One of my fondest memories of adolescence was walking to school every day with my friend Marc.
I would always get to his house at “ten-passed” (presumably 8:10am), and generally he was running just a bit late.
Eventually he would come out, and he ALWAYS had egg on the corners of his mouth. His mom cooked him eggs every day, which was nice I guess.
Now, of course, he’s paying the piper. He has heart problems, and cannot eat the way he used to.
In my case, I also ate a fair amount of high-energy foods such as salt, meat, cheese, and had a lot of stress due to divorce, illness, addiction and money issues in my family, so I now eat about 90% vegan, which keeps me feeling good.
But last week, there was a special at Whole Foods, with organic eggs, 18 for $2.00. When I brought them home, my family laughed at me, as they frequently do, because although I am a food Nazi (please do not take offense at this, it’s a term that reminds me of a Seinfeld episode) at home, it is often my fault when we fall off the wagon. Well, needless to say we’ve baked bread, had pancakes, omelets, fried eggs, waffles, egg-drop soup, and today I made poached eggs. Absolutely delicious, but my son and I both feel eggs very strongly in our bodies.
I feel stressed, and like I could climb a mountain. So if I don’t, I usually climb on someone’s back and give them a hard time. I’m really glad I have the clarity to see how foods affect me, and that I can cook well without foods like eggs. But it was fun while it lasted!
La hepatitis B no aumenta el riesgo de cáncer de páncreas y sólo la edad es un factor que contribuye a la enfermedad, según un estudio del Hospital Henry Ford en Detroit que se ha hecho público durante la reunión anual de la Asociación Americana para el Estudio de las Enfermedades del Hígado que se celebra en Boston (Estados Unidos).
Los resultados contradicen un estudio previo de 2008 que sugería un vínculo entre el cáncer pancreático y la infección previa por hepatitis B. La hepatitis B es una inflamación del hígado causada por una infección viral.
Los autores del trabajo, dirigido por Jeffrey Tang, examinaron a más de 74.000 pacientes que pasaron por una prueba de hepatitis B entre 1995 y 2008. En el análisis global sólo la edad se desveló como un predictor significativo del cáncer pancreático.
“Examinamos la incidencia del cáncer pancreático entre los pacientes infectados por hepatitis B durante un periodo superior a 13 años y descubrimos que no podíamos confirmar un mayor riesgo para aquellos con una exposición previa a la hepatitis B, como un estudio previo había sugerido”, afirma Tang.
Según precisa el investigador, cuando se tuvieron en cuenta otros factores como edad, raza, sexo, VIH y diabetes, sólo la mayor edad y la presencia de diabetes mostraron ser factores significativos mientras que la exposición previa a la hepatitis B no constituyó una variable importante.
I'm not infected but I know some one who is and I'm just curious about this.
Freddy, HCV is the hepetitus c virus. It's treatable but there is no cure for it.
A recent study by doctors at Shinshu University, School of Medicine, in Japan determined that left side grafting has lower risk to donors compared to grafts taken from the right lobe, and it appears to be the procedure of choice for adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Researchers also found that graft size was not the only cause behind "small-for-size graft syndrome," a severe complication resulting in organ malfunction and transplant failure.
Researchers in New York City are reporting their work uncovering a new epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) who have HIV infection. These authors have previously reported unusually rapid fibrosis progression due to new HCV in MSM who have HIV infection and now expand on their findings, demonstrating that sexual transmission rather than injection drug use is the route of infection.
Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDIX), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, announced presentations of data on IDX184, a once-daily novel liver-targeted nucleotide prodrug of 2'-methyl guanosine (2'MeG) for the treatment of HCV, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) currently being held in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ever heard of salba (Salvia hispanica), a cousin of mint that grows throughout southern Mexico? You’ve certainly heard of another product derived from the same plant: chia, whose seeds you grow on silly-stupid, tacky Chia Pets (I’m still unhappy about the awful Obama Chia they introduced last spring).
What you may not know about salba is how utterly packed with nutrition it is. I certainly wasn’t aware of this superfood until I came across it at the in September. And now that summer’s over and I’m back to cooking and baking lots of yummy comfort foods, this little grain will make an easy, healthy addition to lots of my dishes.
According to , salba is the highest source of dietary fiber and healthy fat alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) found in nature.
What’s more, say researchers at the University of Toronto, salba is an “exceptionally rich source of vegetable protein, calcium, magnesium, iron, and antioxidants,” all of which improve .
The researchers set out to discover whether adding salba to the diet could protect the hearts of people with type 2 diabetes. In their small study, which included 20 otherwise healthy people with type 2 diabetes, half took about 37 grams of salba a day for 12 weeks; the other half took about 37 grams of wheat germ. All participants were put on a healthy diet and instructed to continue taking any medications they were currently prescribed.
At the end of the study, people in the salba group had lowered their systolic blood pressure (the top number) by an average of 6.3 , while blood pressure in the control group actually went up.
Salba also reduced levels of high-sensitivity and other heart-health markers. The researchers concluded that taking salba regularly had a major impact on lessening cardiovascular risk factors. They also found that it can help people maintain blood sugar and control cholesterol.
I’m not suggesting you take 37 grams of salba each day, however. Core Naturals, the exclusive distributor of Salba products in the United States, suggests a 12-gram serving of ground or whole seed—about a tablespoon, which contains more than 2,500 milligrams of omega-3s. That’s about eight times more omega-3 than salmon offers—although fish do have different omega-3s (), which are also, if not more, important for overall health. ()
In addition to its beneficial fats, salba boasts 30% more than blueberries and 25% more than flax. What’s more, unlike , salba doesn’t need to be ground up for you to reap its benefits.
As far as taste goes, it’s neutral. I’m chewing on the seeds right now, and I get this mild, slightly nutty flavor. They’re tiny and white, a bit gummy, and even smaller than flaxseed. You can easily add them to cereal, toss them into casseroles, or stir them into yogurt. To smooth out the crunchy texture, you can buzz them in a coffee grinder, just as you would flax.
Salba is packaged whole or ground, and it comes in single-serve packets as well as new fruit-flavored Salba Life Whole Food bars. Find salba at your local Whole Foods Market or health-food store, or online at . A 16-ounce jar of whole seeds sells for $27, while the bars retail for $3.29 each.
Although women with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are at lower risk for developing cirrhosis, researchers who compared outcomes for men and women after having liver transplantation found that women have a significantly increased risk of overall graft loss and graft loss from recurrent HCV than men.
