CLINICAL UPDATES
from SpectraCell Laboratories, Inc.
Volume 2008 - Issue 10 - October 2008
In This Issue….
- Selenium deficiency linked to preeclampsia
- Patients with Parkinson disease have low vitamin D
- Vitamin C intake improves bone health
- Increasing antioxidant levels may help reduce arterial plaque
- Weight loss but not alcohol reduces LpPLA2
CLINICAL UPDATE – Selenium deficiency linked to preeclampsia
Study shows that women with preeclampsia have decreased antioxidant defense pathways, increasing their oxidative stress and pregnancy complications
(Hypertension, October 2008)
LINK to ABSTRACT Reduced Selenium Concentrations and Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Preeclamptic Pregnancies
CLINICAL UPDATE – Patients with Parkinson disease have low vitamin D
55% of Parkinson patients show insufficient vitamin D, while 41% of Alzheimer patients showed low vitamin D, compared with only 36% of healthy controls
(Archives of Neurology, October 2008)
LINK to ABSTRACT Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in patients with Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease
CLINICAL UPDATE – Vitamin C intake improves bone health
Study demonstrated that Vitamin C intake and bone mineral density were positively associated in elderly men
(Journal of Nutrition, October 2008)
LINK to ABSTRACT High vitamin C intake is associated with lower 4-year bone loss in elderly
CLINICAL UPDATE – Increasing antioxidant levels may help reduce arterial plaque
Low plasma concentrations of vitamin A, E and lycopene and beta-carotene were significantly associated with carotid intima-media thickness
(Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, October 2008)
LINK to ABSTRACT Plasma antioxidants and asymptomatic carotid atherosclerotic disease
CLINICAL UPDATE – Weight loss but not alcohol reduces LpPLA2
Plasma levels of LpPLA2 decreased after a 10% reduction in weight, but moderate alcohol consumption had no effect
(Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, September 2008)
(Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, October 2008)
LINK to ABSTRACT Effects of a low-calorie diet associated with weight loss on lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) activity in healthy obese women
LINK to ABSTRACT Moderate alcohol consumption and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 activity
