Live Younger Now!

“Being too focused on carb counting can, ironically, lead people to lose sight of eating well.  A group of 8 to 21 year-olds with type 1 diabetes and their parents reported preferring packaged to whole foods – like bulk grains or beans – because the number of carbs is clearly labeled on the packaging.  Some parents limited or even excluded fruit from their child’s diet over concerns about glucose spikes.  Researchers say a healthy diet shouldn’t be just a numbers game; food quality counts too.” -Source: Diabetes Care, December 2009-

“Fewer than a quarter of U.S. adults eat the recommended five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day.  But according to researchers, using an interactive Web site may help buck the trend.  Researchers randomly assigned 2,540 men and women to use either a general nutrition Web site or one of two interactive3 sites that tailored their information to match their dietary needs and restrictions, goals, and interests.  At the end of the yearlong study, participants who visited the individualized sites fared better than those using the traditional one.”  Source: American Journal of Public Health, Feb. 2010  For information on premium nutritional food supplements click here.

“Getting active may be good for your brain.  In a study of o9ver 1,300 adults, researchers learned that those who exercised moderately in midlife were 39 percent less likely than other to have mild cognitive impairment, a state between dementia and the normal mental decline that happens with age.  And in participants who did moderate exercise later in life, the odds of having the condition dropped by 32 percent.  Another study found that high-intensity aerobic exercise helped adults with mild cognitive impairment improve their condition more than a stretching program did.”  Source: Archives of Neurology, Jan 2010

According to the May 2010 Diabetes Forecast, there are food we should be eating but are probably not.  Here is the list: beets, sardines, brussels sprouts, pumpkin seeds,  and kale.  For more information on these super foods and recipes read the article.

“Midlife fitness pays.  Researchers who studied date on more than 13,500 women le3arned that of those who survived to age 70 and beyond, the ones who exercised more when they were middle-aged were less likely to have one of 10 major chronic diseases, heart surgery, physical limitations, or cognitive impairment.  Even just walking made a difference in long-term health outcomes.  What’s more, the benefits showed up in both lean and overweight women.” Source: Archives of Internal Medicine, Jan 25, 2010

“The older you get, the harder it is to fall asleep and stay asleep.  But that’s completely normal, according to researchers in the United Kingdom.  They studied 110 people who had no sleep disorders and found that adults ages 66 to 83 slept 43 minutes less per night than 20 to 30 year olds.  How often participants woke up during the night increased and how much time the spent in deep sleep decreased, with age. despite getting less sleep, older adults were less likely to be drowsy during the day than the young participants.  According to the study’s authors, knowing daytime sleepiness isn’t normal in seniors could help doctors spot sleeping disorders.” Source: Sleep, Feb 1, 2010 – for information regarding natural sleep inducing herbs click here.

“They may drive you nuts at times, but a study says kids may drive down your blood pressure, too.  Researchers asked 198 married men and women to wear a blood pressure monitor for 24 hours.  They found that parents’ systolic blood pressure (top number0 was 6 points lower than that of non-parents, while their diastolic blood pressure (bottom number) was 3 points lower.  The link was strongest in women: Mothers scored nearly 12 and 7 points lower in systolic and diastolic pressure, respectively, compared with women without children.  The researchers hypothesize that parent derive meaning and purpose from life’s little stressors.” Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Jan. 14, 2020