Better Nutrition May 2019
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FITNESS is best longevity test<br />
A study of 6,500 people aged 70 and older has found that fitness is a better<br />
predictor of longevity than other routinely used health markers such as blood<br />
pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, and smoking status. Researchers at the Johns<br />
Hopkins School of Medicine noted that these conventional indicators of risk<br />
are very common in the older age group, but do not predict how long older<br />
people will live. However, there is evidence that controlling blood pressure and<br />
cholesterol, preventing diabetes, and not smoking earlier in life can help prevent<br />
heart disease and early death. For anyone who is over 70 and not all that fit, it’s<br />
never too late to get moving.<br />
ASHWAGANDHA<br />
BOOSTS TESTOSTERONE<br />
In traditional Ayurvedic medicine, ashwagandha is<br />
used to increase vigor and endurance, and improve<br />
overall health. For men, it’s also viewed as an<br />
aphrodisiac and a remedy for infertility. Now, an<br />
Australian study of overweight men, between the<br />
ages of 40 and 70, has found that with daily use for<br />
8 weeks, the herb boosts levels of testosterone and<br />
DHEA-S, hormones related to youth and virility. The<br />
daily supplement tested in the study was an extract<br />
of ashwagandha containing 21 mg of withanolide<br />
glycosides, the key active ingredient in the herb.<br />
Earlier research found that the herb enhances sperm<br />
quantity and quality in men with low sperm counts.<br />
Did You Know?<br />
On average, a human being<br />
walks about 74,580 miles<br />
in their lifetime. That’s the<br />
equivalent of walking around<br />
the world three times.<br />
Seaweed Extract<br />
Lowers Blood Sugar<br />
Healthy levels of blood sugar help to prevent<br />
diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease,<br />
and they make it easier to lose weight and stay trim.<br />
In addition to a diet that isn’t too high in starches<br />
and sugars, help is available from a supplement<br />
made from sea vegetables: InSea2. A study of<br />
65 otherwise healthy people with elevated blood<br />
sugar found that taking InSea2 daily for 6 months<br />
normalized blood sugar in one of five people and<br />
reduced levels in the rest. In contrast, a placebo<br />
did not produce any improvement. InSea2 is an<br />
ingredient in some supplements designed to support<br />
healthy levels of blood sugar, e.g., Life Extension<br />
CinSulin and Nature’s Plus Sugar Armor.<br />
10 • MAY <strong>2019</strong>
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