Bugs or Humans?
It has been hypothesized that autoimmune antigens may not be attacking only human DNA at all-but these bugs are interfering with their own destruction via DNA modulation at receptor sites in humans! It sounds like science fiction, doesn't it??
Source: Science Direct. Autoimmune Disease in the Age of the Metagenome.(online abstract). Autoimmunity Review. Volume 8, 8. July 2009.
Do We Really Need More Convincing on the Health Benefits of Green Tea?
Apparently so....
Green Tea was found to reduce damage from cigarette smoking, according to an abstract from Respiratory Medicine. The authors proposed that the antioxidant activity of green tea was the key player.
Source: Science Direct. Chinese Green Tea Ameliorates Lung Injury in Cigarette-Smoke Exposed Rats. (online abstract) Respiratory Medicine. Volume 103, 11.November 2009.
AND...
Green Tea was found to reduce risk of Cancer.
Source: Oxford Journals (Online Abstract). Green Tea Consumption and Hematologic Malignancies in Japan. American Journal of Epidemiology. Volume 170, 6. July 2009.
CoQ10 And Inflammation
A recent study found that high fructose corn syrup consumption increased inflammatory markers and oxidative stress in mice resulting in a link to glucose intolerance and obesity. CoQ10 was found to modulate gene expression on liver tissue decreasing inflammatory and metabolic stress markers.
Source: Science Direct. (online abstract). Coenzyme Q10 supplementation lowers hepatic oxidative stress and inflammation resulting associated with diet induced obesity in mice Biochemical Pharmacology. Volume 78, 11. December 2009.
Reisa Mehlman
Dr. Sarah Lobisco
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