Australian_Mens_Fitness_April_2017

26 MEN’S FITNESS APRIL 2017

Love broccoli or hate it, you’ll

probably be wanting more of

it once you read this. Packed

with tons of vitamins, minerals, and

antioxidant phytonutrients that help you

stay fit and trim, broccoli also contains

niacin (alias “vitamin B3”), which helps

create an enzyme called NMN (for

nicotinamide mononucleotide).

Now a study conducted on mice at

the Washington School of Medicine has

revealed that the NMN in broccolihelps y

body use energy more efficiently, slow

age-related weight gain, boosts eyesig

and improves insulin sensitivity.In othe

it staves off many of the negative effects

Even as the NMN-munching study mice

their metabolism and energy levels remai

with that of younger, friskier rodents.Can

You can still reap the benefits of NMN by e

chicken, pork, tuna, mushrooms, capsicu

which are also rich sources of niacin.

■ A compound in aged cheeses may help

keep you alive longer, says Nature Medicine.

Italian researchers found that subjects who

ate higher amounts of mature cheese had

40% less risk of heart failure. The compound,

spermidine (also abundant in soybeans and

mushrooms), was first isolated from semen,

winning it our award for “Most Unappetising-

Sounding Health Boon Ever”.

Broccoli:

a pep stalk

from Mother

Nature

YO-YO

DIETING MAY

BE A GUT

REACTION

■ After Israeli

researchers put

mice through a

cycle of weight

loss and gain, they

found that the

rodents’ systems all

returned to normal

but one: Their

microbiomes (germ

colonies) stayed in

“obese” mode for

six extra months,

Naturereports.

It seems the

little guys’ guts

remembered

obesity fondly,

and sped up weight

gain when off

the diet.

The finding may

lead to treatments

to combat yo-yo

dieting. Till then,

fortify your gut

with plenty

of probiotic

(yoghurt, kimchi)

and prebiotic

(asparagus,

onion) foods.

OLDER

CHEESE

HELPS YOU

GET OLDER

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Studies show that

having the right

balance of probiotics

in your intestinal

system improves

digestion and

increases absorption.

That means nutrients

travel faster through

the body, hastening

recovery and rehab.

Research also

indicates that

probiotics help reduce

muscle inflammation

resulting from intense

workouts.

To maintain

gut harmony, MF

recommends drinking

Perkii Probiotic

Water, which comes

in a variety of fruity

flavours. A 300ml

bottles contains

billions of probiotics

and only 26 calories.

perkii.com.au

Everyone seems
to be talking
about the value
of probiotics for
gut health, but
can they also
help athletic
performance?

Ask Men’s Fitness

Uni scientists.

This helps your

body burn more

fat and protects it

against high bp,

pre-diabetes, and

diabetes.

■ Pretend you’re

watching yourself

stuff your face. To

drop kilos, try a little

mental imagery,

says a new report

from Aberdeen Uni

in the UK. Seeing

yourself from an

external perspective

could help you put

SCIENCE

SAYS: LOSE

WEIGHT 3

HEALTHY

NEW WAYS

■ Have dinner

earlier. Stop

eating around

mid-afternoon, and

don’t start again till

morning. “Restricted

feeding” cuts

appetite and ups

fat burning at

night, say

Pennington

Biomedical

Research Center

researchers in

the US.

■ Go low carb once

a week. Eating just

three low-carb

meals in a 24-hour

period lowers your

insulin resistance,

say Michigan

Nutriti

Breakthroughs