Northern Nutritionals

Tag: vitamin A

  • Nightshade Sensitivity: The Immune Mechanism, and Interventions

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    Karline Jensen
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    Some people experience joint pain as an inflammatory reaction to nightshades like tomatoes and peppers. Understanding the immune pathway behind that reaction — and what separates a reactive response from a tolerant one — points toward some practical places to intervene. The Immune Pathway Behind Nightshade Sensitivity Nightshade proteins are transported across intestinal microfold cells,…

  • Vitamin A

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    Karline Jensen
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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…