( notes from Stansbury's week 10 6/12/2009 lecture, there will be a week 11 lecture as well )

sites for assessing micronutrient contents of food
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
www.nutritiondata.com
( our last nutrition I lecture with professor Gerber, moved forward from same date 2009, already got thyroid, anemia bits )

( combined notes from diagnostic imaging (Stecher), nutrition (Marz 2010), Wilson/Brinson shift 2011, blk bk page completed )

1000 on Ca+ only-->6 more MI's or strokes and 3 less fractures
( data from the Women's Health Initiative added to the meta-analysis of cardiovascular risks associated with calcium supplements )

THE LIST (these items all proven to decrease GI uptake of oral thyroid hormone medications ( Read more... )

( notes from this year's pathology 1 )

( notes on calcium from Gerber/nutrition I lecture )

Well so we already knew that drugs that increase serotonin levels decrease bone density over time. Medscape's new report says that osteoporosis is associated not just with SSRIs, but with benzos and some mood stabilizers other than lithium. Tricyclic antidepressants are protective for bones, but they have other gnarly side effects ( Read more... )

(whoda thunkit)

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widespread assumption: serotonin is benign substance that makes people happier ( Read more... )