Sentences with phrase «oil dietary treatment»

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Vitamin A is necessary for growth, immunity, steroid production, sperm production in males, prevention of spontaneous abortion in females, and proper prenatal development.45 Vitamin A appears to aid in the utilization of dietary protein, and, even though androgens are used as promoters of prostate cancer, vitamin A both boosts androgen production and powerfully inhibits prostate cancer.48 Vitamin A-rich foods like raw liver juice have been successfully used to treat cancer, 49 and concentrated doses of naturally occurring all - trans retinoic acid, the active hormone form of vitamin A, are currently used as a highly successful treatment for leukemia.50 Vitamin A appears to protect against and be depleted in inflammatory conditions.51 Vitamin A also protects against environmental toxins, and protects against free radical damage: cod liver oil, in fact, because of its vitamin A content, is the only source of essential fatty acids that can lower levels of harmful, free - radical lipid peroxides, while all other sources of essential fatty acids raise lipid peroxides.45

(The natural treatments include diet, nutritional supplementation [essential fatty acids, folate, vitamin D] Medical Nutrition Therapy as a Potential Complementary Treatment for Psoriasis — Five Case Reports Alternative Medicine Review 2004 (Sep); 9 (3): 297 — 307 ~ FULL TEXT The dietary protocol, based on Edgar Cayce readings, included a diet of fresh fruits and vegetables, small amounts of protein from fish and fowl, fiber supplements, olive oil, and avoidance of red meat, processed foods, and refined carbohydrates.

The therapeutic dotential of dietary precursor modulation by a fish - oil - supplemented diet (n - 3 fatty acids), such as eicosapentaenoic acid (C20: 5,n - 3) and docosahexaenoic acid (C22: 6,n - 3) in the therapy of ulcerative colitis has been shown to result in a 35 % to 50 % decrease in neutrophil production of LTB4.28 Significant improvement in symptoms and histologic appearance of the rectal mucosa has been observed in several small series of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis given fish oil at 3 to 4 g daily for 2 to 6 months in uncontrolled studies.29 However, a larger, randomized, double - blind trial comprising 96 patients with ulcerative colitis failed to reveal any benefit in remission maintenance or treatment of relapse on 4.5 g of eicosapentaenoic acid daily, despite a significant reduction in LTB4 synthesis by blood peripheral polymorphonuclear cells.30 It should be emphasized, however, that the anti-inflammatory actions of the fish oils, in addition to inhibition of LTB4, include suppression of IL - 1 and platelet activating factor synthesis and scavenging of free oxygen radicals.30 The impact of increased lipid peroxidation after fish oil supplementation should be considered when altering the n - 6: n - 3 fatty acid ratio.31 Antioxidant supplementation may be able to counteract the potentially adverse effects of n - 3 fatty acids.