Abstract: Recent evidence revealed extra skeleton activity of vitamin D, including prevention from cardiometabolic diseases and cancer development as well as anti-inflammatory properties. It is worth noting that vitamin D deficiency is very common and may be associated with the pathogenesis of insulin-resistance-related diseases, including obesity and diabetes.
The EPIC-Oxford study followed 48,188 men and women for about 18 years, between the ages of 20 and 59 at the time of inclusion, dividing them between consumers of meat (in addition to fish, milk and dairy products and eggs), consumers of fish but not meat and vegetarian (occasional consumers of dairy products and eggs, […]
Alzheimer’s disease is the third leading cause of death in the United States (James 2014). Over 5 million Americans are currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and it is estimated that as many as 45 million Americans may eventually develop AD (Plassman 2011; Seshadri 1995). Almost 20 years ago the Centers for Disease Control estimated […]
Skin aging is related to several interacting factors, including the progressive reduction and alteration of hyaluronic acid and other glycosaminoglicanes; oxidative stress, hyperproduction of free radicals, and impairment of radical scavenging mechanisms, which characterize all aging processes; glycation of different basic elements, namely proteins such as elastin and collagen, with advanced glycation end-product (AGE) formation; […]
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are the most common age-related neurodegenerative disorders and hence pose remarkable socio-economical burdens to both families and state. read more….
