Erich Grotewold
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 In the early stage of proanthocyanidin accumulation in Douglas fir and loblolly pine, proanthocyanidins are found as small osmiophilic deposits in minute vesicles or the ER, while in later stages of accumulation they occurred as larger deposits in the vacuoles, probably as the result of fusion of smaller vesicles (Parham and Kaustinen, 1977). |
Jack Challem
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 Chronic low-grade inflammation damages the heart's major blood vessel walls, and the body deposits cholesterol in an effort to protect the arteries. Sustained inflammation weakens the cholesterol deposits, making them more likely to rupture and cause deadly clots in smaller blood vessels. Low-grade inflammation is easily measured with the high-sensitivity C-reactive protein test, and diets rich in sugar and other refined carbohydrates are strongly associated with elevated C-reactive protein levels. High levels of C-reactive protein are common in people who are diabetic or overweight. |
Mark Lynas
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 But later investigations at other sites in eastern Scotland turned up similar deposits, which even extended as far south as the coast of Northumberland. The deposits were most extreme in the Shetlands, where churned-up mud and boulders were discovered in peat bogs many metres above the high tide mark. Clearly, localised events like river floods or storm surges could not have been to blame. The discovery of a major submarine landslide site off the coast of Norway in the late 1980s offered conclusive proof: a massive tsunami had hit the UK. |
Erich Grotewold
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| In the early stage of proanthocyanidin accumulation in Douglas fir and loblolly pine, proanthocyanidins are found as small osmiophilic deposits in minute vesicles or the ER, while in later stages of accumulation they occurred as larger deposits in the vacuoles, probably as the result of fusion of smaller vesicles (Parham and Kaustinen, 1977). |
Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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 Another beneficial effect of niacin is that it diminishes or removes xanthomatous deposits and fat deposits in the skin.
There appears to be a statistically significant link between a low dietary intake of niacin and a high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. M.C. Morris and coworkers, for example, conducted a prospective study of the niacin intake of 6,158 Chicago residents 65 years of age or older.11 This established that the lower the daily intake of niacin, the greater the risk of becoming an Alzheimer's disease patient. |
Mark Lynas
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| But later investigations at other sites in eastern Scotland turned up similar deposits, which even extended as far south as the coast of Northumberland. The deposits were most extreme in the Shetlands, where churned-up mud and boulders were discovered in peat bogs many metres above the high tide mark. Clearly, localised events like river floods or storm surges could not have been to blame. The discovery of a major submarine landslide site off the coast of Norway in the late 1980s offered conclusive proof: a massive tsunami had hit the UK. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Helps keep fatty deposits from collecting on arteries, thus preventing heart attacks, strokes, premature aging, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer.
4. Olive oil (extra virgin): A natural anti-inflammatory much like aspirin or ibuprofen. It reduces the risk of stroke, heart and cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, lung cancer, and some forms of dementia.
5. Nuts: Great source of dietary fiber, antioxidants, magnesium, copper, folic acid, vegetable protein, potassium, vitamin E, and healthy fats, all of which help reduce the risk of heart disease.
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| Red wine may help prevent blood clots and reduce the blood vessel damage caused by fat deposits. Indeed, studies showed that people from the Mediterranean region who regularly drink red wine have lower risks of heart disease.
Recently, the British Medical Journal published a famous paper on the "Polymeal" in which researchers proposed a perfect meal that, if eaten daily, would substantially reduce the risk for heart disease as much as or more than many medications. Wine was a part of it. |
Ray D. Strand
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 Vitamin D toxicity may increase the blood levels of calcium, cause deposits of calcium in internal organs, and increase the risk of kidney stones.13
Interestingly, recent studies reported in the New England Journal of Medicine have shown that 93 percent of the people in Boston are deficient in vitamin D—even those taking multivitamins.14 Other studies are now revealing that the RDA of vitamin D is too low (200 IU) and patients need to take 500-800 IU of vitamin D, which is again an optimal level. This dosage is still considered to be well within a safe range. |
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| He then touches you or deposits the virus on a doorknob, telephone, etc. The virus can survive for 24 to 48 hours, so it can easily be picked up by the next person who comes along.
•True or False? People who have colds are highly contagious before they experience symptoms.
True: You're most contagious in the 24 hours before symptoms start. You may feel healthy, but the virus is incubating—and spreading. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| It has been shown that increased levels in the blood stream can cause inflammation and fatty deposits in the arterial systems of diabetics.
The Internet, glossy periodicals, and daily news—both print and broadcast— are frequently reporting on "cures" that are five years from approval. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| The high plains areas like northern Nebraska and the Dakotas are known to have very selenium-rich soil because it was derived from volcanic deposits. Most of the rest of the country is not so lucky. In any case, since many Americans don't eat nearly enough plant foods anyway, it's reasonable to assume that many people don't get nearly enough to get the protective benefits of this mineral.
Low intakes of selenium are associated with increased incidence of prostate, lung, colorectal, gastric, and skin cancers. And it's essential for healthy immune function. |
| Over the centuries, oxymel—a combination of apple cider vinegar and honey—has been widely used to dissolve painful calcium deposits in the body, and for other health problems such as hay fever. And while I've had my suspicions about apple cider vinegar's effectiveness as a weight loss product, some people swear by it—and a recent study in Diabetes Care does indicate that it may have some impact on blood sugar and insulin that can only be seen as beneficial. |
Jack Challem
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| Belly fat results from two particular types of fat deposits. Subcutaneous fat is stored under the skin of the belly, and visceral fat is intertwined around organs in the midsection. Both subcutaneous and visceral fat secrete inflammation-causing substances that further harm the body.
Measuring Your Body Proportions and Belly Fat
How do you measure your belly fat? The simplest method is to stand naked in front of a mirror without sucking in your gut. If your belly sticks out from your chest (not counting your breasts, if you're a woman), you have too much belly fat. |
Devra Davis
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 Whether Braiman's many lung deposits would have formed without vinyl chloride can't be known. That they arose from that hairspray seems beyond dispute. But the particular chemistry that created her lesions remains unknown.
"My doctor thought this was pretty important and very unusual. He shared what he had found with other surgeons in town."
Her lungs returned to normal within a year, but Braiman felt like she had gotten a second life. She was determined that whatever happened, she was not going to keep quiet. Talking to the press, she decided, was precisely what she needed to do. |
| Against the sharp black background, tiny deposits of calcium smaller than the head of a pin—the microscopic residues of calcium traces from tumor growth—tell us whether or not cancer lurks within the breast.
But dense breasts, like the ones I had at the time, tend to look full of snow, created by the abundance of epithelial and connective tissue that also leaves white tracks. They pose the classic problem that hunters know very well: you can't spot an elk behind a single tree within the forest where it's hiding. I tried to tell my husband all this. He wouldn't listen. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Other evidence includes IgM in the uroepithelium, immune deposits in vessel walls, and T and B cell nodules in patients with IC.
• Inflammation. Most biopsies of IC bladders show mild chronic inflammation to significant infiltration of T cells, B cells, plasma cells, neutrophils, eosinophils, and mast cells. Inflammatory mediators such as interleukin-6 are also increased.
• Infection. The possibility of an infectious cause has been suggested by the presence of microorganisms embedded in the bladder wall of patients with IC and bacterial ribosomal mRNA in tissues of bladder biopsies. |
Marshall Editions
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 Ultrasound therapy: High-power focal ultrasound therapy, also known as shock-wave therapy (a non-invasive treatment in which high-energy shock waves are passed through the skin to the affected area), can have positive effects if small calcium deposits have developed in the tendon. Therapeutic ultrasound without focal pulses can be used to treat pain and swelling with or without calcifications.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Herbs: Consult a doctor of Chinese medicine for a particular herbal medicine that can reduce the pain and inflammation. |
| Also consider using a high-potency garlic supplement, which encourages the breakdown of mucous deposits, and appears to have therapeutic properties and act as an antibacterial and antiviral agent.
HERBALISM
Rhodiola: Rhodiola may help to increase the ability to exercise, addressing snoring that may be due to obesity. It improves mild mood depression and increases vitality. Studies have demonstrated rhodiola's capacity to improve exercise performance by increasing the availability of oxygen to the muscles, heart, and brain. |
Jack Challem
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| In fact, fatty liver, in which fat deposits on the liver impair its function and blood-sugar regulation, has become the most common physical abnormality in children and adolescents.
Researchers have projected that one of every three people born since the year 2000 will eventually develop diabetes. Already, an estimated forty thousand American adolescents have type 2 diabetes; a generation ago this disease that was virtually unheard of in children. The latest statistics indicate that almost 3 million adolescents have prediabetes, which sharply increases their risk of developing heart disease. |
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| These drugs also prevent the inflammation that lodges cholesterol deposits inside arteries.
Although statins have fewer side effects than other cholesterol-lowering drugs, an estimated 15% to 30% of the people taking them experience abdominal discomfort, muscle or joint pain, muscle weakness and/or memory problems.
More serious side effects occur in 1% to 2% of statin users, whose liver enzymes rise—a warning of possible liver damage if uncorrected. Rhahdomyolysis, a breakdown of muscle tissue, is an extremely rare side effect but can be fatal. |
| It relaxes blood vessels, lowering blood pressure, and keeps calcium dissolved in the blood, thus preventing artery-clogging calcium deposits.
Proof that it works: A CDC analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of the diets of 13,000 people found that those who had the lowest magnesium intake had a 31% higher risk of heart disease than those who had the highest magnesium intake. In a similar study of 39,633 men, researchers from Harvard found that men who took a nutritional supplement containing magnesium had a 23% lower risk of heart disease than those who didn't. |
| The presence of casts (cellular deposits that are formed in the kidneys) and their specific type can indicate many problems, including kidney disease and diabetes.
•Crystals. When present in small numbers, most crystals, such as those made of calcium oxalate, are not significant. Others, such as crystals of the amino acid leucine, can indicate severe liver disease.
•RBCs. High levels of RBCs in the urine can indicate trauma to the kidney or urinary tract, cancer or urinary tract infections. |
| Not only does smoking promote the development of fatty deposits that narrow arteries (atherosclerosis), but the nicotine in tobacco causes blood vessels in the brain to constrict.
Result: Smokers have up to a four times greater risk of stroke than nonsmokers.
What you can do: Quit smoking. If you've tried but can't kick the habit, consider using nicotine-replacement patches or gum...or the prescription drug bupropion (Zyban).
•Blood pressure. High blood pressure gradually damages blood vessels and substantially increases the risk for both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. |
David R. Montgomery
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 Lake sediments, floodplain deposits, and soils record the postglacial evolution of the European landscape. From 7000 to 5500 bc stable environmental conditions left little evidence of human impact. Pollen preserved in lakebeds shows that Neolithic farmers opened clearings in dense forest as agriculture spread north from the Balkans. Cereal pollen shows up in soil profiles and sediment cores about 5500 bc in central Europe. |
| On lowlands, the soil was replenished by upland erosion that produced fine deposits downslope. "As to Lands lying near Rivers, the great Improvement of them is their over-flowing, which brings the Soil of the Uplands upon them, so as that they need no other mending though constantly mowed."6
Working land too hard for too long would reduce soil fertility. Sloping land was particularly vulnerable. "Where Lands lie upon the sides of Hills . . . great care must be taken not to plow them out of heart. |
| Typically one to two feet thick, deposits of terra preta can reach more than six feet deep. In contrast to the typical slash-and-burn agriculture of tropical regions, Amazonians stirred charcoal into the soil and then used their fields as composting grounds. With almost twice the organic matter as adjacent soils, terra preta better retains nutrients and has more soil microorganisms. Some soil ecologists believe that Amazonians added soil rich in microorganisms to initiate the composting process, as a baker adds yeast to make bread. |
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| STROKE—HEAD TRAUMA RISK
When scientists examined the brains of nuns who had died, they found that nearly all of those who exhibited signs of Alzheimer's, such as brain deposits of a protein called beta-amyloid, showed evidence of a previous stroke or other forms of brain injury, such as head trauma from a car accident.
It's not yet certain that a history of stroke increases the risk of Alzheimer's, but it does seem likely that a stroke can accelerate the onset of symptoms and cause more rapid disease progression. |
Mark Lynas
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| Far offshore, methane hydrate deposits down on the seabed may be bubbling into life, their deadly cargo of gas surging to the surface in explosive blasts. To any observer, it would look as if the sea was boiling, perhaps with faint yellow flames dancing above the churning surface as some of the methane burns off. Far underneath, a shudder in the water and a rumble from the seabed would attest to the shifting of millions of tonnes of sediment in a submarine landslide. |
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