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Health News Index - General Health and Aging

Here is a compilation of research studies that demonstrate benefits of nutritional supplements for aging. If you are currently under a physicians care for a medical condition, please be sure to check with your doctor to see how any of these supplements can complement your doctors' care.

Aging

• Acetyl L-Carnitine and Alpha Lipoic Acid: The End of Aging: Breakthrough science may keep us all from growing old

• AMA Announces Vitamin D Supplements Associated With Lower Risk of Death NEW

• Anti-Oxidants Reduce Free Radicals, Aging, and Disease

• Berries Inhibit Oxidative and DNA Damage

• Calcium and Vitamin D Slows Tooth Loss

• Carotenoid Supplements Reduce DNA Damage

• Chromium Polynicotinate Increases Lifespan of Test Animals

• DHEA(S) Supplementation Reduces Age-Related Left Ventricular Stiffness and Fibrosis

• Folic Acid Prevents Age-Related Hearing Loss

• Fruit and Vegetable Powder Reduce DNA Damage

• Ginkgo Biloba Reduces Risk of Dying by 24% NEW

• Green Tea Extends Life, Reduces CVD and Stroke

• *High-ORAC Foods May Slow Aging

• JAMA Urges Adults to Take Daily Multivitamin

• L-Carnitine and Alpha Lipoic Acid Reduce Ageing and Boost Energy

• Low Magnesium Associated with Loss of Muscle Mass

• Oregano Can Spice Up Your Antioxidant Protection

• Reducing Insulin Signaling in the Brain Can Prolong Lifespan NEW

• Resveratrol, a Red Wine Molecule Shown to Extend Life

• Resveratrol Extends Lifespan by 50%

• Resveratrol from Red Wine May Extend Healthy Life

• Resveratrol Improves Health and Lifespan 40%

• Risk Factors Associated with Healthy Age 85 Identified

• Selenium, Carotenoids Lower Mortality in Older Women

• Selenium Up, Mortality Down

• The End of Aging: Breakthrough science may keep us all from growing old. A review of the November 2003 Reader's Digest article

• Vitamin D Helps Promote Cellular Longevity NEW

• Vitamin D May Increase Lifespan NEW

DNA

• Olive Oil Fights DNA Oxidation

General Health and Diet

• 90% of Americans Carry Toxic Chemicals in their Bodies

• JAMA Urges Adults to Take Daily Multivitamin

• Dietary Supplement Usage Could Save $24+ Billion In Health Care Costs NEW

• Docs Urged to Keep Up with Alternative Medicine

• Money Laundering to be Legalized

• More Spent on Drugs Than Physicians or Medical Equipment NEW

• New UK Study Shows Decline in Fruit and Vegetable Mineral Content

• Save $13.3 Billion Shopping at Discount-Vitamins-Herbs.net

• Supplementation with B Vitamins Could Save Lives

• Supplements Associated with Illnesses and Injuries - FDA Consumer Magazine

• Vitamins A, C, E and Magnesium Often Deficient in Americans

• Washing Produce in Vinegar + Hydrogen Peroxide Kills Microbes

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Acetyl L-Carnitine and Alpha Lipoic Acid

In a Reader's Digest article on The End of Aging, Dr Bruce Ames believes that while the production of energy in the mitochondria in your cells is highly efficient, that minor element of inefficiency which releases free radicals is the cause of aging.  As people get older, the free radicals reduce the effectiveness of the mitochondria in its energy production, thus releasing even more free radicals.  

Dr Ames found that Acetyl L-Carnitine helps the cells produce more energy, but they still generate free radicals.  However, the antioxidant Alpha Lipoic Acid reduces free radicals.

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