In this study diabetic women were split into different groups and their
Carnitine levels were checked. The groups consisted of diabetics without
complications, or a second group split into subgroups of patients with
retinopathy, or elevated blood fats, or neuropathic nerve pain. The patients
with complications had 25% lower Carnitine levels on average and their
cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic)
triglycerides, and blood sugar were higher than the group without complications.
The study is published online ahead of print in the February 21st, 2007 edition
of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Adding Gamma-Tocopherol to Alpha-Tocopherol increases the
anti-inflammatory effects
Researchers at the Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Berne,
Switzerland, state that recent research shows that the besides having
antioxidant activity, the eight different forms of Vitamin E have different
biological activity that does not depend on antioxidant effects. Both Alpha-Tocopherol
and Gamma-Tocopherol have anti-inflammatory activity. Most supplements use
Alpha-Tocopherol alone yet the research shows that enriching Alpha-Tocopherol
with Gamma-Tocopherol is more potent than Alpha-Tocopherol alone. Researchers
have to use a combination of Tocopherols in future studies for the best results.
The study is published in the January 2007 issue of the journal Molecular
Aspects of Medicine.
Green Tea Extract causes lung cancer cells to clump together in laboratory
study
Researchers from the Center for Human Nutrition at UCLA have tested a
decaffeinated Green Tea Extract on human lung cancer cells. The Green Tea
Extract affected a protein in the lung cancer cells making the cells stick
together and less likely to move. The scientists state that this novel clumping
activity will be a target for the development of new drugs that would zero in on
this protein. The study appears online ahead of print in the March 12th, 2007
issue of Laboratory Investigation.
