Evolving Health

Humans contain about 2-4g iron of which most is in hemoglobin and to a lesser extent myoglobin. Iron from diet is found in heme (animal food...

A mineral supplement I've taken in the past includes 10mg zinc and 1mg of copper. Thus, the amount of zinc is not at the "higher th...

1 chicken drumstick, broilers or fryers, meat and skin, cooked, roasted = 2.98mg 3 Eggs, whole, cooked, scrambled = 1.83mg 1 burrito, bean a...

Purpose of study: Zinc and copper are lost in significant amounts in acute diarrhea and zinc has been suggested as a therapy for its possib...

Armour thyroid is the "natural" therapy from dessicated porcine thyroid gland while Synthroid is produced synthetically as levothy...

To regulate basal metabolic rate, the thyroid gland synthesizes hormones thyroxine, or triiodo-L-thyronine (T4), and the more active triiodo...

As iron deficiency develops gradually without anemia, symptoms can appear that can include pallor and problems of behavior, cognition, learn...

Hemochromatosis is a genetic disorder caused by one of several mutations related to double-than-normal iron absorption, which increases susc...

Korsakoff’s syndrome, or Wernicke encephalopathy, is a serious neurological disorder occurring under conditions of thiamine deficiency. It’s...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is considered a major risk factor in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in both men and women, but CVD pathogenesis bioch...

Menopause is the eventual reduced production of sex hormones in women. Follicular cells in the ovaries appear to become exhausted by continu...

Reference: Sellmeyer DE, Schloetter M, Sebastian A. Potassium citrate prevents increased urine calcium excretion and bone resorption induce...

Research Summary Critique Reference: Jeukendrup AE, Currell K, Clarke J, Cole J, Blannin AK. Effect of beverage glucose and sodium content ...

Getting plenty of sun and eating curry are integral parts of Indian culture. Now scientists have found that this combination also helps guar...

Connecting the biochemical dots that lead to atherosclerosis is what is best attempted by the term metabolic syndrome (MS) (1). The term, of...

Glycosylated hemoglobin forms when prolonged hyperglycemia leads to glucose in the blood not used for energy to attach itself to hemoglobin ...

Despite controversy over the current definition of "metabolic syndrome", physicians are using it as a useful clinical tool. It can...

These are the foods I eat on a daily basis with highest magnesium intake: Mixed Nuts - 308 mg per cup Spinach - 150mg per cup Yerba Mate - 9...

Controversy arises as to whether or not a high dietary intake of phosphorus is hazardous to health because in the U.S. the typical diet tend...

Criteria for recommending calcium to a patient should not go without considering a patient’s vitamin D status. Vitamin D status is critical ...