By Bryan Rosner on Oct 23, 2011 in Food | comments(0)
Higher Folic Acid intake in premenopausal woman is associated with 40% lower incidence of breast cancer.
“The results were higher intake of folate was related to reduced risk of breast cancer and this only applied to premenopausal women.”
Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com
Link: http://www.nhiondemand.com/hsjarticle.aspx?id=1126&utm_source=NHI+OnDemand+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=f18301c4e3-HSJ_Oct03_2011&utm_medium=email
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Date: 10/3/2011
Folate Associated with Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer
Source: American Journal of Epidemiology
Breast cancer is a cancer that forms in tissues of the breast, usually the ducts (tubes that carry milk to the nipple) and lobules (glands that make milk). It occurs in both men and women, although male breast cancer is rare. Risk factors for breast cancer include gender, age, family history, defective genes, early onset of menstruation, late menopause and late childbearing. Breast cancer is about ninety percent due to genetic abnormalities that happen as a result of the aging process and the “wear and tear” of life in general.
By Linda on Jan 26, 2010 in Food | comments(0)
Full article: http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v06n02.shtml
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How To Destroy Confidence In Vitamins When You Do Not Have The Facts
(OMNS, January 11, 2010) “Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to this year’s annual meeting of the World Headquarters Of Pharmaceutical Politicians, Educators, and Reporters (WHOPPER).
“Let us get right to the point. Many of our members and affiliates have complained about what is, for us, an alarming and dangerous segment of health care: so-called ‘orthomolecular medicine.’ We wish to assure you, although this therapeutic approach is, unfortunately, very effective in preventing and treating disease, that we will make sure the public will never learn of it. We can say this with considerable confidence, since for over 50 years we have managed to keep virtually all psychiatrists from using niacin to treat schizophrenia; we have kept cardiologists from prescribing vitamin E and co enzyme Q10 for heart disease; and we have kept general practitioners from prescribing vitamin C for viral illnesses.
“Yes, it has really been a triumphant half-century. How did we do it? It is really quite easy. Here is a summary for those of you that may have missed the last WHOPPER meeting.
