Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 12/28/05.  You should consult your doctor if you are taking any medications.

Vitamin D Needed To Cut Cancer Risk, Researchers Say - Science Daily, 12/28/05 - "Taking 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D3 daily appears to lower an individual's risk of developing certain cancers – including colon, breast, and ovarian cancer – by up to 50 percent" - See iHerb vitamin D products.

Healthy Diet May Help Seniors' Vision - WebMD, 12/27/05 - "People with above-average intakes of all four antioxidants were 35% less likely to develop AMD during the study ... Vitamin E and zinc stood out"

Have a Daily Dose of Omega-3 - US News, 12/26/05 - "Farmed salmon are raised on fish oil pellets derived from local fish, which are often contaminated with cancer-causing PCB s. The most recent study, in the November issue of the Journal of Nutrition, reports that contaminant levels in farmed salmon from certain regions increase the risk of cancer enough to outweigh benefits"

Stick To Wild Salmon Unless Heart Disease Is A Risk Factor, Risk-Benefit Analysis Of Farmed And Wild Fish Shows - Science Daily, 12/26/05 - "On the one hand, farmed salmon has more heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids than wild salmon. On the other hand, it also tends to have much higher levels of chemical contaminants that are known to cause cancer, memory impairment and neurobehavioral changes in children"

An Association Between Avandia® and Avandamet® and Vision Problems in Diabetics - Doctor's Guide, 12/23/05 - "reports of a specific vision problem called macular edema occurring in diabetic patients who were taking Avandia or Avandamet"

STAAR Surgical's VISIAN ICL(TM) Receives FDA Approval - Doctor's Guide, 12/23/05 - "The VISIAN ICL is a refractive phakic implant intended for placement in the posterior chamber of the eye. The approved models are indicated for the correction of myopia in adults"

Dietary Magnesium Could Lead to Stronger Bones - Doctor's Guide, 12/21/05 - "For every 100 milligram per day increase in magnesium intake, data showed a 1% increase in bone density ... this link was only true for the older white men and women" - See iHerb magnesium products.

Green tea may help fight adult leukemia - MSNBC, 12/21/05 - "After the findings were published, the doctors became aware of four CLL patients at their center who had started using green tea products and seemed to be doing better" - See iHerb green tea products.

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

Dietary Intake of Antioxidants and Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration - JAMA, 12/28/05 - "a high dietary intake of beta carotene, vitamins C and E, and zinc was associated with a substantially reduced risk of AMD in elderly persons"

Natural antioxidants from tomato extract reduce blood pressure in patients with grade-1 hypertension: a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study - Am Heart J. 2006 Jan;151(1):100 - "Systolic blood pressure decreased from 144 (SE +/- 1.1) to 134 mm Hg (SE +/- 2, P < .001), and diastolic blood pressure decreased from 87.4 (SE +/- 1.2) to 83.4 mm Hg" - See Lycosorb (contain Lyc-O-Mato®) at iHerb.

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