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Wheat, dairy, soy and nonheme iron absorption

Posted on Dec 5th, 2009 by Bird : Bird Bird

Dairy, wheat, and soy are the foods I avoid to escape the symptoms of celliac disease.  Interesting to read an article in PubMed called "An overview of current information on bioavailability of dietary iron to... More »

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breast cancer and thyroid disease

Posted on Nov 29th, 2009 by Bird : Bird Bird

A tiny spider is backlit by my computer screen.  I brush it away and discover how these webs intersect ... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8772562 J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1996 Mar;81(3):990-4. Relationship between breast cancer and thyroid disease: relevance... More »

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vitamin C and iron absorption

Posted on Nov 28th, 2009 by Bird : Bird Bird

Since vitamin C increases the amount of iron stored in the heart muscle (causing arrythmias), I was wondering if it feeds more iron to tissues with  breast cancer ... and this is important because http://has20birds.gaia.com/blog/2009/11/dietary-and-stored-iron-as-predictors-of-breast-cancer-risk... More »

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keeping iron low

Posted on Nov 28th, 2009 by Bird : Bird Bird

http://www.raysahelian.com/chlorophyllbenefit.html http://www.ironoverload.org/Diet.html http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/hfile68d.stm http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/factsheets/iron.asp ... Celiac Disease and Crohn's Syndrome are associated with gastrointestinal malabsorption and may impair iron absorption. ... As far back as the 1980s, some researchers suggested that the regular menstrual loss... More »

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CoQ10 and cancer

Posted on Nov 28th, 2009 by Bird : Bird Bird

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2009/sep2009_CoQ10-And-Cancer-Treatment_01.htm http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.lib.siu.edu/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=107&sid=c103ad0b-794d-4878-9e86-45a6690b4138%40sessionmgr112&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=agr&AN=IND93052944 Coenzyme Q 10 ( CoQ 10 ) and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) have been administered together and separately to three groups of human subjects. The blood levels of CoQ 10 increased (p < 0.001)... More »

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chlorophyll instead of iron

Posted on Nov 27th, 2009 by Bird : Bird Bird

http://www.springboard4health.com/notebook/herbs_chlorophyll.html One of the major differences between chlorophyll and hemin is that chlorophyll contains magnesium while the hemin molecule contains iron as its central atom. Owing to the close molecular resemblance between chlorophyll and hemoglobin,... More »

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using goitrogens to inhibit cancer growth

Posted on Nov 26th, 2009 by Bird : Bird Bird

Protecting Breast Cells Against Dangerous Estrogens I3C How to Use I3C The stronger form of estrogen, estradiol, can be converted into the weaker form, estriol, in the body without using drugs. Estriol is considered to... More »

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Progestogen use in women approaching the menopause and cancer

Posted on Nov 26th, 2009 by Bird : Bird Bird

Objective: Progestogens, particularly synthetic progestins, are widely used to contrast the clinical consequences of the relative hyperestrogenism that characterizes the years preceding the menopause. As a large body of data on postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT)... More »

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Dietary and stored iron as predictors of breast cancer risk

Posted on Nov 26th, 2009 by Bird : Bird Bird

Increases in risk of breast cancer in successive generations of migrants to the United States from China and rapid temporal changes in incidence rates in China following social and economic changes clearly implicate environmental factors... More »

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Dietary and other risk factors in women having fibrocystic breast

Posted on Nov 26th, 2009 by Bird : Bird Bird

Abstract Risk of breast cancer is increased in women with proliferative benign breast conditions. Most of these conditions, however, do not progress to breast cancer. The purpose of our study was to identify factors possibly... More »

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