Omega-3’s is Good for Gums

Incorporating foods with omega-3 fatty acids into your diet may help avoid gum disease, according to a recent study conduct by Harvard researchers. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination review, researchers from Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health were competent to link the intake of two specific omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA with minor levels of the gum disease periodontitis in participant. This infectious, chronic disease causes gum tissue to divide from the teeth, leading to the accumulation of bacteria. In severe cases, it can finally cause bone and tooth loss.

“This is significant because are regularly taken supplement in the U.S., and yet we haven’t had very many side effects reported,” said Asghar Z. Naqvi, and teacher in medicine at the Medical School and the lead author of the study. “However, I don’t think that the average reader should start attractive omega-3’s to avoid gum disease,” he added. Medical School Associate Professor Kenneth J. Mukamal, who is also a senior writer of the study, agreed with Naqvi’s conclusion, but added that a alteration in diet would not hurt. “While a single cross sectional study isn’t enough to make people change their diet, it is previously suggested by the American Heart Association to eat at least two fatty fish meals a week,” Mukamal said. “This would fit well within the range of eating in which we saw junior levels of periodontitis.”

Slated to be published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, the study marks the start of a more strong exploration of the subject. Naqvi is currently following up on the study with a randomized test trial to see if the answer can be replicated in a more “rigorous” experiment. Naqvi said that if these follow-up trials prove that omega-3 fatty acids actually reduce the risk of periodontitis, the benefits would span beyond only lessening the disease’s prevalence. “Because some of the complication of periodontitis are cardiovascular, further confirmation of these findings will have additional significance, because cardiovascular diseases are pretty much the number-one reason of mortality worldwide,” Naqvi said.

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Fast Food and Cheap Eats related With Kidney Disease

McDonald’s, Burger King, Taco Bell.. They all entice us each day with their suitable locations, cheap prices, and tasty looks, but these foods are full of phosphates, which are shown to have unfavorable effects on people with kidney disease. A study done showed that people who do not have the means to buy healthy food eat fast food more repeatedly, in turn worsening kidney disease. Phosphorus is a mineral found in nature in foods like milk, cheese, beans and peanut butter. It is vital for the configuration of bones and teeth, as well as energy production and the formation of cell membranes. Since the kidneys leak excess phosphate, patients with Chronic Kidney Disease may develop increased blood levels of phosphate, or hyperphosphatemia.

Manufacturers add phosphates to foods to give them a longer shelf-life and make them more attractive. The studies analyze phosphate levels in the blood of patients participate in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study (CRIC). They inspected the risk factors for kidney disease progression and cardiovascular disease in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. "A lot of studies have demonstrated that an elevated level of phosphate in the blood is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease and that blacks have higher phosphate levels than whites but we did not understand why levels are higher in blacks," Myles Wolf, MD, MMSc, senior author of the study was quoted as saying.

"Our earlier work in the general population recommended that poverty was linked to a higher phosphate level, so we decided to delve deeper into that connection in the setting of chronic kidney disease." There were 3,126 culturally and ethnically diverse participants, and those with the lowest incomes and those who were unemployed had more phosphate in their blood than those who were of high economic status. There was no variation in phosphate levels among blacks and whites who were unemployed or of lower income. The researchers completed that the known belief that blacks are more at risk for Chronic Kidney Disease is solely due to economic status, and not race.

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