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New Vitamin D Research

PERQUE Is Always Better! Since day one PERQUE has abided by a strict full disclosure label policy with every supplement we manufacture including our superior PERQUE Vitamin D3 Cell Guard. We go the extra mile to guarantee our quality through 3rd party testing that proves every batch of every PERQUE product is pure, potent, and fully delivers on our label claims. With PERQUE’s full disclosure policy and commitment …

Optimum Digestion

Digestion begins in the mouth. We at PERQUE recommend strengthening your digestion by savoring and chewing the food well so that it is liquified before you swallow it. In other words: “Drinking your solids and chewing your liquids”. Salivary Amylase is the most important digestive enzyme in the saliva initiating the process of digestion by breaking down some food starches into …

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Long-term Calcium Supplementation Does not Affect the Iron Status of 12-14 year-old Girls

Nutrient requirements for iron and calcium are higher in adolescent girls around the time of menarche. Calcium supplementation can compromise long-term iron status, but few data are available for adolescent girls. The aim of this randomized, double- blind, placebo controlled study was to evaluate whether calcium supplementation affected iron status in 113 Dutch girls aged 12-14 years. Subjects took 500 …

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Agriculture, Public Health, and Viable Society: Another Eternal Golden Braid by Russell Jaffe Fellow, Health Studies Collegium

Today, many seem to operate in a compartmentalized, disintermediated world. The narrowness of their view is largely the product of a reductionist, mechanistic educational system. In the age of systems biology, quantum physics and interdependence, narrow vision can lead to profound unforeseen consequences. From lead in the water to formaldehyde in the water and air to asbestos to PCBs/PBBs to …

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Progress on cancer risk: Benefit of adequate vitamin D3

Amount of Vitamin D3 in PERQUE Life Guard and PERQUE Bone Guard translates into dramatic cancer risk reduction proven in double blind, controlled study. This month’s issue of AJCN1 reports the astounding result that cancer rates can be reduced by 60% in the first year and a whopping 77% in the second year by taking high doses of vitamin D. …

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Folate and Cancer?

A recent article in JAMA is raising concern about high-dose folate intake: Ebbing M, Bønaa KH, Nygård O, Arnesen E, Ueland PM, Nordrehaug JE, Rasmussen K, Njølstad I, Refsum H, Nilsen DW, Tverdal A, Meyer K, Vollset SE. Cancer Incidence and Mortality After Treatment With Folic Acid and Vitamin B12. JAMA, 2009; 302(19): 2119-2126. Below is PERQUE’s response to the …

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Vitamin E in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer. The Women’s Health Study: A randomized controlled trial.

Observations from basic research and epidemiologic studies support the hypothesis that the antioxidant vitamin E may reduce the risks of developing cardiovascular disease (CV) and cancer, but findings from randomized trials challenge it. The Women’s Health Study is the largest randomized clinical trial to investigate the impact of aspirin and vitamin E on the primary prevention of cardiovascular and cancer …

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Fish oil supplementation and risk of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in patients with implantable defibrillators: A randomized controlled trial.

Findings from studies suggest that the antiarrhythmic properties of omega-3 fatty acids may play a role in reducing sudden cardiac death. This study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 200 patients (primarily white males) with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), a device used to correct aberrant heart rhythms such as ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF). Patients consumed …

Sunscreen Ingredient May be Linked to Endometriosis

A recent report published in ACS’ journal Environmental Science & Technology described a possible link between the use of sunscreens containing Benzophenone (BP)-type UV filters and heightened endometriosis risk. Many sunscreens and other personal care products contain BPs. These types of ingredients are very effective in blocking potentially harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun but when absorbed into the blood, …

Long-term moderate zinc supplementation increases exchangeable zinc pool masses in late-middle-aged men: The Zenith Study. 

Assessing exchangeable zinc pools may be a useful approach to evaluating zinc status and is positively related to dietary zinc intake, daily-absorbed zinc, and excretion of zinc. The aim of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study conducted in France was to evaluate the effects of zinc supplementation on zinc status in healthy middle-aged men. Men (16 per group) were supplemented daily …