We have been recommending supplementation with lutein, zeaxanthin and other antioxidants for patients who have macular degeneration. The benefits of this therapy have been proven in carefully controlled studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
Now for this first time it has been shown that these compounds may also improve visual performance in healthy young people. Researchers at the University of Georgia gave 12 mg supplemental lutein and zexanthin to 40 subjects daily for six months. These young people demonstrated improved visual performance under glaring light conditions over the course of the test period.
This research points out the need to maintain a well balanced diet that is rich in fruits and vegetables.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Memory and Forgetting - How to Not Lose Your Mind
If you are approaching middle age and you have had the experience of not being able to place a person's name with a face or if you forgot a telephone number for the second or third time, don't worry. This does not mean that you are losing your mind or that you are in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. A certain amount of forgetting is normal as you get older.
Memory is complicated and requires the activation of circuits in the brain, primarily between a structure called the hippocampus and an area of the brain called the prefrontal cortex. Researchers have studied the way memory works and have made some fascinating observations that are incredible value. Large and well designed studies have shown that exercise improves memory.
That is correct.
If you exercise you will not only improve your body, but you will also improve your memory. Exercise help memory by increasing cerebral blood volume, by stimulating the production of a protein that stimulates the birth of new brain cells and facilitating the process by which the brain changes in response to learning.
It has also been demonstrated that what you eat can improve your memory. Foods such as blueberries, walnut and other sources of antioxidants and omega e fatty acids will strengthen you mind.
What could be easier? Instead of worrying about what you have forgotten, move your body more, get your heart rate up and pay attention to what you eat. Don't allow inactivity and poor eating habits to cause you to "lose your mind."
Memory is complicated and requires the activation of circuits in the brain, primarily between a structure called the hippocampus and an area of the brain called the prefrontal cortex. Researchers have studied the way memory works and have made some fascinating observations that are incredible value. Large and well designed studies have shown that exercise improves memory.
That is correct.
If you exercise you will not only improve your body, but you will also improve your memory. Exercise help memory by increasing cerebral blood volume, by stimulating the production of a protein that stimulates the birth of new brain cells and facilitating the process by which the brain changes in response to learning.
It has also been demonstrated that what you eat can improve your memory. Foods such as blueberries, walnut and other sources of antioxidants and omega e fatty acids will strengthen you mind.
What could be easier? Instead of worrying about what you have forgotten, move your body more, get your heart rate up and pay attention to what you eat. Don't allow inactivity and poor eating habits to cause you to "lose your mind."
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Take Good Care of Yourself and Live Longer
Most of us know someone who has lived to a ripe old age in spite of the fact that they are smokers or abuse their body with alcohol or junk foods. How do you explain their longevity? Have they managed to live to an advanced age in spite of their excesses?
The answer is yes and we finally have a statistically valid study that proves the point. An 11-year study of 20,000 people in Norfolk, England showed that those who did not smoke, were physically active, drank alcohol in moderation and ate at least five servings of fruits or vegetables a day lived 14 years longer than those who did not observe these guidelines.
Those who did none of these things were four times more likely to die by the end of the study. Each factor was beneficial, but the greatest benefit was seen in those who observed all four guidelines. The results held regardless of social class or body weight at the inception of the study.
Think about that one for a while. 14 years!
The answer is yes and we finally have a statistically valid study that proves the point. An 11-year study of 20,000 people in Norfolk, England showed that those who did not smoke, were physically active, drank alcohol in moderation and ate at least five servings of fruits or vegetables a day lived 14 years longer than those who did not observe these guidelines.
Those who did none of these things were four times more likely to die by the end of the study. Each factor was beneficial, but the greatest benefit was seen in those who observed all four guidelines. The results held regardless of social class or body weight at the inception of the study.
Think about that one for a while. 14 years!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Stress
As I discussed before stress is everywhere.
You can't avoid it. Every organism on this planet is susceptible. Even an amoeba experiences stress. Poke it with a micropipette, and it will move away. This is stress: a reaction to a stimulus. in many ways stress is beneficial to life. Stress helps animals grow and adapt. It helps an animal escape from predators and it guides plants to grow toward sunshine.
In humans, stress stimulates the muscles to grow after exercise and it guides us away from danger. Even though stress is a universal constant, the way each individual reacts to stress is distinctly personal. You form your own reaction to a stimulus whether it is a dog barking, a car veering toward you or your boss yelling at you. Your own unique personality, behaviors and coping skills determine how you will react to the stimulus.
For centuries, Taoist physicians have recognized the health risks of a stressful lifestyle, but it is only recently that Western scientists have begun to unravel the mystery of how stress affects the body. When confronted with danger, the response of an animal is an increase in blood pressure, an increase in heart rate, and in increase in blood flow to the muscles. This response provides an extra surge of strength and energy to enable the endangered animal to fight for its life or to escape. This fight or flight response still exists in humans. With each stressor that you encounter, whether a boss, a spouse or financial pressure, the fight or flight response kicks in driving up your blood pressure and your heart rate.
Stress leads to a cascade of hormones in the body. Under times of stress a small area in the brain, the hypothalamus sends signals in the form of neurohormones to the pituitary gland which then secretes a neurohormone, ACTH,. ACTH travels to the adrenal glands causes them to secrete corticosteroids. The adrenals are also stimulated to secrete another group of chemicals called catecholamines such as adrenalin and norepinepherine.
Next week I will discuss what these stress provoked compounds do to your body.
You can't avoid it. Every organism on this planet is susceptible. Even an amoeba experiences stress. Poke it with a micropipette, and it will move away. This is stress: a reaction to a stimulus. in many ways stress is beneficial to life. Stress helps animals grow and adapt. It helps an animal escape from predators and it guides plants to grow toward sunshine.
In humans, stress stimulates the muscles to grow after exercise and it guides us away from danger. Even though stress is a universal constant, the way each individual reacts to stress is distinctly personal. You form your own reaction to a stimulus whether it is a dog barking, a car veering toward you or your boss yelling at you. Your own unique personality, behaviors and coping skills determine how you will react to the stimulus.
For centuries, Taoist physicians have recognized the health risks of a stressful lifestyle, but it is only recently that Western scientists have begun to unravel the mystery of how stress affects the body. When confronted with danger, the response of an animal is an increase in blood pressure, an increase in heart rate, and in increase in blood flow to the muscles. This response provides an extra surge of strength and energy to enable the endangered animal to fight for its life or to escape. This fight or flight response still exists in humans. With each stressor that you encounter, whether a boss, a spouse or financial pressure, the fight or flight response kicks in driving up your blood pressure and your heart rate.
Stress leads to a cascade of hormones in the body. Under times of stress a small area in the brain, the hypothalamus sends signals in the form of neurohormones to the pituitary gland which then secretes a neurohormone, ACTH,. ACTH travels to the adrenal glands causes them to secrete corticosteroids. The adrenals are also stimulated to secrete another group of chemicals called catecholamines such as adrenalin and norepinepherine.
Next week I will discuss what these stress provoked compounds do to your body.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Sex the Natural Way
Has your sex life turned south? Is the flame of desire burning lower? Are you looking for the secret to having the best and most rewarding sex of your life, get more endurance and .find greater satisfaction?
The answer is obvious.
Do what every red blooded American does and find the magic pill that will make everything about your sex life better. Why not take the purple pill that is advertised on television. Go ahead and take it. Sit there while your face flushes, your hands twitch and your vision blurs.
If the thought of these possible side effects turn you off look in the paper. There frequently is an ad in the sporting pages that guarantees satisfaction or you get your money back. The most recent ad that I saw stated that when you take one of the pills you will be fortified and raring to go. It doesn’t matter if you are fat or skinny, male or female, old or young. What a joke.
Let me tell you the truth. If you are reasonably healthy and do not have a disease with neurological complications you do not need these “sex aids." If your sex life is less than fulfilling look at yourself. Honestly look at yourself. How is your health? What is your energy level? Are you brimming with what we call dynamic energy? How much stress is there in your life and how are you dealing with it? Stress is a killer. It can kill you and certainly can kill your sex life.
I have a better idea and it is a natural solution. The answer is our revolutionary TriEnergetics program. Here is a quote from the preface of our book TriEnergetics. “Take a long hard look at your life. If you don’t look as good as you would like to look, feel as good as you would like to feel, or have the energy and enthusiasm for life that you really want to have, this book is for you. If you have tried to diet and regained the weight, started an exercise program and failed, been unsuccessful in curbing your stress, or attempted to take control of your life only to watch that control slip away, this book is for you. In fact this book offers everyone the opportunity to jump-start their lives with better health, every, and vitality by following our revolutionary lifestyle plan-the TriEnergetics program."
This is our advice in a nutshell. Forget the aphrodisiac pills and generate the enthusiasm from within. You will feel better, look better, probably live longer and have better sex. All of the information you need is in the book. Best of all after you read the book start the TriEnergetics program. It will guide you in easy steps to a new level of energy and excitement.
Your life will improve and the sex will take care of itself. Best of all it will be natural. I guarantee you will be happier.
The answer is obvious.
Do what every red blooded American does and find the magic pill that will make everything about your sex life better. Why not take the purple pill that is advertised on television. Go ahead and take it. Sit there while your face flushes, your hands twitch and your vision blurs.
If the thought of these possible side effects turn you off look in the paper. There frequently is an ad in the sporting pages that guarantees satisfaction or you get your money back. The most recent ad that I saw stated that when you take one of the pills you will be fortified and raring to go. It doesn’t matter if you are fat or skinny, male or female, old or young. What a joke.
Let me tell you the truth. If you are reasonably healthy and do not have a disease with neurological complications you do not need these “sex aids." If your sex life is less than fulfilling look at yourself. Honestly look at yourself. How is your health? What is your energy level? Are you brimming with what we call dynamic energy? How much stress is there in your life and how are you dealing with it? Stress is a killer. It can kill you and certainly can kill your sex life.
I have a better idea and it is a natural solution. The answer is our revolutionary TriEnergetics program. Here is a quote from the preface of our book TriEnergetics. “Take a long hard look at your life. If you don’t look as good as you would like to look, feel as good as you would like to feel, or have the energy and enthusiasm for life that you really want to have, this book is for you. If you have tried to diet and regained the weight, started an exercise program and failed, been unsuccessful in curbing your stress, or attempted to take control of your life only to watch that control slip away, this book is for you. In fact this book offers everyone the opportunity to jump-start their lives with better health, every, and vitality by following our revolutionary lifestyle plan-the TriEnergetics program."
This is our advice in a nutshell. Forget the aphrodisiac pills and generate the enthusiasm from within. You will feel better, look better, probably live longer and have better sex. All of the information you need is in the book. Best of all after you read the book start the TriEnergetics program. It will guide you in easy steps to a new level of energy and excitement.
Your life will improve and the sex will take care of itself. Best of all it will be natural. I guarantee you will be happier.
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