FDNS 4600 1st Edition Lecture 34Outline of Past Lecture I. Comparison of Web Site Information on Products with Known Safety WarningsII. Consumerlabs.comIII. Contamination and AdulterationIV. Helpful Dietary Supplements?V. Opinions so far?VI. Kava Case StudyOutline of Current LectureI. Echinacea Case StudyCurrent LectureI. Echinacea Case Studya. Experimental Research-RCTi. Echinacea in children1. What does it do? a. Help treat cold not prevent 2. Why study children? a. More susceptible to colds3. What do we know in children? a. Not many studies or research because of parents opinion4. Not much, so good rationale for a research studyb. Research Questionsi. Does Echinacea decrease the duration of URI in children by at least 1.5 to 2 days?ii. How would you do (design) this study? 1. Permission from parents2. recruitment- pediatrician, school, hospitaliii. In research studies, you have to be very specific in your terms. This study focused on duration and amount. c. Resultsi. Age is similar, gender is similar, number of colds is the sameii. Children in day care is important to know because of exposure to coldsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.iii. Children in households with smokers is important to know because of the respiratory systemiv. Children with siblings is important to know because of exposure.v. Overall, the groups were very similarvi. Looking for P values with .05 to be statistically different1. The only one that came close was days of fever at .09vii. In conclusion, with the data from this study, Echinacea does not help withcold treatments.d. Safetyi. The Echinacea group has more adverse effects overall.ii. Most of them were more than doubled in the Echinacea group.iii. Two children in the Echinacea group had “stridor.” That is a bad
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