INTERESTING TIMES

Supplements 101:
the Who What and Why of Dietary Supplement Manufacturing and Use in Clinical Practice

IATROGENIC AND OTC HYPOCHLORHYDRIA
tabs also not good for pts who are taking acid blocking meds (tagamet, etc)
without acid: don't digest proteins, don't absorb minerals
shakes bottle of tabs: as good as a maraca if you don't have acid
blocked acids in rats: made them more allergic to foods
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17227952?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=3
he asked the researcher, they're doing it in humans, same results
( guest lecturer week 7, this post has been moved forward in time: what forms of vitamins to take? good info here, esp on folate as relates to neurotransmitter manufacture )

1000 on Ca+ only-->6 more MI's or strokes and 3 less fractures
( data from the Women's Health Initiative added to the meta-analysis of cardiovascular risks associated with calcium supplements )

SSRI Shows Promise as Restorative Therapy Following Stroke CME
News Author: Caroline Cassels
( From medscape---and mind you, I'm not recommending SSRIs for post-stroke tx based on just this one study! Just keeping track of what the drug companies are pushing. )

www.medscape.com
From Medscape Medical News article by Allison Gandey
November 24, 2009
( notes )

MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW--questions we missed
and then a lecture on DIETARY APPROACHES TO STOP HYPERTENSION

FOR DIET EVAL ASSIGNMENT
he says use Kraus' older editions of book, good index
don't use programs in library, they're too complicated
assignment due week 9, 2 weeks from today
( notes )

Over the weekend I attended a conference called Transforming the Mind, and this piece was played as the grand finale: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

Jill Bolte Taylor is an excellent storyteller and the story is worth hearing. Jill is also a neuroanatomist. She had a stroke one morning and observed her own brain shutting down. The blood vessel popped in the left hemisphere of her brain, and crowded out her language centers and more, leaving her with right brain hemisphere functions. She experienced Nirvana, or what some might call a near death experience.....but it is better to hear her tell the tale. I hope you enjoy!