| Vegan Health News | October 24 2007 |
Nuts could cut malaria deaths: study
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New Australian and Indonesian research suggests that an amino acid found in nuts might help cut the death rate from malaria.
The results, to be published today, are based on a joint trial by the Darwin-based Menzies School of Health Research and the Indonesian Ministry of Health.
Menzies researcher Doctor Nick Anstey says 30 malaria patients in the Indonesian province of Papua were injected with arginine, triggering their parasite-blocked blood vessels to expand.
"It allows the blood vessels to open up and allow better flow to organs, and better flow to organs in severe malaria may allow people to get better quicker," he said.
"We hope in future studies to show it can reduce mortality from malaria."
Tags: health, diseases-and-disorders, malaria, science-and-technology, research, australia, indonesia, papua.
Reference: ABC Australia Health News.
Editor's Note: Why not just regularly eat raw nuts? The natural diet of humans is raw fruit, vegetables and nuts. Paleontologists tell us that primitive man was a nut eater. Given the prevalence of Arginine in Vegan foods (below), being on a well-balanced Vegan Diet may well be a preventative measure for Malaria.
Vegan Sources of Arginine (in the order given in the reference): chocolate, wheat germ and flour, buckwheat, granola, oatmeal, nuts (coconut, pecans, cashews, walnuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, hazel nuts, peanuts), seeds (pumpkin, sesame, sunflower), chick peas, and cooked soybeans.
Sources Reference: Arginine Report, Vitality Research Institute.
