Tag: PUFA
PUFA required for periodontal disease, aspirin may help
It is common knowledge even among mainstream dentists that periodontal disease is caused by bacteria accumulating under…
Protein and saturated fats beneficial, PUFA detrimental for thyroid
A good new study, which again confirms that saturated fat is anything but detrimental to our health….
Maternal high-PUFA diet causes alcoholism, aggressiveness, early puberty, and hyper-estrogenism in offspring
Finally, an intervention study that should help convince some of the die-hard PUFA fans that these fatty…
Air pollution impairs cognition, aspirin is protective
A new study demonstrating that even short-term (less than a month) exposure to polluted air impaired cognition…
Inflammation (from PUFA), not telomeres, determines lifespan / healthspan
The idea of lifespan being entirely determined by limits on cellular division has ruled biology for more…
PUFA metabolites may drive bacterial infections and their resistance to antibiotics
The study below demonstrates yet again that there is hardly an aspect of human health that PUFA…
DHT / Progesterone / aspirin treat, cortisol ineffective, PUFA promotes prostate cancer
A great study, albeit in-vitro, that once again throws into doubt the entire hypothesis behind prostate cancer….
Glucocorticoids may increase inflammation in the long run
Glucocorticoids (both bioidentical and synthetic) are some of the most widely used drugs in the clinical setting,…
PUFA promote torpor / hibernation, decrease lifespan
Not many studies on this topic, but here is one that will hopefully satisfy my critics who…
PUFA are potent immunosuppresive agents
Just a quick post for all those PUFA/fish-oil lovers who keep sending me hate-mail about the “incredibly…