The Marketing Of Madness: Are We All Insane?

The Marketing of Madness is the definitive documentary on the psychiatric drugging industry. Here is the real story of the high income partnership between psychiatry and drug companies that has created an $80 billion psychotropic drug profit centre. But appearances are deceiving. How valid are psychiatrists’ diagnoses – and how safe are their drugs? Digging deep …

Fructose Consumption Increases Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Study suggests U.S. Dietary Guideline for Upper Limit of Sugar Consumption is too High: A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that adults who consumed high fructose corn syrup for two weeks as 25 percent of their daily calorie requirement had increased blood levels of cholesterol …

Antioxidants Of Growing Interest To Address Infertility, Erectile Dysfunction

A growing body of evidence suggests that antioxidants may have significant value in addressing infertility issues in both women and men, including erectile dysfunction, and researchers say that large, specific clinical studies are merited to determine how much they could help. The study this story is based on is available from ScholarsArchive@OSU: http://bit.ly/nNir7E   CORVALLIS, Ore. …

Zinc Lozenges May Shorten the Duration of Colds

Zinc lozenges might be useful as a treatment option for the common cold, according to a meta-analysis published in The Open Respiratory Medicine Journal.  Studies have shown that taking a dose of more than 75 mg of zinc in the form of zinc lozenges per day cut the duration of the common cold by 20 to 42 percent.     …

Vitamin D Relieves Joint, Muscle Pain For Breast Cancer Patients

Washington University doctors have found that high-dose vitamin D helps relieve joint and muscle pain in breast cancer patients taking estrogen-lowering drugs. Known as aromatase inhibitors, the drugs are prescribed to treat breast tumors fueled by the hormone estrogen. They are less toxic than chemotherapy, but many patients experience severe musculoskeletal discomfort, including pain and …

Vitamin A Rich Foods

Food Sources of Vitamin A ranked by micrograms Retinol Activity Equivalents (RAE) of vitamin A per standard amount; also calories in the standard amount. (All are ≥ 20% of RDA for adult men, which is 900 mg/day RAE.) Food, Standard Amount Vitamin A (μg RAE) Calories Organ meats (liver, giblets), various, cooked, 3 oza 1490-9126 134-235 Carrot …

Vitamin C Rich Foods

Food Sources of Vitamin C ranked by milligrams of vitamin C per standard amount; also calories in the standard amount. (All provide ≥ 20% of RDA for adult men, which is 90 mg/day.) Food, Standard Amount Vitamin C (mg) Calories Guava, raw, ½ cup 188 56 Red sweet pepper, raw, ½cup 142 20 Red sweet pepper, cooked, ½ cup   116 19 …

Magnesium Rich Foods

Food Sources of Magnesium ranked by milligrams of magnesium per standard amount; also calories in the standard amount. (All are ≥ 10% of RDA for adult men, which is 420 mg/day.) Food, Standard Amount Magnesium (mg) Calories Pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, 1 oz 151 148 Brazil nuts, 1 oz 107 186 Bran ready-to-eat cereal (100%), …

Vitamin E Rich Foods

Food Sources of Vitamin E ranked by milligrams of vitamin E per standard amount; also calories in the standard amount. (All provide ≥ 10% of RDA for vitamin E for adults, which is 15 mg a-tocopherol [AT]/day.) Food, Standard Amount AT (mg) Calories Fortified ready-to-eat cereals, ~1 oz 1.6-12.8 90-107 Sunflower seeds, dry roasted, 1 oz 7.4 …