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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Increasing Fat Storage Help Protect Against Metabolic Syndrome?
March 10, 2010 – 12:04 pm
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Also tagged adipose, age-related diseases, ageing, Aging, anti-ageing, anti-aging, belly fat, Diabetes, fat, fat storage, heart disease, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, obesity, pancreas
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More Evidence For Benefits Of Vitamin D
February 22, 2010 – 12:41 pm
Vitamin D has suddenly become the most popular vitamin in articles about nutrition and health. It is taking over from vitamin C.
With recent horror for the damage that sun can do, plus our increasingly indoor lives, many people are vitamin D deficient.
Vitamin D plays a major role in our immune systems, cancer, heart [...]
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Also tagged age-related diseases, ageing, Aging, anti-ageing, anti-aging, Diabetes, heart disease, telomere length, telomere shortening, type 2 diabetes, vitamin D
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How Exercise Helps Cardiovascular Disease
January 31, 2010 – 9:34 pm
We are frequently told that exercise is good for us. It reduces the risk of a range of diseases, such as heart disease and stroke.
What is often not clear is why it is good for us. How exactly does exercise help?
Here is one way that researchers have found that exercise helps with cardiovascular [...]
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Also tagged artery wall, atherosclerosis, clots, Exercise, inflammation
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More Evidence Too Much Salt Is Bad
January 25, 2010 – 9:12 am
If you have high blood pressure, you have probably been told to cut down on your salt intake. Many, but not all, who have high blood pressure, have salt-sensitive hypertension.
With the increased consumption of processed foods and eating out, the amount of salt in the diet has increased dramatically. Take a look at [...]
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Also tagged 3g salt, age-related diseases, atherosclerosis, Blood Pressure, CHD, heart disease, high blood pressure, MI, Roman, salt, sodium, stroke
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High Levels Of Iron And Copper May Be Aging
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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Also tagged age-related diseases, ageing, Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, anti-aging, antioxidant, atherosclerosis, copper, Diabetes, Geritol, high levels, iron, oxidation damage
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Why You Should Raise Your Good Cholesterol
November 9, 2009 – 11:58 am
In addition to wanting to lower LDL, or bad, cholesterol it is of benefit to raise HDL, or good, cholesterol. As we age our cholesterol levels tend to change, and contribute to age-related diseases.
The guidelines for HDL cholesterol are greater than 39 mg/dL in men and greater than 49 mg/dL. Lower levels are [...]
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Also tagged age-related disease, arteries, atherosclerosis, good cholesterol, HDL, heart disease, niacin, plaque, stroke
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