COVID: This Vitamin Deficiency Could Increase Infection Risk
The vitamin helps to enhance the immune response to the virus. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - September 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: COVID19 Source Type: blogs
Cancer: The Popular Vitamin That Triples Risk Of Lung Disease
These popular vitamin supplements can increase the risk of developing lung cancer almost four times. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - September 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Cancer Source Type: blogs
A Mental Sign Of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
B12 deficiency is relatively easy to correct with a change in diet or supplementation. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - September 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
The Vitamin Supplement That Reduces Depression (M)
On balance, they found that the vitamin supplement was more effective than placebo at reducing depression symptoms. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - September 19, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Depression subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Spanish Sofrito and the Mediterranean Diet
Sofrito topped flatbreads
In the largest study of its kind to date, the Mediterranean Diet has trumped a low fat diet in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The study was conducted in Spain, where participants assigned to the Mediterranean diet received free olive oil. They were also instructed to use sofrito – “a homemade sauce with garlic, onion, aromatic herbs, and tomato slow cooked in olive oil” – in their cooking two or more times a week.
Free Spanish olive oil and Sofrito as a required food group? I’d have moved to Spain to be in that study! But since that never happen...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - September 18, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Vegetables Vegetarian Mediterranean diet SOfrito Source Type: blogs
