Eggs, Choline, Heart, Mood, & What to Eat for Breakfast?

My quest for a nourishing breakfast continues, as I ponder the relationships between egg consumption and dietary cholesterol on cardiovascular, mental, and emotional health. This renewed curiosity about the health effects of egg consumption was prompted by two events last …

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Detoxification for a Healthier Body & Mind

Need a detox? With all the detox advice available today, you may be considering trying one of the many recommended regimens. Before you do, let’s talk about some of the actions you can take to reduce your exposure to toxins …

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Individualizing Dietary Guidance—Nutrient-Gene Interactions

Nutrient requirements, drug response, and disease risk are influenced by gene variants (mutations) called SNPs. The term SNP stands for single nucleotide polymorphism. Research on nutrient-gene interactions or nutrigenomics is evolving rapidly. One area of focus relates to SNPs affecting …

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Eggs, Cholesterol, Choline, & Homocysteine—Food for Thought

Mood changes are affected by imbalances in the neurotransmitters serotonin (thought to primarily influence mood) and dopamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline (thought to primarily influence motivation). Betaine (from choline) and SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) help make these neurotransmitters. Choline, folate, B-12, and methionine …

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