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If anyone is in to karaoke, I did a lot of research on systems. See my recommendations at the bottom of http://www.qualitycounts.com/k/. Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 1/9/08. You should consult your doctor if you are taking any medications. Four Health Behaviors Can Add 14 Extra Years Of Life - Science Daily, 1/8/08 - "People who adopt four healthy behaviours -- not smoking; taking exercise; moderate alcohol intake; and eating five servings of fruit and vegetables a day -- live on average an additional fourteen years of life compared with people who adopt none of these behaviours" CRP Levels Predict Death in Patients With Chronic Heart Disease - Medscape, 1/8/08 - "Elevated baseline CRP levels raised the risk (per unit of log-transformed CRP level change) of the primary endpoint by 19%, MI by 17%, total death by 19%, and cardiac death by 28%" Oatmeal's Health Claims Reaffirmed, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 1/8/08 - "studies conducted during the past 15 years have, without exception, shown: ... total cholesterol levels are lowered through oat consumption ... low-density lipoprotein (LDL, the "bad" cholesterol) is reduced without adverse effects on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL, the "good" cholesterol), or triglyceride concentrations" Healthy Smile May Promote A Healthy Heart - Science Daily, 1/8/08 - "individuals with periodontal disease whose biomarkers showed increased bacterial exposure were more likely to develop coronary heart disease or atherogenesis (plaque formation in the arteries)"
Sunlight: Good for Bad for Cancer Risk? - WebMD, 1/7/08 -
"In populations with similar skin types, the incidence
of all kinds of skin cancer increases from north
to south, they found ... The incidence of internal cancers -- colon, lung,
breast, and prostate -- also increased from north to south. But Setlow's team
found that those who lived in southern latitudes -- and who made more
vitamin D from sun exposure -- were much less
likely to die from those cancers than were the northern latitude residents"
- See
vitamin D at Amazon.com More support for whole grains for healthy hearts - Nutra USA - 1/7/08 - "25 women and 25 men (average age 46, average BMI 35.8 kg per sq. m) were assigned to consume a reduced calorie diet (reduced by 500 kcal/d) with half of the subjects then randomly assigned to obtain all of their grain servings from whole grains or to avoid wholegrain foods for 12 weeks ... CRP levels fell by 38 per cent in the whole-grain"
Vitamin C linked to lower stroke risk: study - WebMD, 1/7/08 -
"The highest average blood levels of
vitamin C (greater than 66 micromoles per
litre) were associated with a 42 per cent lower risk of
stroke, compared to the lowest average blood levels (less than 41 micromoles
per litre)" - See
vitamin C products at Amazon.com
Alpha-Linolenic Acid May Lower Risk of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy -
Medscape, 1/7/08 - "Alpha-linolenic acid is an
omega-3 fatty acid found in many vegetable
oils, including flaxseed, walnuts, and canola oil ... Relative to adults in the
lowest quintile of alpha-linolenic acid intake (< 0.61 g/day), the
multivariate-adjusted odds of having peripheral neuropathy was 0.54 for subjects
in the fourth quintile (1.35 - 2.10 g/day) of intake and 0.40 for adults in the
fifth quintile (2.11 g/day or higher)" - See
flax seed at Amazon.com
Lack Of
Vitamin D May Increase Heart Disease Risk - Science Daily, 1/7/08 -
"those with blood levels of
vitamin D below15 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) had twice the risk of a
cardiovascular event such as a heart
attack, heart failure or stroke in the next five years compared to those with
higher levels of vitamin D ... Overall, 28 percent of individuals had levels of
vitamin D below15 ng/mL and 9 percent had levels below10 ng/mL. Although levels
above 30 ng/mL are considered optimal for bone metabolism, only 10 percent of
the study sample had levels in this range"
- See
vitamin D at Amazon.com Sept. 11 Stress Increases Risk Of Heart Problems, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 1/7/08 - "Our study is the first to show that even among people who had no personal connection to the victims, those who reported high levels of post-traumatic stress symptoms in the days following the 9/11 attacks were more than twice as likely to report being diagnosed by their doctors with cardiovascular ailments like high blood pressure, heart problems and stroke up to three years later" Fathers Get 16% More Prostate Cancer - WebMD, 1/7/08 - "When a man fathers his first child, his lifetime risk of prostate cancer goes up 16% ... Nobody has any idea why this might be so, but the finding, based on 51.6 million man-years of data, is as certain as any statistical fact can be" - Maybe it is stress. Stress increases cortisol which increases blood sugar and insulin. That's my best guess. - Ben A Different Side of Estrogen - Science News Online, 1/508 - "estrogen-like compounds called phytoestrogens are found in foods including soy and coffee. Some scientists have speculated that phytoestrogens played a key role in the lower incidence of prostate and breast cancers found for many years in Asian populations with soy-based diets" Vitamin D2 just as good as D3? - Nutra USA, 1/4/08 - "Previously, researchers from Creighton University in Omaha reported in 2004 that while both forms of the vitamin do produce similar rises in serum concentration of the native vitamin, indicating equivalent absorption, only vitamin D3 sustained 25(OH)D levels over a 14 day period. However, serum 25OHD fell rapidly in the D2-supplemented subjects and was not different from baseline at 14 days" ACE Inhibitors vs ARBs in HTN and in CKD - Medscape, 1/4/08 - "In the setting of chronic kidney disease (CKD), concludes the other study, which is a meta-analysis, ACE inhibitor and ARB monotherapy are similarly effective at reducing proteinuria, but a combination of the two angiotensin-2-suppressing drugs works better than either agent individually [2]. But a blanket recommendation to combine them would be premature, according to the authors, because there is little evidence that the combination would improve clinical outcomes over monotherapy, and the safety of such combination therapy is largely undefined"
Fish Oil Supplements Cut Adiposity in Type 2 Diabetics - Medscape, 1/3/08 -
"Two months of daily fish
oil supplements reduces
adiposity and
atherogenic markers in women with type 2 diabetes"
- See Mega Twin EPA at Amazon.com
Treatment With NAC Is Associated With Better Outcomes For Children With Liver
Failure, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 1/3/08 -
"The children who received NAC spent fewer
days in intensive care, and in the hospital overall. 43 percent survived with
their native liver, compared to 22 percent of children who did not receive NAC.
And death rates while awaiting transplant, after transplant, and after ten years
were notably lower in children who had received NAC" - See
n-acetyl cysteine at Amazon.com Folic Acid and Stroke--Finally Some Good News - Medscape, 1/3/08 - "the results of this trial were notable for a 25% relative reduction in the risk for stroke among participants receiving folate and B vitamins vs placebo" Elderly CHD Patients and Statins - Medscape, 1/3/08 - "the use of statins for secondary prevention in elderly patients with documented CHD reduced all-cause mortality 22% and reduced CHD mortality 30%. Nonfatal myocardial infarction was reduced 26%, the need for revascularization 30%, and stroke 25%"
Winemaking Waste Proves Effective Against Disease-causing Bacteria In Early
Studies - Science Daily, 1/2/08 - "specific
polyphenols, present in large amounts in fermented seeds and skins cast away
after grapes are pressed, interfere with the ability of bacteria to contribute
to tooth decay. Beyond cavities, the action of
the wine grape-based chemicals may also hold
clues for new ways to lessen the ability of bacteria to cause life-threatening,
systemic infections" - See
grape seed extract at Amazon.com Nonfat Milk Linked to Prostate Cancer - Medscape, 1/2/08 - "Intake of calcium and vitamin D has little or no impact on the risk of prostate cancer, but consumption of low fat or nonfat milk may increase the risk of the malignancy ... low fat or nonfat milk increased the risk of localized or low-grade tumors, while whole milk decreased this risk" Chemical In Red Wine, Fruits And Vegetables Counters Unhealthy Effects Of High-fat Foods - Science Daily, 1/2/08 - "consuming polyphenols (natural compounds in red wine, fruits, and vegetables) simultaneously with high-fat foods may reduce health risks associated with these foods" Testosterone Supplementation May Increase Lean Body Mass in Older Men - Medscape, 1/2/08 - "lean body mass increased and fat mass decreased in the testosterone vs the placebo group ... Although insulin sensitivity improved, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels decreased in the testosterone group. At the end of the study, metabolic syndrome was present in 47.8% in the testosterone vs 35.5% in the placebo group"
Anti-Alzheimer's Mechanism In Omega-3 Fatty Acids Found - Science Daily,
1/2/08 - "the omega-3 fatty acid
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) found in fish oil increases the production of
LR11, a protein that is found at reduced levels in
Alzheimer's patients and which is known to
destroy the protein that forms the "plaques" associated with the disease"
- See
Jarrow Max DHA at Amazon.com Abstracts from this week's Doctor's Guide Nutrition/Dietetics plus abstracts from my RSS feeds (Click here for the journals, the Medline ones at the top):
Optimal vitamin D status attenuates the age-associated increase in systolic
blood pressure in white Americans: results from the third National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey - Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;87(1):136-41 -
"systolic blood pressure
(SBP) ... SBP is inversely associated with serum
vitamin D concentrations in nonhypertensive white persons in the United
States" - Note: SBP is the upper number. See
vitamin D at Amazon.com The Canadian Trial of Carbohydrates in Diabetes (CCD), a 1-y controlled trial of low-glycemic-index dietary carbohydrate in type 2 diabetes: no effect on glycated hemoglobin but reduction in C-reactive protein - Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;87(1):114-25 - "In subjects with T2DM managed by diet alone with optimal glycemic control, long-term HbA(1c) was not affected by altering the GI or the amount of dietary carbohydrate. Differences in total:HDL cholesterol among diets had disappeared by 6 mo. However, because of sustained reductions in postprandial glucose and CRP, a low-GI diet may be preferred for the dietary management of T2DM" Are there specific treatments for the metabolic syndrome? - Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;87(1):8-11 - "Although there is no "all-inclusive" diet yet, it seems plausible that a Mediterranean-style diet has most of the desired attributes, including a lower content of refined carbohydrates, a high content of fiber, a moderate content of fat (mostly unsaturated), and a moderate-to-high content of vegetable proteins" The effects of a whole grain enriched hypocaloric diet on cardiovascular disease risk factors in men and women with metabolic syndrome - J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;87(1):79-90 - "Both hypocaloric diets were effective means of improving CVD risk factors with moderate weight loss. There were significantly (P < 0.05) greater decreases in CRP and percentage body fat in the abdominal region in participants consuming whole grains than in those consuming refined grains" Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load and the risk of type 2 diabetes in older adults - Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;87(1):126-31 - "These findings do not support a relation between dietary GI or GL and the risk of type 2 diabetes in older adults" Chocolate consumption and bone density in older women - Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;87(1):175-80 - "Higher frequency of chocolate consumption was linearly related to lower bone density and strength (P < 0.05). Daily (>/=1 times/d) consumption of chocolate, in comparison to <1 time/wk, was associated with a 3.1% lower whole-body bone density; with similarly lower bone density of the total hip, femoral neck, tibia, and heel; and with lower bone strength in the tibia and the heel" Legume and soy food intake and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Shanghai Women's Health Study - Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;87(1):162-7 - "The multivariate-adjusted relative risk of type 2 DM for the upper quintile compared with the lower quintile was 0.62 (95% CI: 0.51, 0.74) for total legumes and 0.53 (95% CI: 0.45, 0.62) for soybeans" Plasma vitamin C concentrations predict risk of incident stroke over 10 y in 20 649 participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer Norfolk prospective population study - Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;87(1):64-9 - "persons in the top quartiles of baseline plasma vitamin C concentrations had a 42% lower risk (relative risk: 0.58; 95% CI: 0.43, 0.78) than did those in the bottom quartile" Oral administration of vitamin C decreases muscle mitochondrial biogenesis and hampers training-induced adaptations in endurance performance - Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan;87(1):142-9 - "The administration of vitamin C significantly (P = 0.014) hampered endurance capacity"
Folic
acid supplementation in early second trimester and the risk of preeclampsia
- Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jan;198(1):45.e1-7 -
"Supplementation of multivitamins containing folic
acid was associated with increased serum folate (on average 10.51
micromol/L), decreased plasma homocysteine
(on average 0.39 micromol/L), and reduced risk of
preeclampsia (adjusted odds ratio, 0.37; 95% confidence interval,
0.18-0.75)" - See
folic acid at Amazon.com Effect of dehydroepiandrosterone supplementation on bone mineral density, bone markers, and body composition in older adults: the DAWN trial - Osteoporos Int. 2007 Dec 15 - "Among older healthy adults, daily administration of 50 mg of DHEA has a modest and selective beneficial effect on BMD and bone resorption in women, but provides no bone benefit for men" ACUTE EFFECTS OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE AND LOW-T3 SYNDROME: A RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY - J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Jan 2 - "Low-triiodothyronine (T3) syndrome is a predictor of poor outcome in patients with cardiac dysfunction ... dilated cardiomyopathy (DC) ... In DC patients, short-term synthetic L-T3 replacement therapy significantly improved neuroendocrine profile and ventricular performance" - See T3 at International Anti-aging Systems.
Resveratrol attenuates the expression of HMG-CoA reductase mRNA in hamsters
- Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Dec 28 - "The
concentrations of serum total cholesterol
and
triglyceride were significantly lower in
the resveratrol-fed group than in the control
group. The resveratrol contained diet significantly decreased
Apo B, Lp(a), and cholesterol-ester-transport protein (CETP) concentrations,
but increased
Apo A-I
levels and the Apo A-I/Apo B ratio. The contents of cholesterol and triglyceride
in hepatic tissue were significantly lower in the resveratrol group than in the
control group. Real-time PCR analysis revealed that HMGR mRNA expression was
significantly lower in the resveratrol group than in the control group" -
See
resveratrol products at Amazon.com
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