomach.

Esophageal cancer is a medical condition that starts in the cells on the surface of the inner lining of the esophageal tissue caused by the alternation of cell DNA.

The most common types of esophageal cancer are adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.

Adenocarcinoma arises from the glands in the mucosa, and squamous cell carcinoma begins in flat cells lining the esophagus.

The stomach located between the esophagus and the small intestine is a muscular, hollow and important organ of the digestive tract.

Stomach cancer is a condition of abnormal growth of the mucus-producing cells of the inside lining of the stomach. Adenocarcinoma is the most common type of stomach cancer.

According to the Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network Group (TCGA), gastric cancer can be classified into four subtypes: EBV-positive tumors, microsatellite unstable tumors (MSI), genomically stable tumors (GS), and tumors with chromosomal instability (CIN).

The stages of both subtypes of esophageal and gastric cancer can be classified into
1. Stage 0,
If the cancerous cell has not penetrated deeper tissue but on the surface of the inside lining of the stomach.
2. Stage I
In stage I, The cancerous cells are no longer on the surface but have invaded into deep the inside stomach lining but are still completely inside the stomach
a. Stage IA
The cancer is not ≤ 3 mm (1/8 inch) deep and ≤ 7 mm (1/4 inch) wide.
a.1. Stage IA1:
The spreading is not less than 3mm(1/8 inch) deep and & less than 7mm (1/4 inch) wide.
a.2. Stage IA2:
The invasion area is ≥ 3 mm but ≤ 5 mm (about 1/5 inch) deep and & less than 7 mm (about 1/4 inch) wide. b.
Stage IB:
Cancer in this stage has invaded the connective tissue, & less than 5mm (1/5 inch).
b.1. Stage IB1:
Cancer is 4 cm large (1 3/4 inches).
b.2. Stage IB2:
Cancer is ≥ 4 cm (1 3/4 inches) but & less than 5cm (1/5 inch)

3. Stage II
In stage II, the cancerous cells have spread to distant tissues but are still within the stomach lining.

4. Stage III
In this stage, cancerous cells have spread to the tissues immediately surrounding the stomach lining.

5. Stage IVIn this stage, cancerous cells have spread to the tissues immediately outside of the stomach to distant parts of the body.


In findings of a natural whole for the prevention of subtypes of esophageal and gastric cancer, researchers examined the association between vegetables and fruit consumption and the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), gastric cardia adenocarcinoma (GCA), and gastric noncardia adenocarcinoma (GNCA).


According to the results of the Netherlands Cohort Study in 1986, 120,852 Dutch men and women aged 55-69 filled out a questionnaire on diet and other cancer risk factors, and after 16.3 years of follow-up,

* Total vegetable consumption was nonsignificantly inversely associated with EAC and ESCC risk, but not with GCA and GNCA risk.
More precisely, Significant inverse associations were observed for raw vegetables and EAC risk [RR per 25 g/day: 0.81, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.68-0.98], and Brassica vegetables and GCA risk (RR per 25 g/day: 0.72, 95% CI 0.54-0.95).


* Total fruit consumption was associated with a nonsignificantly decreased EAC risk.

Particularly, citrus fruits were inversely associated with EAC and GCA risk (RRs for highest vs. lowest intake: 0.55, 95% CI 0.31-0.98 and 0.38, 95% CI 0.21-0.69, respectively).

More Profoundly, for current smokers, vegetables and possibly also fruit intake was inversely associated with ESCC and EAC risk.

Based on the results, researchers wrote, "Consumption of (specific groups of) vegetables and fruits may protect against subtypes of esophageal and gastric cancer".

Taken altogether, regular intake of vegetables and fruits may prevent the onset of subtypes of esophageal and gastric cancer, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All rights 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) Vegetables and fruits consumption and risk of esophageal and gastric cancer subtypes in the Netherlands Cohort Study by Steevens J1, Schouten LJ, Goldbohm RA, van den Brandt PA. (PubMed)

Phytochemical 6-HMA Found in #BrassicaRapa Protects the Kidney by Suppressing Oxidative #Nephrotoxicity, Researchers Find

Kyle J. Norton

Kidneys are 2 bean-shaped organs found on the left and right side of the retroperitoneal space in the body.
The function of the kidneys is to filter blood and control fluids. They are the second detoxed organs besides the liver and skin.

Due to millions of tiny filters called nephrons in each kidney, people may not experience any kidney dysfunction symptoms at an early stage.

Kidney diseases are a class of medical conditions associated with reduced function of the kidney, in cases, complete loss of kidney function such as kidney failure.

Believe it or not, in the US, the leading causes of kidney failure and the end stage of chronic kidney diseases are diabetes and high blood pressure.

Nephrotoxicity or acute kidney failure is a condition of toxicity in the kidneys.

The disease is caused by the poisonous effect of prolonged use of certain medications and the accumulation of harmful chemicals.

According to the American Physician Association, long-term use of penicillins, cephalosporins, sulfonamides, thiazide diuretics, furosemide, NSAIDs, and rifampicin are associated with increased damage to the kidney.

And people aged over 60 are at increased risk of nephrotoxicity if the above medicines are prescribed for prolonged periods.

Oxidative nephrotoxicity is a condition of kidney damage caused by overexpression of free radicals compared to levels of antioxidants.

Dr. Keiko Hosohata in the examination "Role of Oxidative Stress in Drug-Induced Kidney Injury",
Said, "Because the kidney is exposed to a larger proportion and higher concentration of drugs and toxins than other organs through the secretion of ionic drugs by tubular organic ion transporters across the luminal membranes of renal tubular epithelial cells, and through the reabsorption of filtered toxins into the lumen of the tubule, these cells are at greater risk for injury".


"In fact, drug-induced kidney injury is a serious problem in clinical practice and accounts for roughly 20% of cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) among hospitalized patients".


Broccoli is a mustard/cabbage plant, belonging to the family Brassicaceae. The veggie has large flower heads, usually green in color with a mass of flower heads surrounded by leaves and evolved from a wild cabbage plant from the continent of Europe.

With an aim to find a natural food for the prevention and treatment of kidney diseases, researchers examined the nephroprotective effects of 6-hydroxy-1-methylindole-3-acetonitrile (6-HMA), which was isolated from the roots of B. rapa, on cisplatin-induced toxicity in renal epithelial LLC-PK1 cells and in rats with acute renal injury

The study included 16 subjects who were randomized, and 15 subjects completed all visits.

According to the tested analysis, in vitro and Vivo
* The pretreatment of LLC-PK1 cells with 6-HMA ameliorated cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity caused by oxidative stress.

* The pretreatment also decreased the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and kidney stress marker malondialdehyde (MDA) and increased levels of glutathione (GSH).

* Furthermore, 6-HMA inhibited cisplatin-induced heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression involved in oxidation and inflammation by the binding activity of NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), the antioxidant proteins that protect against oxidative damage triggered by injury and inflammation.

* Moreover, 6-HMA-administered rats showed lower levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, and urinary lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) associated with kidney damage than cisplatin alone-treated rats in the cisplatin-induced renal injury model.

* Additionally, 6-HMA inhibited the cisplatin-induced formation of MDA and GSH depletion and increased the activities of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione reductase (GR).

Based on the results, researchers wrote, " these findings indicate 6-HMA is a major active constituent from the roots of B. Rapa to have a protective effect against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity by attenuating oxidative stress.".
Taken altogether, Brassica rapa processed abundantly 6-HMA may be considered supplements for the prevention of oxidative nephrotoxicity, ending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


Intake of SFN 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 rights 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) Protective effects of 6-hydroxy-1-methylindole-3-acetonitrile on cisplatin-induced oxidative nephrotoxicity via Nrf2 inactivation by Moon JH1, Shin JS, Kim JB, Baek NI, Cho YW, Lee YS, Kay HY, Kim SD, Lee KT. (PubMed)
(2) Role of Oxidative Stress in Drug-induced Kidney Injury by Keiko Hosohata. (PMC)

#Turmeric Inhibits #Psoriasis through Its Immune Modulation and Anti-Inflammatory Therapy

Kyle J. Norton


Psoriasis is a skin condition characterized by the speed-up of the life cycle of skin cells, leading to cells building up rapidly on the surface of the skin.

Symptoms of psoriasis are caused by the extra skin cells forming scales and red patches can be itchy and painful.

Epidemiologically, psoriasis patches can range from a few spots or large areas. The most common form of psoriasis is plaque psoriasis, a condition that induces dry, raised, red skin lesions (plaques) covered with silvery scales.

The causes of psoriasis are not identified. Researchers do not know why people with
the same health conditions in the same family, some are prone to psoriasis while others do not.


Certain risk factors such as family history, viral and bacterial infections, weakened immune systems, persistent stress, smoking, and obesity are associated with the risk of psoriasis.


Conventionally, topical corticosteroids are the most commonly prescribed medication for the treatment of the condition, particularly in patients with mild to moderate psoriasis.


If you are using corticosteroids for the treatment of psoriasis, please make sure you know all the side effects for preventive measures.


Turmeric is a perennial plant in the genus Curcuma, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, native to tropical South Asia.

The herb has been used in traditional medicine as an anti-oxidant, hypoglycemic, colorant, antiseptic, wound healing agent, and to treat flatulence, bloating, appetite loss, ulcers, eczema, inflammations, etc.
In finding a potential ingredient for the treatment of psoriasis, an autoimmune and recurrent chronic inflammatory skin disorder, researchers examined a turmeric tonic as immune modulation and anti-inflammatory therapy on scalp psoriasis.

The study included a total of 40 patients with mild-to-moderate scalp psoriasis who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were randomly allocated into two groups.


The treatment group received turmeric tonic twice a day for 9 weeks, whereas the other group received a placebo applied in the same manner.


Based on the results from the assessment of baseline, weeks 3, 6, and 9, the treatment group not only significantly reduced the erythema, scaling, and the duration of lesions (PASI score), but also improved the patient's quality of life. compared to a placebo.


Researchers after taking other factors into account wrote, "The clinical effects of turmeric tonic on scalp psoriasis were satisfactory overall. This formulation could be considered as a treatment for scalp psoriasis".


In order to reveal more information about turmeric anti-psoriasis activity, researchers reviewed the effect of turmeric in the inhibition of inflammatory enzymes mainly involved in the inflammatory process of psoriasis.

The study included the examination of the randomized, clinical, and therapeutic benefit of a novel topical formulation, including turmeric on 34 patients with mild to moderate plaque psoriasis.

The treatment group showed a significant improvement in the symptoms of psoriasis and
the clinical and quality of life parameters compared to the untreated group.


Based on the findings, Dr. the lead scientist said, "The proposed microemulgel may well be considered as an alternative in some patients and most likely as an add-on therapeutic option for many patients suffering from plaque psoriasis".


Taken altogether, turmeric processed bioactive ingredient curcumin may be considered  asupplement for the treatment of psoriasis,, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All rights 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) Turmeric tonic as a treatment in scalp psoriasis: A randomized placebo-control clinical trial by Bahraini P1, Rajabi M1, Mansouri P2, Sarafian G1, Chalangari R3, Azizian Z. (PubMed)
(2) Topical Turmeric Microemulgel in the Management of Plaque Psoriasis; A Clinical Evaluation by Sarafian G1, Afshar M2, Mansouri P3, Asgarpanah J4, Raoufinejad K1, Rajabi M. (PubMed)

#Manuka and Clover Honey Exerts a Strong Exert Anti Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Activity, Researchers Suggest

Kyle J. Norton

Honey may have a profound effect in reducing the risk and treatment of varicella-zoster virus (VZV), some scientists suggested.
Varicella-zoster virus is a member of the herpes viruses that cause chickenpox in children, teens, and young adults, and shingles and recurrent shingles in adults.

The disease has been found worldwide and is highly contagious.

Chickenpox is usually caused by exposure either through direct contact with a skin lesion or airborne spread from respiratory droplets from infected patients.


In the initial stage of infection, the symptoms usually resolve within 7 to 10 days.

After initial infection, VZV establishes lifelong latency in the cranial nerve and dorsal root ganglia and can reactivate years to decades later.


Reactivation of the dormant virus results in the later years can lead to a painful dermatomal rash followed by pain in the distribution of the rash.

In some cases, the diseases can cause infrequently complications of hepatitis, pancreatitis, pneumonitis, and encephalitis and be life-threatening.

However, some adults and children are more likely to develop such complications from primary infection

According to the statistics, in the US, more than 90% of adults acquired the disease in childhood, due to being vaccinated with the live virus vaccine.

Dr. Maria A. Nagel and colleagues in the summary of the disease associated with the Varicella zoster virus (VZV), said, "With advancing age or immunosuppression, cell-mediated immunity to VZV declines and virus reactivates to cause zoster (shingles), which can occur anywhere on the body"

" Skin lesions resolve within 1-2 weeks, while complete cessation of pain usually takes 4-6 weeks" and "Zoster can be followed by chronic pain (postherpetic neuralgia), cranial nerve palsies, zoster paresis, meningoencephalitis, cerebellitis, myelopathy, multiple ocular disorders and vasculopathy that can mimic giant cell arteritis. All of the neurological and ocular disorders listed above may also develop without rash".

These results clearly suggested that the elderly due to the increase in age and weakened immune system, are considered to be the risk group for the development of serious and even life-threatening complications.

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

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

With an aim to find a natural ingredient ]or whole food for the prevention and treatment of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection, researchers at the University of Colorado Denver evaluated the anti-viral effect of honey on the varicella-zoster virus in vitro.

The tested VZV was obtained from a zoster vesicle.
Manuka and clover kinds of honey were used at concentrations ranging from 0-6% wt/vol in the study.
During the experiment, various concentrations of manuka and clover honey were added to the tissue culture medium of the VZV-infected human malignant melanoma (MeWo) cell.


According to the assay, both types of honey demonstrated significant antiviral activity against the varicella-zoster virus with an approximate EC50 = 4.5 % (wt/vol).


In the final report, researchers suggested honey can be considered an anti-varicella-zoster virus agent because it is an inexpensive product that can be bought at any grocery store and convenient for skin application.

Dr. Shahzad A, said, "Honey may be an excellent remedy to treat zoster rash in developing countries where antiviral drugs are expensive or not easily available".

Taken altogether, honey may be used as a topical function food for the prevention of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection and combined with primary therapy for the treatment of chickenpox in children and shingles and recurrent shingles in adults with no side effects.

However, further data collection large example size, and multi-center studies performed with human consumption of the whole food during the course of the disease will be necessary to complete the picture of honey anti chickenpox and anti shingles possibilities.

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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) In vitro antiviral activity of honey against varicella zoster virus (VZV): A translational medicine study for potential remedy for shingles by Shahzad A1, Cohrs RJ. (PubMed)
(2) Varicella Zoster Complications by Maria A. Nagel, MDa, and Don Gilden, MD. (PubMed)

#Intake of RAW Fruits and Vegetables Regularly are Associated with a Reduced Risk of #PancreaticCancer, Researchers Suggest

Kyle J. Norton

The pancreas is an oblong flattened gland in the digestive and endocrine system located in the abdomen. By secreting pancreatic juice to the small intestine, the pancreas aids the digestive system in breaking down carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids.
Traditional Chinese medicine suggests that the pancreas is a vital organ responsible for the absorption of foods' qi and nutrients before passing them to other organs to nourish our bodies.

Pancreatic cancer is a chronic condition characterized by cell growth irregularly in the tissues of the pancreas.


At the early stage, patients with pancreatic cancer may be asymptomatic. However, at the later stage, besides the common symptoms shared by all types of cancer such as unintended weight loss, loss of appetite, fatigue, and gastrointestinal discomforts, patients with the condition may also experience localized symptoms such as internal bleeding and severe pain due to the oversize tumor which suppresses the nerve cells and blood vessels.

According to statistics, every year, approximately, over 55,000 adults in the United States are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, accounting for 3% of all cancers and 7% of all cancer deaths.

The survival rate of pancreatic cancer even if diagnosed early is very low compared to other types of cancer. The 5-year survival rate for stage IA pancreatic cancer is only14%.

Researchers do not know what causes pancreatic cancer. Scientists do not know the exact causes of pancreatic cancers, but they do know several risk factors that can make a person more likely to get the disease, including the genetic and acquired genetic mutation of p16 and TP53 and KRAS, BRAF, and DPC4 (SMAD4).

Other prevalent risk factors, including long-term use of tobacco, exposure to certain chemicals, overweight, and obesity, and unpreventable risk factors of family history, gender, the increase of age, and ethnicity are associated with the early onset of pancreatic cancer.

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center suggested an unhealthy diet high in meats, cholesterol, fried foods, and nitrosamines may increase risk, while diets high in fruits and vegetables reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer.

However, most people with some of the above risk factors do not get the disease.

In finding a potent ingredient for the treatment of diseases associated with abnormal cell growth, researchers investigated the consumption of raw fruits and vegetables' effects on pancreatic cancer.

According to the dietary habits and medical history variables in a prospective study of fatal pancreas cancer among 34,000 California Seventh-day Adventists between 1976 and 1983. Forty deaths from pancreas cancer occurred during the follow-up period,

* Compared to all US whites, Adventists experienced a decreased risk of pancreas cancer death (standardized mortality ratio [SMR] = 72 for men; 90 for women),

* Furthermore, increasing consumption of vegetarian protein products, beans, lentils, and peas, as well as dried fruit, was associated with highly significant protective relationships to pancreas cancer risk compared to increased risk in increasing meat, egg, and coffee consumption.

In other words, regular consumption of raw fruits and vegetables exerted protective relationships associated with a protease-inhibitor content that decreases the risk of pancreas cancer in high-risk patients.

Taken together, fruits and vegetables may be considered a functional food for the prevention of pancreas cancer, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All rights 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) Dietary habits and past medical history as related to fatal pancreas cancer risk among Adventists by Mills PK1, Beeson WL, Abbey DE, Fraser GE, Phillips RL.(PubMed)

#Ethanolic #Extract Found in #CynometraCauliflora Leaves Inhibits Parameters Associated with the Onset of Obesity, Scientists Say

Kyle J. Norton

Obesity is a chronic and medical condition caused by excess body fat accumulated to some extent that impacts personal health. The hallmark of obesity is attenuated metabolism and structural cell changes in the obese fat observed by reducing metabolic activity.

According to the statistics provided by the National Center for Health Statistics (2015-2016), in the US, approximately 39.8% of adults aged 20 and over were obese accompanied by another 31.8% overweight.

Visceral fat is a layer of fat that surrounds the organs. Overexpression of visceral fat has been found to promote insulin resistance, diabetes, heart disease, and inflammation.


In obese, accumulation of visceral fat is predominant in the intra-abdominal cavity.

According to the BMI index, a person is considered overweight, if he/she has a BMI between 25 to 29.9 kg/m2. A BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more is an indication of obesity.

In other words, obesity is a progressive chronic disease characterized by abnormal fat accumulation in the body tissues that may impair health.

Similar to other chronic medical conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease or high blood pressure, obesity has recently become a serious health problem in the US as nearly 35% of Americans are obese accompanied by a similar percentage of overweight adults.

Obesity and overweight in the U.S. economy have eclipsed $1.7 trillion, equivalent to 9.3 percent of the nation's gross domestic product, according to a new overweight report on chronic diseases.

Dr. Maximilian Tremmel, the lead scientist in a systematic literature review of the economic burden of obesity, wrote, " almost half of the world’s adult population will be overweight or obese by 2030 if the prevalence continues on the current trend [6] and consequently also the costs attributable to obesity will increase".

And, "A useful example for rapidly rising costs attributable to obesity from these selected studies are the two mentioned studies from Germany [44,46]. The results of the two papers together show that total societal costs in Germany due to obesity have increased from €9.8 million to €12.2 million between 2002 and 2008. Therefore, public health interventions should focus on the prevention of obesity as soon as possible, ideally at a young age".

Cynometra cauliflora is a species of the genus Cynometra, native to Malaysia, and found mainly in northern Peninsular Malaysia.

In finding a potential phytochemical for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, researchers examined the anti-obesity and lipid-lowering effects of ethanolic extract of C. cauliflora leaves and its major compound (vitexin) in C57BL/6 obese mice induced by a high-fat diet (HFD).

The study included male C57BL/6 mice induced obesity by feeding with HFD (60% fat) for 16 weeks followed by the treatment that starts during the last 8 weeks of HFD feeding with C. cauliflora leaf extract at 200 and 400 mg/kg/day, orlistat (10 mg/kg) and vitexin (10 mg/kg).

According to the chemical analysis,
* The oral administration of C. cauliflora (400 and 200 mg/kg) and vitexin significantly reduced body weight, adipose tissue and liver weight, and lipid accumulation in the liver compared to the control HFD group.

* Both doses of C. cauliflora also significantly (P ≤ 0.05) decreased serum triglyceride, LDL, lipase, IL-6, peptide YY, resistin levels, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperleptinemia compared to the control HFD group.

* C. cauliflora significantly up-regulated the expression of adiponectin, Glut4, Mtor, IRS-1 and InsR genes associated with the sustaining weight loss and significantly decreased the expression of Lepr in white adipose tissue involved in stimulating weight gain.

Based on the findings, researchers said, "This study shows interesting outcomes of C. cauliflora against HFD-induced obesity and associated metabolic abnormalities".

Taken altogether, beta-Sitosterol may be considered a supplement for the prevention and treatment of bacterial infectious diseases, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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


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Sources
(1) Cynometra cauliflora Linn. Attenuates metabolic abnormalities in high-fat diet-induced obese mice by Seyedan A1, Mohamed Z2, Alshagga MA3, Koosha S4, Alshawsh MA. (PubMed)
(2) Economic Burden of Obesity: A Systematic Literature Review by Maximilian Tremmel,1,* Ulf-G. Gerdtham,2,3,4 Peter M. Nilsson,5 and Sanjib Saha. (PMC)