August 2, 2010 – 10:18 am
Interest in resveratrol has waned a bit. When research first showed that it extended life in organisms like yeast and the fruit fly (Drosophila), it was everywhere. Plus it didn’t hurt that one source is red wine. Though it is clear that resveratrol has a range of benefits in many organisms, evidence in humans has [...]
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Tagged ageing, Aging, anti-ageing, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, Diabetes, free radicals, inflammation, insulin resistance, Japanese knotweed, Polygonum cuspidatum, reactive oxygen species, red wine, resveratrol, ROS, TNF alpha
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Chia is poised to be the next açai – which I’m still not sure how to pronounce. Remember the chia pets? Perhaps you would rather not. Chia has been rediscovered for its health benefits. It is High in omega-3 fatty acids, with excellent ratios Helps stabilize blood glucose levels High in calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, [...]
When you eat a high fat, high carbohydrate meal, the body shows signs of stress. There is an increase in both oxidative stress and inflammatory stress. To find out more out inflammatory stress and atherosclerosis see the post Why is Belly Fat Bad? New research suggests that eating foods that are high in flavonoids, may [...]
March 10, 2010 – 12:04 pm
This was a new way of thinking about fat in the body, for me. A review suggests that increasing fat storage helps protect against metabolic syndrome. Most researchers and physicians will tell you that obesity, itself, is a major part of the cause of metabolic syndrome. What is metabolic syndrome? Metabolic syndrome, also called syndrome [...]
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Tagged adipose, age-related diseases, ageing, Aging, anti-ageing, anti-aging, belly fat, cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, fat, fat storage, heart disease, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, obesity, pancreas
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January 22, 2010 – 6:00 pm
For many years it was thought that high iron levels were a good thing. Remember the huge amount of advertising for iron supplements particularly Geritol (see old ad below). More recently it has been realized that high levels of iron and some other minerals, such as copper, may be bad for us, particularly as we [...]
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Tagged age-related diseases, ageing, Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, anti-aging, antioxidant, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, copper, Diabetes, Geritol, high levels, iron, oxidation damage
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January 3, 2010 – 2:00 pm
Combined together those with pre-diabetes and diabetes have been calculated to total about 80 million people in the US. Of those with diabetes it is estimated over 6 million don’t know that they have diabetes. These are mind bogglingly huge numbers. These numbers mean that are millions people, with either untreated or poorly controlled diabetes [...]
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Tagged advanced glycation end products, age-related diseases, ageing, AGEs, Aging, collagen, Diabetes, glycation, heart disease, Skin, Wrinkles
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October 7, 2009 – 1:25 pm
Are you continuing to grow – not taller but out? Most adults as they age will start to get thicker in the middle area. Now analysis of a large population of nurses suggests that gaining belly fat increases the risk of being unhealthy in your later years. For years it has been accepted that one [...]
September 14, 2009 – 6:13 pm
A big belly, often in men is called a beer belly. The common perception is that men who drink a lot of beer will get a big belly. New research that was presented at the European Society of Cardiology 2009 meeting suggests that it is not the quantity of alcohol that is consumed but the [...]
August 12, 2009 – 5:55 pm
What aspects of a healthy lifestyle are important for reducing disease risk? If you had to choose which things you changed to improve your life and which ones you didn’t change, which would you choose? A study in Germany looked at four lifestyle factors and 4 diseases in 23,513 Germans, aged 35 to 65. The [...]
