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HIGH Dose MSM as Anti-Aging for Arthritis, etc.   Jim on Coconut oil list has convinced me to start supplementing with MASSIVE amounts of MSM for horses, swished around in my mouth for oral absorption. Dreadful taste! But the older I get, the more my joints complain in cold weather. I had stopped taking MSM. Not cheap and it did not do much for me. Jim is 75 and he swears by it. But daily dose need to be far FAR higher than most humans I know could afford if buying capsules. And capsules are just not as effective as putting the powder into one's maw and absorbing it there as well as thru the gut. I have been looking around. So far best inexpensive Equine MSM is 18(plus18 (plus 18(plus10 shipping) for 4 pounds. NOW MSM capsules are on sale at the moment. 240 grams (~½ pound) for $13. ==================================================== Equine Veterinary Science, September 1983 Reprinted with permissionMSM — A DIETARY DERIVATIVE OF DMSO There is a dearth of scientific literature regarding feed additives and supplements for the horse. One reason is that little work has been done in this area. But, perhaps, a more important reason is that most studies in this area are done by commercial feed companies that wish to guard their secrets. I believe that when exciting information about new equine feed supplements surfaces, everyone in the horse industry would like to know about it. Therefore, I pass the following information along that was sent to me from Dr. John Metcalf. John is an equine practitioner in Auburn Washington. He has pioneered the use of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) in horses. Some 20 years ago he was asked by Dr. S.W. Jacob to try this promising drug on horses. Dr. Jacob had been involved in research with the drug in humans. Since then, John has used it on a variety of cases. He has given it IV and tried various concentrations topically. Now John has another interesting story about a substance chemically similar to DMSO. He was asked to try this substance much in the manner he first tried DMSO years ago. His communique to me is printed below. WEJ MSM ( Read more...Collapse ) (Comment on this) |
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| Monday, December 9th, 2013 |
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Reaching for Near Immortality with my Critter Companions! I came upon a nice long article which talks about life extension of fruit flies using Rhodiola. I am assuming similar life extension properties of Rhodiola would benefit humans. Website is long and filled with technical detail which do not interest me. Myriad graphs as well. So go to the website if interested. =====================================Extension of Drosophila Lifespan by Rhodiola rosea through a Mechanism Independent from Dietary Restriction Samuel E. Schriner, Kevin Lee, Stephanie Truong, Kathyrn T. Salvadora, Steven Maler, Alexander Nam, Thomas Lee, Mahtab Jafari Published: May 21, 2013 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063886  Abstract Rhodiola rosea has been extensively used to improve physical and mental performance and to protect against stress. We, and others, have reported that R. rosea can extend lifespan in flies, worms, and yeast. However, its molecular mechanism is currently unknown. Here, we tested whether R. rosea might act through a pathway related to dietary restriction (DR) that can extend lifespan in a range of model organisms. While the mechanism of DR itself is also unknown, three molecular pathways have been associated with it: the silent information regulator 2 (SIR2) proteins, insulin and insulin-like growth factor signaling (IIS), and the target of rapamycin (TOR). In flies, DR is implemented through a reduction in dietary yeast content. We found that R. rosea extract extended lifespan in both sexes independent of the yeast content in the diet. We also found that the extract extended lifespan when the SIR2, IIS, or TOR pathways were genetically perturbed. Upon examination of water and fat content, we found that R. rosea decreased water content and elevated fat content in both sexes, but did not sensitize flies to desiccation or protect them against starvation. There were some sex-specific differences in response to R. rosea. In female flies, the expression levels of glycolytic genes and dSir2 were down-regulated, and NADH levels were decreased. In males however, R. rosea provided no protection against heat stress and had no effect on the major heat shock protein HSP70 and actually down-regulated the mitochondrial HSP22. Our findings largely rule out an elevated general resistance to stress and DR-related pathways as mechanistic candidates. The latter conclusion is especially relevant given the limited potential for DR to improve human health and lifespan, and presents R. rosea as a potential viable candidate to treat aging and age-related diseases in humans. Introduction ( Read more...Collapse ) (Comment on this) |
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| Friday, November 15th, 2013 |
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Niacin Beats Statins (which is NO Surprise to ME) Below from Doc Saul.  Even before I got back onto high dose daily Niacin, I would NEVER even consider using statin rugs. Statins are wretched for longevity. I do not want a tombstone which reads "Death by Doctor". Note: You want the Niacin flush. Flush free forms of Niacin ain't effective for heart and cholesterol. ======================================= This article may be reprinted free of charge provided 1) that there is clear attribution to the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, and 2) that both the OMNS free subscription link http://orthomolecular.org/subscribe.html and also the OMNS archive link http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml are included.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, November 14, 2013Niacin Beats Statins Supplements and Diet are Safer, More Effective by Andrew W. Saul, Editor (OMNS Nov 14, 2013) Statins for everyone? If media are to be believed, and if the drug industry has its way, the answer is "you bet." The American Academy of Pediatrics has stated that kids as young as eight years of age might take statin drugs. Specifically: "As a group, statins have been shown to reduce LDL cholesterol in children and adolescents with marked LDL cholesterol elevation . . . when used from 8 weeks to 2 years for children aged 8 to 18 years." http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/128/Supplement_5/S213.full Strangely enough, American Academy of Pediatrics projects receive cash from Merck & Co., Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis, as well as from Procter and Gamble, Nestlé and other large corporations. http://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/corporate-relationships/Pages/Friends-of-Children-Fund-President%27s-Circle.aspx Statin drugs can produce serious side effects in adults. Such risk is of even more concern for the still-developing bodies of children. Statin side effects may include liver damage; elevated CPK (creatine kinase) and/or muscle pain, aches, and muscle tenderness or weakness (myalgia); drowsiness; myositis (inflammation of the muscles); rare but potentially fatal kidney failure from rhabdomyolysis (severe inflammation of muscle and muscle breakdown); memory loss; mental confusion; personality changes or irritability; headaches; difficulty sleeping, anxiety; depression; chest pain; high blood sugar and type 2 diabetes; acid regurgitation; dry mouth; digestive problems including bloating, gas, diarrhea or constipation; nausea and/or vomiting, or abdominal cramping and pain; rash; leg pain; insomnia; eye irritation; tremors; dizziness; and more. What a list. Well, this is America, and you have the right to remain sick. Evidently you also have the right to be continually bombarded with exhortations to take statins, and to give them to your children as well. Statins for second-graders? Sure! Do you want fries with that? The news media, television commercials, medical schools, and especially the pharmaceutical industry all want you and your family to be good, uncritical, daily consumers of pharmaceutical medicine. However, you also have the right to refuse drugs, and you have available nutrition-based alternatives. Here are researchers and physicians who say "no" to statins, and their reasons why: W. Todd Penberthy, PhD (Research Professor, University of Central Florida): "Niacin raises good cholesterol (HDL) more than any known pharmaceutical, while simultaneously lowering total cholesterol, triglycerides, and the most pathogenic form of cholesterol-associated lipoprotein (VLDL). Good medical doctors will prescribe niacin for reducing cardiovascular disease risk and provide a description of how to use it. Niacin is frequently the gold standard control used for basic research experiments using animal models of atherosclerosis. In clinical trials, when niacin has been compared to other marketed drugs it has led to most undesirable effects for business, but most therapeutically beneficial effects for the fortunate patients. "Cardiovascular disease (CVD) kills more individuals than any other disease. Accordingly, there is tremendous drive in the pharmaceutical industry to make drugs. Merck and Schering Plough convinced doctors to spend 21 billion dollars over seven years selling Zetia (ezetimibe). Ultimately however, clinical trials revealed that Zetia actually increases cardiovascular events, making mean arterial walls thicker. Regular niacin works just as well as prescription extended release niacin, and it costs thirty times less. (Prescribed extended release niacin products cost approximately fifteen dollars a day to obtain 3,000 mg, while plain immediate-release niacin costs about fifty cents. Extended-release niacin causes less of a flush response initially, but with regular usage, regular niacin results in little to no flush at all, while all of the benefits are still maintained. The benefits of niacin for treating CVD are undeniable. "It is rare that anyone addresses the most important question: "What works best?" It is such a simple question. Instead, too much research today proceeds primarily for profit. We have witnessed the transformation of medical motives from a "health-and-improvement motive" to a "much-increased income motive." The profit machine has ultimately consumed the spirit or focus of many a well-intentioned doctor. (Above abridged with permission from the foreword to Hoffer A, Saul AW and Foster HD. Niacin: The Real Story. Basic Health Pub, 2011.) Robert G. Smith, PhD (Research Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania): "Although statins can lower cholesterol, they lower the risk for heart disease mainly through their anti-inflammatory and anti-clotting effects. However, statins have many side effects, some very serious, and for most people do not greatly reduce the risk of heart disease. Niacin is a much safer way to lower cholesterol. A much more effective treatment to prevent heart disease is vitamin C taken to bowel tolerance (3,000-10,000 mg/day in divided doses), vitamin E (400-1600 IU/day), niacin (800-2,000 mg/day in divided doses), magnesium (chelate, citrate, malate, chloride, 300-600 mg/day, divided doses), along with an excellent diet that includes generous servings of leafy green vegetables and only moderate amounts of meat." Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD (Cardiologist): "The lower your cholesterol goes, the greater your risk of cancer, as cholesterol is a protective agent against toxins. Efforts to lessen the chances of morbidity and mortality of one major disease (coronary artery disease) should not substantially increase the chances of morbidity and mortality from another disease (cancer)." Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD (in Niacin: The Real Story): "Niacin is effective in decreasing the death rate of patients with cancer by protecting cells and tissues from damage by toxic molecules or free radicals. In the body, niacin is converted to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), used by the body to catalyze the formation of ADP-ribose. "When the long chains of DNA are damaged, poly (ADPribose) helps repair it by unwinding the damaged protein. Poly (ADPribose) also increases the activity of DNA ligase. This enzyme cuts off the damaged strands of DNA and increases the ability of the cell to repair itself after exposure to carcinogens." Ralph Campbell, MD (Montana, USA): "You have likely heard about the conclusions from Cleveland Clinic gathering of heart specialists. Their objective was to zoom in on LDL levels as they relate (directly to heart disease. No mention of LDL/HDL ratio or of triglyceride levels. Again, niacin got very little recognition. Statins have some side effects that are serious, including rhabdomyolisis and kidney failure. The panel was made up of many with financial ties to industry, but "it is practically impossible to find a large group of outside experts who have no relationship to industry." This was followed (yes, actually) by stating the new guidelines are based on solid evidence and that the public should trust them." Carolyn Dean, MD, ND (in The Magnesium Miracle): "The mineral magnesium is the natural way that the body has evolved to control cholesterol when it reaches a certain level, whereas statin drugs are used to destroy the whole process. If sufficient magnesium is present in the body, cholesterol will be limited to its necessary functions - the production of hormones and the maintenance of membranes - and will not be produced in excess." Jorge Miranda, PharmD (Puerto Rico): "Statin drugs are one of my favorite examples of a sickening drug. A fixation on cholesterol fails to address the importance of correcting the excessive oxidation of LDL, and fails to recognize the importance of correcting many other contributing risk factors such as homocysteine, LPa, and CRP. It is important to recognize that the reason we form cholesterol is because its needed to form membrane, the eye's lens, hormones and many other molecules including CoQ10. Decreasing cholesterol decreases CoQ10, which means less energy for a multitude of functions. The result can be neurologic disease and even cancer." William B. Grant, PhD SUNARC: "Statin use reduces co-Q10 concentrations and leads to myopathy (muscle weakness), which can lead to heart failure. Those taking statins should be aware of this problem and consider taking co-Q10 supplements." Damien Downing, MBBS, MSB (United Kingdom): "Statins overall succeed in reducing the risk of coronary events by about 17% - but that is**relative** risk. Taking a statin each day actually lowers ones chance of an event by about 0.16% - that is the absolute risk. But these figures are not lives saved; recent meta-analysis found only a non-significant reduction in mortality of 7 per 10,000 patient-years, or 0.07%. The difference between statins' effects on relative risk and absolute risk is about two orders of magnitude. Just ask any man in the street whether a reduction of 0.16% in the risk of a coronary event is "significant" to him, and whether it warrants him taking statins. Unpleasant muscular side-effects occur in up to 10% of statin-takers, which may rise to 25% if the person exercises; this is unhelpful to anybody seeking to improve their cardiovascular health. But because the primary threshold for acceptance under "evidence-based medicine" is statistical significance, we are to accept that the benefit of statins has been proven. Data on worldwide sales of statins currently run at approximately US $30 billion per year." Perhaps this helps explain the massive media blitz favoring statins. But drugs are not the answer, unless you are a drug company. To Learn More: ( Read more...Collapse ) (3 Comments |Comment on this) |
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| Thursday, September 19th, 2013 |
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31 Rhodiola Posts The community is very very quiet these days. Below is a list of links to my LJ regarding Rhodiola. Not all the posts pertain specifically to life extension, but they all point to long-term survival, vitality, and dealing with stress. Over the past half month, Rhodiola has made my life far easier and I have far more vitality. I gathered together all the LJ posts I made about Rhodiola over the years. Some contain material from various websites delineating it's many many uses, while other posts are my own observations from my own use of Rhodiola in this month. In some ways I feel like Ponce De Leon and the Fountain of Youth. When I was first diagnosed with diabetes in 2001, I began seeking some kind of magic bullet which would cure me. Along the way, I discovered life extension supplements, which tied into diabetes control. I began posting interesting material about Rhodiola back in 2009, but did not begin taking it until this month. The more I use it and the more research I do, the more things it is useful for. I am not saying Rhodiola is a magic bullet good for everything, BUT it appears to be such a useful supplement for so many MANY things, that I can't give a quick summation of uses and benefits in a paragraph or three. Hence this post.31 Rhodiola postshttp://alobar.livejournal.com/3228547.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/3228712.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4883924.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4884144.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4884369.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4884537.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4884752.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4884999.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4885488.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4886670.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4887581.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4888032.html http://alobar.livejournal.com/4889264.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4890527.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4885488.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4886670.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4887581.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4888032.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4889264.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4890527.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4891482.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4894907.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4896755.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4897738.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4897852.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4898619.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4898619.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4899149.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4899674.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4899945.htmlhttp://alobar.livejournal.com/4901978.html (5 Comments |Comment on this) |
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| Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 |
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Russian immortalists wish to take part in Davos Debates. YouTube and the World Economic Forum are opening the doors to Davos to provide unique access for an individual to elevate a worthy and important cause. 'The Davos Debates' are an opportunity to engage and debate with the world's leaders, and join them on stage for a special panel to help pitch your cause to the world. Russian immortalists («Science for Life Extension») wish to take part in this project. Our video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCKV_ZnC9kk&feature=player_embedded (Comment on this) |
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| Saturday, October 10th, 2009 |
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Glutathione Snippets from Coconut Oil List  Below are the many snippets I harvested from coconut oil list in response to my earlier post tonight, The Vital Key to Maximum Antioxidant Activity is Glutathione.==================================================Deb & Laurie, the rate-limiting factor for glutathione production is cysteine, not in free form which is toxic, but delivered to the cells bonded to another amino acid, such as in the form of cystine or selenocysteine.Undenatured whey is the best source of bonded cysteine. A method to tell wheys apart based on their glutathione precursors is at the bottom of this page:http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/cold-processed-whey.html <http://tinyurl.com/whey-page >Glutamine and glycine are also used in glutathione production but are not in short supply in the modern diet. The glutamine is more likely used to feed the bowel lining. Both glutamine and glycine also occur in the whey.Selenium is also used but be aware that some highly touted sources like Brazil Nuts may contain no selenium at all unless they are grown in Brazil as opposed to Central America.Undenatured whey is assimilated almost without digestion so it's a very good protein choice for the very young, the very old, and those with compromized digestion.The blood work missed by Alobar has been done in many other humans and manmmals; the references are full of this kind of work and the merit of the undenatured whey approach has been established for about 10 years. For example, see the peer-reviewed cancer cures that used whey in the first few links here:http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/glutathione-references.htmlall good,Duncan ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You want naturally balanced proteins. Your best sources would be fresh eggs or sprouted wheat. Actually I would recommend a combination of both.That way you not only get the specific things you are looking for, you also get all the added nutrition that nature put in there. Eating natural foods does more to balance body chemistry than any man made, or processed, substance.Nature understands nature, man does not. Supplement sales people hate me, but the truth is the truth. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Layne, you oughta like this then; the truth is that when the rate-limiting bonded cysteine is not in balance you don't have enough glutathione for optimal health.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++No other food increases glutathione like undenatured whey, and naturally balanced proteins are not part of a glutathione discussion because they are too low in bonded cysteine to be useful glutathione promoters.The truth is the truth on glutathione production. Data here:http://tinyurl.com/glutathione-referencesall good,Duncan +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Layne, I wrote that all people who lived to be 100 who had blood drawn had above normal glutathione levels.I agree with whole foods but sometimes you need a purified one. If you don't want to believe in supplements you wouldn't be unique, but I think the data speaks for itself on elevating glutathione levels. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ So? were all those people who lived to be 100 taking whey protein isolate from now foods or somalife, or etc? I don't think so.In fact, those people living in the blue zone to over 100 years in Costa Rica sure don't look like they could afford to buy whey protein. So what is their secret for living active lives beyond 100? Can't be whey protein. Josephine ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++The key to long life is keeping high glutathione levels. It does not much matter if one does it thru diet, good genes, or supplements. Eat well for a year, then get your glutathione levels checked (see below info). If they are not high enough, take supplements, if you want to live a long life.Testing for a Glutathione Deficiency?There is no one test that demonstrates a glutathione deficiency with 100% accuracy. But there are some good tests that your doctor can order that will provide important clues if there is a deficiency, methylation dysfunction, or inability to detoxification.Some tests available today are:* Genova Diagnostics, Test: Plasma Sulfate & Plasma Cysteine; Test Type: Blood test. http://www.genovadiagnostics.com/Integrative Genomics, Test: Enhanced Basic Panel; Test type: Swab of the mouth. http://www.integrativeinc.com/These test kits are ordered by your doctor and via prescription only. For my family, the test results have been accurate and helped provide important clues for treatment protocols that have significantly helped my son. http://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/medical/glutathione.htmAlobar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Josephine, let me explain: people over 100 occur naturally as one in three thousand or so, just as a guess for argument; we'll revise that if we have to. You have the same 1:3000 chance of hitting 100 years old without the undenatured whey, as some of the tribes of primitive people you mentioned who also do not use whey powder.From WIKI: "Much rarer, a supercentenarian is a person who has lived to the age of 110 or more, something only achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians. Even rarer yet is a person who has lived to 115 years old; only 1 in 100,000 centenarians make it to this age."While some people, like you perhaps, HOPE to hit 100, others KNOW they have a better chance of BEING one of those people. Since NOBODY in the lower glutathione group sees their 100th birthday, we'll increase glutathione thank-you.Undenatured whey is an anti-aging tool anyway, well supported by facts and use. A read of titles such as glutathione in aging, in brain function and in cancer treatment would be an eye-opener; I have many of those titles in my glutathione references:http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/glutathione-references.htmlThe anti-aging doctors say in order to age well, don't get sick. Glutathione helps to prevent one from getting sick, as it forms the seat of immune response. I take the whey because ensuring high glutathione is more proactive for health and age management than simply holding out the hope that I would be in the 1:3000 lucky ones.Duncan+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Duncan,Do you have any evidence that "NOBODY in the lower glutathione group sees their 100th birthday"? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Emma, from a Google on centenarians glutathione: "...centenarians exhibit a high activity of glutathione reductase in red blood cells. In this study, those centenarians having the best cognitive and physical functional capacity tended to have the highest activity of this enzyme.[6]"...among several other cites from the WIKI given as listing #4.Good enough for me, but the search turned up lot more on the subject.Duncan ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "in comparison with young healthy female adults the centenarians had significantly higher red blood cell glutathione reductase and catalase activities and higher, although insignificantly, serum vitamin E level."http://www.actabp.pl/pdf/2_2000/281.pdf "The range of Glutathione Reductase activity was shifted toward higher values in the centenarian group than in the younger (age 60-79)group and those centenarians having the best functional capacity tended to have the highest GR activity"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12675104Duncan +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ( Read more...Collapse ) (19 Comments |Comment on this) |
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R-Dihydro-Lipoic Acid: The Optimal Form of Lipoic Acid Below is an important life extension article from Life Extension Foundation.http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2005/feb2005_report_lipoic_02.htm See also:http://www.superiornutraceuticals.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SN&Product_Code=NARALA100G&Category_Code=LH9# (Comment on this) |
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The Vital Key to Maximum Antioxidant Activity is Glutathione Some people on the coconut oil list get upset because Duncan posts about whey so much. As a list moderator on the Coconut oil list, I have absolutely no problem with Duncan's posts. People who live very long lives all have one thing in common. Those who make it past 100 all have high glutathione levels. Since I want to live forever, keeping my glutathione levels much higher than people my age is important to me. No guarantee I shall live forever. But as Robert Anton Wilson used to say, "I will live forever or die trying." Now I met Bob several times. He sure did not seem to be doing much to live forever. He smoked, scoffed at people who exercised, and seemed rather frail. Not faulting Bob. We each do what we consider to be important. My "trying" includes lots of Whey protein isolate, omega 3 fish oils, very high vitamin D3, vitamin C to bowel tolerance, Selenium, Benfotiamine, and many other supplements. No idea if I will make it past 150 with my current regime, but I figure the more discussion I can promote about glutathione, the more info I can learn from. So I thought I would get some more discussion going on the list. I posted the article below from Natural News. That generated some discussions which I will post later tonight.===================================================The Vital Key to Maximum Antioxidant Activity is GlutathioneMonday, September 28, 2009 by: Paul Fassa, citizen journalist(NaturalNews) What if you were told you weren`t getting enough cellular oxidation or free radical protection, despite consuming all the high antioxidant foods and some of the best antioxidant supplements available? Would you wonder how that could be, or would you simply ignore it? Don`t ignore it, read on. How it could be, according to many health experts, is that your glutathione levels are too low. This is a very common situation with all the oxidation stress our toxic environment provides, along with a little help from our own personal stress.Why Are Antioxidants Necessary?Oxidation occurs on a cellular level during the body`s efforts to produce energy and fortify cells metabolizing oxygen. The oxygen atoms or molecules that are not fully absorbed become free radicals, unstable atoms missing an electron, which begin robbing cells of electrons to balance and stabilize themselves. Then the atoms robbed of an electron become free radicals and continue the oxidation process, robbing electrons as needed from other sources.A chain reaction occurs. This changes the identity and function of those atoms as they combine in unnatural ways, leading to cellular and DNA damage. And eventually, of course myriad health issues and disease will breed freely. It is the downside of oxygen, similar to the way metal becomes rusty with exposure to air. We can`t stop breathing, so there will be some free radicals loose from just that.Moreover, the air we breathe is loaded with toxins and heavy metals (www.naturalnews.com/026258.html) as well as in many of the foods we eat (www.naturalnews.com/026216.html), and any pharmaceuticals that may have been taken. All of these create more free radicals while burdening our bodies with toxic material. Add this to the immune system`s damage from psychological stress with our modern lifestyle and the madness around us. Well then, it is amazing that many of us are still walking and talking!But we need as much protection from all this to be able to walk and talk better and longer and stay out of hospitals in the meantime. So whatever can neutralize the free radical oxidation process while eliminating toxins is necessary. Enter antioxidants, including the most overlooked yet most important one of them all: glutathione, the key to maximum oxidation protection and detoxification while creating a strong immune system.**Some Glutathione Details**It has been called the master antioxidant. It is an intracellular antioxidant essential for for maximum antioxidant activity from all other antioxidants, including vitamin C, vitamin E, CoQ10, and all the blueberries you can eat. It removes toxins from cells, and protects against radiation.But there is a catch. Buying anything that says it is glutathione is a waste of pill popping money. The body`s digestive system is very poor at taking glutathione into where it needs to go. Take heart, there are other ways to boost the body`s glutathione, which are disclosed later in this article.( Read more...Collapse ) (1 Comment |Comment on this) |
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| Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 |
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Insulin, Leptin, Diabetes, and Aging: Not So Strange Bedfellows I discovered this article on leptin, diabetes, and aging on google just now.========================================_Ron Rosedale, MD_13 January 2008 Ron Rosedale, M.D., is an internationally renowned expert in nutritional and metabolic medicine and a specialist in the biology of aging. Dr. Rosedale has helped thousands suffering from so-called incurable diseases regain their health. He is the author of the recent books, The Rosedale Diet, and Insulin and its Metabolic Effects. He is currently chief medical officer at Advanced Metabolic Laboratories in collaboration with the University of Colorado and lives in Denver, CO. To successfully treat any disease, one must know what disease to treat. Treating only a symptom of the disease will leave the underlying disease unchecked and possibly worse. For example, we evolved the "runny" nose to help us clean out upper respiratory infections. So taking a decongestant to eradicate the symptom of a "runny" nose is actually counterproductive for the underlying disease. Symptoms are the way that evolution has taught us to deal with disease. What are normally called diseases - heart disease, diabetes, obesity, arthritis, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, arthritis and cancer - are all chronic symptoms of aging. The biology of aging is teaching us that aging itself, though not curable, is treatable. If you are not treating aging, you are treating a symptom, and you do not know if the treatment will be worse than the "disease" that you are trying to treat. It matters very little if 10 studies show that a drug improves risk for heart disease if it also increases risk for cancer or other diseases of aging. What you really need to know is its effect on mortality rate and, therefore, aging. Cultivating Longevity Much of what we know about longevity is derived from studies of humans and animals who have broken the age barrier for their species. The longest lived flies may survive only a few days, mice a couple of years, and dogs for one or two decades, depending on their size. Humans currently have the potential to live at least 120 years, but few actually do. The average life expectancy today is around 80 years, which is impressive but nowhere near our full potential. Growing in ranks, yet still few in number, are the exceptional group of people who live to be 100 years old and more. Scattered throughout the world, these centenarians are providing scientists with a living laboratory from which they can unravel the secrets of longevity. If we can figure out why these folks managed to live so long, we can use this information to extend the life span for everyone. It would be easy to dismiss longevity merely as a function of luck, that is, simply a matter of winning the genetic lottery, but we know that this isn't exactly true. That's a good thing, for it means that we may be able to control our own destiny. We have been controlling the longevity destiny of laboratory animals for decades. Laboratory animals put on calorie-restricted, nutritionally complete diets provide an equally rich source of information on longevity. Since the 1930s, dozens of species have been fed calorie-restricted diets, including microscopic tiny worms, assorted rodents, and more recently, rhesus monkeys - fellow primates that are closely related to humans. These animals virtually always live longer than normal - 30 to 300 percent. Assuming a "normal" human lifespan of 80 years, this would be the equivalent of a human living to be 104 to 240 years old. Of Mice and Men At first glance, human centenarians would appear to have very little in common with calorie-restricted animals. After all, humans can eat what they want when they want, and many centenarians did just that. There is no evidence that centenarians followed a particular diet or even had particularly healthy life styles. Some centenarians smoked, some did not; some exercised regularly, some did not; and some were careful eaters, and some ate whatever they felt like. Despite the obvious differences, there are some striking similarities between caloric-restricted laboratory animals and free-living centenarians. Centenarians and calorie-restricted animals share a particular bio-metabolic profile that distinguishes them from their peers who die younger and sicker. We now know the common denominators that are found in almost all living beings - whether they are worms, mice, monkeys or humans - that defy the odds and live beyond their expected life span. In nearly every study, the longest lived animals share the following traits: Low fasting insulin levelsReduction in fasting glucoseLower body temperature Low percentage of body (visceral) fat Reduced thyroid levels Low triglyceridesLow fasting leptin levels (Leptin is so new that it has only recently been measured in centenarians, but it has been measured in calorie-restricted animals. Since leptin correlates with and even controls these other biomarkers in humans, this is also probably true in centenarians.)Why are these factors shared among long-lived individuals in all species? ( Read more...Collapse ) (11 Comments |Comment on this) |
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| Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 |
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_4:56 pm_[rakehell] |
I am trying to trick myself into eating more vegetables. Any tips? (5 Comments |Comment on this) |
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| Monday, December 11th, 2006 |
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_8:04 am_[perspectivism] |
Want a gift of 2 extra hours every day?! I was an 8 hour sleeper (maybe 7.5). Now, for going on 6 weeks, I'm at ~5.6+-1. (This morning, 4.5...and I feel terrific.) What's changed?It might be high-energy transitionalness (surges of motive power for fresh personal opportunities)...but I doubt it because I've never experienced a sleep shift nearly this profound.I bet it's the 5-HTP. It's a serotonin-inspirer that I just started taking as both a sleep-deepener and a mood-enhancer (tilt-blocker). 200mg/day, as one dose ~20 minutes before bed.I expected to feel more rested...but nothing like this! I've never heard a report of suddenly sleeping much less & feeling as or more rested.I'm writing this down mostly because it's potentially so hugely valuable...extremely worth sharing as an opportunity for you to self-experiment. 2 hrs/day is tremendous payoff. And, it doesn't feel like a drug; subjectively, even a little caffeine feels more significant (psychoactively, experientially) than this. Many years ago, I used drugstore "sleeping pills" for a short while; those felt many many times more like a freight train than this. Vivid dreams are the biggest felt effect.If I keep feeling so good on so little sleep, should this just become my lifestyle choice? Do you think I'm doing any damage? (5 Comments |Comment on this) |
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| Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 |
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_10:37 am_[senrats] |
Youthfulness Community? It there a community for those who want a youthful or age defying appearance to acccompany their longevity? Yeah it would be great to live for 100+ years, but not look it. From 60 on I would like to appear 20 years younger. (6 Comments |Comment on this) |
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| Saturday, November 18th, 2006 |
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| _3:33 pm_[senrats] |
General Nutrition I want to go on a "maintenance cleanse and detox" soon. Just for my own peace of mind.**( Read more...Collapse )**To cut the ramble, I'd like to detox but keep a decent energy level and then choose a good diet for me. (Comment on this) |
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| Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 |
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| _3:36 am_[senrats] |
Downsides of looking Younger Is there a community where psycho-emotional issues of looking younger can be discussed?( Read more...Collapse ) (4 Comments |Comment on this) |
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| Sunday, July 23rd, 2006 |
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_4:53 am_[mindfulness] |
Cancer immunity Are You Immune to Cancer? - Scientists find a strain of super-mice that just can't get cancer.By Jessica Ruvinsky DISCOVER Vol. 27 No. 08 | August 2006 |
Medicinehttp://www.discover.com/issues/aug-06/rd/areyouimmune/Seven years ago, biochemist Zheng Cui of Wake Forest University was conducting a routine experiment, injecting test mice with a strain of cancer cells so aggressive it caused a 100 percent death rate. Oddly, one of the mice wouldn't die. Thinking he had made an error, Cui injected the mouse with a million times the lethal dose, but it still lived.Cui was intrigued. He bred the mouse and found that 40 percent of its offspring share a remarkable resistance to many forms of cancer. When the animals' immune systems identify a cancer cell, a genetic tweak allows their bodies to launch a massive attack of white blood cells that kills the budding tumor.Now Cui and his colleagues have found a clue that may point the way to an actual cure. When they inject white blood cells from any of these anticancer mice into their nonresistant brethren, the injected animals become resistant as well, fighting off induced cancer in a matter of weeks or avoiding it entirely.Even more promising, Cui has sampled a group of human volunteers and found that 10 to 15 percent have similar super cancer-fighting white blood cells. That could explain why some people never get cancer and why others' tumors spontaneously regress. Cui proposes injecting these people's white blood cells into cancer patients to see if he can transfer their immunity.Other, more established oncologists point out that Cui's mice are genetically uniform; humans, with their distinct DNA differences, would run a deadly risk of the donated cells attacking their host, even if they aren't rejected first. Cui counters that these issues could be overcome, as they have been for other types of transplants. "All the delivery mechanisms are in place," he says. "We truly believe that this is a viable approach." (Comment on this) |
| Monday, June 26th, 2006 |
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| _1:15 am_[mindfulness] |
Key to long life may be mom's age at birth "People are more likely to see their 100th birthday, research hints, if they were born to young mothers.The age at which a mother gives birth has a major impact on how long her child will live, two researchers from the University of Chicago's Center on Aging told the Chicago Actuarial Association meeting this spring.The chances of living to the ripe old age of 100 -- and beyond -- nearly double for a child born to a woman before her 25th birthday, Drs. Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova reported. The father's age is less important to longevity, according to their research.( Read more...Collapse )© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved. http://today.reuters.com/ (4 Comments |Comment on this) |
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| Thursday, June 22nd, 2006 |
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| _8:16 pm_[mindfulness] |
Drug, blood provide clues to healthy aging The first part of the article is about an experimental drug that increases human growth hormone and health in older people. It may not extend life, that's not discuessed. The second part discusses a chemical in the blood of women over a hundred that 'counteracts inflammation, which is linked with disease, helps keep vessels clear of fatty deposits and plays an important role in metabolism.' This is a genetic factor, but maybe research will work on this. One interesting part of the article is where one person says "It is very difficult to get a drug for normal aging on the market, because the FDA (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) does not consider aging to be a disease and sets the bar extremely high." In Australia we often set the bar higher, or at least used to. (The first two paras of the story are just background info)"Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:31pm ET by Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug designed to kick-start growth hormones in humans shows signs of helping the elderly age without becoming too frail, researchers reported on Wednesday, while another team found clues to healthy longevity in the blood of 100-year-old women.The reports, presented to a meeting of the International Congress of Neuroendocrinology, gave a snapshot of some of the progress in the growing field of aging research. By 2010, census experts predict more than 40 million people will be over age 60 in the United States. Not all will be in good shape. "Some people age quite successfully and can live to very old ages with relatively little impairment, and other people do not age as successfully, and the question is why," Robert Gibbs of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy told a news conference.Dr. George Merriam of the University of Washington/VA Puget Sound Health Care System and colleagues tested Pfizer's experimental drug capromorelin in 395 men and women aged 65 to 84. All were frail in some way, having fallen or lost grip strength or having slowed down in walking.Capromorelin is a growth hormone stimulator. It causes the body to secrete human growth hormone in a way seen at puberty and in young adulthood. In young adults, those pulses of growth hormone are associated with a buildup of lean muscle mass and strength, and elderly people have much lower levels of the hormone -- and less lean muscle mass.Patients who got the drug gained an average of 3 pounds (1.4 kg) in lean muscle mass after six months, and also were better able to walk a straight line -- a test of balance, strength and coordination. A year later, they also showed an improvement in stair climbing, Merriam told the meeting at the University of Pittsburgh.( Read more...Collapse ) (Comment on this) |
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| Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 |
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_9:24 am_[punkymunky21] |
Several posts in one, actually... (1) People in this community will probably be interested to know that the March issue of Scientific American has an article on longevity with a strong emphasis on caloric restriction. It's actually the cover story. (2) Anyone that, like me, has already read the article that I mentioned above, could you please respond to this post? I have a few questions about some things mentioned in the article that I'd like to discuss with someoen who's read it. My primary question regards what I read as their claim that drinking red wine might have the same effect as caloric restriction. I didn't find it clear whether they were saying that drinking red wine without caloric restriction has the same effect, or if they were saying that caloric restriction combined with drinking red wine (or other food products or drugs that might increase Sir2 and STAC in the body) is the way to go.(3) I have not, to date, done a caloric restriction on my diet, but lately I have been thinking about doing so. I have several questions about this. One, from my understanding the suggestion is to lower ones caloric intake by about 30%. Is it best to do this through diet in regards to only eating fruits and vegetables for a few meals a day (for example, eating fruit and veggies for lunch but a full dinner), or is it also acceptable to limit the amount that one eats (for example, every other day, only eating dinner and skipping breakfast and lunch). Is one superior to the other? Is one not suggested? I go to the gym a few days a week (I think that being in good shape is also important to a long life), but I need more food to do so. If I don't eat enough then use a lot of energy at the gym I get lightheaded, nautious, etc. What are suggestions for dealing with this? Am I correct in assuming that CR is a long term thing, not a gauranteed every day thing? In other words, using CR as a part of ones diet doesn't have to mean that you can't ocassionally go to a friends birthday party of pig out, right?Thanks for any help you guys can offer. Just for some basic history, so people know where I'm coming from: I am mostly-vegan, I take a multi-vitamin and a calcium pill twice a day. I go to the gym 3-4 days a week. I'm fairly active. Current Mood: Curious (6 Comments |Comment on this) |
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| Friday, February 10th, 2006 |
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_4:45 am_[umbrae] |
What's missing? I am on the following from the Life Extension Foundation. 00379 ENHANCED LIFE EXTENSION WHEY 00559 GAMMA E TOCOPHEROL/TOCOTRIENOL 00820 SUPER EPA/DHA W/SESAME LIGNANS 00834 LIFE EXTENSION MIX 490 CAPSULE What do you feel I am missing other than Acetyl L-Carnitine? ( In the cut are the ingredientsCollapse ) (5 Comments |Comment on this) |
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| _3:19 am_[alobar] |
Massive Supplement Information Here is another massive health paper I have not even begun to explore. Gary Null is a name I have seen again and again in my self-education on health and supplements. The paper below is huge. After the cut is a list of supplements which are each hotlinks to material on www.niausa.com (Nutrition Institute of America website) covering that particular supplement. The list of supplements link to 50 different PDF files. I scanned 5 of the links at random. Each link led to a 30-60 page PDF file. This is a massive amount of material on supplements.===============================COMPREHENSIVE NUTRIENT REVIEWGary Null PhD, Carolyn Dean MD ND,Robert Dean, Christine Wheeler MA, James Yeargin( Read more...Collapse )METHODSWe performed a comprehensive review of scientific studies on the efficacy of 50 selected nutrients in preventing, retarding, and treating disease. These studies were culled from a much larger online database of 484,000 studies contained in peer reviewed health, nutritional, and scientific journals. Based on this research, we conclude that there is a significant body of evidence demonstrating that the 50 selected nutrients are effective at preventing, retarding and even improving disease. The studies, as a whole, show that the nutrients are effective at both preventative and higher therapeutic dosage levels. Further, these studies demonstrate that the effective therapeutic dosages are significantly higher than had been generally argued by even alternative health groups.We believe that this is the first time there has been a scholarly effort to assemble and summarize such a massive number of peer reviewed studies on such a wide assortment of nutritional supplements.Previously arguments made by both traditionalist and alternative health groups have relied on specific studies, or at most, a group of studies on a single nutrient. Many of these studies were sponsored by parties with a vested interest in the conclusion. Such data, we suggest, was insufficient to make broad pronouncements on the efficacy of supplements as a whole. Here, however, we have utilized a significantly larger number of studies covering a much broader range of nutrients. Accordingly, we can have much greater assurance that we have reached correct conclusions about the efficacy of nutrients as a whole, particularly at therapeutic dosages.We hope that this collected studies of nutrients, and the summaries presented, will bring new national attention to the existence of nutrients and the important role that they can play in maintaining and optimizing human health. We suggest that the nation's leading medical authorities examine the results demonstrated by this comprehensive review so that they can begin to adopt and implement nutritional protocols at therapeutic dosages for purposes of preventing and treating disease.( Read more...Collapse ) (1 Comment |Comment on this) |
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