Sentences with phrase «protect against disease onset»

Dec. 1, 2017 — Recent findings suggest that vitamin C deficiency could contribute to Alzheimer's disease, suggesting that avoiding deficiency through diet and supplementation could protect against disease onset.

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It protects against gastrointestinal and respiratory infections and is associated with a reduced incidence of childhood - onset chronic diseases, such as diabetes, celiac disease, Crohn's disease and some childhood malignancies.

The cause of heart disease is not animal fats and cholesterol but rather a number of factors inherent in modern diets, including excess consumption of vegetables oils and hydrogenated fats; excess consumption of refined carbohydrates in the form of sugar and white flour; mineral deficiencies, particularly low levels of protective magnesium and iodine; deficiencies of vitamins, particularly of vitamin C, needed for the integrity of the blood vessel walls, and of antioxidants like selenium and vitamin E, which protect us from free radicals; and, finally, the disappearance of antimicrobial fats from the food supply, namely, animal fats and tropical oils.52 These once protected us against the kinds of viruses and bacteria that have been associated with the onset of pathogenic plaque leading to heart disease.