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39 Cards in this Set
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Can foods influence genetic expression?
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Yes. This category is called nutrigenomics, a subcategory of epigenetics.
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regarding bacterial flora, are they influenced also by the nutrients that humans and animals consume?
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Yes. These organisms use these nutrients for their own benefit.
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What is an epistemocrat?
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Someone who holds their own knowledge with great suspicion.
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What is the often accepted explanation as to why certain plant substances such as tannins and lectins might be toxic to humans?
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They are immobile organisms. They cannot run away, and may possess these shields as a way of protecting themselves.
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Is the physiology of modern day people the same as those who lived in the paleolithic era?
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Probably. The paleolithic era spans from app. 2.6 million to about 10,0000 years ago.
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What is the Pliocene-Quartenary glaciation period?
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This is actually the current ice age that we are living in at the present time. It started about 2.5 million years ago, when the first hominids appeared.
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What is the Milankovitch cycle?
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About every 100,000 years, there is a transition to a major deep freeze. This event occurs rather abruptly. Sometimes this is called the pacemaker of the ice age.
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What are coprolites?
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These are fossilized human feces. Some studies indicate that studies of these revealed very little plant matter was consumed by ancient peoples.
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What is one theory of how agriculture was developed?
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Vast disappearance of the megafauna, after the last ice age, app.10, 000 years ago may be due to over hunting by humans may have caused a dependency on plants.
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What are exorphins?
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These are morphine like compounds in grains that sparked a large dependency on grains.
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The dominanat form of fatty acids in the brains of humans are omega-3s. True/False
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True. In primates it appears to be more of the omega-6s.
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What are dietary ketones?
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These are the energy producing by products from the metabolism of fats. It is believed by many, that the body more naturally prefers these types of energy compounds.
It is also stated that overconsumption of carbohydrates is responsible for most degenerative disease. |
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Where are xenoestrogens found?
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These are artificial estrogen like compoubnds used in pesticides, lotions, shampoos, plastics and cosmetics.
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Some autopsy studies of vegetarians have shown the same degree of atherosclerosis as nonvegetarians. True/False
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True.
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What is syndrome X?
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Also known as metabolic syndrome, it is also called insulin resistance. It occurs via the chronic consumption of carbohydrates, unnatural omega-6 oils, and possibly omega-9 oils such as oleic and olive oils.
Sleep deprivation, caffeine, alcohol and tobacco have also been implicated. |
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What is epigenetics?
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The study of the heritable changes in gene expression that occur without a change in gene sequence, causing the genes to behave differently.
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What do the cyrex labs test for?
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Found at www.cyrexlabs.com or a stool antigen test via www.enterolab.com. These labs can diagnose food sensitive problems.
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Pasteurized and ultrapasteurized milk products may contain rancid fats and oxidized cholesterol. True/False
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True. These products may agggravate casein related food sensitivity.
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What is ghee?
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Raw, organic pasture fed butter or ghee is especially rich in beneficial nutrients, such as Vitamin A, conjugated linolenic acid and selenium.
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What is X factor in pasture fed butter.
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This is found in butter from pasture fed animals. It also contains Wulzen factor or an anti stiffness factor w healthy joints in non casein sensitive people.hich is beneficial for
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What is phytic acid?
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Grains and legumes contain high levels of this. Phytic acid binds minerals and eliminates them from the body, which results with increased grain consumption.
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What are goitrogens?
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These are thyroid inhibing substances. These are found in grains as are foriegn proteins like gluten and gliadin.
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What might be a major concern with the lack of the essential amino acid L-tryptophan in grains?
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These grains are fed to steers and cows and poultry, and may help be responsible for rampant serotonin deficiencies, clinical depression and ADD and ADHD.
Chronic carbohydrate consumption depletes the B vitamins required to convert amino acids into neurotransmitters. |
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What is gluten?
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From the lain meaning glue, it is a substance found in many garins, such as wheat(durum, semolina graham, spelt, kamut and triticale, rye and barley.
Small amounts may be found in cornstarch as well. |
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All foods with a high content of prolamin(a plant storage protein) should be suspect as having gluten. True/False
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True.
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Wheat contains gluten, what do rye and barley contain?
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Rye has secalin, barley has hordein, corn has zein and oats contain avenin.
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Gluten is made up of two proteins. What are they?
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Gliadin, which has 12 different fractions and glutenin, which comprises about 80% of the protein content in most grains.
Gluten is typically difficult to digest. |
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Itr can be said that that all celiac disease is a form of gluten sensitivity. True/False
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True. However, not all gluten sensitivity is celiac disease.
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Celiac disease is usually diagnosed with typical celiac symptoms and major villous atrophy. True/False
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True. in fact, ther presence of exorphins(morphine like compounds) in grains makes gluten quite addictive.
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Celiac disease and its parallel forms are diagnosed via genetic markers. True/False
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True.
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In routine blood tests, what abnormalities may indicate gluten sensitivity?
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Depressed WBC count
Anemia lowered ferritin levels hemoglobin levels below 13.5 ug/dL and elevated serum protein levels. These are just some abnormalities. |
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It is said that gluten may increase levels of zonulin. What is this?
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This is an enzyme which controls intestinal permeability.
Once elevated in the presence of gluten, other types of undigested proteins may pass selective permeable barriers and cause immunological reactions. Zonulin disaasembles the intercellular tight junctions. It is gliadin that activates the zonulin signaling pathway. |
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More specifically, what does the gliadin protein do?
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Gliadin and its peptides interact with the intestinal epithelium increasing intestinal permeability through the release of zonulin, that enables paracellular translocation of gliadin and its subsequent interaction with macrophages within the intestinal submucosa.
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What are some recommended therapies for celiac management aside from the avoidance of all gluten containing foods?
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Omega-3 fats(EPA)
Fatty acid GLA Vitamin D Glutathione enhancing nutrients Botanicals such as turmeric(curcumen). all these may help battle inflammation. L-glutamine and methysulfonylmethane can serve to support the healing of the existing damage. |
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App. what percent of people carry the gene for celiac disease?
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It has stated that 30-50% of all people carry the gene for celiac disease. It is HLA-DQ8 or HLA-DQ2 and 8 times more people with celiac disease have no GI symptoms than do.
Gluten sensitivity genes are significantly more common such as HLA-DQB1, alleles 1 and 2. |
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What are some associative diseases seen with celiacs disease?
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Parkinson's disease, ALS, autism, pshychiatric disorders. Increased risk for intestinal lymphoma has also been associated with poorly mangaed celiac's disease.
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Regarding blood and saliva testing, out of 12 different subfractions of gliadin, for instance, typically only one , the alpha gliadin is most tested for. True/False
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True. The other fractions might not show in this test.
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In celiac's disease, what is likely the most important test to run? and total IgA anti
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The most important test is for IgA (antigliadin antibodies and antiendomysial antibodies), IgG (antigliadin antibodies), IgM (antigliadin antibodies, tissue transglutaminase antibodies.
IgA and IgG are most associated with advanced small intestine villous atrophy, gluten antibodies and total IgA antibodies. It is imperative to test for ther genes, HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 as well as HLA-DQB1, with both alleles. |
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What is nitrosodiethanolamine?
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It is a known carcinogen found in shampoo products. It is easily absorbed through the skin.
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