Vitamin K To Stay Feeling Younger
Stay Young with Vitamin K There is a good chance that you have heard of Vitamin K at some point. You may not know exactly what it is or what it does though. You may remember that vitamin K helps coagulate the blood.
New research is showing that it is also a powerful antioxidant, beating out even vitamin E and coenzyme Q10. This means that vitamin K does more than scientists previously believed. It has important uses everywhere in the body. Getting enough of it can help slow down the aging process.
We suffer from increasing inflammation as we age, which can cause everything from heart disease to difficult even walking around. The body seems to increase some hormones as we get older, and decrease others, and this can lead to arthritis, blood vessel disease, heart disease, and Alzheimers.
Vitamin K can help combat this and reduce the effects of these debilitating diseases. Arteries are hardened when calcium enters the arteries and forms lesions. This is linked to heart disease. However, vitamin K may reduce the amount of calcium in the arteries and reduce damage to heart valves. The other half of this is calcium leaving the bones.
Vitamin K has been shown to keep the flow of calcium between bones and arteries stable, leaving it exactly where it is needed. This can help with the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. One of the leading causes of strokes is high blood pressure.
While salt has played a roll in this, calcium does as well, and maybe even more so. Since vitamin K regulates the amount of calcium in the blood, it may help decrease your risk of stroke and other blood vessel related problems. Diabetes affects millions of people.
Vitamin K is stored in the pancreas, and studies have shown that not having enough vitamin K can affect how much glucose is released into the blood stream and how much insulin is produced.
Tips Healthy Aging Seniors
Prescribing human growth hormone for antiaging is illegal. Clinics should be thoroughly investigated before starting HGH therapy.
Double-blind studies are continuing to find out if the claims of a leaner body mass and better bone density are actually achieved by taking the human growth hormone. Side effects have to be studied to decide the safety of this synthetic hormone. One of the side effects includes edema in the lower part of the body and a suspicious link to increased cancer risk.
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Getting enough vitamin K could become a treatment of human diabetes. If you are lacking in vitamin K elsewhere in your body, there is a good chance it is missing from your brain as well. This affects the amount of calcium in the brain. Some scientists believe that these low levels of vitamin K may play a roll in Alzheimers disease. Getting adequate amounts may help prevent or slow down this disease.
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin, but it is not stored in the body. Vitamin K deficiency appears to be common than initially believed, and can be linked to poor diet, medications, and environmental stress. You can get vitamin K naturally from the foods you eat. You can find it in green, leafy vegetables, as well as other vegetables and fruits. Fermented foods and some cheeses also contain it.
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Eating foods with hydrogenated oils can prevent your body from using it properly. You can also get vitamin K from supplements. Patients taking blood thinners should not take additional vitamin K, and always check with your doctor before making changes in your daily routine. Getting enough of vitamin K is just one of the many things that you can do to help your self age in a healthy and satisfying way.
Healthy Aging Issues Today
09/04/2008
Aging Eastland Center getting mini makeover (Detroit Free Press)
Eastland Center in Harper Woods has had its share of ups and downs, like other aging malls around metro Detroit. While Eastland has struggled for its share of tenants, it appears to have turned the corner as it begins welcoming retailers to spaces that have been vacant for several years.
Aging Eastland Center getting mini makeover (Detroit Free Press)
09/05/2008
Old before their time? Aging in flies under natural vs. laboratory conditions (PhysOrg)
Evolutionary studies of aging typically utilize small, short-lived animals (insects, worms, mice) under benign conditions - constant temperature and humidity, no parasites, superabundant food - in the laboratory. Oddly enough, very little is known about aging in such animals in their harsh, stressful natural environments. Could it be that these laboratory "guinea pigs" actually age much more ...
Old before their time? Aging in flies under natural vs. laboratory conditions (PhysOrg)
09/05/2008
Old before their time? Aging in flies under natural vs. laboratory conditions (EurekAlert!)
( University of Chicago Press Journals ) Evolutionary studies of aging use short-lived animals under laboratory conditions -- constant temperature and humidity, no parasites, superabundant food. Researchers identified individual stilt-legged flies in their harsh natural environments while simultaneously monitoring their cousins in the lab. In males, the rate of aging was as least two times ...
Old before their time? Aging in flies under natural vs. laboratory conditions (EurekAlert!)
09/05/2008
Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Recognizes 'National Grandparents Day' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Secretary of Aging Nora Dowd Eisenhower today urged Pennsylvanians to salute grandparents during National Grandparents Day, Sept. 7, for providing care, love and the link to family history.
Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Recognizes 'National Grandparents Day' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
09/05/2008
AT&T and Mayor's Commission on Aging Host 'Cell Phones for Seniors' Event in Philadelphia September 9th (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
AT&T Inc. and the Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Aging announced today the launch of a new public service initiative designed to benefit Philadelphia's mature adult population.
AT&T and Mayor's Commission on Aging Host 'Cell Phones for Seniors' Event in Philadelphia September 9th (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
09/05/2008
AT&T and Mayor's Commission on Aging Host 'Cell Phones for Seniors' Event in Philadelphia September 9th (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
AT&T Inc. and the Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Aging announced today the launch of a new public service initiative designed to benefit Philadelphia's mature adult population.
AT&T and Mayor's Commission on Aging Host 'Cell Phones for Seniors' Event in Philadelphia September 9th (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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