Vitality Magazine - June 2017 (test)

They also were shown to lower the risk of high blood pressure,
diabetes, obesity, blood clotting, and atherosclerosis.
The peel, seed, flesh, and leaves of avocados were found to
have differing effects on components of metabolic syndrome.
This study was posted April 10, 2017 on the site of the journal
Phytotherapy Research and will appear in a future print
issue of the journal. The full text of this study can now be read
at http://tinyurl.com/mhg5y7b for a fee.
VITAMIN B SUPPLEMENTS
OFFSET HEART EFFECTS OF POLLUTION
New research shows that supplementing with B vitamins can
mitigate the impact of a type of pollution known as PM2.5,
pollution with specific tiny size of fine particle, on cardiovascular
disease. (This is the first human clinical trial to evaluate
whether B vitamin supplements can change the biologic
and physiologic responses to ambient air pollution exposure
and potentially help contain its negative health effects.
Ambient fine particulate pollution contributes to 3.7 million
premature deaths annually worldwide, mostly via effects on
the cardiovascular system, but also via immune system suppression.
Particulate matter pollution is the most frequent
trigger for heart attack.)
Healthy non-smokers who took vitamin B supplements
nearly reversed any negative effects of fine-particle pollution
on their cardiovascular and immune systems. They reduced
the effects of air pollution on their heart rate by 150%, on
their total white blood cell count by 139%, and on their lymphocyte
(an immune cell) count by 106%. The principal
investigator commented that this suggests B vitamins may
reduce the inflammatory effect of pollution; inflammation is
a common factor in diseases and death of the elderly. The
study only enlisted subjects who took no form of vitamin B
supplements previously, and so those already supplementing
might not derive further protection from increased supplementation.
Also, the protection afforded may be reduced in
some higher-pollution cities. This study was recently posted
at the website of Scientific Reports and will be published in
an upcoming issue of this journal. The full report is now
available at http://tinyurl.com/lao6n8j free of charge.
CAMPING, SUNLIGHT CAN RESET
BODY CLOCKS TO EARLIER TIMING
Researchers have reported more evidence to suggest that one
solution to the growing problem of people staying up late and
throwing off body rhythms could be spending more time outdoors
in the sun, specifically suggesting that a few days spent
backcountry camping is sufficient to send people to bed earlier,
no matter the season. (Many people now stay up late into
the night, watching TV, fiddling with smartphones, or reading
a book by lamplight with the result that getting up to the
morning alarm is difficult. Late circadian and sleep-timing in
modern society are associated with negative performance
and health outcomes such as morning sleepiness and accidents,
reduced work productivity and school performance,
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