Red Meat & Arthritis, Vitamin D in Pork, Intra-Ocular Pressure, Fernblock, Nutrition & Bone Injury, Nighttime Bathroom Visits

May 3, 2022

[00:00:10] Possible link between eating red meat and arthritis/inflammation.

Resources:

• Red meat intake is associated with early onset of rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study
• Dietary risk factors for the development of inflammatory polyarthritis: evidence for a role of high level of red meat consumption
• Arthritis in hemochromatosis or iron storage disease
• Interplay Between Iron Overload and Osteoarthritis: Clinical Significance and Cellular Mechanisms
• Rheumatic manifestations of haemochromatosis
• Lower C-reactive protein and IL-6 associated with vegetarian diets are mediated by BMI
• Plasma Inflammation Markers of the Tumor Necrosis Factor Pathway but Not C-Reactive Protein Are Associated with Processed Meat and Unprocessed Red Meat Consumption in Bavarian Adults

[00:04:18] Vitamin D in pork fat.

Resources:

• Sun exposure in pigs increases the vitamin D nutritional quality of pork
• Tissue content of vitamin D3 and 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 in minipigs after cutaneous synthesis, supplementation and deprivation of vitamin D3 (see entire article on Sci Hub.)
• UVB Exposure of Farm Animals: Study on a Food-Based Strategy to Bridge the Gap between Current Vitamin D Intakes and Dietary Targets

[00:06:43] Association between nutritional deficiencies and intra-ocular pressure.

Resources:

• The Role of Diet in Glaucoma: A Review of the Current Evidence
• Relationship of lifestyle, exercise, and nutrition with glaucoma
• Effects of vitamin D deficiency on intraocular pressure values obtained by ocular response analyzer
• Vitamin D and intraocular pressure–results from a case-control and an intervention study
• Nutritional effects of zinc on ocular and systemic physiology
• Associations of blood heavy metal levels with intraocular pressure
• Three Toxic Heavy Metals in Open-Angle Glaucoma with Low-Teen and High-Teen Intraocular Pressure: A Cross-Sectional Study from South Korea
• Nutritional supplementation in the treatment of glaucoma: A systematic review
• Effects of French maritime pine bark/bilberry fruit extracts on intraocular pressure for primary open-angle glaucoma
• Efficacy and safety of 1% forskolin eye drops in open angle glaucoma – An open label study
• Oral administration of forskolin and rutin contributes to intraocular pressure control in primary open angle glaucoma patients under maximum tolerated medical therapy
• Ocular hypotensive effect of oral palmitoyl-ethanolamide: a clinical trial
• Effect of palmitoylethanolamide on visual field damage progression in normal tension glaucoma patients: results of an open-label six-month follow-up
• The ocular hypotensive effect of saffron extract in primary open angle glaucoma: a pilot study
• Citicoline Modulates Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration Through Intraocular Pressure-Independent Control
• Can Treatment With Citicoline Eyedrops Reduce Progression in Glaucoma? The Results of a Randomized Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial
• Citicoline: A Food Beneficial for Patients Suffering from or Threated with Glaucoma

[00:10:30] Preventing sunburn with Polypodium leucotomos extract.

[00:12:16] Dosage: 240mg 2 hours and then again 1 hour prior to sun exposure (total 480mg).

• The impact of oral Polypodium leucotomos extract on ultraviolet B response: a human clinical study
• Fernblock, a Nutriceutical with Photoprotective Properties and Potential Preventive Agent for Skin Photoaging and Photoinduced Skin Cancers
• Heliocare (contains Fernblock)

[00:12:39] Nutritional recommendations while recovering from bone injury.

[00:13:49] Fortibone.

[00:14:30] Cissis quadrangularis.

[00:16:14] Protein intake

[00:22:21] Waking up at night to urinate.

[00:32:49] Comments on interocular pressure.

[00:40:37] No office hours next week - Next session: 5/17/22.