Nutrition

Myostatin antagonists for limb injury; growth hormone, anybody?
On Jul 19, 11:30 am, Kofi <k...(a)anon.un> wrote: "Myostatin also increases fibrosis and scarring within tissue so part of what you are doing is blocking that." I am wondering how much myostatin is present in the regenerative blastemas driving the regrowth of amphibian limbs and deer antlers or how the MRL mou... 20 Jul 2008 23:45

Cognition and Iron Loading
Amelioration of recognition memory impairment associated with iron loading or aging by the type 4-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor rolipram in rats. de Lima MN, Presti-Torres J, Garcia VA, Guimarães MR, Scalco FS, Roesler R, Schröder N Neuropharmacology 2008 Jun 21. Increasing evidence indicates that iron d... 20 Jul 2008 12:29

Iron In Arterial Plaque
Iron in arterial plaque: A modifiable risk factor for atherosclerosis. Sullivan JL Biochim Biophys Acta 2008 Jun 19. It has been proposed that iron depletion protects against cardiovascular disease. There is increasing evidence that one mechanism for this protection may involve a reduction in iron levels within... 18 Jul 2008 21:40

Metal Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease
Therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease based on the metal hypothesis. Lahoz E, Pisacane A, Iannaccone M, Palumbo D, Capparelli R Neurotherapeutics 2008 Jul; 5(3):421-32. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, and it is characterized by elevated brain iron levels and accumulation of... 18 Jul 2008 11:21

Iron-binding Fungistatic
Fungistatic activity of iron-free bovin lactoferrin against several fungal plant pathogens and antagonists. Lahoz E, Pisacane A, Iannaccone M, Palumbo D, Capparelli R Nat Prod Res 2008 Jul; 22(11):955-61. Lactoferrin (LF) is a member of the transferrin family of iron-binding glycoproteins. It is also a multifunc... 18 Jul 2008 11:21

Iron Correlated With Cancer Directly
An ecological study of cancer mortality rates including indices for dietary iron and zinc. Grant WB Anticancer Res 2008 May-Jun; 28(3B):1955-63. BACKGROUND: Dietary iron and zinc affect the risk of cancer, with dietary iron generally correlated with increased risk and dietary zinc with reduced risk. However, zi... 18 Jul 2008 11:21

Iron and Meat and Blood Pressure
Relation of iron and red meat intake to blood pressure: cross sectional epidemiological study. Tzoulaki I, Brown IJ, Chan Q, Van Horn L, Ueshima H, Zhao L, Stamler J, Elliott P BMJ 2008.:a258. OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations of dietary iron (total, haem, and non-haem), supplemental iron, and red meat wit... 21 Jul 2008 11:00

Mortality vs fat and muscle
Thomas Carter wrote: [...] but the best predictor I�ve seen for men is a British paper reporting on WC adjusted for forearm diameter, thus measuring fat and muscle and creating an index. It gives best benefits for WC <102 cm combined with hi forearm diameter. [...] Thomas (8) Am J Clin Nutr... 18 Jul 2008 02:06

Lupus Erythematosus and Porphyria
"Porphyria cutanea tarda may be associated with all forms of lupus erythematosus " PCT is an iron overload disease. Iron excess? Iron deficiency? - Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus with bullae associated with porphyria cutanea tarda Wiebke K. Peitsch 1 , Katharina Lorentz 1 , Matthias Goebeler 1 ,Ser... 18 Jul 2008 15:29

Low-carb and Mediterranean diets better than low-fat diet for weight loss
On Jul 17, 4:31 am, Matti Narkia <m...(a)mbnet.fi> wrote: The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has today published the results of two-year randomized controlled clinical trial (N=322) The diets are varying too many nutrients to allow one to establish reasonable conclusions. I would have like to seen ho... 21 Jul 2008 17:12