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An August 2016 study by Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale and Lebanese University found, “the first evidence that natural essential oil components counteract the inflammatory effects of particulate matter, such as that contained in polluted air."
trans-anethole from anise and fennel
estragole from basil
eugenol from clove bud oil
isoeugenol from ylang ylang
February 2020 studies by Yale University found a link between diabetes and fasting and liver fibrosis and fasting. The link concerns two proteins* that are connected to blood glucose production in the liver.
*Tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 3 (TET3) and Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4 (HNF4)
EADV is a non-profit organisation whose vision is to be the premier European Dermato-Venereology Society, with the key aims of improving the quality of patient care, providing continuing medical education (CME) for all Dermato-Venereologists in Europe, and advocacy on behalf of the specialty and patients.
At the 28th EADV Congress an October 2019 study by La Paz Hospital, Madrid was presented which indicated that, “the severity of psoriasis is associated with the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).” [EurekaNews, Quote]
“psoriatic patients with NAFLD had a more severe elatographic hepatic damage if they had a higher level of psoriasis severity.” [EurekaNews, Quote]
The researchers said, "Previous research has already established a link between psoriasis and NAFLD. This is one of the first studies to assess the relationship between the severity of psoriasis with the severity of NAFLD,"
"In this context, increasing awareness and the continued assessment of the severity of NAFLD in patients with psoriasis by primary care physicians, specialists, health policy makers and patients, should be prioritized to help manage both conditions."
An Iranian study showed that, “the prevalence of NAFLD was high in patients with psoriasis and the severity of the NAFLD increased in high-grade psoriasis cases. Also, the severity of the NAFLD had a positive correlation with the grade of psoriasis, which is due to pro-inflammatory cytokines and adipocytokine. Cytokines trigger psoriasis and increase the severity of the disease.”
References & Citations
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/sh-sop100719.php
A September 2019 study by Harvard Medical School looked at what, “role high fructose in the diet plays in terms of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome."
"Fructose makes the liver accumulate fat. It acts almost like adding more fat to the diet. This contrasts the effect of adding more glucose to the diet, which promotes the liver's ability to burn fat, and therefore actually makes for a healthier metabolism."
"The most important takeaway of this study is that high fructose in the diet is bad."
"It's not bad because it's more calories, but because it has effects on liver metabolism to make it worse at burning fat. As a result, adding fructose to the diet makes the liver store more fat, and this is bad for the liver and bad for whole body metabolism."
"Surprisingly, when you switch the sugar in the diet from fructose to glucose, even though they're both equally caloric, the glucose doesn't have that effect. In fact, if anything, overall metabolism is somewhat better than if they just were on plain high-fat diet."
