I want to be the best-built man in the world, I said frankly. —Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder There are two different types of athletic performance: 1) stamina, and 2) peak output. Stamina depends on the ability of your muscles to put out energy for a prolonged period of time. Peak output, […]
Read more Athletics: Improving Your Performance with Nutrients I
- acetyl-Coa, aging, ATP, calcium pantothenate, citric acid, citric acid cycle, enzymes, exercise, krebbs cycle, malic acid, nicotinamide, nurtients, oxygen, succinic acid, vitamin B5
For each neurochemical there is an optimal amount which differs for every individual. Above or below this amount, mental function will not improve markedly or will even decrease. Drug effects may be subtle at first, requiring a period of learning for full realization of its benefits. The schematic diagram here shows how neurotransmitters carry messages […]
Read more Revitalizing Your Brain Power II
- acetycholine, acetylcholine, anticholinergic, antioxidants, calcium pantothenate, choline, cholinergic nervous system, Deaner, enzymes, free radicals, gout, hormones, hydrogen peroxide, joints, kidneys, lecithin, memory, MIT, neurochemicals, neurochemistry, neurons, neurotransmitters, oxidation, pantothenic acid, phosphatidyl choline, RNA, scopolamine, senility, synapses, uric acid, vitamin B12, vitamin B5, xanthine oxidase
Let’s think about the effects of aging on OUR APPEARANCE. Under natural conditions, the skin shows age in a variety of unattractive ways, including wrinkling and loss of resiliency, both due to the damage mechanism called crosslinking. Cross-linking is the process in which proteins are linked together by bonds which prevent them from functioning properly. […]
Read more Some Immediate Benefits of Life Extension Measures II
- 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid, aging, amnesia, antioxidants, bacteria, BHA, BHT, bromelain, choline, choline bitartate, choline hydrochloride, Cross-linking, cysteine, Diapid, diarrhea, enzymes, hormones, humectant, memory, MIT, moisturizer, Na-PCA, nutrients, papain, papaya, protein, proteolytic enzymes, sandoz, selenium, skin, vasopressin, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin c, vitamin E, wrinkles, yogurt, zinc
… Spontaneous mutations, cancer, and aging can be looked upon as a result of continuous “internal radiation” while these same processes produced by external radiation are largely the result of an increment in the amount of total “radiation” to which the organism is exposed. —Dr. Denham Harman, originator of the free radical theory of aging […]
Read more Our Subversive Free Radicals I
- atherosclerosis, cancer, DNA, enzymes, fats, free radicals, glutathione peroxidase, hydrogen peroxide, immune system, molecules, mutations, nucleic acid, oxidation, radiation, RNA, SOD, superoxide dismutase, vitamin c, vitamin E
As mentioned earlier, Dr. W. Donner Denckla thinks he has discovered a death clock in the pituitary gland of the brain. If he removes this gland from mice and supplies them with the pituitary’s growth hormone and thyroid hormone (which would normally be produced and released in response to pituitary hormonal messages), the animals live […]
Read more Turning Back Aging Clocks III
- aging clocks, antioxidants, death clock, DECO, Decreasing Oxygen Consumption hormone, DNA, enzymes, free radicals, growth hormone, hypothermia, mutations, peroxidases, pituitary gland, superoxide dismutase, thyroid hormone, thyroxine
Mutations to your DNA caused by free radicals are a major cause of cancer. Free radicals can make blood clot abnormally in our arteries by destroying our body’s ability to make PGI, (prostacyclin), a natural anti-clot hormone found in healthy arteries. Free radicals are also implicated in arthritis. Most of the brain damage caused by […]
Read more Our Subversive Free Radicals II
- age pigment accumulation, amino acid, antioxidants, arthritis, bacteria, BHA, BHT, bioflavinoids, blood clot, blood clots, cancer, catecholic amino acid, ceroid, collagen, Cross-linking, cysteine, DNA, elastin, enzymes, free radicals, glutathione, grapes, hemorrhage, hydrogen peroxide, Hydroxyl radicals, L-Dopa, lipid membrane peroxidation, lipids, lipofuscin, lysosomal membranes, mutations, oxidative polymerization, oxygen, peroxidation, peroxidized lipids, PGI, phenolic amino acid, prostacyclin, proteins, radiation, rancid fats, RNA, selenium, sodium hydrogen urate, superoxide radicals, triamino acid, tyrosine, unsaturated fats, uric acid, viruses, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin E, xanthine oxidase, zinc
Free radicals are intermediates in many normal and necessary metabolic reactions. Thus, all oxygen-using organisms have had to evolve defensive mechanisms against free radicals: The enzymes catalase and peroxidase break down hydrogen peroxide and other peroxides, superoxide dismutase (called SOD) controls the superoxide free radical, and glutathione peroxidase also controls peroxides. Antioxidants such as vitamins […]
Read more Our Subversive Free Radicals III
- acid hydrolases, air pollution, antioxidants, bacteria, bioavailability, brain, cancer, catalase, Cross-linking, enzymes, free radicals, genetic defects, glutathione peroxidase, heart, hyaluronate, hydrogen peroxide, liver, lysosomes, malonaldehyde, maximum lifespan potential, metabolic reactions, mlp, mutagen, oxidation, peroxidase, peroxidized fats, progeria, radiodurans, red blood cells, rheumatoid arthritis, selenium, SOD, superoxide dimutase, superoxide dismutase, superoxide radicals, vitamin E
Proteins are complex molecules, made up of amino acids, which perform a wide variety of functions in the human body, from chemical reaction-controlling enzymes, to structural molecules like collagen, to necessary components in human memory. In order to function properly, proteins must assume a correct three-dimensional configuration. In their proper shape, some proteins act as […]
Read more Cross-linked Molecules and Aging in Skin, Arteries, and Other Tissues III
- acetaldehyde, alcohol, amino acid, arteries, blood vessels, chelating agent, collagen, connective tissue, Cross-linking, diabetes, EDTA, EGTA, enzymes, free radicals, hemorrhage, ketones, lipids, metal ions, molecules, muscles, nitrogen, oxidation, oxygen, plasma, plasma lipids, protein, proteins, smog, sodium citrate, sulfur, tobacco, unsaturated fats, vitamin c, wine
Selenium, a mineral, is an important trace element in immune system function. It has been found in experimental animals to act as an anti-carcinogen and anti-mutagen (can prevent DNA mutations—undesired alterations of your DNA master blueprint in the presence of some mutagenic agents). Selenium is an essential part of your enzyme called glutathione peroxidase, which […]
Read more Aging and the Immune System III
- Allan L. Goldstein, anti-carcinogen, anti-mutagen, aorta, bacteria, bromelain, cholesterol, DNA, Dr. Takashi Makiodan, enzymes, fibroblasts, glutathione peroxidase, high-cholesterol diet, hydrogen peroxide, immune system, immune system suppressants, interferon, lymphocytes, oxidation, papain, peroxides, selenium, stem cells, T-cells, thymosin, thymus gland, trypsin, vitamin A, vitamin c, vitamin E, white blood cells
One of the most important factors leading to immune system decline is the greatly reduced rate of release of growth hormone by the brain as we age. This hormone, produced by the pituitary gland, begins to fall off in quantity after your teens. Since the thymus gland requires growth hormone to function properly, this decrease […]
Read more Aging and the Immune System II
- amino acid, arginine, B-cells, bacteria, bromelain, cysteine, Dr Cheryl F. Nokels, enzymes, growth hormone, hormones, immune system, kidneys, lymphocytes, mercaptoethanol, ornithine, papain, papaya, pineapple, pituitary gland, Proteases, red blood cells, T-cell cloning, T-cells, thiol, thymocytes, thymosin, thymus gland, trypsin, tumor, virus, vitamin A, vitamin c, vitamin E, zinc