by drebanks | Oct 22, 2009 | Bioidentical hormones, Cancer, Exercise, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Youthful Aging
Telomeres are the end caps on your chromosomes that protect the genetic material during cell division, ensuring a faithful replication. Each time the cell divides, the telomere shortens until it reaches a critical lenth signaling cell sensence or cell death. ...
by drebanks | Oct 11, 2009 | Bioidentical hormones, Cancer, Heart Disease, Osteoporosis, Women's Health, Youthful Aging
A hormone is a molecular messenger that acts on adjacent cells, the cells that produce it or travel to sites throughout the body that are sensitive to its effects. Hormones regulate your body’s energy production, temperature, growth, immune system, reproductive...
by drebanks | Sep 14, 2009 | Heart Disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Type-2 Diabetes, Youthful Aging
Over the last 20-25 years, ever increasing intake of dietary sugars has been implicated in the expanding waistlines of Americans. Those cookies, sodas, and processed foods with artificial sweeteners are doing more harm than just to your figure. In addition to the...
by drebanks | Aug 14, 2009 | Cancer, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Youthful Aging
Risk Peaks with Early Life Obesity The dangers of obesity have been fairly well-publicized in a number of areas. Most people today are aware that obesity increases the risk of diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, sleep apnea, and more. What you may not realize is that...
by drebanks | Jun 24, 2009 | Heart Disease, Men's Health, Nutrition, Uncategorized, Women's Health, Youthful Aging
Superior to Statins in Heart Failure Patients Omega-3 fish oil supplements should be on everyone’s supplement list. Fish oil reduces silent inflammation, helps reduce blood pressure and stabilizes arterial plaque against rupture. Published in the journal...
by drebanks | Jun 21, 2009 | Exercise, Heart Disease, Men's Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Women's Health, Youthful Aging
Supervised Exercise and Nutrition Counseling was Key Results of the SYNERGIE trial reported at the 77th European Athersclerosis Society Congress in April 2008, showed the risk factor profile of high-risk, abdominally obese men with features of the metabolic syndrome...