White Button Mushrooms and Fatty Liver.

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

Women are believed to be protected from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by estrogen, so postmenopausal women with lower estrogen levels have an increased chance of developing the disease. Their risk is even higher if they are on anti-estrogen therapy. Hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) is is an early stage of NAFLD which can lead to […]

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Conditions: Cirrhosis, Estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, Fatty liver (hepatic steatosis), Insulin resistance, Liver fibrosis, Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Ovariectomy, Postmenopausal

Supplements: CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)

Foods: Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus), Shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes), White button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)

Miscellaneous: Anti-aromatase, Aromatase enzyme, Aromatase inhibitor

Kudzu Isoflavones and Metabolic Syndrome.

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Dr. Gary Pack

Kudzu root (Radix pueraria) comes from Pueraria lobota. Kudzu contains isoflavone glucosides, such as puerarin. The isoflavones are antioxidant and antidipsotropic (works against alcohol abuse.) The authors previously demonstrated that isoflavones work best in hypertensive rats with their ovaries removed. This may mean that isoflavones work by stimulating estrogen pathways. The authors studied whether dietary […]

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Conditions: Alcohol abuse, Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Insulin resistance, Metabolic syndrome, Ovariectomy, Stroke

Supplements: Kudzu (Pueraria lobata)

Miscellaneous: Antidipsotropic, Antioxidant, Daidzein, Daidzin, Estrogen, Glucosides, Isoflavones, Puerarin

Normal Bone Growth and Estrogen Levels.

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Dr. Gary Pack

Estrogen, the female sex hormone, plays an important role in the formation of new bone at the ends of long bones in both males and females. The present study was an attempt to determine the results of various doses of estrogen on the complicated process of bone formation. The effects of ovariectomy (low estrogens), sham […]

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Conditions: Apoptosis, Bone formation, Ovariectomy

Miscellaneous: Cartilage, Estrogen, Estrogen receptors

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