admin @ July 20, 2011 # No Comment Yet
As a teenager, one can go for fried and packaged food items and yet not bother about weight gain. However, with age anything fatty just seems to add to your flabs. The reason is the loss of Human Growth Hormones with age. Human growth hormone produced by pituitary glands in the human body decreases by [...]
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admin @ April 20, 2011 # No Comment Yet
Glutamic Acid is a nonessential amino acid that the body uses to build proteins. It can be obtained from eating meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy products. The fluid produced by the prostate gland contains significant amounts of glutamic acid. This had led scientists to believe that glutamic acid may play a role in the [...]
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admin @ March 10, 2011 # No Comment Yet
With age, diminishes the flexibility of our body. Older people are more prone to stiffness and orthopedic injury than younger people because of physical inactivity. Over time, muscles become stiffer and joints degenerate, producing less joint-lubricating synovial fluid. Connective tissues gradually lose their elasticity and muscle fibers shorten. This loss in flexibility can make common [...]
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admin @ January 24, 2011 # No Comment Yet
The changes in the lean body mass are combined with a decline in plasma DHEA-S and IGF-1 concentration and a rise in plasma TNF-alpha concentrations and oxidative stress, which, as a result, may interact with the anthropometric changes- thereby triggering a worsening of insulin-mediated glucose uptake. The researchers report that age-related environmental factors- specifically, changes [...]
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admin @ January 16, 2011 # No Comment Yet
Generally, you should aim for raising your heart rate during exercise to about 70-85% of its maximum capacity. Subtract your age by 220 and multiply the result by .70%, then also multiply the result by .85%. This is your target heart rate zone, which will give you the greatest benefits available while not straining your [...]
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admin @ January 5, 2011 # No Comment Yet
Tryptophan is an essential amino acid. It is obtained in the diet from bananas, beans, brewer’s yeast, cottage cheese, dairy products, dates, eggs, fish, legumes, whole grains etc. Tryptophan is required for the production of vitamin B3 (niacin), which is vital for the brain to manufacture serotonin. Tryptophan is a precursor of the transmitter serotonin, [...]
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admin @ December 28, 2010 # No Comment Yet
elvet bean is a botanical used in Ayurveda, the Indian system of traditional medicine. Velvet bean is a source of dopa, which the brain converts into the neurotransmitter dopamine. Modern Ayurvedic medicine has employed velvet bean seed to treat Parkinson’s disease. The brains of Parkinson’s patients are low in the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine can be [...]
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admin @ December 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Inositol hexaphosphate, or IP6, is a naturally occurring component of plant fiber that is thought to possess antioxidant, anticancer, and other beneficial properties. It can be found in the germ of bran portion of whole grains (especially whole kernel corn) and legumes. As inositol hexanicotinate is slowly metabolized by the body and releases niacin over [...]
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admin @ December 19, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Estrogen is one of the female hormones that help regulate a woman’s passage through menstruation, fertility and menopause. Estrogen is one of the most powerful hormones in the human body. Estrogen levels in the body can affect a wide range of tissues and organs, from the brain to the liver and to the bones themselves. [...]
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admin @ December 15, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Serine is a non essential amino acid needed for the metabolism of fats and fatty acids, muscle growth, and to maintain a healthy immune system- as it aids the production of immunoglobulins and antibodies. It also plays an important role in the manufacture of cell membranes, and the synthesis of both muscle tissue and the [...]
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admin @ December 6, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Polyphenols are potent antioxidants found in both green and black tea. Although most of the research on tea has been done in the laboratory and on animals, there is strong evidence that tea offers positive heath benefits to humans. Herbal teas do not contain polyphenols in any significant amount. Polyphenols, particularly the flavonoids, are among [...]
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admin @ November 15, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Experts agree that older people especially should check with their physicians before embarking on any exercise program. Once you’ve been given the go ahead, the key is to get moving and have fun doing it. Give yourself feedback. For example, wear a pedometer, which will measure the number of footsteps you’ve taken, so you can [...]
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admin @ November 9, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Cholesterol is a crystalline substance made up of fats. Naturally, it is found all throughout the body- in the brain, liver, blood and bile. Produced mainly in the liver, cholesterol is needed for the body to function properly. It is used by the cells to build membranes. It is needed to make bile salts, hormones [...]
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admin @ November 9, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Zinc is one of the most important trace elements in the body for many biological functions. It is a vital ingredient of more than 300 enzymes needed for a healthy immune system, to repair wounds, maintain fertility in adults and growth in children, synthesize protein, help cells reproduce, preserve vision, boost immunity, and protest against [...]
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admin @ October 12, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The right place for protein in a healthy diet is a problematic concept for many Americans to grasp, fir virtually all of us have been brought up with the notion that ‘more is better’ where protein is concerned. In a sense, traditional nutritional ideas about protein have been oriented toward an outmoded model of building [...]
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