Eating More Whole Grains Linked With Lower Death Risk
Eating at least three servings of whole grains a day was associated with lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer and all causes in an analysis of nutrition studies.
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Eating at least three servings of whole grains a day was associated with lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer and all causes in an analysis of nutrition studies.
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New findings show that much of the mineral from which bone is made consists of ‘goo’ trapped between tiny crystals, allowing movement between them. It is this flexibility that stops bones from shattering.
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Traditionally, changes to telomeres, the bits of genetic code at the end of chromosomes, are used to tell the age of tissues.It turns out that DNA methylation is a much more accurate measure.
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After doing specific training for 12 weeks, people over the age of 90 improved their strength, power and muscle mass. This was reflected in an increase in their walking speed, a greater capacity to get out of their chairs, an improvement in their balance, a significant reduction in the incidence of falls and a significant improvement in muscle power and mass in the lower limbs.
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The key ingredients for looking younger are staying active and maintaining a good sex life.
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Telomeres have been compared with the plastic tips on shoelaces because they prevent chromosome ends from fraying and sticking to each other, which would scramble an organism’s genetic information to cause cancer, other diseases or death.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Mar 10, 2011 | Health | 0 |
In yet another example of nature’s wonderment, a series of new compounds using a novel drug discovery paradigm that starts with natural products derived from plants. Once extracted, the chemistry sets come out and selects for synthetic derivatives that show efficacy in multiple assays testing protection against various aspects of the nerve cell damage and death that occur in brain injuries and in age-associated neurodegenerative diseases.
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The leading causes of death have shifted from infectious diseases to chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. These illnesses may be affected by diet. Diets favoring certain foods were associated with reduced mortality.
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Switching on or reactivating an enzyme that protects the tips of chromosomes can actually reverse the effects of aging.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Jan 13, 2011 | Health | 0 |
A group of “professional couch potatoes,†as one researcher described them, has proven that even moderate exercise in this case walking at one’s own pace for 40 minutes three times a week can enhance the connectivity of important brain circuits, combat declines in brain function associated with aging and increase performance on cognitive tasks.
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As consumers become more aware of what is going into their bodies, they’ll start to notice specifics about their beauty products. Here’s a preview of what to look for.
Read Moreby Gurumantra | Dec 30, 2009 | 0 |
A review of current scientific validation for the brain enhancing effects of nutritional supplements.
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