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Two University professors at KU Med have published research showing brain health benefits to consuming dairy, especially milk. They confirmed that there is a connection between dairy and gluta-thione levels in the brain. Kansan reporter Allison Crist sat down with the researchers to discuss their findings.
Research links dairy to brain health
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The researchers studied the diets of 60 older adults to confirm a connection between dairy and glutathione levels in the brain.
Those who consume more dairy have higher levels of glutathione, an antioxidant that can fight off Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
The study was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
In-Young Choi, an associate professor of neurology and Debra Sullivan, professor and chair of dietetics and nutrition discovered a connection between milk consumption and brain health. After having their research published in The American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition, the two spoke with the Kansan about their findings.
DR. CHOI: I had initially been giving funding to do a study about the many things that change as people age. I focused on antioxidant levels and whether or not brain health is related to what we eat. Originally, I thought if people ate more of foods like broccoli or blueberries, they would have more antioxidants, but the preliminary study showed it's actually dairy foods, especially milk. More specifically, these dairy foods have higher concentrations of glutathione, which can help fight oxidative stress.
KANSAN: What brought about the idea for this study?
KANSAN: What is significant about oxidative stress?
DR.CHOI: The damage it causes has been associated with diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
KANSAN: What did you two do after the preliminary study?
technique that involved quantum physics. Instead of looking at the entire brain, we isolated the molecules we were interested in. Since we can't open up people's skulls, this was our only option to look at the brain.
DR. SULLIVAN: We enrolled 60 older, healthy adults and iater asked them about their diets. We then measured their levels of glutathione using a unique technique employed by Dr. Choi.
KANSAN: What did your participant study conclude?
DR. CHO1: The way these levels were measured was very similar to a regular MRI, but we used a special
DR.CHOI: The people who consumed larger amounts of dairy, especially milk, had higher levels of glutathione in their brains.
KANSAN: Why is milk more substantial compared to other dairy products?
the main ones being cysteine. Milk provides a sufficient amount of cysteine, much more than other products like cheese or yogurt.
DR. CHOI: It has to do with what's in milk. Glutathione is made up of amino acids, one of
KANSAN: Will anything else be done to further this connection?
DR. SULLIVAN: To confirm the relationship, we can do something like an intervention study where we would take older adults who are low dairy consumers, and have them start consuming an adequate amount of dairy to see if this would improve their glutathione levels.
Edited by Vicky Diaz Camacho
During a break Tuesday morning, Steven Obermeier, right and Jacob Gontesky, prosecutors from the Johnson County district attorney's office, chat as the The Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments involving the appeal of convicted serial killer John E. Robinson of Olathe, who stuffed the bodies of several victims into barrels.
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Kansas Supreme Court to consider killer's appeal
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TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court is considering the appeal of a convicted serial killer who stuffed the bodies of several victims into barrels.
John E. Robinson, of Olathe, was convicted and sentenced to die in 2003
in Kansas for the deaths of 27-year-old Suzette Trouten, of Newport, Michigan, and 21-year-old Izabela Lewicka, of West Lafayette, Indiana.
He also received a life sentence in Kansas for the murder of a third woman, whose body was never found, and received life in
prison in Missouri after pleading guilty to five other murders.
Robinson is raising dozens of issues on appeal, including the denial of numerous motions to suppress evidence. Oral arguments will get underway at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
ADVANCE FROM PAGE 1
ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY
"The third initiative is to create a campus sustainability plan by working with the Center for Sustainability to create long-term solutions for a cleaner, more efficient campus.' To do so, senate would explore opportunities to reduce carbon emissions, promote natural environments and sustainable lifestyles as an
ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY Focus of initiative: Finding long-term solutions for campus
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United States were found in foreign-born individuals, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
TB FROM PAGE 1
Despite the precautions, an individual tested positive for an active case of tuberculosis at the University in April 2014. Luckeroth said the University screened about 40 people who were in contact with the individual who tested positive. None of the 40 people tested had tuberculosis.
Douglas Dechairo, director of Student Health Services, implemented education about tuberculosis for international students.
"(The approach that we take is) being proactive and identifying people who might have become contagious and then treating them when that happens," Dechairo said.
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IMAGINE FROM PAGE 1
to be involved can be."
CONNECT COMMUNITIES Focus of initiative: Building a bridge between all Lawrence cultures
"We are focused on expanding the relationships we have started to create with different communities centered around KU," Rainey said. "We will really working on connecting and bridging both communities. With Haskell [Indian Nation University], we will look to reinstate the program where students could take classes at either KU or Haskell, just to add that extra component of oneness with culture in Lawrence."
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Focus of initiative: Sustainability
"This is centered around the improvements already made to campus through using things like the water bottle fountain," Rainey said. "We're just trying to decrease the footprint we leave on our environment."
Edited by Victoria Kirk
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