Integrative Medicine Alert – January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
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Trends in Supplemental Vitamin D Intake
The authors investigated the trends in daily supplemental vitamin D intake of ≥ 1,000 IU and ≥ 4,000 IU and found increasing use of vitamin D supplementation.
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Effect of Diet on Hippocampal Volume in a Population at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in community-dwelling people (average age of 60 years) found that a long-term, high-quality diet was associated with larger hippocampal volumes after an average interval of 11 years.
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Alcohol Use: No Safe Level
A systematic analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 on alcohol-linked disorders and patterns of alcohol use over 25 years worldwide found there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.
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Caregivers and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Interventions
The authors of a review of randomized, controlled trials found that mindfulness-based stress reduction may reduce short-term anxiety and depressive symptoms in people caring for family members with dementia.
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Probiotic Use to Reduce Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea
In a systematic review of probiotic use for reducing Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD), probiotics appear to be most beneficial in populations with high baseline risk of CDAD (> 5%).
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The Mediterranean Diet and Cognitive Function: Keep the Mind Sharp
Italian seniors who ate a high-quality Mediterranean diet had better cognitive function than those who did not.