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hagbard_celine
03-06-2008, 05:59 PM
Stems cells are the embryonic cells that all mature cells grow from. All cells start off as stem cells and then grow or "differentiate" into specialized cells, bone, skin, blood, nerve etc. Science is currently developing ways of creating new stem cells and implanting them into a patient to heal some disease or injury. The path being taken by conventional science is to retrieve stem cells from a specially grown embryo containing some of the patient's DNA. This is an expensive and intricate process, but very profitable for the pharmaceutical companies of course. Retrieving the cells from the embryo usually kills it, making the whole treatment ethically questionable and very controversial. The stem cells only contain a part of the patient’s DNA and so are alien to their body, like a transplanted organ. This means that the patient will need to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of their life and take even more drugs to counter their resulting immune-deficiency, making even more profits for Big Pharma!
So would Big Pharma welcome with open arms a treatment that allowed the body to make its own stem cells, in a completely non-toxic, ethical and harmless way? Sure! And I set up a pork butcher shop in the local synagogue!
The latest Nexus magazine has a fascinating article by Marvin-Lee Robey, a man who’s been inspired as much as me by the brilliant book, The Body Electric by Robert O. Becker. He’s shown how using a special silver-ionic poultice, he can make wounds heal, not only quicker than by normal antiseptic and antibiotic treatment, but better. He sites the case of a vet who tried it on an injured horse. The horse slashed its knee right down to the bone, cutting the muscle, nerves and myelin sheath. The wound was badly infected and the horse in fever and great pain. It couldn’t walk and his fellow vets wanted him to shoot it. But this vet decided to give the silver treatment a go. After just 16 days (the article has photos of it) the wound was gone. Gone! Not even a scar! The shattered tissues had repaired themselves by actually producing their own stem cells. These stem cells were part of the horse's own body, with its own DNA, not donated alien DNA as in a conventional transplant culture. The horse not only recovered, it went on to become a champion show-jumper! There was another case sited of an elderly woman who had two lacerations on her skin, one was treated with the usual antiseptic-antibiotics and the other with ionic silver. The difference was amazing. The conventionally treated wound took 4 times as long to heal and left a scar, the silver-treated wound was gone in two weeks flat with no scar.
Ionic silver seems almost an intelligent drug! It kills the bacteria and viruses that cause infection and leaves the body’s own symbiotic "friendly" bacteria alone. How does it tell them apart? Antibiotics are carpet-bombers; they kill everything that moves, including the body’s friendly bacteria. This is why when I took a course of antibiotics I got stomach ache. The drug was killing off the friendly bacteria that help me digest my food! If I’d had to take them for a long time I’d have suffered serious long-term side-effects (which of course would need more medicine from Big Pharma to treat!) Not with ionic silver.
This is fascinating stuff! Even if you’re not a regular Nexus reader, get a copy of the current issue to read this article!
hagbard_celine
03-06-2008, 06:01 PM
Here's another thread that's relevent to the subject:
http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19270
2013
03-06-2008, 11:56 PM
Looks an interesting article thanks for posting i will look out for the magazine . I have used colloidal silver before in spray form . Can you take ionic silver internally ? do you know .
hagbard_celine
05-06-2008, 04:49 PM
Looks an interesting article thanks for posting i will look out for the magazine . I have used colloidal silver before in spray form . Can you take ionic silver internally ? do you know .
According to the article you can take it internally for non-invasive somplaints like cancer, arthritis etc. But you've got to be careful to get the right mixture. The author recomends how you do this.
Some types of silver solutions can make you turn blue!:eek:
pedsi
05-06-2008, 04:54 PM
Like this dude!
http://media.kval.com/images/071219_karason_northrup_470.jpg
2013
05-06-2008, 07:42 PM
Like this dude!
http://media.kval.com/images/071219_karason_northrup_470.jpg
Papa Smurf :D
pedsi
05-06-2008, 08:47 PM
papa Smurf :d
:d:d:d
boots
14-10-2008, 12:03 PM
In relation to stem cells and repairing lungs, kidney's etc the doc's have found that at the end of our chromosomes are things called telemiers (spelling).
The analogy is that our chromosones are like shoe laces and the bit at the end is the Telemiers, which holds it together, when these become frayed, through stress, the signal to produce stem cell breaks down and we age.
There is no reason why we could not be fit and healthy at 150 years old.:cool:
hagbard_celine
14-10-2008, 09:13 PM
In relation to stem cells and repairing lungs, kidney's etc the doc's have found that at the end of our chromosomes are things called telemiers (spelling).
The analogy is that our chromosones are like shoe laces and the bit at the end is the Telemiers, which holds it together, when these become frayed, through stress, the signal to produce stem cell breaks down and we age.
There is no reason why we could not be fit and healthy at 150 years old.:cool:
Technically aging is a pathology. Until the 1930's when Switzerland's railway system began, there were isolated villages in the Alps where people didn't visibly age. They lived in a purely natural envirnoment eating only fresh organic vegetables, meat and dairy products. However they didn't live forever. When they reached a certain age, 60 or so they suddenly and very quickly deteriorated and died, in a metter of a couple of years. So it seems we do hgave a natural, built in programme which stops us living forever, but until we reach the correct age we can remain healthy and youthful. This is very diferent to the situation in the modern western world where we are virtually embalmed alive by pharmaceuticals! We live longer than the native rural Swiss used to, but we live lives where we age and become dependant on Big Pharma's drugs.
chris
14-10-2008, 09:21 PM
Like this dude!
http://media.kval.com/images/071219_karason_northrup_470.jpg
How did that guy get like that?
hagbard_celine
14-10-2008, 09:26 PM
How did that guy get like that?
I've heard of this happening, but I'm not sure how it does. Apprently misuse of ionic silver can cause it, acording to Robay.
paolo
15-10-2008, 12:47 AM
Argyria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria) is an extremely unlikely result of taking colloidal siver. Usually the result of ingestion of silver salts. I've taken relatively large swigs of cs when threatened with a cold. No grey-blue
I've only heard of one documented case of argyria, permanent blue/greying of the skin, due to colloidal silver, which concerned a Libertarian election candidate in the US who ingested large amounts of colloidal silver daily for months on end
Normal moderate usage presents no problem whatsoever
hagbard_celine
15-10-2008, 09:33 PM
Argyria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria) is an extremely unlikely result of taking colloidal siver. Usually the result of ingestion of silver salts. I've taken relatively large swigs of cs when threatened with a cold. No grey-blue
I've only heard of one documented case of argyria, permanent blue/greying of the skin, due to colloidal silver, which concerned a Libertarian election candidate in the US who ingested large amounts of colloidal silver daily for months on end
Normal moderate usage presents no problem whatsoever
That's a relief.:eek:
BTW I like the Wilhelm Reich avatar.:cool:
hagbard_celine
05-03-2009, 03:53 PM
I saw something about this a few months ago, but now the Army is taking it seriously!:eek::cool: I wonder why it wasn't developed many years ago, like the time Robert O. Becker wrote his book. Will it reveal something about the human body that they Elite don't want us to know?:confused:;) Obviously it's "rising above the threshold" now:cool:!
hagbard_celine
05-03-2009, 05:15 PM
Sorry! Forgot to post the link::o:p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxhi4Q8EDTU
hagbard_celine
29-08-2009, 08:57 AM
I've been watching these David Malone films: Stem Cells- The Promise:
http://www.becauseyouthink.tv/shop/detail.asp?pguid={3E0B81EB-6815-4FD3-85C9-B900C46A0195}
It's fascinating.:):cool: It explains how stem cell research is leading to a virtual panacea, where body parts could be regenerated, damaged brains repaired, broken tissue replaced and aging bodies restored to youth and vitality.
But in the programme they make it clear that this kind of reseaerch is the pure domain of multinational corporations and it's woth billions of dollars. But as you ssee above, what if there were a cheap, simple method of stem cell therapy that you could do at home from basic ingredients?;):confused: The corporations wouildn't like that!
If stem cell research proides a cancer cure then they've obviously decided to sacrifice the cancer meal-ticket for stem cell revenue; in which case they'll be even more irked if somebody undermines their exclusivity.
hagbard_celine
08-09-2009, 01:25 AM
At the end of the second film there's a rather sickening scene where the board member of the stem cell research company is chortling over the amount of money he's going to make from their project.:(:mad:
The work of Becker and Robey would be a real thorn in his side!:p
Monday, September 21, 2009
Blood tests to detect cancers BERLIN
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Tech%2Band%2BScience/Story/STIStory_432521.html
Sep 21, 2009
Blood tests to detect cancers
BERLIN - TWO new blood tests could help doctors detect colon and stomach cancers simply, cheaply and early without the need for invasive procedures or unpleasant examinations, researchers said on Monday.
The tests, one developed by the Belgian biotech firm OncoMethylome and another by scientists in Germany, use blood samples to detect specific genetic signals of the disease and could help predict whether it is likely to spread.
Ernst Kuipers, a specialist in bowel cancer at Rotterdam's Erasmus University, who was not involved in the research, said the new tests marked a promising advance in the field of developing more convenient screening. 'The blood sample can be taken by nurses or primary care doctors without the need for special equipment or training,' Joost Louwagie of OncoMethylome said.
Ulrike Stein, who presented her findings with Louwagie's at the ECCO-ESMO European cancer congress in Berlin, said hers was the first test to be able to detect signals of a specific gene, called S100A4 and known to be linked to cancer, in the blood.
Dr Stein's test finds various types of cancer, including colorectal and gastric cancers, and had also shown potential in identifying patients whose cancer was likely to spread.
'Cancer patients have significantly higher levels of this S100A4 gene than people without cancer,' she said. 'Being able to detect this gene in the blood of the patient, you can monitor the disease course and you can continue to monitor it over several years and throughout various treatments.'
Colorectal cancer effects around one in every 17 people and is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States and Europe, where a total of 560,000 people develop the disease each year, and 250,000 die from it.
Deaths can be reduced if the cancer is diagnosed early, when it is most treatable. Although current tests such as a colonoscopy internal examination or the analysis of stool samples are effective, they can be invasive, expensive and unpleasant.
Dr Stein and colleagues from the ECRC Charite University of Medicine and the Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine in Berlin looked at daily blood samples from 185 colon cancer patients, 190 with rectal cancer and 91 gastric cancer patients.
They also analysed blood from 51 tumour-free volunteers. They found a signal of the gene at significantly higher levels in those with the cancers. There were even higher levels in patients whose cancer had spread.
Dr Louwagie's team collected blood before surgery from 193 patients known to have colorectal cancer, and from 688 people being screened using a colonoscopy internal examination.
They looked for two so-called methylation genes, SYNE1 and FOXE1, known to be linked to the formation of tumours, and found high levels in colorectal cancer patients, Dr Louwagie said. OncoMethylome said in August it was in advanced talks with several large companies over licensing rights to its colorectal test. -- REUTERS
Sep 21, 2009
Blood tests to detect cancers
BERLIN - TWO new blood tests could help doctors detect colon and stomach cancers simply, cheaply and early without the need for invasive procedures or unpleasant examinations, researchers said on Monday.
The tests, one developed by the Belgian biotech firm OncoMethylome and another by scientists in Germany, use blood samples to detect specific genetic signals of the disease and could help predict whether it is likely to spread.
Ernst Kuipers, a specialist in bowel cancer at Rotterdam's Erasmus University, who was not involved in the research, said the new tests marked a promising advance in the field of developing more convenient screening. 'The blood sample can be taken by nurses or primary care doctors without the need for special equipment or training,' Joost Louwagie of OncoMethylome said.
Ulrike Stein, who presented her findings with Louwagie's at the ECCO-ESMO European cancer congress in Berlin, said hers was the first test to be able to detect signals of a specific gene, called S100A4 and known to be linked to cancer, in the blood.
Dr Stein's test finds various types of cancer, including colorectal and gastric cancers, and had also shown potential in identifying patients whose cancer was likely to spread.
'Cancer patients have significantly higher levels of this S100A4 gene than people without cancer,' she said. 'Being able to detect this gene in the blood of the patient, you can monitor the disease course and you can continue to monitor it over several years and throughout various treatments.'
Colorectal cancer effects around one in every 17 people and is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States and Europe, where a total of 560,000 people develop the disease each year, and 250,000 die from it.
Deaths can be reduced if the cancer is diagnosed early, when it is most treatable. Although current tests such as a colonoscopy internal examination or the analysis of stool samples are effective, they can be invasive, expensive and unpleasant.
Dr Stein and colleagues from the ECRC Charite University of Medicine and the Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine in Berlin looked at daily blood samples from 185 colon cancer patients, 190 with rectal cancer and 91 gastric cancer patients.
They also analysed blood from 51 tumour-free volunteers. They found a signal of the gene at significantly higher levels in those with the cancers. There were even higher levels in patients whose cancer had spread.
Dr Louwagie's team collected blood before surgery from 193 patients known to have colorectal cancer, and from 688 people being screened using a colonoscopy internal examination.
They looked for two so-called methylation genes, SYNE1 and FOXE1, known to be linked to the formation of tumours, and found high levels in colorectal cancer patients, Dr Louwagie said. OncoMethylome said in August it was in advanced talks with several large companies over licensing rights to its colorectal test. -- REUTERS
Paralysed rats run again PARIS
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Tech%2Band%2BScience/Story/STIStory_432521.html
Paralysed rats run again
PARIS - PARALYSED rats whose spinal cords had been severed from their brains were made to run again using a technique that scientists say can work for people, according to a study released on Sunday.
Consistent electrical stimulation and drugs enabled the rats to walk on their hind legs on a treadmill - bearing the full weight of the body - within a week of being paralysed.
With the addition of physical therapy, the rodents were able after several weeks to walk and run without stumbling for up to 30 minutes, reported the study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Remarkably, the animals could adjust their movements in response to stimuli despite the lack of signals to and from the brain: when the treadmill was reversed, for example, the rats walked backwards.
'This means that the spinal network is almost capable of cognitive processing,' explained Gregoire Courtine, a professor at Zurich University. 'It can understand that the external world is changing, and interpret this information to modify the way it activates muscle,' he told AFP by phone.
Earlier studies had shown that nerve networks in the spinal cord can produce limited motion in the muscles independent of the brain or sensory organs. But this is the first time that researchers have been able to restore normal or nearly normal functions. 'We can optimise the use of the circuitry in the spinal cord to the point where the animals can sustain full weight-bearing locomotion,' said Prof Courtine.
'In some cases they actually walked with more consistent locomotive patterns than non-injured animals.' The next step is to develop devices that can be implanted inside the body. We are now designing neuro-prostheses, arrays of electrodes that fit like a second skin between the vertebrae and the spinal cord,' Prof Courtine explained.
A strip measuring 3cm long and one hundredth of a centimetre thick, the device is described as 'minimally invasive' because it does not penetrate into the spinal cord.
Prof Courtine and colleagues are currently testing the neuro-prostheses on rats, and expect to have an interface for humans within four years. The new technique is designed to help patients with incomplete but severe injuries, such as those who cannot walk independently.
'For these people, it is highly likely that this approach will improve their function,' he said. The mix of electrical stimulation and physical therapy may be enough to restore significant mobility in many patients, but the addition of drugs 'would be extremely beneficial,' he added. -- AFP
Paralysed rats run again
PARIS - PARALYSED rats whose spinal cords had been severed from their brains were made to run again using a technique that scientists say can work for people, according to a study released on Sunday.
Consistent electrical stimulation and drugs enabled the rats to walk on their hind legs on a treadmill - bearing the full weight of the body - within a week of being paralysed.
With the addition of physical therapy, the rodents were able after several weeks to walk and run without stumbling for up to 30 minutes, reported the study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Remarkably, the animals could adjust their movements in response to stimuli despite the lack of signals to and from the brain: when the treadmill was reversed, for example, the rats walked backwards.
'This means that the spinal network is almost capable of cognitive processing,' explained Gregoire Courtine, a professor at Zurich University. 'It can understand that the external world is changing, and interpret this information to modify the way it activates muscle,' he told AFP by phone.
Earlier studies had shown that nerve networks in the spinal cord can produce limited motion in the muscles independent of the brain or sensory organs. But this is the first time that researchers have been able to restore normal or nearly normal functions. 'We can optimise the use of the circuitry in the spinal cord to the point where the animals can sustain full weight-bearing locomotion,' said Prof Courtine.
'In some cases they actually walked with more consistent locomotive patterns than non-injured animals.' The next step is to develop devices that can be implanted inside the body. We are now designing neuro-prostheses, arrays of electrodes that fit like a second skin between the vertebrae and the spinal cord,' Prof Courtine explained.
A strip measuring 3cm long and one hundredth of a centimetre thick, the device is described as 'minimally invasive' because it does not penetrate into the spinal cord.
Prof Courtine and colleagues are currently testing the neuro-prostheses on rats, and expect to have an interface for humans within four years. The new technique is designed to help patients with incomplete but severe injuries, such as those who cannot walk independently.
'For these people, it is highly likely that this approach will improve their function,' he said. The mix of electrical stimulation and physical therapy may be enough to restore significant mobility in many patients, but the addition of drugs 'would be extremely beneficial,' he added. -- AFP
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
How to Live a Long Healthy Life (BBC)
How to Live a Long Healthy Life (Part 5 of 5) - Living to 101 - BBC Horizon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJq_D-JRss&NR=1
The Worlds Oldest People (Part 1 of 5) - Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCfnPJrZMTk
72 Year-Old Man Body Building Every Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUvjXQHt6QQ&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJq_D-JRss&NR=1
The Worlds Oldest People (Part 1 of 5) - Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCfnPJrZMTk
72 Year-Old Man Body Building Every Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUvjXQHt6QQ&feature=fvw
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Green Tea 2
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20060912/green-tea-for-long-life?page=2
Green Tea for Long Life?
Japanese Study Shows Link Between Green Tea Drinkers and Lower Death Risk (continued)
More Benefits for Women?
Why do women seem to get more of a benefit from green tea than men do?
Kuriyama and colleagues note that the men in their study smoked more cigarettes than women did. And smokers, overall, got less of a benefit from green tea than nonsmokers.
But Cheng says it's related to estrogen. Green tea studies consistently show a greater effect for women than for men, he says. He suggests that green tea's active ingredients may interact with the female sex hormone estrogen to boost a heart-protective effect.
Green Tea: No Effect on Cancer
Kuriyama and colleagues found no evidence that green tea protects against cancer death.
Kuriyama says that was a surprise to him, as "abundant" evidence from animal and test-tube studies suggests that green tea ingredients fight cancer.
But he notes that the current findings are in line with other, smaller studies that find green tea has no effect on several specific kinds of cancer.
Green Tea Warnings
While it's yet to be proved that green tea really will protect you against early death, there's a lot of evidence that green tea is safe -- with two major exceptions.
Cheng warns that green tea contains vitamin K. Vitamin K affects blood clotting. People taking the blood-thinning drug Coumadin, he says, should not start drinking more green tea.
And Kuriyama warns against drinking your green tea piping hot.
"Drinking green tea at high temperature may be associated with increased risk of esophageal cancer," he says. "Therefore, I recommend that green tea should be consumed at moderate or low temperature."
What's the bottom line? For Lichtenstein, the message is to go ahead and drink green tea if you like it. But to prevent heart disease and stroke, what really works is a healthy diet and daily exercise.
Neither Kuriyama nor Cheng would disagree with that. But they both recommend green tea, too.
"I personally drink two to three cups of green tea per day," Kuriyama says. "On the basis of our study results, I would like to recommend the drinking of green tea to my friends and my family because our findings are the best evidence at present."
Cheng says green tea is much better for you than oolong tea or black tea, which lose some healthy properties during fermentation. But that's not why he drinks it.
"I drink two cups a day because I like it," Cheng says.
Green Tea for Long Life?
Japanese Study Shows Link Between Green Tea Drinkers and Lower Death Risk (continued)
More Benefits for Women?
Why do women seem to get more of a benefit from green tea than men do?
Kuriyama and colleagues note that the men in their study smoked more cigarettes than women did. And smokers, overall, got less of a benefit from green tea than nonsmokers.
But Cheng says it's related to estrogen. Green tea studies consistently show a greater effect for women than for men, he says. He suggests that green tea's active ingredients may interact with the female sex hormone estrogen to boost a heart-protective effect.
Green Tea: No Effect on Cancer
Kuriyama and colleagues found no evidence that green tea protects against cancer death.
Kuriyama says that was a surprise to him, as "abundant" evidence from animal and test-tube studies suggests that green tea ingredients fight cancer.
But he notes that the current findings are in line with other, smaller studies that find green tea has no effect on several specific kinds of cancer.
Green Tea Warnings
While it's yet to be proved that green tea really will protect you against early death, there's a lot of evidence that green tea is safe -- with two major exceptions.
Cheng warns that green tea contains vitamin K. Vitamin K affects blood clotting. People taking the blood-thinning drug Coumadin, he says, should not start drinking more green tea.
And Kuriyama warns against drinking your green tea piping hot.
"Drinking green tea at high temperature may be associated with increased risk of esophageal cancer," he says. "Therefore, I recommend that green tea should be consumed at moderate or low temperature."
What's the bottom line? For Lichtenstein, the message is to go ahead and drink green tea if you like it. But to prevent heart disease and stroke, what really works is a healthy diet and daily exercise.
Neither Kuriyama nor Cheng would disagree with that. But they both recommend green tea, too.
"I personally drink two to three cups of green tea per day," Kuriyama says. "On the basis of our study results, I would like to recommend the drinking of green tea to my friends and my family because our findings are the best evidence at present."
Cheng says green tea is much better for you than oolong tea or black tea, which lose some healthy properties during fermentation. But that's not why he drinks it.
"I drink two cups a day because I like it," Cheng says.
Green Tea
Green Tea for Long Life?
Japanese Study Shows Link Between Green Tea Drinkers and Lower Death Risk
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 12, 2006 -- People who drink at least a pint of green tea each day have a lower risk of death, a Japanese study shows.
The lower overall death risk among green tea drinkers appears to be due to a lower risk of death from heart disease. And the benefit of green tea is especially pronounced in women, find Shinichi Kuriyama, MD, PhD, Tohoku University School of Public Policy in Sendai, Japan, and colleagues.
Green tea is a very popular drink in Japan. But some people drink more than others do. Women who drink five or more 3.4-ounce cups of green tea every day cut their risk of heart disease by 31% compared with women who drink one or fewer 3.4-ounce cups. Men who drink this much green tea cut their heart disease risk by 22%.
"Green tea may prolong your life through reducing heart disease and stroke," Kuriyama tells WebMD. "Our findings might explain the differences in mortality profile between Japan and the United States. The Japanese age-adjusted rate of mortality due to [heart disease and stroke] is about 30% lower than that of the United States."
The findings appear in the Sept. 13 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
Green Tea: Might Americans Benefit?
Kuriyama's study is based on data collected since 1994 among more than 40,000 healthy Japanese people aged 40 to 79. More than 86% of the study participants remained in the study for 11 years. Participants filled out detailed questionnaires about their daily diets and health.
The study was conducted with meticulous care. But Kuriyama is quick to point out that this kind of study can't prove green tea has any beneficial effect. Proof comes only from a clinical trial in which some people get green tea and others do not. The Kuriyama study shows only that there is a link between green tea and lower death risk -- not that green tea causes lower death risk.
Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, director of the cardiovascular nutrition research program at Tufts University's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, is underwhelmed by the Kuriyama study.
"This is association, not causation," Lichtenstein tells WebMD. "The Japanese are so different from us in terms of diet and lifestyle. The data -- at this point -- do not support the hypothesis that adding green tea to your diet will significantly reduce your risk of heart disease or stroke. But stay tuned."
Kuriyama points to a Dutch study that suggests Westerners may benefit from green tea. That's also the opinion of green tea researcher Tsung O. Cheng, MD, of George Washington University Medical Center.
"I would think that the effect of green tea is worldwide," Cheng tells WebMD. "There is no reason why it should be beneficial in the Eastern world and not in the West. I hope that Westerners will begin to drink more green tea, too. A person would drink two or more 8-ounce cups per day for maximum benefit."
Japanese Study Shows Link Between Green Tea Drinkers and Lower Death Risk
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 12, 2006 -- People who drink at least a pint of green tea each day have a lower risk of death, a Japanese study shows.
The lower overall death risk among green tea drinkers appears to be due to a lower risk of death from heart disease. And the benefit of green tea is especially pronounced in women, find Shinichi Kuriyama, MD, PhD, Tohoku University School of Public Policy in Sendai, Japan, and colleagues.
Green tea is a very popular drink in Japan. But some people drink more than others do. Women who drink five or more 3.4-ounce cups of green tea every day cut their risk of heart disease by 31% compared with women who drink one or fewer 3.4-ounce cups. Men who drink this much green tea cut their heart disease risk by 22%.
"Green tea may prolong your life through reducing heart disease and stroke," Kuriyama tells WebMD. "Our findings might explain the differences in mortality profile between Japan and the United States. The Japanese age-adjusted rate of mortality due to [heart disease and stroke] is about 30% lower than that of the United States."
The findings appear in the Sept. 13 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
Green Tea: Might Americans Benefit?
Kuriyama's study is based on data collected since 1994 among more than 40,000 healthy Japanese people aged 40 to 79. More than 86% of the study participants remained in the study for 11 years. Participants filled out detailed questionnaires about their daily diets and health.
The study was conducted with meticulous care. But Kuriyama is quick to point out that this kind of study can't prove green tea has any beneficial effect. Proof comes only from a clinical trial in which some people get green tea and others do not. The Kuriyama study shows only that there is a link between green tea and lower death risk -- not that green tea causes lower death risk.
Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, director of the cardiovascular nutrition research program at Tufts University's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, is underwhelmed by the Kuriyama study.
"This is association, not causation," Lichtenstein tells WebMD. "The Japanese are so different from us in terms of diet and lifestyle. The data -- at this point -- do not support the hypothesis that adding green tea to your diet will significantly reduce your risk of heart disease or stroke. But stay tuned."
Kuriyama points to a Dutch study that suggests Westerners may benefit from green tea. That's also the opinion of green tea researcher Tsung O. Cheng, MD, of George Washington University Medical Center.
"I would think that the effect of green tea is worldwide," Cheng tells WebMD. "There is no reason why it should be beneficial in the Eastern world and not in the West. I hope that Westerners will begin to drink more green tea, too. A person would drink two or more 8-ounce cups per day for maximum benefit."
Japanese Health food
Web Japan > NIPPONIA No.29 > Special Feature*
NIPPONIA No.29 June 15, 2004
Special Feature*
The Key to a Long Life Is What You Eat
One reason why life spans are long in Japan is the food. The traditional diet is basically a recipe for long life. What types of food and what combinations of ingredients help people live longer? Here we examine Japanese traditional cuisine to discover some secrets to extending life.
Text and food preparation by Nagayama Hisao
food culture historian and lecturer at Seibu Bunri University of Hospitality
Photos by Uchida Tamotsu
The basics: rice, one soup, three side dishes
Front left: Rice, Japan's staple food, contains oligosaccharide (good for the intestines) and gamma amino butyric acid (helps stabilize blood pressure). If you cook the rice with foxtail mullet, its ample B vitamins and zinc will raise the nutritional value.
Center left: Soybeans simmered with carrots and kombu seaweed, all seasoned with soy sauce and sweetened with sugar. The many elderly in rural Japan eat lots of soybeans.
Rear left: Simmered root vegetables (taro potatoes, daikon radish, carrot, burdock root). Root vegetables have plenty of nutrients and dietary fiber. Cutting the vegetables fairly large keeps the fibers long and makes you chew well. Chewing a lot stimulates brain cells.
Rear right: Sashimi (raw fish or shellfish) is dipped in soy sauce before eating. Because the fish is not cooked, it retains more nutrients. The bowl in the photo contains tuna, sea bream and squid. Tuna meat from the belly, called toro, is especially high in DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), whih helps prevent dementia.
Center: Nuka-zuke, vegetables pickled in a fermented paste of rice bran, salt and water. Rice bran contains body-strengthening Vitamins B1 and E, and the yeast fungus and lactic acid bacteria that develop during the fermentation process improve digestion.
Front right: Miso soup, standard fare at the Japanese table. It is made by dissolving miso bean paste in a stock made from dried bonito shavings or other ingredients.
Tofu and wakame seaweed go well with the soup, and are a favorite combination offering high-quality protein and calcium.
Food for healthy living, decade after decade
The Japanese have the longest life expectancy in the world, averaging 78 years for men and 85 for women. The number of centenarians rose to 20,561 in 2003, the first year there were more than 20,000. The number increases yearly, and is sure to increase in 2004 as well.
Diet is obviously related to health, so there can be no doubt that the food the Japanese have eaten over the years is an important factor promoting their long life spans. The traditional Japanese diet, part of the nation's culture since ancient times, is attracting more and more favorable attention abroad, especially in the West. Eating Japanese style is good for the health and provides access to many nutrients that retard cell aging. Thanks to their diet, the Japanese have slowed the aging process more than any other people on earth. Many appear remarkably young for their age, however old they may be.
The basics: rice, one soup, three side dishes
The Japanese diet is based on what we call ichi ju san sai—three side dishes eaten with miso soup and the staple food, which is rice boiled in plain water. The three side dishes consist of one main and two lesser dishes. This ichi ju san sai pattern was developed by the military class in the Muromachi period (14th to 16th centuries), and became the standard that continues to this day.
The main side dish has non-vegetable protein, often fish. The fish might be served raw, as in sashimi, or it might be simmered or grilled using any number of recipes. One of the two lesser side dishes, generally simmered and seasoned, may feature taro potatoes, daikon radish, carrots, burdock root, or kombu seaweed. The other lesser dish may include natto (fermented soybeans), tofu, cooked beans, boiled vegetables steeped in a soy-sauce-flavored broth, or ingredients seasoned in sweetened vinegar. The meal always comes with pickles—perhaps a vegetable pickled in a rice-bran paste, or umeboshi, a pickled Japanese apricot.
The ingredients generally depend on the season. The Japanese are fond of eating things in season because food is tastiest when fresh, and because the taste can be brought out without following some complicated recipe. When fresh, food does not need rich seasonings or a long cooking time, and most of the health-giving vitamins and nutrients are retained. Japanese cuisine is simple to prepare and high in natural nutrients.
What are the main life-extending nutrients in Japanese food?
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NIPPONIA No.29 June 15, 2004
Special Feature*
The Key to a Long Life Is What You Eat
One reason why life spans are long in Japan is the food. The traditional diet is basically a recipe for long life. What types of food and what combinations of ingredients help people live longer? Here we examine Japanese traditional cuisine to discover some secrets to extending life.
Text and food preparation by Nagayama Hisao
food culture historian and lecturer at Seibu Bunri University of Hospitality
Photos by Uchida Tamotsu
The basics: rice, one soup, three side dishes
Front left: Rice, Japan's staple food, contains oligosaccharide (good for the intestines) and gamma amino butyric acid (helps stabilize blood pressure). If you cook the rice with foxtail mullet, its ample B vitamins and zinc will raise the nutritional value.
Center left: Soybeans simmered with carrots and kombu seaweed, all seasoned with soy sauce and sweetened with sugar. The many elderly in rural Japan eat lots of soybeans.
Rear left: Simmered root vegetables (taro potatoes, daikon radish, carrot, burdock root). Root vegetables have plenty of nutrients and dietary fiber. Cutting the vegetables fairly large keeps the fibers long and makes you chew well. Chewing a lot stimulates brain cells.
Rear right: Sashimi (raw fish or shellfish) is dipped in soy sauce before eating. Because the fish is not cooked, it retains more nutrients. The bowl in the photo contains tuna, sea bream and squid. Tuna meat from the belly, called toro, is especially high in DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), whih helps prevent dementia.
Center: Nuka-zuke, vegetables pickled in a fermented paste of rice bran, salt and water. Rice bran contains body-strengthening Vitamins B1 and E, and the yeast fungus and lactic acid bacteria that develop during the fermentation process improve digestion.
Front right: Miso soup, standard fare at the Japanese table. It is made by dissolving miso bean paste in a stock made from dried bonito shavings or other ingredients.
Tofu and wakame seaweed go well with the soup, and are a favorite combination offering high-quality protein and calcium.
Food for healthy living, decade after decade
The Japanese have the longest life expectancy in the world, averaging 78 years for men and 85 for women. The number of centenarians rose to 20,561 in 2003, the first year there were more than 20,000. The number increases yearly, and is sure to increase in 2004 as well.
Diet is obviously related to health, so there can be no doubt that the food the Japanese have eaten over the years is an important factor promoting their long life spans. The traditional Japanese diet, part of the nation's culture since ancient times, is attracting more and more favorable attention abroad, especially in the West. Eating Japanese style is good for the health and provides access to many nutrients that retard cell aging. Thanks to their diet, the Japanese have slowed the aging process more than any other people on earth. Many appear remarkably young for their age, however old they may be.
The basics: rice, one soup, three side dishes
The Japanese diet is based on what we call ichi ju san sai—three side dishes eaten with miso soup and the staple food, which is rice boiled in plain water. The three side dishes consist of one main and two lesser dishes. This ichi ju san sai pattern was developed by the military class in the Muromachi period (14th to 16th centuries), and became the standard that continues to this day.
The main side dish has non-vegetable protein, often fish. The fish might be served raw, as in sashimi, or it might be simmered or grilled using any number of recipes. One of the two lesser side dishes, generally simmered and seasoned, may feature taro potatoes, daikon radish, carrots, burdock root, or kombu seaweed. The other lesser dish may include natto (fermented soybeans), tofu, cooked beans, boiled vegetables steeped in a soy-sauce-flavored broth, or ingredients seasoned in sweetened vinegar. The meal always comes with pickles—perhaps a vegetable pickled in a rice-bran paste, or umeboshi, a pickled Japanese apricot.
The ingredients generally depend on the season. The Japanese are fond of eating things in season because food is tastiest when fresh, and because the taste can be brought out without following some complicated recipe. When fresh, food does not need rich seasonings or a long cooking time, and most of the health-giving vitamins and nutrients are retained. Japanese cuisine is simple to prepare and high in natural nutrients.
What are the main life-extending nutrients in Japanese food?
NIPPONIA
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