Sugar-Free: means no table sugar (sucrose) has been added not that the food is free of sugar.
Archive for March, 2007
Testosterone
During puberty a surge of testosterone builds muscles on boys. After about age twenty there is a decline in testosterone as a result as men age their muscles grow weaker, that is unless you do weight bearing exercises. To give men back their muscles the health industry developed testosterone in a bottle.
Mayo clinic conducted a two year study with 58 healthy men in their 60s and 70s; 27 men were supplied a patch with 5mg of testosterone and 31 men with a placebo patch. After a two year period the men with the testosterone patch did gain three pounds of muscle but other than that both groups had the same results. Physical strength, endurance, and quality of life of those using the placebo patch was equal to those using the testosterone patch.
Quote from Institute On Aging “In fact, giving extra testosterone to older men could increase their risk of prostate cancer or stimulate the growth of existing prostate tumors”.
Next week I will report on growth hormones and creatine
Muscles In A Bottle
I just received my April issue of Nutrition Action, a health letter from the Center For Science in the Public Interest. www.cspinet.org In this issue is an article on Muscles In A Bottle.
As we age we start to lose muscle and gain fat; the health industry has been quick to supply the American public with a quick fix in a bottle known as Human Growth Hormones. Some prefer injections from their physicians for up to $15,000 dollars a year. Unfortunately rather than the growth of your muscles HGH may promote the growth of tumors. Nutrition Action review four of the HGH products in their April issue. Over the next few days I will report their findings starting today with DHEA.
DHEA(dehydroeplandrosterone) is made by your adrenal glands and is converted into testoterone and estrogen in your cells. 10 years ago their was a small study from the University of California that claimed DHEA improved muscle strength in men but not in women.
Since this study was released there have been seven more studies conducted in four other countries. Over a two year period there was no improvement in muscle strength, exercise capacity or quality of life for those taking the HGH supplements compared to those taking the placebo.
To Be Continued
Selenium
Selenium, although the scientific community is not ready to herald this mineral as a miracle cure it is starting to show great promise. Studies show that it may prevent osteoarthritis, cloged arteries and boost your immune system.
Infact studies with humans suggest that low levels of selenium increase your risk of heart attacks and strokes.
A word of caution before you run out and buy a selenium supplement; too much is just as harmful as not enough. You need 55mg in a day, most adults get 100mg a day through the food you eat, more than 400mg. a day can be toxic.
The best food source for selenium are brazil nuts; one brazil nut will provide 68 to 90mg. of selenium.
A nut a day may keep the doctor away.
Source: www.environmentalnutrition.com
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