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January 2001- Chromium helps diabetics. A new study
confirms the value of chromium in managing diabetes (adult
onset, now more properly called Type II diabetes, as it is
now common at earlier ages due to overweight and poor diet).
Earlier studies reported that up to 90 percent of diabetics
could get off medication with chromium supplements, if they
took 1000 mcg of chromium daily. Chromium enhances insulin
sensitivity. This report confirms the value of chromium in
an elderly population, using only 400 mcg daily. Of course,
chromium is only a part of the solution to diabetes. A high
fiber diet, weight loss, and regular exercise are extremely
effective lifestyle changes that help control diabetes. James
Anderson, MD, at the University of Kentucky, has shown that
diabetics do better following such a diet and exercise program.
In addition, other supplements help both to control sugar
levels and prevent the complications of diabetes, related
to circulatory disorders, visual problems, and neurological
symptoms. Bioflavonoids, alpha-lipoic acid, coenzyme Q10,
bilberry, proanthocyanidins, magnesium, gamma-linolenic acid,
vitamins C and E, B complex, and others are all beneficial
for diabetics.
January 2001- Saw palmetto may treat and prevent prostate
cancer. We know that saw palmetto berry extract helps
benign prostate enlargement, but now there is evidence from
the laboratory that saw palmetto also helps prevent and treat
prostate cancer (American Society for Cell Biology meeting,
Reuters Health, Dec 2000). Saw palmetto decreased growth
of cancer cells in culture. It killed other cancer cells,
but it was five times more potent against prostate cancer
cells. The researchers noted that because it inhibited the
inflammatory substance known as COX-2, which is high in prostate
cancer cells, long-term usage of saw palmetto could help to
prevent prostate cancer as well as treat it. The usual dose
of saw palmetto is 160 mg of standardized extract, 2 to 3
times a day.
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