Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 7/20/05.  You should consult your doctor if you are taking any medications.

I sent letters to lawmakers in Washington via the http://www.saveoursupplements.org/ website.  I've been getting letters back and they weren't good.  Every Senator/Congresswoman that responded is for making DHEA a controlled substance.  I hope more people will speak up via http://www.saveoursupplements.org/ or otherwise to try to prevent this.

Calcium Supplements May Help Prevent Polyps - WebMD, 7/19/05 - "people who took calcium had about a 25% lower risk of developing polyps in their colon"

Review: Metformin a Top Diabetes Drug - WebMD, 7/19/05 - "Though many of the newer drugs may promote weight gain, metformin has been associated with modest weight losses in people with type 2 diabetes"

Dark Chocolate May Cut High Blood Pressure - WebMD, 7/18/05 - "With dark chocolate, 24-hour systolic blood pressure dropped 12 points; diastolic blood pressure dipped 8.5 points ... Insulin sensitivity and LDL cholesterol also improved with dark chocolate ... the dark chocolate we used had a high level of flavonoids"

Cell Mutations That Lead To Apoptosis May Contribute To Aging In Mammals - Science Daily, 7/15/05 - "mutations in the mitochondria caused by obesity and lack of exercise -- not oxidative stress from free radicals -- may be a key factor in the aging process"

Sweetener 'linked' to leukaemias - BBC News, 7/14/05 - "Compared with control rats given no sweetener, many of the female rats in the experiment developed lymphomas or leukaemias - the risk increasing with the dose of aspartame"

Balance of Essential Fats May Prevent Bone Loss After Menopause - Doctor's Guide, 7/13/05 - "After 12 weeks, rats with the lowest ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in their diet experienced significantly less bone loss than rats in the other dietary groups ... A 5-to-1 dietary ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids led to a conservation of bone mineral content that we didn't see with a 10-to-1 ratio" -  See Mega Twin EPA at iHerb.

Abstracts from this week's Doctor's Guide Nutrition/Dietetics:

Insulin Resistance and Risk of Congestive Heart Failure - JAMA, 7/20/05 - "Insulin resistance predicted CHF incidence independently of established risk factors including diabetes"

Vinegar supplementation lowers glucose and insulin responses and increases satiety after a bread meal in healthy subjects - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jun 2 - "Compared with the reference meal, the highest level of vinegar significantly lowered the blood glucose response at 30 and 45 min"

Lipid-lowering effect of 2 dosages of a soy protein supplement in hypercholesterolemia - Adv Ther. 2005 Mar-Apr;22(2):175-86 - "either 15 or 25 g/d ... In the active treatment groups low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels decreased significantly"

Stabilization and Regression of Albuminuria in Chinese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A One-year Randomized Study of Valsartan Versus Enalapril - Adv Ther. 2005 Mar-Apr;22(2):155-62 - "enalapril and valsartan both reduced blood pressure and albuminuria to a similar extent ... Fewer adverse events were reported with valsartan"

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