Category: Lifestyle Medicine Update

Can Glucosamine Supplementation Decrease Cancer Risk? The Research is ImpressiveSource: J Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2017Lifestyle Medicine Update (March 12, 2025)In many developed countries, like the US, the UK, Canada and Australia, about 20 percent of adults over the age of 45 report taking glucosamine supplements on a regular basis. Most people take glucosamine to help Read More

5HTP and GABA Improve Sleep Timing and QualitySource: Am J Ther (2010)Lifestyle Medicine Update (March 5, 2025)As people age, they often report problems falling asleep and enjoying good quality, renewing sleep. This happens for several reasons, as many changes occur in the brain’s sleep centre, the hypothalamus, around age 40, that make falling asleep and Read More

Curcumin Blocks Steps in Alzheimer’s disease and Improves Memory in Older SubjectsSource: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (2018)Lifestyle Medicine UpdateDue to advances in health care delivery and education many more people are living longer and healthier. However, with advancing age comes the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, for which modern Read More

Beta-Sitosterol in the Treatment Enlarged Prostate Problems (BPH) and its Anti-Cancer Prostate PropertiesSource: American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Urology (2023)Lifestyle Medicine Update No (February 19, 2025)An outstanding review paper was published in the American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Urology in December 2023. The researchers reviewed all the studies looking at the effects of Read More

How Much Vitamin C is Necessary to Help Fight Viral Respiratory Infections?Source: J Global Antimicrobial Resistance (2022)Lifestyle Medicine Update No 348Most people are aware that vitamin C may be helpful to combat the common cold and other respiratory tract infections. But there has been controversy over the years about how effective vitamin C really is Read More

Nearly 50% of Type 2 Diabetics Shown to Suffer from Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies.Source: British Medical Journal Nutrition, Prevention & Health January 28, 2025Lifestyle Medicine Update (February 5, 2025)An important systematic review regarding type 2 diabetics was published in the BMJ on January 28, 2025. It showed that about 50% of type 2 diabetics have Read More

Huperzine A Supplement Helps Prevent and Treat Dementia/Alzheimer’s diseaseSource: J Molecules (2021)Lifestyle Medicine Update (January 29, 2025)Over the years I have helped a number of older individuals reverse memory loss and dementia problems. One of the nutritional medicine factors that I always include is a natural agent known as Huperzine A. It was first discovered Read More

Growing Evidence Suggests Plant-Based Diets Reduce Cancer RiskSource: Medscape January 16, 2025 & Nature Microbiology (January 6, 2025)Lifestyle Medicine Update (January 24, 2025)Once again, the latest study on plant-based diets and cancer, published in Nature Microbiology on January 6, 2025, has shown that after following over 21,000 individuals, those who most closely adhered to a Read More

Melatonin Continues to Show Promise in Alzheimer’s disease Prevention and Adjunctive ManagementSource: Medical Science Monitor (May 7, 2020)Lifestyle Medicine Update (December 30, 2024)The pineal gland releases less and less melatonin as we age, and thus blood and brain levels of melatonin decline very significantly as we age. Numerous studies now show that the decline in Read More

Finally, A Diet That Controls GoutSource: Journal Nutrients (2019)Lifestyle Medicine Update (December 10, 2024)You likely know that gout is a type of arthritis that causes inflammation and pain in certain joints, especially the big toe, but it can also affect the ankles, knees, elbows, wrists and fingers. Sudden flare ups can lead to disabling pain Read More