Yearly Archives: 2019

Dietary Fiber Linked to Health

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A  series  of  systematic  reviews  and  meta-analyses  of  prospective  studies  and  randomized  controlled  trials with relatively high intakes of dietary fiber and whole grains revealed complementary findings, and striking dose-response evidence indicates that the relationships to several non-communicable diseases could be causal. The analyses included about 135 million person-years of […]

Genetics May Influence the Effects of Vitamin E

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A US study suggested that genetic variations may be at play with vitamin E, increasing cancer risk in some individuals while decreasing risk for others. Multiple pathways may link the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) to the vitamin E supplement, alpha-tocopherol, and cancer. The most extensively studied variant in COMT comes in […]