Northern Nutritionals

Category: Research

  • Methylation

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    James et al. (2004) looked at metabolites of methylation in the blood of 20 autistic children and compared them with a control group of 33 healthy children.  They found that the autistic children had lower S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and higher S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) compared to the control group (indicating impaired methylation), with the ratio of SAM to…

  • Dietary Pattern Metabolites

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    Tong et al.(2020) analyzed serum metabolites against adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and against cardiometabolic risk factors, in participants of the Fenland cohort study, to see which metabolites might be involved in the ability of the Mediterranean Diet to prevent cardiometabolic disease, citing Sofi et al. (2014) as an example of this preventative effect.  They…

  • Vitamin A

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    A report in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Yang et al., n.d.) concluded that Vitamin A (200,000 IU on each of two consecutive days) reduced mortality from measles in children under the age of two.  In their review, participants who were given Vitamin A had shorter duration of pneumonia, diarrhea, fever, and hospitalization.  The…

  • Mediterranean Diet

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    Townsend et al. (2023) found in a systematic review that studies showed the Mediterranean diet to be associated with better cognitive performance, reduced rate of cognitive decline, less global cognitive decline, reduced chances for mild cognitive impairment, lower risk of dementia, lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease, improved cognition, increased processing speed, and less likelihood for…

  • Sugar Sweetened Beverages

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    A 2021 study by Norman-Burgdolf et al. used a questionnaire to find out the types and amounts of sugar sweetened beverages that 150 adults in Martin County, KY were drinking. They found that 22-38 year olds (Millennials) were getting 329 calories from sugar sweetened beverages each day.    A 2010 study by Chen, et al.…

  • The New Nordic Diet

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    The New Nordic Diet has found to be successful for weight loss in a randomized controlled study.1  In this study, the participants were given cookbooks highlighting foods like legumes, nuts, herbs, berries, fish, and even wild plants.  The ingredients were provided to the participants for free, and they went to choose what they wanted each…

  • DHEA

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    DHEA, or dehydroepiandrosterone, is a steroid hormone.  It is metabolized into DHEA-Sulphate and into other hormones such as testosterone and estrogen, so I would consider it under the clinical imbalance of Communication.  Symptoms of low DHEA could include those typically associated with low levels of testosterone or estrogen, such as loss of bone mineral density,…

  • Dairy

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    In a 2020 study of Chinese people living in Singapore,1 Talaei et al. found that those who ate more dairy foods had better cognitive function, and study participants who drank milk every day were 14% less likely to be categorized as cognitively impaired on the SM-MMSE test they used to assess them.  In contrast, Muñoz-Garach…

  • Stress Reduction- a walk in the woods, meditation, or exercise

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    Koselka et al.studied the effects of walking either in a forested area or in an area with a lot of traffic.  They compared both of these walks to days on which the participants went about their normal activities.  The authors mention that the Forest Preserve District of Cook County has attempted to establish forest preserves…

  • Office Air

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    As someone who does not like being cooped up in buildings with questionable air quality, I was intrigued by Allen et al.’s study involving office workers subjected to variations in air each day.  They described some of the history behind modern building standards, such as making buildings tighter with less outdoor air exchange in order…