Evolving Health

Vitamin D deficiency may actually contribute to Crohn's disease because the hormone modulates the immune system. According to endocrinol...

It is well documented that a diet low in insoluble fiber is considered the main etiological factor in leading to diverticulitis. The intake ...

When IBS is diarrhea-predominant, a doctor may prescribe an antimotility agent to assist patients with symptoms (1). He or she may also pres...

It is well known that dehydration is a potential adverse effect of a ketogenic diet, which is one higher in fat with adequate protein and lo...

I was curious to know what it is about animal protein in general that would affect kidneys more than vegetable protein. So I went searching ...

As a result of my profession in science communications, it is a fact of life that I come in to work to find 1-2 papers to read every morning...

I've been perusing through Dr. Batmanghelidj's book Your Body's Many Cries for Water . Yes, I'm well aware that it does not ...

When I first saw the movie Super Size Me I was first pretty shocked that someone would actually risk his own body this way. Then, I was sho...

Statins are drugs used to lower cholesterol by blocking cholesterol synthesis in the liver (1). By lowering total and LDL cholesterol, in ef...

Blood thinners, or anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents, are drugs to thwart blood clotting of which could block flow of blood to your hea...

With estimates that one out of two white women in North America will suffer from an osteoporotic fracture sometime in their life, prevention...

Ferritin is the body's major iron-storage protein and its levels in serum are parallel to iron stores. Normally, 1 ng/mL of serum ferrit...

Mercury Mercury’s recent presence in the body can be assessed with blood and urine samples because the initial half-life of blood mercury el...

Hair used for nutritional status of a mineral can be flawed because of exogenous contamination--from water, dust, cosmetics, shampoos, etc--...

Grandma My grandma, 79, scored a 6 on the NSI Determine Checklist, which puts her at “high nutritional risk.” Her eating habits are affected...

Environmental toxins, or xenobiotics, are foreign chemicals that enter our bodies and can potentially cause harm to our organs, tissues and ...

Despite whether or not megaloblastic anemia is caused by a deficiency of folate or vitamin B12 (cobalamin), large doses of folate will corre...

When I was in high school, one of my best friends was a long-distance runner and a dancer. After only a few months of training, I knew somet...

My thoughts after reading "A Review of Family Meal Influence on Adolescents' Dietary Intake" by Sarah Woodruff and Rhona Hann...

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is an enzyme that is concentrated in the hepatocytes. When the liver is injured or affected by disease, the e...