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How to Reduce Lectins in Your Diet

Aesthetics Advisor

Lectins 1 — sugar-binding plant proteins that attach to cell membranes — may be a hidden source of weight gain and ill health, even in an otherwise healthy diet. The problem with recommending an altogether lectin-free diet is that this would eliminate most plant foods, 2 which should ideally make up the bulk of your diet.

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PCOS and Menopause: How to Manage Hormonal Changes Naturally

Alison Bladh

Therefore, proactive measures in diet, exercise, and stress management are crucial to mitigate these risks. According to a comprehensive review conducted in 2022, a diet that emphasises non-starchy vegetables, lean proteins, whole grains, and healthy fats is highly beneficial for managing insulin resistance and supporting hormonal health.

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Sirtuins: Benefits and How to Activate Them (2023)

Aesthetics Advisor

According to research, including a 2013 study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology and a 2010 study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, sirtuins help to regulate inflammation, immune response, DNA transcription, apoptosis, aging, and reaction to caloric restriction ( 1 , 2 ).

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Best Foods to Avoid for Eczema 2024

Aesthetics Advisor

Steroids are the first-line therapy, but then there are immunosuppressants as well, with more in the drug pipeline. But what about diet? A researcher at Johns Hopkins reported a number of cases in which, “by omitting eggs, meat[s], and milk from the diet, [patients’] eczema improved.” Who’s going to profit off of that, though?

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Acid Reflux May Respond Better to Foods Than Prescribed Pills

Aesthetics Advisor

The research compared outcomes involving two groups: 85 LPR sufferers who were treated with PPIs 99 LPR sufferers who were put on a Mediterranean diet and told to drink alkaline water After six weeks, outcomes were measured using a standardized reflux scale. And they stop their drugs, which overall leads to much better health."

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Nodular Acne

First Derm

It’s associated with genetic predispositions and environmental factors like diet and certain medications. 3] For many years, oral antibiotics, mainly tetracyclines, have been the initial treatment choice for severe nodular acne, often resistant to other therapies. [3] This helps to minimize antibiotic resistance.

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L Glutamine for Eczema and Leaky Gut (2023)

Aesthetics Advisor

Stress, like a poor diet (and maybe the Standard American Diet), medications, trauma, post exercise recovery, and so on. Both l-glutamine and probiotics, along with a better diet, is means to help increase sglA levels and rebuild the intestinal mucosal surface. The gut becomes inflamed and irritated.

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