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Impact of processing and storage methods on nutritional values of a dozen fruits and vegetables

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This 2023 study investigated a dozen fruits and vegetables processed with three methods and freezer times for impacts on their sixteen main nutrients. I’ll focus on sulforaphane: “This paper compares how different processing methods (pasteurization vs. high hydrostatic pressure processing or pascalization) affect phytochemical concentrations of a complex mixture of fruits and vegetables, and investigates … Continue reading Impact of processing and storage methods on nutritional values of a dozen fruits and vegetables

The impact of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance and early life experiences

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A 2021 interview with McGill University’s Moshe Szyf: “There is a rejection of transgenerational inheritance as it goes against progressive thinking because it ties us to previous generations. The theory faces rejection because it sounds deterministic. But if you understand what epigenetics is, it’s not deterministic. There is stability, and there’s also room for dynamic … Continue reading The impact of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance and early life experiences

Part 2 of The transgenerational impact of Roundup exposure

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This 2020 study followed up The transgenerational impact of Roundup exposure using the Washington State Unversity research group’s most recent methodology in DEET and permethrin cause transgenerational diseases: “The herbicide glyphosate has been shown to promote epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of pathology and disease in subsequent great-grand offspring (F3 generation). The current study was designed to … Continue reading Part 2 of The transgenerational impact of Roundup exposure

The transgenerational impact of Roundup exposure

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This 2019 Washington rodent study from Dr. Michael Skinner’s lab found adverse effects in the grand-offspring and great-grand-offspring following their ancestor’s exposure during pregnancy to the world’s most commonly used herbicide: “Using a transient exposure of gestating F0 generation female rats found negligible impacts of glyphosate on the directly exposed F0 generation, or F1 generation … Continue reading The transgenerational impact of Roundup exposure

The lifelong impact of maternal postpartum behavior

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This 2018 French/Italian/Swiss rodent study was an extension of the work done by the group of researchers who performed Prenatal stress produces offspring who as adults have cognitive, emotional, and memory deficiencies and Treating prenatal stress-related disorders with an oxytocin receptor agonist: “Reduction of maternal behavior [nursing behavior, grooming, licking, carrying pups] was predictive of … Continue reading The lifelong impact of maternal postpartum behavior

Sex-specific impacts of childhood trauma

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This 2018 Canadian paper reviewed evidence for potential sex-specific differences in the lasting impacts of childhood trauma: “This paper will provide a contextualized summary of neuroendocrine, neuroimaging, and behavioral epigenetic studies on biological sex differences contributing to internalizing psychopathology, specifically posttraumatic stress disorder and depression, among adults with a history of childhood abuse. Given the … Continue reading Sex-specific impacts of childhood trauma

The impact of the last snowflake

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Was the recent Swiss avalanche’s cause the last, triggering snowflake, or the billions of snowflakes before it? There’s been a slight increase in the number of PNAS studies that included the “catastrophic” search word from October 2016 to mid-January 2018 compared to the January 2014 to mid-April 2015 period referenced in How well can catastrophes … Continue reading The impact of the last snowflake

Beyond Belief: The impact of merciless beatings on beliefs

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Continuing with Dr. Arthur Janov’s May 2016 book Beyond Belief: “p. 17 When someone insults us, we immediately create reasons and rationales for it. We cover the pain. Now imagine a whole early childhood of insults and assaults and how that leaves a legacy that must be dealt with. The mind of ideas and philosophies … Continue reading Beyond Belief: The impact of merciless beatings on beliefs

Do the impacts of early experiences of hunger affect our behavior, thoughts, and feelings today?

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This 2015 worldwide human study Hunger promotes acquisition of nonfood objects found that people’s current degree of hungriness affected their propensity to acquire nonfood items. The researchers admitted that they didn’t demonstrate cause and effect with the five experiments they performed, although the findings had merit. News articles poked good-natured fun at the findings with … Continue reading Do the impacts of early experiences of hunger affect our behavior, thoughts, and feelings today?

Problematic research: Feigning naivety of the impact of prenatal, infancy and early childhood experiences

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What I found curious in this 2012 UK review of 82 studies was the reviewer’s reluctance to highly regard a human’s life before birth, during infancy, and in early childhood. There was no lack in 2012 of animal studies to draw from to inferentially hypothesize how a human fetal environment causes the fetus to adapt … Continue reading Problematic research: Feigning naivety of the impact of prenatal, infancy and early childhood experiences

Maintaining your myelin, Part 1

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Three papers on myelin and oligodendrocytes, starting with a 2023 review: “Myelin is the spiral ensheathment of axons by a lipid and cholesterol-rich glial cell membrane that reduces capacitance and increases resistance of the axonal membrane. Axonal myelination speeds up nerve conduction velocity as a function of axon diameter. While myelination proceeds rapidly after birth … Continue reading Maintaining your myelin, Part 1

Taurine’s effects on healthspan and lifespan, Part 2

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Four 2023 papers that cited Part 1, starting with a review of hypothetical parameters for taurine clinical trials that aren’t going to happen because: Drug companies can’t make money from a research area that’s cheap, not patentable, and readily accessible. Government sponsors are likewise not incentivized to act in the public’s interest per their recent … Continue reading Taurine’s effects on healthspan and lifespan, Part 2

Take acetyl-L-carnitine if you are healthy

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Eight 2023 acetyl-L-carnitine / L-carnitine papers, starting with three healthy human studies: “Thirty healthy volunteers aged between 19 and 52 years were divided randomly into two equal groups, one of which received 1000 mg of L-carnitine (LC) per day over a 12-week period. Total cholesterol and HDL-C increased significantly after supplementation. LC could be useful … Continue reading Take acetyl-L-carnitine if you are healthy

Oat sprout stressors

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Two 2023 Avena sativa oat sprout studies, starting with one that found different effects during germination from varying temperature and relative humidity: “This study evaluated effects of temperature (20, 25, and 30°C) and relative humidity (RH, 55, 60, and 65%) as abiotic stressors during oat germination. We identified eighty polyphenols, nine avenanthramides, twelve lignans, and … Continue reading Oat sprout stressors