ScienceDaily (Aug. 15, 2012) A study to be published in the Endocrine Societys Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) shows consumption of a Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil for two years is associated with increased serum osteocalcin concentrations, suggesting a protective effect on bone.

Age-related bone mass loss and decreased bone strength affects women and men alike are an important determinant of osteoporosis and fracture risk. Studies have shown that the incidence of osteoporosis in Europe is lower in the Mediterranean basin. The traditional Mediterranean diet, rich in fruits and vegetables, with a high intake of olives and olive oil could be one of the environmental factors underlying this difference.

The intake of olive oil has been related to the prevention of osteoporosis in experimental and in vitro models, said Jos Manuel Fernndez-Real, MD, PhD, of Hospital Dr. Josep Trueta in Girona, Spain and lead author of the study. This is the first randomized study which demonstrates that olive oil preserves bone, at least as inferred by circulating bone markers, in humans.

The participants in this study were 127 community-dwelling men aged 55 to 80 years randomly selected from one of the Prevencion con Dieta Mediterranea (PREDIMED) study centers who had at least two years of follow-up. The PREDIMED study is a large, parallel group, randomized, controlled trial aimed to assess the effect of the Mediterranean diet on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

For this study, subjects were elderly without prior cardiovascular disease but having a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes or harboring at least three cardiovascular risk factors, namely hypertension, dyslipidemia, or a family history of premature cardiovascular disease. Participants were randomly assigned to three intervention groups: Mediterranean diet with mixed nuts, Mediterranean diet with virgin olive oil, and a low-fat diet.

Biochemical measurements of osteocalcin, glucose, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides were performed at baseline and after two year follow-up on fasting blood samples. Researchers found that only consumption of the Mediterranean diet with olive oil was associated with a significant increase in the concentrations of total osteocalcin and other bone formation markers. There were also no significant changes in serum calcium in subjects taking olive oil whereas serum calcium decreased significantly in the other two groups.

Its important to note that circulating osteocalcin was associated with preserved insulin secretion in subjects taking olive oil, added Fernndez-Real. Osteocalcin has also been described to increase insulin secretion in experimental models.

Other researchers who helped with the study included Mnica Bull, Jos Maria Moreno-Navarrete, Wifredo Ricart, Emilio Ros, Ramon Estruch, and Jordi Salas-Salvad of Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid, Spain.

The article, A Mediterranean Diet Enriched with Olive Oil is Associated with Higher Serum Total Osteocalcin Levels in Elderly Men at High Cardiovascular Risk, will appear in the October 2012 issue of JCEM.

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Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012

OSAKA Diet members from the ruling and opposition parties and a fledgling political group led by popular Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto may join forces to form a new political party ahead of the next general election, lawmakers said Tuesday.

The move came after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said last week he will dissolve the Lower House and call a general election soon after the Diet passed his prized bill to double the consumption tax to 10 percent by 2015. The legislation was enacted last Friday.

According to the lawmakers, the bipartisan group of Diet members from the Democratic Party of Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller Your Party is considering merging with Hashimoto's Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka).

The group shares similar goals with Hashimoto's camp, which is pushing to speed up decentralization to give more power to regions.

The group of lawmakers has more than members, including former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yorihisa Matsuno of the DPJ, Lower House member Kenta Matsunami of the LDP and Upper House member Shinji Oguma of Your Party. The group was launched in March.

Under their charter, unveiled by Matsunami, their secretary general, the group is pursuing constitutional revisions with an eye to introducing direct elections of prime ministers and integrating both Diet chambers.

Hashimoto's group, which has no sitting Diet members, is believed to be seeking official party status. To do so, it must take in five or more current Diet members.

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Published: Aug. 10, 2012 at 5:50 PM

DETROIT, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor turned defendant, says a diet involves massage with steel balls has helped him shed 16 pounds.

The diet was designed by Grigory Sadkhin, an acupuncturist from Russia who has clinics across the United States, The Detroit News reported. One is in the Dallas area, where Kilpatrick lives.

Sadkhin's method includes having patients massage behind their ears with the little balls every two hours. He says that nerves in that area go to the stomach and the massage helps patients feel full.

Patients might need something to feel full since the food prescription for Sadkhin's diet consists of 1.5 pounds of fruit and vegetables for two days followed by two days of no more than 2.5 glasses of milk or yogurt. Then they begin the routine again and keep going until they are through with the diet.

Kilpatrick's embrace of the diet came to light Wednesday when he appeared in court in Michigan with masking tape behind his ears.

Experts say they are more concerned with the restrictive eating pattern Sadkhin advocates than the massage.

"They may think it's helping them," said Marie Hoskins, a registered dietician from Troy, Mich., of Sadkhin's patients. "In truth it doesn't do anything."

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