Senin, 29 September 2008

Acne: Disease of Civilization

I often focus on the bigger facets of the disease of civilization. Things like cardiovascular disease and cancer, which are major killers and the subject of intensive research. But the disease of civilization is a spectrum of disorders that affects the body in countless ways, large and small. I recently read an interesting paper written by an all-star cast, including Loren Cordain, Staffan Lindeberg and Boyd Eaton. It's titled "Acne Vulgaris:...

Jumat, 26 September 2008

Kunyit Bisa Mencegah Alzheimer

JAKARTA-- Indonesia dikenal dengan kekayaan akan hasil bumi termasuk rempah-rempah. Salah satunya adalah kunyit atau curcuma lorga telah lama dikenal bermanfaat bagi tubuh.Kunyit merupakan famili Zingiberange yang hidup pada ketinggian 1300-1600 m diatas permukaan laut. Tanaman ini berasal dari Bibnar, India yang kemudian dibudidayakan di Thailand, Amerika Tengah, China selatan, Filiphina dan Indonesia.Manfaat...

Kamis, 25 September 2008

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is milder form of NASH, in which the liver becomes enlarged and accumulates fat. Ready for a shocker? The prevalence of NAFLD is thought to be between 20 and 30 percent in the Western world, and rising. It's typically associated with insulin resistance and often with the metabolic syndrome. This has lead some researchers to believe it's caused by insulin resistance. It's a chicken and egg question, but...

Selasa, 23 September 2008

Mengenal Wasir dan Faktor PemicunyaJAKARTA – Mereka yang menghabiskan waktu seharian dengan duduk lama harus waspada. Terlebih lagi kalau mereka ini hanya mengonsumsi sedikit air dan sayuran. Bukan apa-apa, kalangan inilah yang berpotensi besar terserang penyakit wasir atau ambeien. Menurut Dr. Sutanto Gandakusuma, Ahli Bedah Rumah Sakit (RS) Husada, Jakarta, hampir 70 persen manusia dewasa mempunyai wasir, baik wasir dalam, wasir luar maupun keduanya....

Agave Syrup

Anna brought up agave syrup in a comment on the last post, so I thought I'd put up a little mini-post so everyone can benefit from what she pointed out. Agave syrup is made from the heart of the agave plant, which is pressed to release a juice rich in inulin. Inulin is a polymer made of fructose molecules. The inulin is then broken down either by heat or by enzymatic processing. The result is a sweet syrup that is rich in fructose. Agave syrup...

Senin, 22 September 2008

How to Fatten Your Liver

Steatohepatitis is a condition in which the liver becomes inflamed and accumulates fat. It was formerly found almost exclusively in alcoholics. In the 1980s, a new condition was described called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), basically steatohepatitis without the alcoholism. Today, NASH is thought to affect more than 2% of the adult American population. The liver has many important functions. It's not an organ you want to break. This...

Kamis, 18 September 2008

A New Toy

I bought a new toy the other day: a blood glucose meter. I was curious about my post-meal blood glucose after my HbA1c reading came back higher than I was expecting. A blood glucose meter is the only way to know what your blood sugar is doing in your normal setting. "Glucose intolerance" is the inability to effectively control blood glucose as it enters the bloodstream from the digestive system....
Kamis, 21 Agustus 2008 | 17:23 WIBPARA penderita HIV/AIDS kini mendapat sebuah harapan baru dalam meningkatkan kesembuhan. Berdasarkan hasil temuan awal dari Bagian Patologi Klinik Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga Surabaya, peluang penderita HIV/AIDS untuk sembuh semakin meningkat dengan mengombinasikan pengobatan antiretroviral dengan terapi adjuvant menggunakan ektrak meniran atau phylanthus.Seperti...

Jumat, 12 September 2008

Inactivity and Weight Gain

Most of the papers I read in the field pay lip-service to some familiar stories: thrifty genes; calories in, calories out; energy density; fat intake; gluttony and sloth. It may sound counterintuitive, but how do we know that inactivity causes overweight and not the other way around?  In other words, isn't it possible that metabolic deregulation could cause both overweight and a reduced activity level? The answer is clearly yes. There are...

Senin, 08 September 2008

A Practical Approach to Omega Fats

Hunter-gatherers and healthy non-industrial cultures didn't know what omega-6 and omega-3 fats were. They didn't balance nutrients precisely; they stayed healthy by eating foods that they knew were available and nourishing. Therefore, I don't think it's necessary to bean count omega fats, and I don't think there's likely to be a single ideal ratio of n-6 to n-3. However, I do think there's evidence...

Sabtu, 06 September 2008

Omega Fats and Cardiovascular Disease

I noticed something strange when I was poring over data about the Inuit last month. Modern Inuit who have adopted Western food habits get fat, they get diabetes... but they don't get heart attacks. This was a paradox to me at the time, because heart disease mortality typically comes along with the cluster of modern, non-communicable diseases I call the "diseases of civilization". One of the interesting...

Kamis, 04 September 2008

Omega-3 Fats and Brain Development

Another interesting study that Dr. Hibbeln sent me is about the link between maternal seafood consumption and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children. The study is about as powerful as epidemiology gets, with an enrollment of 11,875 mothers. The bottom line is short and sweet: compared to the children of mothers who ate 340 grams or more of fish per week, children whose mothers ate very little fish had an increased risk of low verbal intelligence,...

Selasa, 02 September 2008

The Omega Ratio

The theory advanced by Dr. Lands and Hibbeln is that the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in the diet is the crucial factor for mental and physical health, rather than the absolute amount of each. Omega-6 and -3 fats are essential long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. The number refers to the position of the double bond near the methyl end of the carbon chain.The ratio of omega-6 to omega-3...

Senin, 01 September 2008

Vegetable Oil and Homicide

One of the major dietary changes that has accompanied the downward slide of American health is the replacement of animal fats with industrially processed vegetable oils. Soybean oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil and other industrial creations have replaced milk and meat fat in our diet, while total fat consumption has remained relatively constant. The result is that we're eating a lot more polyunsaturated...
 

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