Auto immune disease happens when the body’s natural defense system cannot tell the difference between our own cells and foreign cells, causing the body to mistakenly attack normal cells: immune tolerance disorder.
There are more than 80 types of autoimmune disease, commonly rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, Type I diabetes, etc.
The causes of immune system disorders are not yet completely clear, but it has become clear that regulatory T cells (Treg) are involved. T cells are one kind of white blood cell.
Regulatory T cells are essential for maintaining peripheral tolerance, preventing autoimmune disease. But all of the functions of T regulatory cells are not yet clear, so it’s difficult to find the relationship between autoimmune disease and T regulatory cells.
Please see more information about function of regulatory T cells.
T Cells | Definition, Types & Function - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com
→You Tube: “Roles of Regulatory T cells immunology, Immune system, Basic Science Series”
https://youtu.be/O8Hq_9cgwow?si=LcPnDmQBwaynq55U
Do you know about white blood cells and what they do?
If you have had a blood test recently and still have the results, please take a look.
White blood cells are immune system cells.
They protect our body from infection or cancer.
They circulate in our blood and respond to injury or illness.
White blood cell formation occurs in our bone marrow: granulocytes, lymphocytes and Monocytes.
Eosinophils, basophils and neutrophils.
B-cell, T-cell (helper T cell, killer T cell and regulatory T cell), and Natural killer cell
macrophages
For more information about the function of white blood cells, please see
→ https://www.sciencefacts.net/types-of-white-blood-cells.html
Finally, the relationship between the immune system and the autonomic nerves system is clear. During the daytime, immune cells stay in the lymph node because sympathetic nerves are active. On the other hand, during the night time, immune cells come out of the lymph nodes and circulate in the blood, looking for foreign bodies.
Therefore, it is very important to stay in harmony with your body clock and get enough sleep at the correct times.
Thank you! (Hiroko, Jan.2024)
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3. Which foods are rich in potassium?
Many fresh fruits and vegetables are rich in potassium: The foods listed below are high in potassium.
●Bananas, oranges, cantaloupe, honeydew, apricots, grapefruit (some dried fruits, such as prunes, raisins, and dates, are also high in potassium)
●Cooked spinach
●Cooked broccoli
●Potatoes
Bananas are often touted as a good source of potassium, but other fruits (such as apricots, prunes, and orange juice) and vegetables (such as squash and potatoes) also contain this often-neglected nutrient.
The following beans or legumes that are high in potassium:
●Lima beans
●Pinto beans
●Kidney beans
●Soybeans
●Lentils
If you need to boost the amount of potassium in your diet, make healthy food choices by picking these items to add to your menu. Incidentally, the proportion to the potassium amount of Japanese are 25% from vegetable, 10% from fruits, 10% dairy products, and 8% from seafood.
4. Foods during the Paleolithic Period
Potassium was abundant in the diet thousands of years ago, during Paleolithic Period or the Stone Age because humans roamed the earth gathering and hunting.
Recently, the so-called Paleolithic diet, or the Stone Age diet, is getting one of common modern diet method especially in the US. The diet is based on the foods early humans would have eaten in the Stone Age and typically includes lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds — foods that in the past could be obtained by hunting and gathering.
<Summary and Caution>
1. Higher potassium consumption from foods, especially fruits and vegetables, may lower blood pressure and the risk of heart disease and strokes.
2. Never take potassium supplements without a doctor's prescription, as this can easily cause high blood potassium levels that are dangerous.
3. Pay attention to the potassium content of salt substitutes, since it can be high.
“SOD: Organic Young Barley Grass Extract,” one of the Kodama’s antioxidant foods, contains potassium approximately 100mg potassium per a sachet of our Organic Young Barley Grass Extract.
]]>Does carb restricted diet or low-carb diet become effective cancer treatment?
In the previous column, I mentioned that cancer cells “like sugar.”
So you wonder if reducing or controlling sugar consumption or restricting carb can be a part of cancer treatments because cancer cells will die because of “sugar shortages.”
Unfortunately, the answer is “no.” Cancer cells still have abilities to survive.
That means cancer cells have “sugar/glucose capture device” which is called as glucose transporter (GLUT).
It is a facilitative transport protein involved in glucose translocation across the cell membrane.
Because of the “device,” cancer cells can preferentially take or collect glucose from every cell including muscle and organs in the body to survive.
In other words, cancer cells have the ability of significant glucose uptake comparing to other normal tissues.
The research for relationship between carb restriction and cancer cell growth is remained unsolved.
However, ketone, byproduct of carb restriction, has been a hot topic as inhibition agent of cancer cell growth in research recently.
However, to ensure ketone impact as inhibition agent shall be only when more than 80 percent of the total caloric intake is by fat. You agree it is little bit impossible for daily life, don’t you?
In the next column, I will talk about ketone.
Probably you have ever heard Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan and known that the scan is mainly used to find and monitor conditions including cancers, neurological (brain) disorders, and cardiovascular (heart-related) diseases, and other abnormalities.
However, do you ever know that this scan utilizes the feature that cancer cells “like sugar,” or in other words, absorb glucose?
Cancer cells absorb more glucose than other cells to grow themselves. Therefore, by injecting a small amount of radioactive glucose, Fludeoxyglucose F18 Injection or FDG, into the vein, the screening is to detect which cells are absorbing glucose or where glucose is being used in the body.
Glucose is an important fuel for cancer cells like other cells in your body; however, as source of energy, cancer cells can absorb only glucose while other cells, except red blood cells, can both glucose and ketone bodies. Ketone bodies is one of the products of fat burning in the body.
When there is not enough insulin, your body is unable to use sugar (glucose) for energy and your body breaks down its own fat and protein.
This is because mitochondria in cancer cells do not have enzyme which helps changing ketone bodies to energy.
Mitochondria plays “energy generator” in every cell.
Then, you may think that reducing or controlling sugar consumption will kill cancer cells because they are not able to take enough sugar. Is it really so?
The answer will be continued to the next chapter.
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Insulin is used when converting glucose to energy. If we rapidly increase blood sugar by eating too quickly, not enough insulin reaches the brain.
Excess sugar intake can case of insulin disorder and lead to a shortage of energy in the brain’s hippocampus, which deals with memory.
Repeating this situation can make us careless and easily distracted, cause memory loss, and may increase the risk of dementia.
Potential diabetes people with 5.7% or more HbA1c or 140mg/dl or more after-eating blood sugar level face a risk of insulin disorder. Insulin disorder causes accumulation of β-amyloid protein in our brain, which is a cause of Alzheimer’s disease and may start about 25 years before the disease occurs.
For reducing the risk of diabetes and dementia including Alzheimer’s disease,we need to avoid eating too quickly or too much and consuming too much sugarwhich leads blood sugar spikes.
]]>Normally most people don’t know exactly how many teeth we have. We, humans, have 32 adult teeth in total; however, sometimes wisdom teeth don’t appear, so some people may have only 28 teeth.
There are four main types of teeth in human mouth: Incisors, canines, premolars, and molars (which include our wisdom teeth).
Each one has a different shape and function.
Incisors are the eight teeth in the front of your mouth (four on top and four on bottom).
These are the teeth that you use to take bites of your food.
Canines (or fangs) are the next type of teeth to develop.
You have four of them and they are your sharpest teeth and used for ripping and tearing food apart.
Premolars (or bicuspids) are used for chewing and grinding food.
Adults have four premolars on each side of their mouths — two on the upper and two on the lower jaw.
There is a strong relationship between tooth structure and your diet.
For example, cows are herbivores and eat grass.
They have no incisors in the font or canines in their upper jaw, and they have only six molars on their upper jaw (maxillary canines).
Their upper jaw has a hard and flat palate like a chopping board.
There are six incisors, two canines and twelve molars on their lower jaw.
Their teeth proportion and structure are suitable for eating grass.
By contrast, crocodiles are carnivores and eat only meat.
They have 50 to 100 teeth like a saw for catching and eating their prey.
We, humans, are omnivores.
・ Eight of our 32 teeth are incisors = 25% or about 30%,mainly used for biting vegetables.
・ Four of our 32 teeth are canines = 12% or about 10%,mainly used for ripping and tearing meat or fish.
・ Twenty of our 32 teeth are premolars and molars = 62% or about 60%, mainly use for grinding, tearing, and crushing grains and beans like whole grain rice or bread You can see that such tooth structure is the best proportion for human diet and health.
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Do you know a well-known Japanese proverb, “hara-hachibu”? The direct meaning is “Eat until you are 80% full,”and the proverb helps reminding you.
that you shouldn't eat until you are full or offers you “moderation in eating.”
The importance of this proverb has been proved by a study of aging mechanism by using rhesus monkeys conducted in the US.
The study followed two groups of rhesus monkeys for 20 years to see the difference of aging: monkeys on a calorie-restricted diet (30% lower in total intake than they would normally consume) and those on a standard diet.
From the 20-years observation, the study found that the monkeys on a calorie-restricted diet lived longer and healthier than those on a standard diet.
There are interesting pictures (see right) showing the appearance of rhesus monkeys in old age (approximately 27.6 years) related to the study: Picture A and B show a typical control (standard diet monkey, and Picture C and D show an age-matched calorically restricted monkey.
You can see the difference obviously; the monkey on a calorie-restricted diet (Picture C&D) looks younger and healthier. Yet, fortunately our body has some mechanisms to process and reduce ROS by itself.
One of them is Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD) to remove ROS. Furthermore, Vitamin, C, E, polyphenol (ex. catechin in tea), and SOD containing in plants are considered as the most important antioxidant nutrients.
These nutrients are already well-known to reduce ROS in the body, so taking these nutrients by meal is also a practical way to reduce ROS. By eating vegetables, fruits and grains which contain rich of these five important nutrients regularly, let's reduce and get rid of ROS in the body!
Nowadays, the causal relationship between aging and food intake is still be an object of major sociological attention, and the research objective is not only observing monkeys but also mouse, drosophila, and yeast. These researches show mostly the same results as the monkey case; these data indicate that calorie restriction slows aging and reduces the risk of killer diseases.
Those results apply humans as well. Furthermore, according to another research, individuals who impose a 20% reduction in their calorie consumption for 2-6 years lose fat weight and show significant improvement in their markers of aging, including blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and glucose control.
Why calorie restriction slows aging and reduces the risk of killer diseases? According to many studies, a class of proteins, Sirtuins, involves as anti-aging genes. In 1999, Dr. Leonard P. Guarente at Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that Sirtuins links to longevity in mammals.
It has been implicated in influencing a wide range of cellular processes like aging, transcription, apoptosis, inflammation and stress resistance, as well as energy efficiency and alertness during low-calorie situations. As the association between Sirtuins and calorie restriction, low-calorie situations affect activation of Sirtuins, and the activation of Sirtuins accelerate cell metabolism and reduces ROD as the result.
Historically, human beings have fought against starvation and modified the body for fighting against or surviving from hunger. Acquisition of Sirtuins is one of consequences from the fight and for maintaining their life if the incidence of hunger occurs.
Some researches prove that Sirtuins will increase approximately within 3 weeks after calorie restriction has started and that its increase will help reducing internal organs fat, high blood pressure, and hyperglycosemia.
Moreover, the similar results is shown at the research conducted by the Kanazawa Medical University and observing subjects who impose a 20% reduction in their calorie consumption for 3 months.
However, the impact and effect to calorie restriction may vary greatly from person to person.
Proper calorie restriction will differ from individuals amount of exercise, life style, or health condition.
Therefore, calorie restriction may cause of disrupt of the nutrient balance if it is considered as “improper” or “not-appropriate.” Especially, the elderly, pregnant women, children, naturally light eaters, or too thin person (BMI is lower than 18) shall not conduct excessive restrictions on own judgement and need to consult medical specialists.
In conclusion, these following Japanese phases, “moderation in eating,” “harm of over eating,” “eating when your stomach is completely empty,” “chewing well,”
or “eat grain and seasonal vegetables,” handed down orally from past generations in Japan as a lesson and secret for longevity, and these are clarified by scientific evidences though researches and studies.
For maintain your healthy life and pursuing longevity, why don't you review your diet or manage the potion you eat once?
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You may not believe that it is about 100 years since ROS was discussed and focused as a cause of illness and aging of human beings.
Until today, ROS has attracted many scientists for their research and searched for the way to reduce ROS when it is extremely increased in the body.
Before going into the main subject of the secretes, we should review first what ROS is like. Oxygen is essential and important element for human body.
Oxygen is burned in the body to create energy, and the combustion reactions turn oxygen into water and carbon dioxide.
However, normally a small percentage of oxygen remains in the body as ROS, and ROS is produced although you breathe normally and are healthy at all.
Because ROS has stronger oxidization power than oxygen, if it increases, DNA, proteins and fat will be oxidized and damaged.
Ultraviolet, exhaust gas, smoking, alcohol, mental stress, overweight, little sleep, food chemical additives, and unbalanced diet are considered and identified as the causes and contributors for increasing ROS.
Furthermore, ROS is related to not only the cause of fine lines, wrinkles, but also the cause of lifestyle-related diseases such as cancer, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.
Yet, fortunately our body has some mechanisms to process and reduce ROS by itself. One of them is Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD) to remove ROS.
Furthermore, Vitamin, C, E, polyphenol (ex. catechin in tea), and SOD containing in plants are considered as the most important antioxidant nutrients.
These nutrients are already well-known to reduce ROS in the body, so taking these nutrients by meal is also a practical way to reduce ROS. By eating vegetables, fruits and grains which contain rich of these five important nutrients regularly, let's reduce and get rid of ROS in the body!
Secrets for your Longevity #1
Avoid and change in lifestyle for increasing ROS,and consume five important antioxidant nutrients to reduce ROS.
[To be Continued: Secrets for Your Longevity #2 will be continued to the next issue]
]]>Beware of high increased blood sugar after meals.
Our blood sugar level increases after meals, because glucose increases.
When there is blood sugar in our blood vessels, a hormone called insulin is secreted by the pancreas, and draws the glucose into our body’s cells.
Our blood sugar usually returns to its premeal level about 2 hours after a meal. The “blood sugar spike” is when blood sugar suddenly increases to over 140 mg/dl. Before and after the spike, blood sugar level appears normal on examination.
According the Hisayama Study of 8,000 people in Fukuoka, Japan, 20% of people aged 40 or over had a blood sugar spike. The Hisayama Study is the most well-known cohort study in epidemiology in the world. If this ratio of the blood sugar spike is extrapolated to the total population of Japan, 10% of Japanese people have the blood sugar spike.
The blood sugar spike is one of the causes of myocardial infarction, stroke, cancer, dementia, etc. The blood sugar spike occurs not only in senior or old people but also young; 20s or 30s. The mechanism of arteriosclerosis caused by blood sugar spike is already understood.
Repeated increased blood sugar creates much active oxygen. Active oxygen attacks cells inside blood vessels (vascular endotheliumal cells) and immune cells come and gather near the damaged cells.
The gathered immune cells thicken the blood cell wall, narrow the vessel and restrict blood flow.
This is the mechanism of arteriosclerosis and can eventually lead to increased risk of myocardial and cerebral infarction (stroke).
It is suspected that the risk of dementia is increased in the following way: when large quantities of insulin are secreted by the pancreas, amyloid beta accumulates in the brain.
Amyloid beta is one of the causes Alzheimer’s type dementia and it damages nerve cells in the brain.
The blood sugar spike often goes unnoticed in normal physical examination because examination is usually carried out on an empty stomach or 1 or 2 hours after a meal (oralglucose tolerance test: OGTT).
Check your blood sugar spike risk! (It’s a Japanese language website but please try!)
Website: www.nhk.or.jp/special/kettouchi/check/index.html
THREE (3) TIPS FOR PREVENTION OR REDUCTION OF THE BLOOD SUGAR SPIKE
1. Eat natural and whole foods, unprocessed foods and dietary fibre-rich foods like unpolished rice, barley, grains, cereals, and vegetables.
Dietary fibre slows the increase of blood sugar because it interrupts the digestion of glucose. But avoid eating a lot of sugar.
2. Chew well and eat meals regularly.
Chewing well is extremely important.
For adults, the frequency of meals is not essential.
According to individual health condition,either 2 or 3 meals a day is OK. But it is important to eat a balanced meal when you are hungry and your stomach rumbles, and remember to chew well.
Chewing well slows the increase in blood sugar. If you eat even when you are not hungry, just because it is “time”, you will eat too much.
Traditional Japanese home medicine teaches us to chew every mouthful 50–100 times. Chewing over 50 times produces lots of saliva, which aids digestion and absorption.
But chewing over 50 times these days is difficult, so you should try to chew at least 30 times to produce lots of saliva. You should notice that the saliva is helping your digestion and absorption.
3. Moderate exercise: During the 15 minutes after a meal, blood concentrates in the stomach and intestines for digestion and absorption.
Some moderate exercise like washing the dishes or walking around is beneficial after a meal, you may be able to prevent the blood sugar spike.
Even if your blood sugar level appears normal when you have a health check, if you are a fast eater or take all your food in one go, you may be at risk of the blood sugar spike.
]]>In addition to average life experience, have you ever heard “Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE)”?
The definition of HALE by WHO is average number of years that a person can expect to live in "full health" by taking into account years lived in less than full health due to disease and/or injury.
In other words, the healthy life expectancy means the period of independent life without depending on medical care and care by others or bedridden from an illness.
As you see the data above, there are many heathy and cheerful elderly people in both Singapore and Japan. However, more than 5 million people suffer from dementia in Japan, and one of seven (1/7) people aged over 65 years old is dementia.
Furthermore, if the number of people suffering mild cognitive impairment includes, one of four (1/4) people aged over 65 years old might be predementia.
That is getting a serious social problem these days.
Supplying oxygen and antioxidant is a key to maintain your brain young and healthy. Because brain consumes about 20% of oxygen throughout the body, it is necessary to promote smooth blood flow for delivering oxygen to brain well.
For improving blood flow, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and ginkgo leaf extract are very effective. Also, it is necessary to avoid stress and to reduce reactive oxygen from the body to ease stress on the brain.
Healthy diet, moderate exercise, and enough sleep are very important for preventing brain’s aging.
Our Young Barley Green Grass Juice help to maintain your brain young and healthy because it contains rich SOD!
Zinc is one of those minerals that play a huge role in your body.
The human body contains about 2-3 g (2,000-3,000 milligrams) of zinc. Much of it is found in your adrenals, brain and eyes.
Zinc is essential for many physiological functions, including structure in certain proteins and enzymes, and regulation of gene expression.
It is also important for the role of the immune system, wound healing, protein synthesis, cell health and DNA synthesis.
Zinc plays a powerful role in skin health, helping with regeneration of cells, wound healing and inflammation.
Zinc Deficiency
Zinc is an antioxidant which is essential for the immune system and helping to prevent allergies, colds and flus.
If you are low in zinc, there are a number of symptoms that can show up in your body. Here are some examples of zinc deficiency symptoms:
1. Hair Loss
2. Diarrhea
3. Sexual Difficulties
4. Infections and Delayed Wound Healing
5. Loss of Appetite and Weight Loss
6. Cognitive Impairment
If you’re eating a balanced diet, you shouldn’t have to worry too much about zinc deficiency.
However, it’s good to understand the effects that such deficiency can have on your body and to know foods that can help replenish your zinc levels if you’re deficient.
Foods High in Zinc
The recommended daily amount of this mineral is 15 milligrams which is quite easy to obtain as zinc is present in a variety of foods.
The best sources of zinc are from animal sources. Foods high in zinc are red meat such as beef and lamb.
Seafood is also super high in zinc so getting oysters, scallops, and other shellfish into your diet helps increase zinc uptake by the body.
Example of plant foods high in zinc are pulses, seeds, and nuts. Soy foods are high in zinc; 1/2 cup of cooked soybeans contains one mg of zinc.
Our soya bean milk powder is one of best way to take zinc in your daily life!
Especially, because this year, 2016, is the UN International Year of Pulses for raising awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses, take more beans!
In addition, getting more sun exposure or eating foods rich in vitamin D and A can help improve zinc absorption and Vitamin B6 is needed for proper utilization of zinc.
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http://urbanwired.com/health/foods-rich-in-zinc-which-are-good-for-health/
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Diabetes is a common and serious chronic illness and when poorly controlled, leads to multiple complications, such as blindness, nerve damage, kidney failure, heart disease and limb amputation.
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 346,000,000 people worldwide have diabetes, and there are 400,000 diabetics who are aged above 40 in Singapore in 2013.
Furthermore, diabetes is the 10th leading cause of death accounting for 1.7 per cent of total deaths in 2011 in Singapore. Some studies show that about half of patients already have diabetes-related complications at the time of diagnosis.
■ Tips for reducing the risk of diabetes (type 2 diabetes):
・There is no cure for diabetes because it is a lifelong disease.
However, the risk of diabetes is preventable and can be controlled through various means such as a healthy diet and regular exercise
・Follow a proper diet
Besides insulin and medicine, eating healthily helps to control blood glucose levels and weight.
・Maintain a healthy weight
If overweight, losing a few kilos can reduce the risk of diabetes.
・Get regular exercise
Exercise helps to control weight and also keeps the heart healthy.
■ Tips for a healthy diet
Eating right is a fundamental key to prevent or control diabetes, but no special foods or complicated diets are necessary.
A healthy diet for diabetes t is high in nutrients, low in fat, and moderate in calories.
It also applies for anyone, and you don’t have to have special diabetic meals.
However, you need to pay more attention to some of your food choices. Here are some tips for a healthy diet.
1. Don't forget your grains
Unlike refined grain foods like white rice and white bread, whole grains are an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, fibre and protective plant chemicals called phytochemicals.
2. Pick food rich in proteins
Select protein-rich foods which are lower in fat and cholesterol such as lean meat, fish, yogurt, legumes and nuts.
3. Eat your fruit and veggies (including mushrooms and seaweed)
Fruit and vegetables are naturally low in fat and rich in vitamins, minerals and fibre.
4. Cut the oil, fat, salt and sugar
Choose healthier foods which are lower in salt, added sugar and fat. Limit alcohol intake.
5. Limit alcohol and snack intake.
Alcohol and snack may cause dysfunctional healthy eating behavior.
6. Eat slowly, chew well and stop when full.
Eating slower can actually help you eat less and lose weight. Devote your full attention to the meal.
If you're distracted by other activities like watching TV, you may not notice how fast or how much you are eating.
7. Eat regular meals
Have three meals and one or two snacks each day, and don’t skip breakfast.
■ Promotion of healthier food choices at hawker centres
Hawker centres located all over the island are a unique aspect of Singaporean culture.
Not only locals but also visitors from outside of Singapore enjoy eating local foods.
For hawkers and local food lovers who concern a healthy diet or try to prevent diabetes, please visit the websites for a healthy diet at hawker centers;
http://www.snda.org.sg/downloads/publications/Cultural_Food_Practices-Singapore.
http://www.diabetes.org.sg/resources/2014/0714-a.pdf
Dr Daphne Gardner Su-Lyn, at the Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital (SGH) says, “learning to eat regular meals, controlling the amount you eat and making healthy food choices can help you manage your diabetes better and help prevent other health complications."
Sources from Ministry of Health, Singapore General Hospital, SingHealth, HPB SingHealth Polyclinics and MSD K.K.
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This may be due in part to ageing population, unhealthy diets and lack of exercise.
It is an important condition because there are many complications that can occur as a result of diabetes.
■ What Is the Signs & Symptoms of Diabetes?
The early stages of diabetes can occur without any sign and symptoms, or some people may experience only a few symptoms that are listed below.
About 50 percent of people with type 2 diabetes don't experience any symptoms and don't know they have the disease.
The common symptoms of diabetes are:
Symptoms due to high blood sugar
Symptoms due to complications of diabetes
■ Diabetes Increases Your Risk for Many Serious Health Problems.
If diabetes progresses without being treated, it can lead to serious complications and premature death.
The three most common types of serious complications are eye deficiency (diabetic retinopathy: blindness), kidney lesion (diabetic nephropathy: dialysis), and nerve disorder (diabetic neuropathy or ND: gangrene), and these are also called “Triopathy of Diabetes.”
However, not only these three, but also other complications, for example arteriosclerosis, harm or effect on your health seriously.
Arteriosclerosis is a symptom of aging, but the progress of arteriosclerosis on diabetic patient may be more rapidly or 10 years faster. It is well known that the progression of arteriosclerosis leads to myocardial infarction or stroke.
Diabetes may be a “painless or itchy-less” disease, but the purpose of diabetes therapy is to prevent such disorders or complications.
]]>Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a byproduct of using oxygen during energy metabolism.
Reactive oxygen species kill harmful bacteria and viruses in the body as well as breaking down harmful substances in the liver.
The body’s existing anti-oxidant enzymes are powerful against harmful substances and break down reactive oxygen species and render them harmless.
However, due to environmental stress (e.g., air pollution, UV rays, radiation, pesticides, artificial food additives, mental stress, drinking, smoking, sleep shortage, obesity, strenuous exercise, and ageing), ROS levels can increase dramatically and it is difficult to break down reactive oxygen species with only antioxidant enzymes.
It is well-known that increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) speeds up ageing and leads to various diseases, including diabetes, heart attack and stroke, as well as skin trouble and common poor physical conditions such as fatigue.
※Stressful Lifestyle
So, how do we reduce reactive oxygen species?
There are 3 simple ways to do it.
The following five nutrients are known as antioxidant nutrients and reduce ROS levels: Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Polyphenol, and Antioxidant Enzyme.
These nutrients (antioxidant nutrients) are contained in green and yellow vegetables, fruits, and foods such as black sesame, black beans, red beans, green tea, wine and konbu (kelp).
So, we need take more grains, beans, seaweed, vegetables, mushrooms, and potatoes!
Our products contain antioxidant nutrients. For example,
(1) Young Barley Grass Extract Powder: antioxidant enzymes (Super Oxide Dismutase), chlorophyll, Vitamin A, Vitamin C
(2) Soya powder: Saponin, Vitamin E
(3) Fermented Blackcurrants: Anthocyanin
(4) Burdock Tea: Saponin, Chlorogenic acid
(5) Black Beans: Anthocyanin
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