Check out the following articles based on scientific studies: Green Tea May Reduce Functional Disability Risk, Resveratrol May Improve Sensitivity to Insulin, and Study Unlocks Pycnogenol's Skin Health Mechanism. These newer studies show that taking a specific dose of resveratrol may improve sensitivity to insulin and reduce spikes in blood sugar after meals.
Check out the new study, Potentially important new mechanisms found anti-aging effects of resveratrol. A February 9, 2012 news release based on a well-conducted experimental study in mice has provided potentially important new insights into the association of the intake of resveratrol and like compounds with health benefits.
There also are new studies on olive leaf extract. See the article in the March 2012 issue of Life Extension magazine, which is now available in its print form, "Olive Leaf Lowers Blood Pressure." Usually the articles come online a month after they are available in print for nonmembers and at the same time as the print edition for members.
Or check out the sites, Olive leaf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and Olive Leaf Lowers Blood Pressure | Alternative Medicine, and Olive Leaf Lowers Blood Pressure - facts-and-figures.
New studies also showed that drinking a specific amount of green tea (or green tea supplement) daily may decrease the risk of function disabilities such as stroke, bone loss, and reduced mental performance. A study also showed that pycnogenol (made popular in the 1980s) may increase skin elasticity while boosting skin hydration and hyaluronic acid production.
Of course, you could take hyaluronic acid supplements instead and enjoy a little grape seed extract supplements. But that's why the studies continue.
Today's most popular studies in health are on how to age-proof your brain to some degree. The most popular ingredient to do so is DHA from fish oil such as cod liver oil, krill oil, or calamari oil.
Scientists are studying whether the brain if properly nourished makes new neurons and synapses. But can a spoon full of cod liver oil or some turmeric in the diet help brain function as people age?
DHA is the abbreviation for Docosahexaenoic acid. You might check out the following studies and/or the abstracts: Mechanisms of n-3 fatty acid-mediated development and maintenance of learning memoring performance - NCBI, Docosahexaenoic acid promotes neurite growth in hippocampal neurons, and Docosahexaenoic acid promotes hippocampal neuronal development and synaptic function.
Oral administration of circulating precursors for membrane phosphatides can promote the synthesis of new brain synapses - NCBI - NIH, Docosahexaenoic acid promotes neurogenesis in vitro and in vivo, and The Environmental Estrogen Bisphenol A Inhibits Estradiol-Induced Hippocampal Synaptogenesis.
Toxic Flame Retardants in Clothing and Furniture
Many chemicals such as flame retardants in mattresses contain PBDEs. They are also found in car seas, planes, couches, and in various plastics. These fire retardants are everywhere from house dust to traffic exhaust. They accumulate in your body and in the soil. It's only when the chemical build-up from the environment reaches a critical level that you may feel the symptoms.
These combine with nutritional deficiencies and various other environmental toxins. Then when you get the symptoms, you're prescribed drugs for diseases instead of getting at the root cause, which is the toxicity.
Whether it's a fungus ball growing in your sinuses or PBDEs damaging brain function or your thyroid, then it's up to lifestyle and nutrition and perhaps a change of environment, which few can afford. Scientists need to find out why a small child already has the chemical levels that it used to take to accumulate in people over age 40.
When physicians hear the word 'detox' they may think of unnecessary treatment by unproven methods. It's a fine balance to keep between holistic health and finding the best tailored and customized recipes for individual starving organs.
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