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- A Primary Cause of Our Current Obesity Crisis - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2012 from Frank WilhelmiIn my last article I described the absolute essential nature of the two fats; linoleic acid (LA) and alpha-linolenic acid (LNA), how the human body cannot make these fats and requires them to have life at all, let alone health. I further described how modern food processing removes nearly ...
Views: 1452 - Essential Fatty Acids – A Key to Great Health But Needing Some Clarification - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2012 from Frank WilhelmiThe news media and even many doctors refer to 'Essential Fatty Acids' (EFAs) and lump Fish Oils in with the discussion in a way that confuses the use of the term. Strictly, the term applies to only two unsaturated fats (which are fatty acids because they are fats which are acidic); ...
Views: 1310 - ***Supplements for Optimal Aging – Part 5 Cellular Senescence – The Ultimate Cause of Old Age and Death - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2012 from Frank WilhelmiCellular Senescence – our cells get old after dividing about 10 to 50 times for humans, depending on cell type, then they change characteristics and function and either commit suicide (apoptosis) or just quit functioning (stasis or senescence). Ultimately it is senescence that defines our ...
Views: 3845(1 vote) - ***Supplements for Optimal Aging - Part 4 - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Frank WilhelmiAging brings a general stiffening of tissues, loss of bone mass and density, shrinkage of the brain, joint cartilage and some organs’ size, and a slowing of energy production in all body cells. Part of this is because our immune system, an army of immune cell types that defend us from invaders, ...
Views: 2361 - ***Supplements for Optimal Aging – Part 3 - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2012 from Frank WilhelmiMore Antioxidants for Optimal Aging Here are some other antioxidants that should be a part of your strategy to minimize the effects of aging. Alpha-Lipoic Acid is an antioxidant that is both fat-soluble and water-soluble, and crosses the blood-brain barrier to work in all tissues. It can ...
Views: 2103(1 vote) - ***A Sure-fire Strategy for Giving Yourself Type-II Diabetes as You Age! - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2012 from Frank WilhelmiThere is an epidemic afoot called Type-II diabetes. You can tell it is an epidemic because we are now seeing it starting in increasing numbers at younger ages, even in children. It is a primary cause of disability and death among the aged. It is not that we are catching some viral-induced ...
Views: 1871 - ***Supplements for Optimal Aging Part 2 - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Frank WilhelmiIn Part 1 of this Supplements article I explained strategies for maintaining healthy digestive function as we age by taking supplemental stomach acid (Betaine HCl), Digestive enzymes and Probiotics. When we are young to middle aged, we can take these as need arises, but the older we get, the ...
Views: 2131 - ***Supplements for Optimal Aging (Part 1) - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2011 from Frank WilhelmiWith age comes decreased capacity to repair cellular damage, to digest foods completely, to produce energy in our mitochondria, to recover from exercise, to take in and use oxygen, to circulate blood, repair cartilage, etc. Supplements are a primary strategy for getting around these limitations. ...
Views: 2056(1 vote) - ***Nutrition - the Raw Material for Senior Health and Lifetime Fitness (Part 2) - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Frank WilhelmiLet’s recap the important concepts of the last article (Nutrition (Part 1)). The first important concept is that in order to optimally perform the daily process of repairing the body and meeting its energy demands; we must eat REAL foods and eat very little industrially altered, manufactured ...
Views: 2500 - Nutrition - the Raw Material for Senior Health and Lifetime Fitness (Part 1) - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Frank WilhelmiFood, what we eat daily, provides the basic materials that build and sustain our bodies. In our prime we can seemingly eat anything and digest it, absorb it, assimilate it and utilize it. But as we age, stomach acid and enzyme production decrease, digestion worsens, absorption and assimilation ...
Views: 2412(1 vote) - ***Aerobics - To Recover and Maintain your Heart/Lung/Vascular Fitness. - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Frank WilhelmiWhen you push exercise to your aerobic limits, your cardiovascular/pulmonary system improves; it's called the 'training effect'. Your body adapts to the measured stress by becoming more efficient at getting oxygen to the cells, and the cells become more efficient in performing all their various ...
Views: 1953(1 vote) - ***Exercise - The primary driver for reversing age-related functional decline. - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Frank WilhelmiThe key underlying principle to be grasped with regard to Exercise is this: The body is a demand-driven, adaptable, living system that requires movement and muscular activity to maintain its function. Observe what happens to someone bedridden in a hospital; muscle mass, flexibility, strength, ...
Views: 2695(1 vote) - Staying Fit, Healthy and Strong for the Rest of Your Life - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2011 from Frank WilhelmiTo optimize fitness for life, there are 6 key areas that should be attended to on a consistent, life-long basis. We can slack our attention for brief periods without much consequence, but get back on track quickly and the results are better. On the Senior Fitness.com website these 6 topics ...
Views: 1718(1 vote) - Sugar – A Primary Enemy of Optimal Aging - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Frank WilhelmiA Less-than-timely Admission: At the American Heart Association's 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, researchers reported that sugar-based drinks actually do contribute to heart disease and diabetes. That confession is about 50 years late in ...
Views: 1907(1 vote) - Type-2 Diabetes, genes and gene expression - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2012 from Frank WilhelmiTwo recent news articles announced discovery of 13 gene variants that make us susceptible to developing type-2 diabetes later in life. The point of this article is that you don’t have to be a victim of genetic variants; you may be more susceptible to some disease of aging, but you don’t have to ...
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