Natural Awakenings Twin Cities July 2022

health briefs
Eat Grains to Reduce
Inflammation and
Liver Disease Risk
Although most
Americans eat
only one-third of
the recommended
amount, nutrientrich,
whole grains
already have been
shown to play a
key role in safeguarding
against
obesity and metabolic
syndrome.
Two new studies
establish their
positive effect on
cardiovascular and liver health, as well. Researchers
from Columbia University that followed 4,125 older
adults for 25 years found that lower inflammation and
fewer cardiovascular incidents were correlated with
higher amounts of fiber in the diet— particularly from
wheat, barley, oats and other grains—rather than from
fruits and vegetables. And a Chinese study in The Journal
of Nutrition Researchers tested the blood of 1,880
people, half of which had nonalcoholic fatty liver disease,
to look for markers of whole grain consumption.
The subjects that ate more whole grains had a significantly
reduced risk of developing the liver disease.
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Consider Herbs from
Traditional Asian Medicine
for Diabetes
Diabetes is rampant
in the world
today, particularly
in low- and
middle-income
countries, but it
was also a health
condition many
centuries ago
among Tibetan,
Mongolian, Miao,
Dai, Uygur and Yi
people in East Asia.
To identify which
diabetes medicines
were effective in those indigenous medical systems,
Chinese researchers examined medical databases and
ethnic medical books. They found evidence of 112 such
medications—105 plant-based, six coming from animals
and one with fungal origins. The most commonly used
were Astragalus membranaceus, now available in many
contemporary immune-system formulations; Pueraria
lobata, known as arrowroot or kudzu, and considered
an invasive plant in North America; and Coptis chinensis,
Chinese goldthread, whose main compound, berberine,
is used in the West to treat bacterial and viral infections.
“Ethnic medicine has abundant resources in diabetes
treatment and has excellent development prospects,
which is worthy of further exploration and modern research,”
conclude the authors.
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