Peer-Reviewed Research
May 1, 2003
Indication: Blood pressure reduction
Source: American Heart Association meeting
Research: Sixty post-menopausal women were given a half cup of dry roasted soy nuts each day over a period of eight weeks. The purpose of the study was to assess th…
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May 1, 2003
Indication: Skin disorders
Source: International Journal of Dermatology, 2002;41:146-150.
Research: Researchers asked 96 patients with atopic dermatitis to take either 400 IU of natural-source vitamin E or placebos daily for eight months. Among…
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May 1, 2003
Indication: Blood pressure
Source: International Journal for Vitamin & Nutrition Research, 2002;72:309-314.
Research: Researchers asked 70 patients with newly diagnosed mild hypertension to take either 200 IU of vitamin E or placebos daily…
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May 1, 2003
Indication: Hip fractures
Source: Am J Clin Nutr, 2002;77(2):512-516.
Research: Investigators studied cross-sectional associations between self-reported dietary vitamin K intake and bone mineral density (BMD) of the hip and spine in men and wom…
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April 1, 2003
Indication: Back and joint pain
Source: J Bone Miner Metab 2002;20(5)298-302.
Research: The effect of active absorbable algal calcium (AAA Ca) with collagen and other matrix components on aging-associated skin changes and backache and…
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April 1, 2003
Indication: Preeclampsia
Source: Am J Obst Gyn, 2002;187:777-784.
Research: In this study, researchers analyzed changes in biochemical markers of preeclampsia, which doctors use to assess risk in pregnant women. These markers included blood lev…
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April 1, 2003
Indication: Migraine headaches
Source: Cephalalgia, 2002;22:523-532.
Research: Researchers treated 147 patients with migraine headaches with either feverfew extract (2.08 mg, 6.25 mg or 18.75 mg) or a placebo three times daily for 12 weeks…
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April 1, 2003
Indication: Memory
Source: Physiology & Behavior, 2002;75:739-751.
Research: Researchers asked 20 men and women, with an average age of 21 years, to take the following single dosages during separate supplementation periods: 360 mg of ginkgo…
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April 1, 2003
Indication: Infection/quality of life
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine, 2003;138:365-371.
Research: In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 130 community-dwelling adults stratified by age (45-65 years) and presence of type I…
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January 1, 2003
Indication: Heart disease
Source: JAMA November, 2002;288:2432-2440.
Research: The Women’s Angiographic Vitamin and Estrogen (WAVE) trial studied 423 women at seven clinical centers in the U.S. and Canada. The women were randomly assigned…
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January 1, 2003
Indication: LDL oxidation
Source: Am J Clin Nutr December, 2002;76(6):1367-74.
Research: Subjects were randomly assigned to receive either 400 IU RRR-alpha-tocopherol/d or 10 ml Concord grape juice (CGJ) for two weeks. Serum oxygen radical abso…
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January 1, 2003
Indication: Metabolism
Source: Metabolism, 2002;51(11):1389-91.
Research: The study investigated the effects of oral L-Carnipure® L-Carnitine Crystalline supplementation on in vivo long chain fatty acid oxidation by measuring 1-[13-C] palmi…
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January 1, 2003
Indication: Vision loss
Source: Ophthalmology, 2002;109:1780-1787.
Research: The study was based on the hypothesis that the levels of lutein in the eyes of people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) would be lower than the levels of lu…
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January 1, 2003
Indication: Liver cancer
Source: American Academy of Cancer Research Meeting, October 2002.
Research: A five-year clinical study conducted in Japan examined liver cancer prevention in high risk liver cancer patients (hepatitis C virus carriers,…
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January 1, 2003
Indication: Cancer
Source: 3rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Research: Over 200 patients with a variety of terminal cancers were evaluated for 18 months. Patients were given MGN3, a patented…
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