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SUBJ: serum vitamin D reduces respiratory disease
SUBtitle: Better diet avoids red meat, ultra-processed foods like white bread and soda
SHORT NOTES: JN: Serum 25(OH)D concentrations are inversely associated with respiratory disease; Better diet avoids red meat, ultra-processed foods like white bread and soda, staying thin; The different types of plant-based diets (vegan, lacto-vegetarian, lacto-ovo-vegetarian, or pescatarian) are discussed with a focus on specific effects of dietary components; Egg consumption may play an important role in early-life growth given their high-quality protein, essential fatty acids, and micronutrients;
unhealthy foods and beverages in children of preschool age may be associated with worse blood lipid and blood pressure; Nutritional quality, and health and climate impacts are important considerations in the design of sustainable diets; Intake of n-3 PUFAs may independently reduce dyslipidemia; data supports the inclusion of ready to eat breakfast cereal as part of a healthy dietary pattern for children and adolescents; For breast cancer prevention, sugar-sweetened beverages, fruit juices, refined grains, and swees gave vegetarians a 20% higher risk; Taxing sodas might be an effective measure to attenuate socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent daily soda consumption; Replacing protein from animal sources with plant foods may result in lower intakes of protein and some nutrients but a better intake of dietary components; Increased vitamin E intake (up to 15 mg/d) is associated with decreased depressive symptoms. (AREDsII provides vitamin E): Get enough vitamin B12 with a weekly supplement; the world is splitting in two among scientists working in aging medicine, those who believe and those who don’t believe in supplements; how to lose 100 lbs or more-People who eat more in the morning and less at night tend to lose more weight..; best salty snacks – nuts, edamame, string cheese, popcorn…; 3 supplements you need-vitamin D, vitamin B12, calcium – I DISAGREE WITH THE CALCIUM SUGGESTION, AS EXCESS CALCIUM CAUSES MANY HARMS.
LONG NOTES:
JN: Serum 25(OH)D concentrations are inversely associated with respiratory infection occurrence among United States adults. This finding may shed light on the protective effect of vitamin D on respiratory health.
Economist-Better diet avoids red meat, ultra-processed foods like white bread and soda, staying thin. 58% of food Americans eat is ultra-processed, and 75% eat red meat daily.
JN: Plant-based diets (PBDs) have become very popular in recent years and have been identified as a dietary strategy associated with protection against chronic disease. The different types of plant-based diets (vegan, lacto-vegetarian, lacto-ovo-vegetarian, or pescatarian) are discussed with a focus on specific effects of dietary components in maintaining a healthy weight, protecting against dyslipidemias, insulin resistance, hypertension, and low-grade inflammation.
JN: Egg consumption may play an important role in early-life growth given their high-quality protein, essential fatty acids, and micronutrients. Egg introduction during infancy among females is associated with lower total fat mass index in early adolescence and plasma adiponectin in early childhood. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02820402.
JN: . A narrative synthesis of quantitative data revealed that exposure to unhealthy foods and beverages, specifically NOVA-defined UltraProcessedFoods, in children of preschool age, may be associated with a worse blood lipid and blood pressure profile in later childhood
JN: Nutritional quality, and health and climate impacts are important considerations in the design of sustainable diets. The results among men suggest some adverse health effects for men when diet quality is not considered in the pursuit of more climate-sustainable diets. For women, no significant associations were detected.
JN: Obesity-Associated Dyslipidemia Is Moderated by Habitual Intake of Marine-Derived n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids. Intake of n-3 PUFAs may independently reduce dyslipidemia through the direct path resulting from excess adiposity
JN: Although controlled trials do not show a direct effect of ready-to-eat cereals (RTECs) consumption on body weight or body composition, the preponderance of observational data supports the inclusion of RTEC as part of a healthy dietary pattern for children and adolescents. Evidence also suggests similar benefits on body weight and body composition regardless of the sugar content.
AJCN: For breast cancer prevention, not all plant-based diets are created equal. a plant-based diet based on less healthy plant foods—sugar-sweetened beverages, fruit juices, refined grains, and sweets—had the opposite association, with a 20% higher risk of the highest compared with lowest quintile.
AJCN: Tax on sugary drinks and trends in daily soda consumption by family affluence: an international repeated cross-sectional survey among European adolescents. Socioeconomic patterns did not change after the tax implementation in 3 out of 4 countries, and socioeconomic inequalities were reduced in France. Taxing sodas might be an effective measure to attenuate, or at least not exacerbate, socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent daily soda consumption.
JN: Replacing some animal sources of protein with plant foods is encouraged. Nutrient intake may reflect changes in the protein source. Replacing protein from animal sources with plant foods may result in lower intakes of protein and some nutrients but a better intake of dietary components associated with reducing chronic disease risk.
JN: Depression is a rapidly increasing public health concern, affecting >4% of the global population. Increased vitamin E intake (up to 15 mg/d) is associated with decreased depressive symptoms. (AREDsII is effective at delaying macular degeneration. It has plenty of vitamin E to meet this need and boost the effectiveness of vaccinations.)
WebMD-Signs you have a B12 deficiency-Roc’s answer-Don’t. As a fat soluble vitamin, it is easy to take one tablet a week. Deficiency is very bad for your brain.
It seems like the world is splitting in two among scientists working in aging medicine, those who believe and those who don’t believe in supplements. . Matt Kaeberlein discusses the evidence (and lack thereof) behind popular anti-aging supplements and interventions. Science, Snake Oil, and How
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WebMD-best salty snacks – nuts, edamame, string cheese, veggies and dip, popcorn, seeds, kale chips, ants on a log, boiled egg, baked potato,
AARP-3 supplements you need- About 70 percent of adults age 60 and older reported taking at least one supplement in the past month, vitamin D, vitamin B12, calcium – I DISAGREE WITH THE CALCIUM SUGGESTION, AS EXCESS CALCIUM CAUSES MANY HARMS.
