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A daily multivitamin and mineral supplement with added herbal ingredients may boost memory in older women, but no effects were seen for other mental processes, suggest data from a randomized controlled trial from Australia.

Source/Read More: NUTRAingredients.com

Big news for anyone born after the year 2000: They’ll probably live to 100, according to research from Denmark. That’s roughly 20 years longer than the life expectancy of the rest of us. But we could live that long, too, says Dr. Walter Bortz II, a clinical associate professor of medicine at Stanford University: “What’s holding us back are bad habits.”

Luck and genetics play roles in longevity, of course, but you can’t control that. To hike your odds of hitting 100, focus on what you can do, like loading up on fruits and veggies (add five years), working out five days a week (add two to four years), and cutting down on stress (may add up to six years).

Source/Read More: CBSNews.com

“Our results suggest that long-term meditators have white-matter fibers that are either more numerous, more dense or more insulated throughout the brain,” said Eileen Luders, visiting assistant professor at the U.C.L.A. Laboratory of Neuro Imaging and lead author of the study.

“We also found that the normal age-related decline of white-matter tissue is considerably reduced in active meditation practitioners.”

Luders and her team used a new type of brain imaging system called diffusion tensor imaging. It allows scientists to see structural connectivity of regions in the brain.

Read more at the Mother Nature Network.

Number one on the list is particularly important for those who wholly or mostly eat a vegetarian diet:

Mistake #1: You avoid all animal protein.
Why it’s aging you: You may lack of vitamin B12. which is essential for energy.

Found only in foods that are derived from animals, this nutrient helps regulate your metabolism and energy production and is key to maintaining a healthy brain and nervous system. “Fatigue is a classic sign of B12 deficiency, which usually occurs in people who don’t eat very much animal protein,” says Danine Fruge, MD, associate medical director of the Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa in Miami. Chewing a lot of antacids to relieve heartburn can also lead to B12 deficiency because antacids interfere with B12 absorption.

Check out the entire article at Yahoo.com for ways to fix this problem (ex. foods rich in B12, supplements), as well as other mistakes you might be making in your diet.

Research is showing that increased levels of insulin in the body causes increased release of amyloid into the brain. Amyloid is very sticky and forms plaques in the brain which is what researchers look for as the hallmark sign of Alzheimer’s disease.

“Some amyloid is always released in our brains, but there are mechanisms that out brain uses to destroy the amyloid,” says Dr. Sauer. “Higher levels of insulin not only cause more release of amyloid, but also prevent the brain from eliminating this toxic substance. There are studies that have shown increased amyloid in the fluid of the brain in people who are given insulin but are not diabetic.”

Source/Read More: todaysthv.com

SCIENTISTS have identified eight genes which could slow down the ageing process – and help people live longer.

The genes control levels of the main steroid produced by the adrenal gland, which is believed to play a role in human ageing and longevity.

Until now, scientists have known little about this natural steroid, known as dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate – DHEAS – except that levels of it decline sharply with age.

We lose 95 per cent of it by the time we reach 85.

Source: The Daily Record

Water is the number one nutrient for your body. Without clean, fresh, uncontaminated water, you will not maintain your body’s fluid balance, which consists of 90 percent water. Minerals and many vitamins are transported to our cells with this fluid. Many basic reactions and enzymes require water.

To prevent your body from building up toxic compounds, you need to flush them out. This can be accomplished by simply drinking fresh water. Check where your water comes from? Old water pipes may leach into the water system over time. (Many large cities offer free water testing kits. Look into it.)

Also ranking high: eggs, sardines and flax seed. Click through to see all ten. How many are in your cupboards and refrigerators?

For instance, we tend to think of divorce as a negative but necessary in some cases option. Interestingly enough, men who divorced without remarrying tended to die earlier while women in the same situation lived longer, leading the authors to speculate that staying single or divorced as opposed to sticking it out in a bad marriage may be healthier for women. Even more surprising, women who outlived their husbands tended to go on to lead long lives, while in most cases men who outlived their wives died shortly after their wives’ passing.

The following are links to some reviews of the book, including Blog Critics, which is where the above section is from:

Blog Critics
The Atlantic
The Week
The Wall Street Journal

Researchers spent four years analyzing death certificates from every U.S. county for cause of death, socioeconomic factors and other data. Results showed that of the top 20 counties with the highest life expectancy – 75.8 to 78.2 years for men 80.5 to 82.5 years for women – 11 for men and five for women were in Colorado and Utah, with a mean elevation of 5,967 feet above sea level.

For the possible science behind it, and what it could mean for future heart disease therapies, visit ThirdAge.com.

The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, finds women in the exercise group decreased the overall risk of having any fracture, compared to a control group. No hip fractures occurred in the exercise group during the follow-up period, while five hip fractures occurred in the control group.

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Exercise May Reduce Fracture Risk in Women