Margaret Jasinska - Naturopath

17/04/2025

The increased risk may not kick in until after more than a year on the drug, the study suggests.

28/03/2025

I think farmed salmon is not safe to consume. All Australian salmon is farmed. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/is-diseased-salmon-reaching-supermarket-shelves-and-is-it-a-health-risk/gjtlwqxxl?fbclid=IwY2xjawJTBcFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHe6gD2Mwd9Yy76ktMop_DQjEHjmEsDHV5qt8x3uKW1wHokvTc9nc_znAUw_aem_3Vjebw2lSn_lnI1encfYaA

Tasmanian salmon farming is facing criticism, with an MP and environmental groups calling for an inquiry into the industry and whether diseased fish are being sold to the public.

05/03/2025

Your fat cells can tell if you've had enough sunlight. Not getting enough sunshine changes the way fat cells behave. It makes them more stubborn, harder to burn and increases the risk of insulin resistance and fatty liver. "Our bodies evolved over the years under the sun's light, including developing light-sensing genes called opsins," says Richard Lang, Ph.D., a developmental biologist and senior author of the study. "But now we live so much of our days under artificial light, which does not provide the full spectrum of light we all get from the sun.

Our modern lifestyle subjects us to unnatural lighting spectra, exposure to light at night, shift work, and jet lag, all of which result in metabolic disruption. Based on the current findings, it is possible that insufficient stimulation of the light-OPN3 adipocyte pathway is part of an explanation for the prevalence of metabolic deregulation in industrialized nations where unnatural lighting has become the norm."

Have you been outside today? Your metabolism will thank you for it. https://phys.org/news/2020-01-fat-cells-sunlightnot-metabolic-syndrome.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawI0lgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXtSOLJF9gTzkcpFFNUKm2Xqz0ldDNe3Qh1z2yTQo7Y_BpRBYFH6X7uvQQ_aem_Ck1sL_qRFosTgJKEmbN_VQ

Yes, fat cells deep under your skin can sense light. And when bodies do not get enough exposure to the right kinds of light, fat cells behave differently.

29/01/2025

Spending time outdoors is good for your blood pressure. The sun's UVA rays cause the release of nitric oxide (NO) from your skin. This helps relax and dilate your blood vessels, improving circulation and lowering blood pressure if it's elevated.
UVA rays are present right throughout daylight hours and they can pass through clouds.
Please avoid getting sun burnt, but most people don't spend enough time outdoors and their health can suffer.

UVR has deleterious and beneficial effects on human health. In this issue, Liu et al. (2014) show that UVA decreases blood pressure and increases blood flow and heart rate in humans, which is beneficial to the cardiovascular system. This is likely mediated by UVA causing release of nitric oxide (NO)...

20/01/2025

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16/01/2025

New research finds that use of hormonal contraception by woman may increase the risk of leukaemia in their children. "In the largest study of its kind to date covering around 3.2 million children, Scandinavian investigators have found that recent use (≤ 3 months before or during pregnancy) of maternal hormonal contraception is associated with a nearly 70% increase in non-lymphoid leukaemia in children compared with no use. The association was driven mostly by oral combined products (containing both progestin and estrogen) and non-oral progestin-only products (eg, intrauterine device, implants, or injection)."

16/01/2025

Did you know that more than a third of a cell's magnesium is found inside the mitochondria? Magnesium is a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme reactions, including those involved in energy production in mitochondria. The mitochondria is the tiny organ inside your cells where food is turned into energy. Making sure you get enough magnesium can help improve your energy. People with stress/anxiety, high blood pressure and diabetes are typically magnesium deficient.

Professor Bruce Ames demonstrated that nutritional recommendations should be adjusted in order to ‘tune-up’ metabolism and reduce mitochondria decay, …

15/01/2025

Did you know that glucose can inhibit the intestinal absorption of vitamin C? Glucose and vitamin C compete for absorption in your small intestine, and glucose usually wins. People with elevated blood sugar don't absorb vitamin C from food, drinks or supplements as well. Also if the food/drink contains glucose (eg. orange juice), you won't absorb much vitamin C. Glucose and vitamin C are structurally similar. Humans, primates and guinea pigs can't manufacture their own vitamin C. Most other animals can. They make it out of glucose. So the more sugar you eat, the more vitamin C you need.

The uptake of l-ascorbate (vitamin C) and its oxidized form, dehydro-l-ascorbic acid (DHAA), was evaluated in brush border membrane vesicles isolated …

28/05/2024

Parkinson's disease due to pesticide exposure could soon be recognised as an occupational illness in Germany.

04/01/2024

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27/12/2023

Toxic chemicals are increasingly present in our food and beverages. Here are some keys ways to limit their impact on our health.

06/12/2023

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