Diabetes – Tomato juice for Type 2

Dr Paul Clayton 2004 Diabetic patients are more prone to blood clots, which contributes to their increased risk of cardiovascular complications. Blood clots can cause strokes, heart attacks and other life-threatening problems which is why diabetics are, on average, around four times as expensive in terms of health care resources as nondiabetics. This is bad … Read more

Osteoporosis – Vitamin K is critical

Dr Paul Clayton 2006 The critical involvement of vitamin K in calcium balance has been known for some time in clinical science. But it is still largely ignored by a medical profession that remains mired in pharmaceutical thinking. A well-conducted meta-analysis has been reported in a respected journal. It has shifted the debate forward to … Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis – New hope with flavonoids and Vitamin E

Dr Paul Clayton 2002 Rheumatoid Arthritis affects 350,000 people in the UK. Unlike osteoarthritis it is a fiercely inflammatory condition. The inflammation gradually destroys the affected joint, and glucosamine is useless – or worse than useless, if the self-medicator puts off going to the doctor, and the damage to the joint progresses to the point … Read more

Arthritis – treating inflamed joints with flavonoids

Dr Paul Clayton 2003 Most anti-arthritis drugs, from oldies such as ibuprofen (eg. Nurofen) to newer ones such as Celebrex and Zyflo, work by blocking two key enzymes which help to drive the process of inflammation: cyclo-oxygenase (COX-2) and 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO). These drugs, however, are linked to serious side effects such as peptic ulceration and … Read more