Neuroprotective Potential of the Bahadori Leanness Program.

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Dr. Gary Pack

The Bahadori Leanness Program is a program to lose weight, especially fat and includes a “mini-fast with exercise.” During each 24-hour period there is a 12-14 hour fast with a period of aerobic exercise included. Low fat, high protein and low glycemic index diets are encouraged. The ability to lose fat is aided by burning […]

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Conditions: Arrhythmia, Cancer, Cell death, Fasting, Hypertension, Inflammation, Neuroprotection, Obesity

Miscellaneous: Bahadori Leanness Program, Caloric restriction, Exercise, Lifestyle, Parasympathetic nervous system, Sympathetic nervous system

Dietary Flavonoids and Leukemia Cells.

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Dr. Gary Pack

Annually about 10 million people develop cancer and about 6.2 million people die of cancer worldwide. Cancer cells have altered chemical pathways that lead to rapid growth and division of cells and reduced apoptosis (cell suicide). Overriding these functions can be therapeutic in patients with cancer and the proteasome pathway plays a role in these […]

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Neuroprotective Properties of Alpha-Tocotrienol.

Posted on November 13, 2005 by Dr. Gary Pack

The vitamin E complex includes chemicals called tocopherols (TCP) and tocotrienols (TCT), of which the tocopherols are the best known. Studies are being done to find out more about the tocotrienols that have been studied very little. The tocotrienols are known to block neuronal cell death caused by glutamate, but the tocopherols do not. Glutamate […]

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Conditions: Cell death, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative disease, Vitamin E deficiency

Supplements: Alpha-tocopherol, Glutathione, Tocopherols, Tocotrienols

Foods: Black tea (Camellia sinensis), Green tea (Camellia sinensis)

Miscellaneous: Arachidonic acid, Glutamate, Neurons