Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 2/8/06.  You should consult your doctor if you are taking any medications.

Chromium supplement offers diabetes hope – animal study - Nutra USA, 2/7/06 - "Obese rats treated with chromium picolinate had significantly improved glucose disposal rates" - See iHerb or Vitacost chromium products.

Natural Compound Prolongs Lifespan And Delays Onset Of Aging-related Traits In A Short-lived Vertebrate - Science Daily, 2/7/06 - "The researchers added resveratrol to daily fish food and found that this treatment increased longevity and also retarded the onset of aging-related decays in memory and muscular performance" - See iHerb or Vitacost resveratrol products.

Broccoli chemical's cancer check - BBC News, 2/7/06 - "A chemical in vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage can boost DNA repair in cells and may stop them becoming cancerous ... Vegetables such as broccoli were found to contain a compound called I3C" - See indole-3-carbinol at Amazon.com.

Alzheimer's Found To Be Mostly Genetic: Largest Twin Study Ever Undertaken Confirms Highest Estimates Of Genetic Risk - Science Daily, 2/7/06 - "Alzheimer disease has a genetic cause in up to 80 percent of cases"

Older Adults May Reduce Risk of Metabolic Syndrome by Eating More Whole Grains - Doctor's Guide, 2/6/06 - "as whole-grain intake increased, fasting blood sugar levels were lower in these subjects. Refined grain intake, on the other hand, was associated with higher fasting blood sugar levels ... people who consumed high amounts of refined grains had twice the risk of having metabolic syndrome than those people who consumed the fewest servings of refined grains"

Coffee May Decrease Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in Women - Medscape, 2/6/06 - "The RR of type 2 diabetes was 0.87 for 1 cup per day, 0.58 for 2 to 3 cups per day, and 0.53 for 4 or more cups per day vs no coffee consumption" - Related study:

• Coffee May Cut Type 2 Diabetes Risk - WebMD, 7/5/05 - "Those who drank four to six cups per day had a 28% lower risk of type 2 diabetes, compared with people who drank the least coffee"

Supplements, not sun, best to boost vitamin D - MSNBC, 2/6/06 - "Sunbathing intentionally to get more vitamin D is like taking up smoking to lose weight" - See iHerb or Vitacost vitamin D products.

High Magnesium Intake Lowers Colon Cancer Risk in Women - Medscape, 2/6/06 - "Women in the highest quintile of intake were 23% less likely to develop colon cancer than their peers in lowest quintile of intake ... Magnesium has been hypothesized to cut the risk of colon cancer by reducing oxidative stress, improving insulin sensitivity, or through mechanisms that reduce colon epithelial cell proliferation"

US teens not getting sufficient calcium - Nutra USA, 2/6/06 - "The article, published in the journal Pediatrics (Vol. 117, pp. 578-585), reported that about 30 per cent of boys and only 10 per cent of girls were achieving the recommended daily intake (RDI) of calcium" - [WebMD]

Pycnogenol reduces osteoarthritis pain, study - Nutra USA, 2/6/06 - "300 mg pine bark extract supplements ... Thirty minutes after taking the supplement, the mean inhibition of COX-1 and COX-2 was 22.5 and 15 per cent"

Midnight Snack Won't Pack Fat - WebMD, 2/2/06 - "weight gain depends on how many calories we eat, and not when we eat them"

High Levels of Dairy Foods May Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk - Medscape, 2/2/06 - "The case-control study findings were heterogenous and the only positive association that could be established was a relative risk of 1.27 in the highest versus the lowest category of whole milk drinkers"

Omega-3 Fatty Acids in the Management of Hypertriglyceridemia: New Findings and Formulations - Continuing Medical Education (CME):Princeton Media Associates, exp. 10/29/06 - "To lower TG levels, the dose of omega-3 therapy is ~4 g of EPA + DHA per day" - See Mega Twin EPA at Amazon.com or Vitacost.

Melatonin may cut hypertension - Nutra USA, 2/2/06 - "A 10 per cent decline of BP over daytime values is considered appropriate to reduce the cardiovascular risk ... During placebo use only 39 per cent of the subjects reached this value, but this rate surged to 84 per cent during melatonin administration" - [Medline] - See iHerb or Vitacost melatonin products.

Study shows why meat may increase cancer risk - MSNBC, 2/2/06 - "red meat raises levels of compounds in the large bowel which can alter DNA and increase the likelihood of cancer ... The chance of developing colorectal cancer was a third higher in people who regularly ate more than two portions of red or processed meat a day compared to someone who ate less than one portion a week"

MSM Alleviates Arthritis Pain - Healthwell, 2/2/06 - "reports Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (2005 Nov 22 ... The level of pain decreased significantly and physical functioning improved after 12 weeks in the MSM group compared with the placebo group" - See iHerb or Vitacost MSM products.

Vitamin D – sunlight or supplements? - Nutra USA, 2/1/06 - "Supplements and diet, and not sunlight, should be your source of vitamin D, dermatology experts have concluded after reviewing studies from both sides of the on-going debate"

Corn oil, omega-6 could speed up prostate cancer, study - Nutra USA, 2/1/06 - "After we added omega-6 fatty acids to the growth medium in the dish, and only omega-6, we observed that tumors grew twice as fast as those without omega-6" - [HealthDay] [WebMD]

CoQ10’s “Other” Health Benefits - Life Extension Magazine, 2/06 - "The latest findings suggest that, along with its heart-protective effects, CoQ10 may slow or improve some degenerative diseases, support cancer remission, counteract the toxic effects of chemotherapy, and decrease the incidence of migraine headaches. Additionally, recent findings indicate that coenzyme Q10 may have applications in promoting fertility, protecting auditory function, supporting longevity, boosting learning capability, sustaining muscle health and much more" - See iHerb or Vitacost coenzyme Q10 products.

Human Study Shows Protandim(R) Provides a Fundamentally New Approach to Antioxidant Therapy - Yahoo, 1/17/06 - "The study measured the levels of TBARS (thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances), harmful substances created when cells are damaged by oxidation, in 29 subjects. People taking Protandim® experienced reduced oxidative stress, as demonstrated by reducing the amount of TBARS circulating in the blood by an average of 40 percent"

Insulin Resistance Syndrome - U. of Alabama, exp. 3/1/07 - "it is prudent to counsel patients to eat a low-fat diet rich in fiber and complex carbohydrates ... preferred hypertension therapies include angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists, and calcium channel blockers ... For hyperlipidemia unresponsive to lifestyle modification, lipid-lowering medication is recommended"

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

Long-chain n-3 PUFA: plant v. marine sources - Proc Nutr Soc. 2006 Feb;65(1):42-50 - "An important question is whether dietary intake of the precursor n-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid (alphaLNA), can provide sufficient amounts of tissue EPA and DHA by conversion through the n-3 PUFA elongation-desaturation pathway ... in adult men conversion to EPA is limited (approximately 8%) and conversion to DHA is extremely low (<0.1%). In women fractional conversion to DHA appears to be greater (9%), which may partly be a result of a lower rate of utilisation of alphaLNA for beta-oxidation in women" - See Mega Twin EPA at Amazon.com or Vitacost.

Effect of PLC on functional parameters and oxidative profile in type 2 diabetes-associated PAD - Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2006 Jan 27 - "These results suggest that adjunct therapy with PLC may be warranted in type 2 diabetes-associated PAD" - See Ester Carnitine Propionyl at iHerb.

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