International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention最新文献

{"title":"Welcome to Volume 3 number 2 of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention.","authors":"K. Williams","doi":"10.22230/ijdrp.2021v3n2a309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/ijdrp.2021v3n2a309","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124173808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Marketing Cardiovascular Mortality? Healthy vs. Unhealthy Food in Television Advertising","authors":"Mashaal Ikram, K. Williams, Khari Hill","doi":"10.22230/ijdrp.2021v3n2a281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/ijdrp.2021v3n2a281","url":null,"abstract":"Background:Cardiovascular disease has been the leading killer of Americans since the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.  During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, social distancing and stay-at-home requests, there has been increased television (TV) engagement, and marketing has become more impactful in modifying consumer behaviors. \u0000Objective:  We evaluated the healthfulness of food marketing, based on commercials most frequently aired on American primetime networks during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. \u0000Methods:We reviewed a total of 104 TV commercials, 89 chosen randomly during TV watching and 14 targeted to enrich the sample with the leading quick service restaurants (“fast-food chains”).  The commercials fell into 4 categories: 1) fast-food chains, 2) brand-recognized individual items, 3) grocery chains, and 4) home-delivery meals. The food items displayed in each commercial were recorded and scored based on the previously validated healthful versus unhealthful nutrition scoring system, assigning either positive or negative values for each food item in the commercial. \u0000Results:We found that 58% of the commercials advertised fast-food chains (mean score = -3.1, i.e., 3.1 more unhealthy than healthy items per commercial), while 27% were brand-recognized individual items (-0.82), 9% were grocery chains (-0.4), and 6% were for home-delivery meals (0.83); each was less unhealthy than fast-food (p< 0.0001). \u0000Conclusions:Commercial TV in the US routinely promotes the consumption of foods that are known to be unhealthy, particularly those underpinning cardiovascular disease and its risk factors. Regulation and/or legislation to curtail the frequency and/or content of these commercials, and consider a ban on such advertising to children, similar to that previously employed in Canada and the European Union.","PeriodicalId":448602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124964525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nutrient-Dense, Plant-Rich (NDPR) Diet in Cancer Survivors: Case Series","authors":"J. Fuhrman, Deana M. Ferreri","doi":"10.22230/ijdrp.2021v3n2a261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/ijdrp.2021v3n2a261","url":null,"abstract":"Adherence to healthy lifestyle behaviors in cancer survivors has the potential to reduce the risk of recurrence and improve quality of life. Although whole diet intervention studies in cancer survivors are scarce, the available evidence supports a plant-based diet, and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) recommends following cancer prevention diet and lifestyle guidelines to reduce the risk of recurrence. There is sufficient evidence to presume that the same phytochemical-rich foods that have been shown to reduce the risk of developing cancer (prevention) are beneficial and lifespan promoting for those who have a diagnosis of cancer. The nutrient-dense, plant-rich (NDPR) diet (also called a Nutritarian diet) is a plant-based diet that places emphasis on foods with evidence backing anti-tumor activity such as inhibition of proliferation and angiogenesis, apoptosis promotion, anti-inflammatory effects, and induction of the master regulator of detoxification and antioxidant response nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2): leafy green vegetables, beans, garlic and onion, seeds and nuts, mushrooms, berries, and other carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables, assuring rich sources of phytonutrients and plant lignans. Here, we present seven cases of patients who had adopted the NDPR diet following a cancer diagnosis and conveyed details of their results. Patients generally reported improved quality of life, intentional weight loss, no recurrence, and improvement in other aspects of health in the years after cancer diagnosis provoked their dietary change.","PeriodicalId":448602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133791863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Food And Mood: A Dietary Approach to Treating Depression","authors":"K. Cranford","doi":"10.22230/IJDRP.2021V3N2A233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/IJDRP.2021V3N2A233","url":null,"abstract":"Providing dietary advice that targets specific health outcomes can be a daunting task given the plethora of often-conflicting advice available in the mainstream and even medical literature. As a psychiatrist, I am specifically interested in how dietary interventions might target mood, particularly depression, a leading cause of disability worldwide. Presented herein is the available research targeting depression with dietary interventions. I will provide a brief introduction on what led me toward an interest in diet and nutrition, discuss the evidence base demonstrating improvements in depression with specific dietary interventions, and provide a discussion on the subset of patients suffering from a type of depression that appears to be in large part a systemic inflammatory condition and the dietary implications for treatment in this group.","PeriodicalId":448602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124427153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Nutritional Assessment Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease","authors":"Kathleen E. Adair, J. Heileson, Matthew N. Peterson, R. Bowden, Jeffrey S. Forsse","doi":"10.22230/ijdrp.2021v3n2a255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/ijdrp.2021v3n2a255","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Dietary guidelines from the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are advised to individuals with mid-spectrum (stages G3a and G3b) chronic kidney disease (CKD), yet typical diets in individuals with CKD remain understudied. The purpose of this study is to assess the self-reported dietary pattern of subjects with diagnosed mid-spectrum CKD and compare the normal dietary intakes to the KDOQI and USDA recommendations. \u0000Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of 20 participants with mid-spectrum CKD (n = 6 male [M]; n = 14 female [F]) was conducted to assess subjects’ self-reported dietary intakes for an average of 5 days. Micro and macronutrient analyses were compared to the KDOQI and USDA guidelines by sex to assess nutrition, and an exploratory stepwise multiple linear regression model was used to identify predictors of poor renal function;p-values were considered significant at the α = 0.05 level. \u0000Results: All subjects met the recommended caloric intake, but the average consumptions of protein (F = 0.86 ± 0.29g/kg body weight/day, M = 1.18 ± 0.45g/kg body weight/day), saturated fat (F = 12.17 ± 2.28%, M = 13.86 ± 1.20%), and sodium (F = 3.78 ± 2.51g, M = 4.21 ± 0.39g) were high (p < 0.05 for all). The average fiber intakewas low (F = 13.64 ± 4.09g, M = 14.82 ± 7.28g) as well as folate, vitamins D and K, zinc, and calcium intakes compared with the recommendations (p < 0.05 for all). The only significant contributor to higher renal function in the exploratory regression analysis was male sex (p = 0.035).","PeriodicalId":448602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122022572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On the Prevalence of Autoimmune Disease Markers in a Working Population and its Relationship to Wellness","authors":"Umber Waheed, R. Greenlaw, S. Falsetti","doi":"10.22230/ijdrp.2021v3n2a237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/ijdrp.2021v3n2a237","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Autoimmune disease prevalence is rising at an increasing rate. However, little research currently exists on pre-screenings for autoimmunity and early disease management. We propose wellness visits should include an autoimmune disease panel screening for autoantibodies at preclinical and clinical levels. \u0000Methods: A working population of individuals without formally diagnosed autoimmune disease underwent company-sponsored wellness visits. Wellness markers such as blood pressure and lipid measurements and an autoantibody panel were obtained during the visits. Participants were offered functional medicine information afterwards. \u0000Results: Seventy-eight participants completed the visits. One or more wellness marker “abnormalities” were seen in 97% (76/78) of participants. Each wellness marker’s frequency of abnormality ranged from 13–82% of the participants. Preclinical or clinical autoantibody levels were seen in 53% (41/78) of the “healthy” working population with no previous autoimmune disease diagnoses. Preclinical markers were seen in 21% (16/78)of participants and clinical markers were seen in 32% (25/78) of participants. At least one wellness screening abnormality was seen in 98% (40/41) of participants with positive autoantibody findings. At least 50% of participants with a specific wellness abnormality tested at the higher “clinically” significant autoantibody levels. \u0000Conclusion: Preliminary findings from this study suggest that the integration of an autoantibody panel in wellness visits may be beneficial. Individuals may also consider healthier living practices and proactive prevention of autoimmune disease pathogenesis through applications of functional medicine and therapeutic lifestyle change. Clinical marker findings in asymptomatic individuals raises a limitation in the usefulness of such a panel, and further research such as a placebo-controlled prospective cohort study with an intervention trial or serial testing of autoantibody prevalence is needed.","PeriodicalId":448602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131099070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Resource Poor Communities in Lima, Peru: A Pilot Study","authors":"Jordan Sarver, J. Simon, David S. Drozek","doi":"10.22230/IJDRP.2021V3N1A207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/IJDRP.2021V3N1A207","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract \u0000Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the second leading cause of death inPeru, behind respiratory disease. e purpose of this study was to better quantify thelevel of CVD risk in resource poor communities of northern Lima. \u0000Methods and findings: Data was collected from urban, impoverished communitiesof Lima, Peru consisting of demographics, dietary recall, glycosylated hemoglobin,lipids and body mass index. \u0000Conclusion: Cardiovascular disease risk factors are prevalent with alarming percentagesof the population demonstrating abnormal values in most variables examined, andincreased risk utilizing the risk calculator. Higher levels of modifiable CVD risk factorsexist in resource poor communities in northern Lima, Peru. Lifestyle modification focusedon a plant-based diet might be an affordable, cost-effective approach to reducingCVD risk. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":448602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133780901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Welcome to Volume 2 Number 2 of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","authors":"K. A. Williams, Sr.","doi":"10.22230/ijdrp.2020v2n2a209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/ijdrp.2020v2n2a209","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","volume":"295 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131923215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Benefit of One Week Immersion in Lifestyle-based Program for Sustainable Improvements in Cardiovascular Risk Factors Over Time","authors":"Cody Schwartz, E. Handberg, C. Pepine, J. George, Ankur Jain, D. Desai, Qian Li, S. Stoll, Monica Aggarwal","doi":"10.22230/ijdrp.2020v2n1a121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/ijdrp.2020v2n1a121","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND: Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity most commonly result from poor diet and lack of physical activity. Lifestyle measures for risk factor modification and cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention include exercise and dietary changes but most people are not successful at initiating and/or maintaining meaningful changes. We propose that such changes can be initiated using a short-term, intensive “immersion” support approach. \u0000METHODS: Moderate to high atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) risk individuals completed a 1-week, lifestyle-based immersion program, including daily nutrition education, 100% plant-based food consumption, exercise, and stress management classes. Beginning and end anthropomorphic measurements such as blood pressure and lipid measurements were collected. A dietary survey (14-point Mediterranean diet survey), functional capacity survey (Duke Activity Status Index [DASI] survey), and quality of life (QOL) survey (Sf-36), were administered on Day 0 and 3 months post-immersion. \u0000RESULTS: Eighty participants completed the program; 64% women, mean age 47 years (range 21-71), mean weight 88.43 kg (range 45.4-131.3 kg) and mean body mass index (BMI) 30.47 kg/m2 (range 18.6-44.8 kg/m2). Of the participants, 71% had hypertension (HtN), 39% had HbA1c ≥ 5.7%, 35% were former smokers, and 7.5% were active smokers. Average ASCVD risk was 6.84% (range 0.3-39%). After 1 week of the immersion program, BMI decreased on average 0.5 ± 0.38 kg/m2, weight decreased on average 11.49±1.19 kg (both p<0.001). Systolic blood pressures (SBP) decreased on average 6.76±15.17 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) decreased on average 5.00±9.82 mmHg (both p<0.001). total cholesterol decreased on average 20.40 ± 15.44 mg/dL, triglycerides decreased on average 31.78 ± 44.06 mg/dL, LDL decreased on average 11.71 ± 15.92 mg/dL (all p < 0.001). High-density lipoprotein (HDL) also decreased on average 3.13 ± 5.83 mg/dL (p < 0.001). Sixty participants with diagnosed HtN or prescribed antihypertensive medications saw decreases in both SBP and DBP. In the majority of participants, improvements in functional capacity, QOL, and dietary compliance were noted. \u0000CONCLUSIONS: Short-term, intensive lifestyle intervention is feasible, can lead to immediate improvements in risk profiles, and, importantly, can have longer-lasting effects on exercise capacity, dietary compliance, and QOL.","PeriodicalId":448602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117200873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Harmony","authors":"N. Ngo","doi":"10.22230/ijdrp.2020v2n1a149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22230/ijdrp.2020v2n1a149","url":null,"abstract":"The human body is a vessel harboring all of the decisions we make on a day-to-day basis. Similarly, our environment is a vessel imprinted with all of the consequential actions of humankind. The relationships between body and environment, and between physician and patient are harmonious. The actions of just one affect all of the others, and vice versa. Finding a balance for a healthy relationship between both vessels lies in prevention. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":448602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention","volume":"2014 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131201911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}