Iron and Zinc in Cooked Beans.

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Dr. Gary Pack

Children in Brazil have often been found to be deficient in iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) minerals. In fact, a high percentage of the population of Brazil is Fe deficient. Fe and Zn deficiencies can lead to anemia, growth retardation, and neurologic deficiencies. Because these minerals are important, the present study evaluates the amounts of […]

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Conditions: Anemia, Childhood, Iron deficiency, Iron deficiency anemia, Neurological damage, Zinc deficiency

Supplements: Iron, Phosphorus, Zinc

Foods: Bean broth, Beans, Black beans, Carioca beans, Kidney beans

Miscellaneous: Brazil, Ferment, Phytates (phytic acid), Plants, Ruminant

Fucoidan and Cancer.

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

In spite of the wide variety of cancer types, there a few basic mechanisms in their cellular behaviors. Most cancers develop because of acquired genetic changes allowing cancer cells to have survival advantages. To survive the ability to develop new blood vessels (angiogenesis) is necessary, and cancers usually develop the ability to metastasize. Poor immunity […]

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Antioxidant Effect of Astaxanthin.

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Dr. Gary Pack

It is known that phospholipid hydroperoxides (PLOOH) build up in the red blood cells (RBCs) of dementia patients. (Phospholipids include phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine.) PLOOHs are the products of oxidation of the phospholipids of the cell wall membranes. These products of oxidation in the RBCs could impair the transport of oxygen to the brain and contribute […]

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Conditions: Arteriosclerosis (atherosclerosis), Dementia, Elderly, Lipid peroxidation

Supplements: Algae, Astaxanthin, Carotenoids, Glutathione peroxidase, Lutein, Phosphatidylcholine, Phosphatidylethanolamine, Superoxide dismutase (SOD)

Miscellaneous: Phospholipid hydroperoxide, Plants, Xanthophylls

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