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Blood sugar is one of those things that people rarely think about until it is a problem. Unhealthy blood sugar regulation can lead to a slew of problems such as diabetes, liver problems, and heart disease.
AquaBounty, a company that prides itself on innovating sustainable seafood practices, has engineered an Atlantic salmon that contains a hormone-producing gene from an eel-like creature called an ocean pout. Complete with the clever moniker AquAdvantage, this fish is the first animal GMO product that will be widely available to consumers.
A new survey funded by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a leading trade association for the dietary supplement industry, shows that supplements have remained widely popular among US consumers in 2014.
Eleven years of groundbreaking research and data analysis on hospitalized Medicare patients is to be presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making in Baltimore, Maryland. The analysis has found positive evidence showing how nutritional supplements effectively lower hospital readmission rates. This is big news for the American medical industry, primarily because Medicare patients are typically given prescription drugs instead of nutritional supplements.
One provision of the Affordable Care Act imposes fines on hospitals whose patient readmission rates exceed national averages. Fines estimated around $227 million are projected to hit over 2,000 hospitals in the next year. The fine, currently at one percent, is set to double going into 2014, punishing those hospitals that can't get their Medicare readmission rates under control.
The new 11-year study provides clear evidence on how nutritional supplements effectively cut hospital readmission rates. The research, conducted from the University of Southern California and Stanford University, shows how oral nutritional supplements help hospitalized Medicare patients, reducing 30-day hospital readmission rates, lowering patients' length of stay and bringing down taxpayer medical costs.
The norm has portrayed nutritional supplements as unnecessary and overpriced, but this 11-year study defies that myth. Nutritional supplements can and do save the medical industry thousands of dollars per patient, helping them recuperate faster and reduce their readmission probability. Cost savings are especially important in the Medicare system, because the whole thing is funded by the American taxpayers themselves.
Turn on the television, head to the movie theater, or even pick up your favorite fiction book, and you’re likely to be confronted with passionate kisses, lusty stares, and new relationships cemented with ardent sex. Women can feel frustrated and embarrassed when the flames of lust just aren’t crackling or if their sex drive has taken a trip to the Arctic tundra.
Right now as you read this, your kidneys are working hard to vacuum up toxins and waste from your blood. In just a single day, your kidneys will filter up to 150 quarts of your blood, cleaning it in the pro-cess and sending the waste to your bladder where it will be expelled as urine.
Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) is a sulfur compound found in plants, and all vertebrates, including humans. Sulfur is believe to play a role in detoxification, resistance against oxidation, and reduction of exercise-induced inflammation. While MSM naturally occurs in humans, we may not be getting enough of it in our everyday diets. That is why MSM proponents often suggest MSM supplements.
