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Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 1/30/02:

CoQ10 Lowers Blood Pressure - Delicious! Online, 1/02 - "59 men with hypertension were randomized to receive 120 mg per day CoQ10 or placebo. Both systolic and diastolic pressure decreased significantly in the CoQ10 group—an average of 16 and 9 points, respectively—while the placebo group saw no change ... The researchers also measured glucose and insulin levels and saw significant decreases in those, as well. There is increasing evidence that as many as 50 percent of individuals with hypertension may also be insulin resistant. When insulin is not working effectively, the body produces more, which leads to higher blood pressure"

Flame-retardant chemical builds up in humans - MSNBC, 1/29/02 - "A chemical flame retardant [polybrominated diphenyl ether] commonly used in foam furniture padding is accumulating so rapidly in the breast milk of nursing mothers that environmentalists and some scientists are calling for a ban on it"

Exercise makes arteries stretchy - MSNBC, 1/29/02 - "Exercise not only loosens the muscles and clears the mind — it also makes the arteries more stretchy and less prone to hardening"

Hormone Replacement Improves Blood Flow To Heart in Postmenopausal Women - Doctor's Guide, 1/29/02 - "use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women with no coronary risk factors improves blood flow to the heart and may be helpful in preventing heart disease, the leading cause of death in menopausal women in the United States"

How Green Tea May Fight Inflammation - ABC News, 1/28/02 - "the researchers looked at human lung cells that were cultured in a lab dish and treated with a protein called tumor necrosis factor, which typically triggers the expression of IL-8, resulting in the production of the IL-8 protein. In the body, the IL-8 protein attracts white blood cells to a particular site, resulting in tissue inflammation ... But when the investigators introduced EGCG in their experiment, they found that it blocked the expression of IL-8. The higher the dose, the greater the effect"

Many Elderly Acute-Care Patients Malnourished - ABC News, 1/28/02 - "Roughly 9 out of every 10 elderly patients who are released from the hospital and admitted to a step-down facility for rehabilitation or some other type of subacute care are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition"

Testosterone May Help Fight Alzheimer's - Intelihealth, 1/25/02 - "There is increasing evidence that stress plays a role in the development of Alzheimer's ... Hormones such as testosterone have been shown to regulate the brain's stress response ... stress leads to a biochemical change in a brain protein, which is a primary culprit in Alzheimer's disease ... his findings suggest that giving testosterone to aging men or to postmenopausal women may help to delay, prevent and possibly treat Alzheimer's disease. The research was supported by the Alzheimer's Association"

Hormone Replacement Linked To Insulin Resistance, Regardless Of Adiposity - Doctor's Guide, 1/24/02 - "postmenopausal women taking oral estrogen, with or without progesterone, show a greater degree of insulin resistance than those not taking HRT, even allowing for total and abdominal adiposity"

Alcohol Helps Guard Against Dementia - WebMD, 1/24/02 - "One to three drinks a day decreased the chance of developing Alzheimer's disease by more than 30%"

Improving Standards Of Hormone Replacement Therapy For Postmenopausal Women - Doctor's Guide, 1/23/02 - "A combination of estradiol and trimegestone could be more effective for postmenopausal women than standard hormone replacement therapy containing estradiol valerate and norgestrel"

Nitric Oxide Gets Blood Flowing - Delicious! Online, 1/02 - "The biological gas nitric oxide (NO) lowers blood pressure, improves blood flow and blood vessel diameter, and is derived from the amino acid L-arginine ... Research has suggested that L-citrulline may be a more efficient way to get more L-arginine to the body, even better than consuming it directly, since dietary L-arginine is not readily absorbed"

In last weeks newsletter I mentioned my results with T3, which has done more for my energy, mood and feeling of well being than any supplement I've taken including hGH.  I did some more research and started a separate triiodothyronine page.  Here are a few of the articles:

I just saw an advertisement on TV for Bausch & Lomb Ocuvite.  I looked it up on the Internet and the package insert says "Ocuvite is the #1 vitamin-mineral supplement brand among Eye-Care professionals".  Take a look at the ingredients.  They are junk.  A few examples:  The copper is listed as cupric oxide.  WebMD says "The type of copper found most often in vitamins and supplements, called cupric oxide, is not a type the body can absorb easily ... Studies on animals have shown conclusively that cupric oxide is totally worthless". It's got the dl form of vitamin E, which Dr. Weil says "The least useful products are those that give you only synthetic dl-alpha tocopherol and nothing else".  It has the sodium selenate form of selenium, which Glen Luepnitz, Ph.D. says "It is interesting to note that selenium may be derived from more than one source. One such source is sodium selenite, the inorganic form of selenium. However, it has a lower toxicity threshold than other forms of selenium and is rendered useless in the presence of vitamin C ... L-selenomethionine, on the other hand, is the organic form of selenium".  It does contain glutathione, however Delicious! Online says "Glutathione is too large a molecule to effectively pass through the intestine into cells, so supplementing with glutathione alone is not helpful".  Ways to increase l-glutathione are vitamin C, NAC, alpha lipoic acid, and silymarin.  Plus, some of the preservatives in Ocuvite (Dibasic Calcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Crospovidone, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Titanium Dioxide, Silicon Dioxide, Stearic Acid, FD&C Yellow No. 6, Triethyl Citrate, Polysorbate 80, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate) are worrisome.  These are just a few example of how consumers are being taken on supplements.  Compare the ingredients to Body Wise Optimeyes.

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