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Aging and Muscle Mass

submitted by: admin on 05/08/2015

As we age we tend to exercise less but muscle building capacity remains intact. Staying fit is more difficult as we age. Injuries and pain limit exercise, Cautious interval training is best for all.

With too little or too much iron the end result is a disaster. Iron deficiency in pregnancy causes mental retardation and iron excess in adults predisposes to premature aging. Five percent of the population has the gene for iron overload.

Anti-Aging Smaging with Lani Simpson, DC

submitted by: admin on 05/12/2015

We live in a culture that deifies youth. The Premarin and Provera fiasco is revealed. The conflict interest of Big Pharma is revealed. Bioidentical hormones are overdone too. Natural progesterone during perimenopause, especially with low bone density. The role of lifestyle with diet, exercise, sleep, stress reduction, weight management is highlighted.

Anti-Aging Using Enzymes with Ellen Cutler, MD, DC

submitted by: admin on 05/12/2015

Dr. Cutler shares advice on how to live longer and age less. Raw foods have more enzyme activity. Detoxification and exercise are important to improve body chemistry. The role of sugar in accelerating aging is discussed.

Antioxidants and Cancer Treatment

submitted by: admin on 05/13/2015

Cancer is a disease of lack of energy production. It is associated with loss of mitochondrial ATP production caused by oxidative stress. Antioxidants are the antidote to cancer development. This is why we sometimes see success with IV vitamin C treatment. Caveolin 1 is a marker that predicts survival. The question then is would it be worthwhile to treat with...

Breast Imaging for Pain is Not Useful

submitted by: admin on 06/25/2016

Women witlh breast pain who receive imaging as part of their evaluation undergo additional testing with mammograms, ultrasounds, and MRIs are often biopsied. However, they do not benefit according to a Boston University School of Medicine study published in March of 2012 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Pain is rarely a presenting symptom...

Cancer Treatment Options

submitted by: admin on 06/16/2015

The treatment of cancer today is limited to mainstream therapies that include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. In some states like California it is a felony to use integrative CAM therapies. Often times patients have to travel to other states or countries to obtain the treatment they want. Living a healthy lifestyle is usually more powerful...

Cancer: Managing it with Lifestyle

submitted by: admin on 06/24/2016

Lifestyle is the most potent treatment we have for cancer. Exercise, weight control, and vitamin D levels may lower the risk for getting cancer and also prolong life. Increasing our "wellness buffer" is one of the best kept secrets in cancer prevention and treatment.

Chinese Exercises for the Elderly

submitted by: admin on 09/19/2013

Chinese exercises such as tai chi and qigong can help with balance, strength, and focus. As we age this gentle and easy exercise is doable. We lose 1-2% of our muscle mass every year after age 40. Staying fit helps delay or prevent both osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease. Everyone can exercise; even imagery helps build muscle mass.

Dehydration

submitted by: admin on 09/19/2013

As we age we become more dehydrated. Exercise causes fluid and to some extent, salt loss that can result in hyponatremia. Humidity reduces evaporation and sweating does very little to cause cooling. Vicki tells a story of my extreme dehydration while playing tennis in Jakarta.

Do Antioxidants Preserve Youth?

submitted by: admin on 09/19/2013

Antioxidants neutralize free radicals and that helps us fight inflammation and disease. However, stimulation from free radicals also extends life by activating cellular repair genes! Antioxidants inhibit this response. Some antioxidants, such as beta carotene and retinol can actually shorten life in certain settings. A retrospective review of 68 studies...

Does How Old You Feel Affect How Long You Will Live?

submitted by: admin on 01/04/2015

A study from the UK and published in the December 2014 issue of JAMA on 6500 people aged 52 and above documented that if you felt older than your actually age that your mortality over the 8 year study period was higher. Seventy percent of this group felt at least 3 years younger, 25% felt the same age, and 5% felt older. The mortality rate for those...

Exercise as Antiaging Medicine with Frank Shallenberger, MD

submitted by: admin on 10/29/2017

Aging accelerates as we get older and it becomes more and more important to exercise to slow down this process. We can measure the aging process by determining when they shift from burning fat to burning carbohydrate. Exercise is the most powerful factor that slows down aging.

Exercise as Effective as Drugs for Heart Disease, Pre-diabetes, and Stroke

submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013

A study published in the British Medical Journal in October of 2013 revealed that exercise is as good as medication to treat people with coronary heart disease and prediabetes and superior to in the treatment of stroke. This was a very large study that analyzed 305 studies that included 340,000 patients. The World Health Organization considers lack...

Exercise is Powerful Anti-Aging Medicine

submitted by: admin on 09/21/2013

Stem cells accumulate in skeletal muscle following exercise and release growth factors to spur regeneration according to a study published in PLoS online. Stem cells become deficient with aging so exercise is the best way to preserve muscle as we age.

Food, Longevity, and the Anti-aging Diet with Dr. Richard Kunin

submitted by: admin on 09/21/2013

Is there a medicine or drug, anywhere, that has ever been invented, that does what lifestyle does to maintain wellness and restore health? Dr. Kunin's answer: Anything that can be treated by nutrition should not be treated by any other means. Of course, he's stealing a line from Maimonides! Lifestyle is the most powerful medicine in the universe,...

Getting Healthier With Age with Ofer Erez

submitted by: admin on 09/22/2013

There is a difference between aging and becoming dysfunctional. There are clearly advantages of getting older; wisdom, experience, knowledge, skill. Abuse and misuse of the body cause loss of function. "Use it or lose it" or "abuse it and lose it" are important perspectives of aging.

Getting Younger and Healthier with Age with Sherrill Sellman, ND

submitted by: admin on 09/22/2013

Antiaging hormones are overdone. The HRT story is a wake-up call. Bioidentical hormone treatment is not a panacea, in fact, it is untested. Indigenous perspectives are worth noting.

Health Medicine Center: Breast Thermography

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

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High Blood Sugar, Elastin, Ferroelectricity and Aging

submitted by: admin on 09/24/2013

Ferroelectricity is the response of a molecule to switch from a positive to a negative charge and is necessary to maintain the elasticity of elastin, a protein that gives elasticity to tissues such as blood vessels as well as heart and lung tissue. Ferroelasticity of elastin is lost when blood sugar levels rise and this causes it to lose about 50%...

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