Gluten, Depression, and Anxiety: The Gut-Brain Link
In this study, 22 participants ate a gluten-free diet low in FODMAPs (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols) for a three-day baseline period, and then received one of three dietary challenges (supplemented with gluten, whey, or placebo) for three days, followed by a three-day minimum washout period before starting the next diet.
Researchers assessed the participants at the end of the study using a psychological tool called the Spielberger State-Trait Personality Inventory (STPI). People in the study who consumed gluten had higher overall STPI depression scores compared to those on th...
Source: World of Psychology - October 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Anxiety and Panic Depression Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Research brain-gut connection celiac disease Gluten Gluten sensitivity Schizophrenia Source Type: blogs
Food Fight
Given the void in dietary wisdom due to the ineffectiveness and blunders of “official” dietary advice, there is no shortage of books or diet programs trying to fill that void, many wildly at odds with each other—paleo, Atkins, vegan, vegetarian, high-carb, low-carb, ketogenic, etc.
The U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the USDA’s MyPlate and food pyramid, and organizations such as the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association, as well as many of the diet programs in the popular press, I believe, fail to acknowledge several fundamental principles that really need to be address...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 7, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle atkins carbs Fat gluten gluten-free grains low-carb low-fat paleo protein undoctored vegan vegetarian Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Tiny Flexible, Embeddable Temperature Sensor to Monitor Food, Drugs, Medical Devices
At ETH Zurich in Switzerland, researchers have developed tiny new biodegradable sensors that can measure the temperature of things they’re embedded in. The technology is primarily designed to help monitor food safety, but will certainly also be useful for keeping track of temperature sensitive medications and medical devices.
The core goal of the research project was to avoid using toxic precious metals that are typically used in such devices. The researchers instead used very thin, wound threads of a mix of magnesium, silicon dioxide, and nitride for electrical conductivity, all encapsulated within a polymer that is...
Source: Medgadget - October 3, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly Basics: Phytates and Nutrient Deficiencies
This is another discussion in the Wheat Belly Basics series to bring newcomers up-to-speed on Wheat Belly concepts.
Here, I discuss phytates, the compounds in wheat and grains responsible for several important nutrient deficiencies. Contrary to popular opinion, grains are NOT necessary for nutrition—plenty of fiber of higher quality and B vitamins can be obtained from other sources. Grains actually CAUSE nutrient deficiencies, specifically of minerals.
Some deficiencies correct simply with grain elimination, while others such as magnesium and iron may require specific supplementation to compensate for the deficienc...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 17, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle calcium Gliadin gluten grains health Inflammation iron magnesium Wheat Belly Total Health zinc Source Type: blogs
GRCh38.p11: Clinically Relevant Updates to SLC39A4
The GRCh38.p11 patch release includes the fix patch scaffold KZ208914.1/NW_018654716.1 that updates two bases in SLC39A4, a change prompted by user request and that has implications for clinically-relevant variant analyses of this gene. This GRCh38 fix patch restores the gene to the same representation found in GRCh37.SLC39A4, solute carrier family 39 member 4 (NCBI Gene ID: 55630), encodes a protein that is required for dietary zinc absorption in the intestine. In GRCh37, the BAC cloneAF205589.5 (CTA-393G12) provided the sequence for SLC39A4 on chromosome 8. In GRCh38,AC23...
Source: GenomeRef - September 13, 2017 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: blogs
Quantum Dots Light Up Tumors Brighter Than Ever Before
Scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) in San Diego, California have devised a way to optically image tumors with unprecedented clarity using quantum dots. These nano structures are tiny particles, only a few nanometers wide, that generate light of a specific wavelength when they’re themselves stimulated by a light beam. On their own quantum dots are quite bright, but their signal gets washed out by other nearby quantum dots. To clean the signal and be able to see tumors better, the SBP team used a so-called “etchant”.
The technique works by injecting quantum dots into ...
Source: Medgadget - September 7, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Genetics Nanomedicine Oncology Source Type: blogs
Is bee venom a good anti-aging ingredient? Episode 163
Is bee venom a good anti-aging ingredient?
Monika asks…Korean Bee Venom essence but it does seem to work. My question is the bee venom really magic or is there something else that removes the spots?
RS: Thanks Monika…this gives me the perfect excuse time to remind listeners to go back to Episode 105 and listen to the story about how Perry got stung in the eye by a bee. If nothing else, just go the webpage and check out the picture of his face. It’s horrific. I’m not kidding. But let’s put my personal revulsion aside and try to figure out why this product seemed to work on Monika’s acne.
PR: We found a study pub...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - August 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy Schueller Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
Things to know about starting an organic or natural cosmetic line
I frequently get requests here on Chemists Corner from people who want to start their own organic skin care line or their own natural cosmetics line. Sometimes they want to know how to make it themselves and other times they are looking for a chemist that can help them. If you have such ambitions, I wish you good luck and will provide you any information you need to help you along your journey. But before you launch your own natural or organic personal care or cosmetic line, here are some things you need to know.
Natural cosmetics are not safer
One of the most common reasons people give for wanting to start an organic ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - August 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Formulating Natural cosmetics Source Type: blogs
Electrophilic Zinc Homoenolates: Synthesis of Cyclopropylamines from Cyclopropanols and Amines
JacsElectrophilic Zinc Homoenolates: Synthesis of Cyclopropylamines from Cyclopropanols and Amines: Metal homoenolates, produced via C –C bond cleavage of cyclopropanols, have been extensively investigated as nucleophiles for the synthesis of β-substituted carbonyl derivatives. Herein, we demonstrate that zinc homoenolates can react as carbonyl-electrophiles in the presence of nucleophilic amines to yield highly valuabletrans-cyclopropylamines in good yields and high diastereoselectivities. (Source: Organometallic Current)
Source: Organometallic Current - August 22, 2017 Category: Chemistry Tags: Zn Promoted Source Type: blogs
The challenges of formulating a natural cosmetic line
Conclusion
While creating truly natural products can be challenging, it can be done demonstrated by successful brands like Burts Bees, Aveeno, and Physicians Formula. It requires you to figure out what your consumer believes is natural then make products that adhere to those natural standards. After that, success is just a matter of good marketing. (Source: thebeautybrains.com)
Source: thebeautybrains.com - August 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Natural cosmetics Source Type: blogs
4 Ways to Ease Back-to-School and Autumn Anxiety
Middle schoolers aren’t the only ones who feel the jitters as school reopens every year.
Most people I know have trouble as summer draws to a close and autumn begins. All of the stress and transition required to accommodate new schedules, activities, and schools can throw off the limbic system (your emotional center) of even the most grounded creatures.
In fact, Ginny Scully, a therapist in Wales, said in an interview so many clients with feelings of anticipation and nervousness during the last week of August through the first weeks of September that she coined the term “autumn anxiety,” which I’ve written ab...
Source: World of Psychology - August 11, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Anxiety and Panic Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Self-Help Alternative Medicine Anxious Thoughts autumn anxiety Back To School Depression Diet Healthy Eating School stress Source Type: blogs
Electrophilic Amination with Nitroarenes
AngewchemElectrophilic Amination with Nitroarenes: An exceptionally general electrophilic amination, which directly transforms commercially available nitroarenes into alkylated aromatic aminoboranes with zinc organyl compounds was developed. The reaction... (Source: Organometallic Current)
Source: Organometallic Current - August 11, 2017 Category: Chemistry Tags: Amination Source Type: blogs
8 Foods that Boost Your Mood
What we eat might not be able to cure us indefinitely from depression. I learned that hard lesson earlier this year. However, researchers are compiling strong evidence that what we eat can influence our risk for developing depression and can keep persons in remission from possibly relapsing.
Eating better foods has certainly helped my mood and allowed me to get by on less medication. A 2014 review published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examined the link between diet and depression risk and found that a diet consisting mainly of fruit, vegetables, fish, and whole grains was significantly associated with a r...
Source: World of Psychology - July 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Depression Mental Health and Wellness Personal Self-Help Caffeine Depressive Episode Major Depressive Episode Mood Disorder phytochemicals Psychology Psychopharmacology Source Type: blogs
Can you use diaper rash cream as sunscreen? Episode 162
Can you use diaper rash cream as sunscreen?
Mari asks…Today a customer came into the retail pharmacy where I work and demanded that we sell him zinc oxide diaper rash paste so he could use it as sunscreen. I tried to steer him in the direction of actual sunscreens with listed SPFs, but he was not to be dissuaded and ended up leaving with a tube of generic diaper rash cream (with no listed SPF) in hand. His rationale was that diaper rash paste has a higher percentage of zinc oxide than zinc oxide sunscreens. Although this is sometimes true, depending on the brand, my concern is that (a) the formulation of a diaper rash pa...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - July 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
Why is magnesium so important?
One of the six core strategies in the Undoctored Wild, Naked, and Unwashed program for health and weight loss is restoration of magnesium.
Magnesium deficiency is alarmingly common in today’s world. Why? Our reliance on filtered water that has had all of the magnesium removed, the reduced content of magnesium in modern crops, and the widespread use of proton pump inhibitors—-drugs prescribed to treat acid reflux and ulcers while reducing magnesium absorption.
Remember those darned phytates in wheat and other grains that bind magnesium and other positively charged minerals in the intestinal tract, preventing absorp...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 18, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle a fib constipation Dr. Davis grain-free grains health healthcare heart rhythm hydrochlorothiazide kidney stones oxalate sudden death Source Type: blogs
