Tag: PUFA

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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….

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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,…

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PUFA promote torpor / hibernation, decrease lifespan

Not many studies on this topic, but here is one that will hopefully satisfy my critics who…

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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…