St John’s wort (also known as rosin rose or goatweed) is truly an impressive plant. It has been used for centuries to treat mental health disorders, including depression, mood swings, anxiety, and sleep problems. It also has some other fascinating health benefits, such as alleviating pre-menstrual symptoms, regulating hormonal activity, protecting against viral infections, reducing inflammation, and even preventing cancer. Continue reading “The Queen of All Herbs: St. John’s Wort”
A great article in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology concluding that nutraceuticals can be natural alternatives or support to pharmacological therapies in statin-intollerant patients. Ingredients from red yeast rice, bergamot, berberine, artichoke, soluble fiber, and plant sterols and stanols alone or in combination with each other can significantly reduce LDL-C (“bad cholesterol”) but also show other effects such as reduction of other parameters of lipid profile, glucose, blood pressure, inflammation and oxidative stress. Like with the majority of nutraceuticals, longer-term studies are necessary, but who will ever fund such studies?
A great article published recently in the Mental Health Clinician gives a comprehensive analysis and comparison of five double-blinded and randomized controlled trials that examined efficacy of lavender essential oil in the treatment of anxiety disorders, including subsyndromal anxiety disorder, restlessness and agitation with disturbed sleep, and mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. Continue reading “Lavender Oil for Anxiety Treatment”
The results of a new study, published in British Journal of Nutrition, showed that one in eight Irish adults are deficient in Vitamin B12 and ne in seven develop a deficiency in folate. Continue reading “Substantial proportion of older adults is deficient in vitamin B12 and folate”
An article published yesterday in Phytotherapy Research shows some amazing antibacterial activity of tinctures of Spilanthes oleracea and propolis, Nigella seed oil, and an ethanolic extract of black garlic on microorganisms involved in oral diseases. Continue reading “Incredible Antibacterial Potential of Some Plant Extracts”
It will appear that all of my news posts are related to vitamin D, but the news lately just don’t stop mentioning it in various contexts. Why is there such a surge of new results with vitamin D, it’s difficult to say. Continue reading “The higher the vitamin D level, the lower the risk of diabetes”
A yet another study about vitamin D was published today in PLOS One showing that women with higher blood levels of vitamin D have a significantly lower risk for breast cancer. Continue reading “Vitamin D lowers risk of breast cancer”
New study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, was conducted by scientists from NCI, the American Cancer Society, the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and 20 other medical centers and organizations around the world. Continue reading “Vitamin D lowers risk of colorectal cancer”
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