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Is Olive Oil Really "Heart Healthy?"
Olive oil is as American as baseball and apple pie. Its monounsaturated omega-3's have long been touted for being "heart healthy." But if olive oil ready did protect our hearts from heart disease, then why do one out of every three Americans die from...
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Foods That Fight Pain: Revolutionary New Strategies for Maximum Pain Relief
upset the body's natural balance, as well as foods that actively soothe pain by improving blood circulation, relieving inflammation, and balancing hormones. Complete with delicious recipes, Foods That Fight Pain is a revolutionary approach to healing...
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Diet can Alleviate Depression and PMS Symptoms
Plant-Based Diets Can Alleviate Depression Eating a diet based on whole plant foods has been shown to alleviate depression in many patients. Not surprisingly, women with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) who experience moodiness can see improvements with...
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Smoking and Risk of Microscopic Colitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
colitis in men and women. Microscopic colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the large intestine resulting in abdominal cramps and persistent watery diarrhea. This study clarified whether cigarette...
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Alcohol consumption and dry eye syndrome: a Meta-analysis.
is a condition in which the eyes are unable to produce enough tears to moisten the cornea, resulting in dryness and inflammation of the cornea. This study evaluated the relationship between alcohol consumption and risk of developing dry eye syndrome....
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Whole Grains May Protect Against Esophageal Cancer
Esophageal Cancer is one of the most deadly cancers of the digestive tract. In the United States, it accounts for 1% of all cancers diagnosed in this country.The incidence of esophageal cancer has risen by more than 700% in the past four decades, making...
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Can Plant Foods Protect Against Prostate Cancer?
Going vegan could protect men against prostate cancer. This is the findings of a study published in the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention . A total of 60 prostate cancer patients and 60 healthy subjects were assessed by their dietary patterns...
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RE: LEAKY GUT
know, that is what I am beginning to think. I think the high fat in the diet may be causing me more inflammation, and I should try to return to Dr. Carney's recommendations. Thank you!
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RE: LEAKY GUT
or butter. I still have some rash on my cheeks, but as I mentioned before, it has gone down. I know it is due to inflammation. I have lost 20 pounds, which has helped in my healing along with going whole food plant based.
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Stomach Emptying Device for Weight Control?
Back in the 1970s, the popular Carol Burnett Show did a recurring sketch making fun of daytime soap operas. The name of the parody, "As the Stomach Turns," was itself a playful poke at a popular afternoon soap of the era. Who would have guessed that...
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Callie's Cancer Part 3
Obviously, a blog about a house cat is hardly appropriate for a site dedicated to human health, but I feel that Callie's story is indeed significant to the human side of cancer. This post is Part 3 of Callie's Cancer blog that was posted on Monday, 22...
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How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
atherosclerosis, stroke, and heart attacks), how they lower blood pressure, and how foods from animal sources promote inflammation. Diseases of the lung - Chapter 2 discusses lung cancer, smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and...
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Milk May Raise Mortality Risk
An increase in mortality risk is associated with frequent consumption of milk, according to a 2014 study published in the British Medical Journal . A team of Swedish researchers analyzed the diets of more than 100,000 men and women recruited from 3...
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Ken’s Type-1 Diabetes Journey: Control Part 2 - When Things Go Amiss
By far, the most valuable knowledge I learned at the beginning of my Type-1 diabetes journey is that my blood-sugar is directly controlled by me. The inability to make my own insulin means that my metabolic system is “open-loop”. Open loop means the...
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Fruit and vegetable intakes, C-reactive protein, and the metabolic syndrome.
discovered that regular consumers of fruits and vegetables had low levels of C-reactive proteins (biomarker of inflammation) in their blood. Metabolic syndrome risk was found to be reduced by 30% in frequent consumers of vegetables and 34% in habitual...
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Effect of walnut consumption on blood lipids and other cardiovascular risk factors: a meta-analysis and systemic review.
of total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (indicators of cardiovascular health) and biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress were found in subjects who regularly consumed large amounts of walnuts. However, diets rich in...
https://www.drcarney.com/science/disease-conditions/cardiovascular-disease/effect-of-walnut-consumption-on-blood-lipids-and-other-cardiovascular-risk-factors-a-meta-analysis-and-systemic-review -
Wes Youngberg, DrPH, MPH, CNS, FACLM
"Most disease promoting genes do NOT determine disease risk. It is the choices we make consciously or unconsciously that largely determine our future health," says Wes Youngberg, DrPH. In a twist on Shakespeare, he continues , "'Our fate, dear Brutus,...
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Resistant Starch is NOT Futile
The phrase "resistance is futile" entered the pop-culture lexicon in 1989 when The Borg appeared on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation . The show's creators probably had no idea that somewhere in a laboratory in England, scientists were...
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Could Erectile Dysfunction Save Your Life?
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S ., (killing one out of every three persons ), so it's no surprise that men in the U.S. have the highest percentage of Erectile Dysfunction (ED), since ED is indeed a cardiovascular...
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Can dietary choices help relieve menstrual cramping and heavy periods?
Painful menstrual cramping and heavy periods can be largely attributed to chemicals called prostaglandins which promote inflammation. Prostaglandins are also associated with the constriction of blood vessels,...
https://www.drcarney.com/faq/women-s-health-questions/can-dietary-choices-help-relieve-menstrual-cramping-and-heavy-periods
