Mediterranean diet has been praised as a heart-healthy diet because of its choice in macronutrients. For example, it emphasizes eating whole grains, fruits, legumes, and vegetables in stead of refined carbohydrates, and limits saturated fats for unsaturated fats such as olive oil. It also includes nuts, seeds, seafood, and fish. [1] Based on studies, the…
[JEV News, August 5, 2011] In the August 3, 2011 online issue of Wall Street Journal, Pfizer Inc. was reportedly looking for a possibility of selling a new version of its best-selling cholesterol-lowering drug, Lipitor, for buying over the counter without prescription. The patent for Liptor will be expired in November 2011. The move by…
According to the Kitava Study, Kitavans consumed only 2,197 Kcal a day. There is little doubt that Swedish and other westerners probably consumed even more daily calories than 2,500 Kcal, based on the types of foods and difference in body sizes between Kitavans and Swedish or other westerners. And, Kitavans in the primitive environment were…
[JEV News, July 29, 2011] Yesterday, Robert Su, Pharm.B., M.D. mentioned to JEV News an article published in the July 25, 2011 online issue of heartwire, “As treatment costs soar, AHA preaches prevention as savvy investment.” He said that it is time for organized medicine to shift its practice from waiting for the occurrence of…
In the October1997 issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Dr. Staffan Lindeberg and his colleagues published an article, “Age relations of cardiovascular risk factors in a traditional Melanesian society: the Kitava Study.” [1] This article has become a hot topic, even now, after its publication more than a dozen years ago. Especially, in today’s…
[JEV News, July 19, 2011] Robert Su, Pharm.B., M.D., author of Carbohydrates Can Kill and podcast host of the Carbohydrates Can Kill Show, will be interviewed live by Ms. Connie Bennett, host of the Gab With The Gurus Radio Show, at 2:00 PM EDT, Wednesday, July 20, 2011. He is expected to discuss about how…
As the trend in obesity continues to rise in both the US and the world, more studies have found obesity is linked to many diseases including, but not limited to, diabetes mellitus, arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis, and hypertension, and stroke. Often, many studies used body mass index (BMI) to represent the severity of the individuals’ obesity…
[JEV News, July 15, 2011] In the article, Carbohydrate and Macula Degeneration, published on July 11, 2011, in The Blog, Dr. Robert Su cited the risk factors of age-related macula degeneration (AMD), which include age, smoking, obesity, race, family history, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes mellitus. However, he suggested that avoiding repeated hyperglycemia by restricting carbohydrates…
Macula degeneration is usually age-related, thus, is commonly called age-related macula degeneration or AMD. Macula degeneration is an eye disease involving the central portion of the retina. Retina is the area in the back of the eye where receives the light or image and relates it in electrical signals through the optical nerve to the…
[JEV News, July 8, 2011] In the June 28, 2011 issue of Diabetes Health Magazine (online), Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, published an article, “Type 2 Diabetes: From Old Dogmas to New Realities – Part 2.” She wrote,” Old Dogma: People with type 2 diabetes should follow a low carbohydrate diet. New Reality: Nutrition recommendations…