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