Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 8/30/06.  You should consult your doctor if you are taking any medications.

Decrease In Progression Of Prostate Cancer With Plant-based Diet And Stress Reduction - Science Daily, 8/29/06 - "The plant-based diet and stress reduction intervention was effective in significantly reducing the PSA rate, indicating a reduction in the rate of progression of the prostate cancer"

Berries May Help Keep Brain Sharp - WebMD, 8/24/06 - "The radiated rats that had eaten the plain chow performed worst on the maze tests and had the lowest dopamine levels of any of the rats ... But the berry-eating, radiated rats didn't show those shortfalls. Their test results were generally comparable to those of rats that hadn't been radiated"

Phosphodiesterase Type 5 (PDE5) Inhibitors in Erectile Dysfunction - Medscape, 8/24/06 - "29% (n = 85) of men chose to continue with sildenafil and 71% (n = 206) of men chose to continue with tadalafil (p < 0.001) for the 8-week extension phase" - See tadalafil at OffshoreRx1.com.

CLA could cut 'weight creep' during holidays, ageing - Nutra USA, 8.22/06 - "the subjects taking CLA safely reduced their body fat mass by one kilogram (2.2 lbs) and their body weight by 0.6 kg (1.3 lbs). In comparison, those in the placebo group gained 0.7 kg (1.5 lbs) of body fat mass and 1.1 kg (2.4 lbs) of body weight during the months that are especially problematic for overweight people ... the majority of studies that have reported positive results have all been performed with Tonalin CLA… which has a very high concentration of the bioactive isomers cis-9, trans-11, and trans-10, cis-12" - See iHerb and Vitacost CLA products.

Low vitamin D linked to seniors' risk of falling - Reuters, 8/23/06 - "Overall, men and women who were deficient in vitamin D at the outset were 78 percent more likely than those with adequate levels to fall at least twice. Their risk of falling three or more times was more than doubled" - See iHerb or Vitacost vitamin D products.

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

Pioglitazone: an antidiabetic drug with cardiovascular therapeutic effects - Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2006 Jul;4(4):445-59 - "the use of pioglitazone in addition to an existing optimized macrovascular risk management resulted in a significant reduction of macrovascular endpoints within a short observation period that was comparable to the effect of statins and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in other trials" - See pioglitazone at OffshoreRx1.com.

Favourable impact of low-calorie cranberry juice consumption on plasma HDL-cholesterol concentrations in men - Br J Nutr. 2006 Aug;96(2):357-64 - "daily CJC consumption is associated with an increase in plasma HDL-cholesterol concentrations in abdominally obese men. We hypothesise that polyphenolic compounds from cranberries may be responsible for this effect, supporting the notion that the consumption of flavonoid-rich foods can be cardioprotective"

Fibre and colorectal cancer: a controversial question - Br J Nutr. 2006 Aug;96 Suppl 1:S46-8 - "there are multiple animal experimental studies that support the role of fibre in the prevention of colorectal cancer ... it is recommended to continue encouraging an increase in the daily consumption of fibre, since it probably plays an important role in the prevention of colorectal cancer, together with other beneficial effects"

Coffee consumption is inversely associated with cognitive decline in elderly European men: the FINE Study - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 Aug 16 - "consuming coffee reduces cognitive decline in elderly men. An inverse and J-shaped association may exist between the number of cups of coffee consumed and cognitive decline, with the least cognitive decline for men consuming three cups of coffee per day"

A system for improving vitamin D nutrition in residential care - Med J Aust. 2006 Aug 21;185(4):195-8 - "Vitamin D(3) 100 000 IU given orally 3 monthly is a practical, safe, effective and inexpensive way to meet the vitamin D(3) requirements of aged-care residents"

Dietary intake of phytoestrogens, estrogen receptor-beta polymorphisms and the risk of prostate cancer - Prostate. 2006 Aug 18 - "Our study provides strong evidence that high intake of phytoestrogens substantially reduce prostate cancer risk among men with specific polymorphic variation in the promoter region of the estrogen receptor-beta gene"

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