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FSA Identifies Cancer Poison in Pringles

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Cancer, Glycation, longevity

The poison - Acrylamide - is also in Tesco own label ‘hoops’, Hula Hoops and Duchy Original Crisps.
Acrylamide has the "potential to cause cancer even at very low levels of exposure". The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been studying the levels of acrylamide in common foods for 3 years. It has been tricky for [...]

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Antioxidants Crucial For Health

October 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Anti-oxidants, Diet, Glycation, inflammation

Antioxidants have been recognized as vital for good health since the early 1980s. However, one class of antioxidant is particularly beneficial: the poyphenols.
Polyphenols are particularly beneficial for reducing the risk of heart disease as well as for reducing aging tendencies in general.
Professor Williamson, Professor of Function Foods at Leeds University, has published a list [...]

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Hi Slim - 2" From Waist

September 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Diet, Glycation, Weight loss

Following the most recent change I made to my diet - cutting back on food cooked at high-temperature - I lost 2 inches off my waist.
This was not intentional and I don’t know why this effect would occur: but it was the only thing that I changed.
The reason I cut down on "high [...]

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Alzheimer’s Drugs Fail

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Glycation, Homocysteine, inflammation, longevity

Drug companies researching Alzheimer’s Disease have focused on two of the probably causes involving the presence of the two proteins beta-amyloid and tau. 
It is thought that beta-amyloid may well be the starting point of Alzheimer’s. Two drugs aimed at this protein have, after considerable research, been dumped. another drug being developed by a Scottish [...]

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How To Avoid Aging Wrinkles

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Blood sugar, Glycation, longevity

Avoiding facial wrinkles is a big issue for many people - especially many women. Some resort to extreme measures such as injecting toxins into the skin - Botox - or surgical operations.
However, this ignores the main functional problem produced by  wrinkles; they don’t just affect the face, but affect the whole body. In fact, [...]

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Longevity: Staying Healthy While Aging Is One Thing; But Living To 150….?

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Glycation, Homocysteine, health, longevity

Longevity is easier to achieve today than it has ever been. We are killing ourselves a little bit every day in ways that are not that hard to address. We just need the knowledge, and the will to do so.
4 of the main ways we are slowly killing ourselves are:

By allowing blood homocysteine to [...]

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