This is a bit of a departure for me in terms of how I write my posts on our clinic blog. Today, my family and I went to breakfast at a great place in Ortonville called Dan's Country Coney. They make the best omelets. Anyway, as we were there eating, another family came in a [...]
Many oncologists still advise against the use of vitamin or nutritional supplements for fear that it might "feed" the cancer cells. However, this latest research shows otherwise: Background: Antioxidants may protect normal cells from the oxidative damage that occurs during radiotherapy and certain chemotherapy regimens; however, the same mechanism could protect tumor cells and potentially [...]
Two concepts are often currently applied to selenium in adult men in the United States: •Intake is generally enough to maximize blood glutathione peroxidase activities. •In such men, selenium supplementation does not reduce risk of prostate cancer. In contrast to these concepts, 30 healthy middle-aged men were studied to test the following hypothesis: 6-week supplementation [...]
