Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary In this randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study the effect of vitamin D and calcium on colon polyps (colorectal adenoma) was examined, i.e. benign neoplasms in the intestinal region. For a 6 month period calcium and/or vitamin D or a placebo were administered to the patients. It turned out that the formation of new tumor tissue…
Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary Coronary bypass operation. A coronary bypass operation becomes necessary if one or more coronary arteries have developed severe atherosclerotic deposits that threaten to clog the arteries and cause a heart attack. In order to avoid a heart attack, a coronary bypass operation is frequently performed. Surgically, a bypass is constructed around the atherosclerotic deposits…
Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary This study was undertaken to clarify the mechanism of the antihypertensive effect of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). Twenty-six patients with essential arterial hypertension were treated with oral CoQ10, 50 mg twice daily for 10 weeks. Plasma CoQ10, serum total and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and blood pressure were determined in all patients before and at…
Summary Lipid disorders are characterized by imbalanced levels of fatty substances (i.e. cholesterol and triglycerides) in the bloodstream. These lipids are carried in the blood stream in form of microscopic round particles, called lipoproteins. Thus, these conditions are also called lipoprotein disorders. There are, generally speaking, two types of cholesterol-transporting lipoproteins: a) the “bad cholesterol”…
Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary The present study tested the efficacy of the natural amino acid L-arginine in protecting against atherosclerosis. Special interest was given to early vascular changes in the arteries, the thickening of the inner layer of the artery (intima), also called intimal hyperplasia. The study was performed with 26 rabbits that received either normal drinking water…
Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary The underlying disease process of coronary artery disease (CAD) is called arteriosclerosis. This process starts with a weakening of the blood vessel walls, most frequently caused by an insufficient dietary intake of vitamins and other micronutrients. This leads to an underproduction of collagen and other reinforcement molecules in the artery walls and to the…
Summary This randomized controlled double-blind study examined the effects of a polyphenol-rich nutritional supplement on prostate-specific antigen (PSA), an important tumor marker for prostate cancer. Towards this goal, over a period of 6 months, 199 prostate cancer patients with an average age of 74 years received either a capsule containing various micronutrients – pomegranate, green…
Summary This study dealt with the intake of antioxidants from diet and supplements and the effects on the risk of pancreatic cancer. A total of 77,446 American men and women, aged between 50 and 76 years, were interviewed by means of a questionnaire about their eating and lifestyle habits, and also regarding their intake of…
Summary The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of antioxidant micronutrients on breast cancer risk. The study used data from participants in the so-called Rotterdam Study, a prospective study of women aged over 55 years. The intake of antioxidant micronutrients was determined on the basis of nutritional questionnaires. The investigation revealed,…
Summary This study from the Dr. Rath Research Institute for Cellular Medicine dealt with the effectiveness of a specific micronutrient combination – containing lysine, proline, arginine, vitamin C and green tea extract – against kidney cancer. The study was carried out with cells and tissues. It was demonstrated that the production of certain collagen digesting…
Summary This meta-analysis investigated the association between the intake of antioxidant vitamins and the risk of cervical cancer. The analysis included data from 22 studies involving more than 10,000 participants. It was found that the intake of vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin E and beta-carotene were associated with a significant reduction of cervical cancer risk.…
Summary This cross-sectional study from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, USA, examined the relationship between vitamin E blood levels in women and the incidence of cervical cancer and its precursor (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia). The surveyed group consisted of 72 women, 37 of whom had the said precursor and 14 of…
Summary This summary analysis examined the results of 10 studies on the relationship between the intake of vitamin C, either from dietary supplements or the diet itself, and the death rate from breast cancer. Total mortality was also examined. The analysis included data from nearly 18,000 breast cancer patients.The results suggest that a high dietary…
Summary This 20 years follow-up study examined the association between carotenoid intake and breast tumors. 32.826 women donated blood samples. 11–12 years later, 18.743 of these women contributed a second blood sample. Between the first and second blood collection, 2188 breast cancer cases were diagnosed. The results showed that women with high carotenoid intake had…
Summary This case-control study examined the relationship between the intake of carotenoids (alpha-, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin and lutein/zeaxanthin) and the risk of developing breast cancer. The study involved some 561 breast cancer patients and 561 healthy women. Data collection on the nutrient intake of the participants took place via a validated questionnaire. The observation period was…
Summary These two studies examined the effect of vitamin C supplementation on metastasis and tumor growth, for skin cancer and breast cancer, in mice that cannot produce endogenous vitamin C. During the study, the food and water given to a group of 36-38 weeks old female mice was supplemented with vitamin C for four weeks…
Summary This study examined the association between the intake of green tea, a natural source of polyphenols, and the risk of breast cancer in Japanese-American women. It included 119 participants before and 72 participants after menopause. All women were free of disease. The scientists found that estrogen and estradiol, two factors in the development of…
Summary The aim of this analysis, carried out at Zhejiang University (China), was to study the association between the intake of antioxidant vitamins (vitamins C and E, beta-carotene and alpha-carotene) and the risk of gastric cancer. For this purpose the researchers analyzed 40 clinical studies, which showed that an increased intake of these micronutrients is…
Summary In this study, the relationship between calcium and other minerals with the risk of lung cancer in non-smokers was studied. For this purpose 71,267 female non-smokers, not suffering from cancer, were interviewed using a questionnaire on their dietary habits. After an average period of 11.2 years the surveyed group was re-examined. The results show…
Summary This case-control study from the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Sweden studied the effect of vitamin C, beta-carotene and vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) on various forms of esophageal and gastric cancer. The surveyed group consisted of 608 cancer patients and 815 healthy people (control group). It was found that an increased intake of these vitamins was…
Summary A scientific study, carried out between 1985 and 2002 with 29,133 male smokers in Finland, examined the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and the incidence of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It concluded that circulating 25(OH)D may provide a protective effect in the development of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas. Further details can be found in the study. References…
Summary Free radicals, in particular those produced as a result of exposure to intense sunlight, are a major cause of skin cancer and other skin disorders. This study examined to what extent carotenoids, as a dietary supplement or skin protection factor, are able to neutralize the negative effects of free radicals. A double-blind study with…
Summary In this study the effectiveness of the carotenoid lutein against prostate cancer cells was examined. The study was conducted at the University of New Jersey (USA) and showed that lutein inhibits the growth of prostate cancer cells and promotes their death. Further details can be found in the study. References Mohamed M Rafi, Saravanan Kanakasabai, Sarita…
Summary This US study examined the influence of the plant ingredient sulforaphane on prostate cancer. The investigation was carried out with various prostate cancer cell types and included an accurate analysis of gene expression, i.e. the process through which the genetic information was implemented and made available for cells. This kind of study enables, for…
Summary In this research article the benefit of dietary supplementation with vitamin D3 in patients with prostate cancer was demonstrated. The researchers reported that daily supplementation with 4000 international units (IU) of vitamin D3 was effective in improving outcome patients with early prostate cancer. Furthermore, it was found that African-American men had lower overall vitamin…
Summary This study was concerned with the effect of vitamin D (1,25 Dehydroxyvitamin D – the active form of the vitamin) on testicular cancer cells. For this purpose cells and tissue of testicular tumors were examined. It turned out that vitamin D has an inhibitory effect on the growth of testicular tumor cells. The authors…
Summary At the Dr. Rath Research Institute for Cellular Medicine, a specific combination of micronutrients – including vitamin C, lysine, proline and green tea extract – was examined for its ability to inhibit specific enzymes that help cancer cells spread through the body (metastasis). The analysis of prostate cancer cells proved that the micronutrient combination…
Summary In this study, the effect of a micronutrient combination containing lysine, proline, arginine, ascorbic acid and epigallocatechin gallate was tested on human prostate cancer cells. The study results show that the micronutrients effectively inhibited the growth and proliferation of cancer cells. Furthermore, the production of collagen-digesting enzymes – via which the cancer cells move…
Summary The aim of this study was to determine vitamin D levels in prostate cancer patients and the influence of these on the severity and progression of the disease. 53 male patients with prostate cancer participated in the study. Various diagnostic tests, such as biopsy or immunochemical methods, provided evidence that lower vitamin D levels…
Summary In this study, the relationship between the intake of micronutrients during pregnancy and the risk of the occurrence of cerebellar tumors (medulloblastoma) or nervous tissue tumors (neuroectodermal tumors) were examined. Over a period of six years 315 patients with tumors and 315 control cases were examined. The study results confirmed the protective effect of…
Summary Regular fish consumption has been shown to reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). Researchers from the University of Kuopio (Finland) tested this hypothesis by studying the association between the serum long-chain n-3 PUFAs and risk of AF in men. A total of 2174 men , 42 to 60 years old, were studied. They…
Summary Researchers of the Osaka Shoin Women’s University in Japan studied the relationship between an noncommunicable disease (e.g. hypertension) and the dietary intake of vitamin E (tocopherol), a potent anti-oxidative vitamin. They analysed studies with data from 1,405 males and 2,102 females over 40 (mean ages: 63.5 and 62.4). They found that higher vitamin E…
Summary Patients during an ischemic stroke are at risk for acute brain damage and they are also at risk for further tissue damage after the stroke. Researchers from the University of Sheffield (UK) therefore studied the effects of supplementary antioxidants with or without B-group vitamins on damage during the critical period after the stroke. Ninety-six…
Summary Researchers of the university of Vienna (Austria) tested the effects of magnesium intake on the exercise dependent heart rate of 53 male patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). They found that, compared to a placebo, 15mmol of magnesium twice a day for 6 months significantly increased the intracellular magnesium levels. These results support the…