Your #health is important! Snacking on green tomatoes and apples can prevent #muscle mass loss and atrophy during the #aging process. - http://clapway.com/2015/09/11/green-tomato-muscle-aging123/

It’s common knowledge that apples have a great deal of health benefits. A new study, however, reveals that snacking on both apples and green tomatoes can prevent muscle mass loss and atrophy during the aging process, according to the University of Iowa.

An Apple A Day Keeps the Doctor Away — And Apparently Green Tomatoes, Too

Starting at around the age of 30, people begin to lose muscle mass, which logically affects muscle functionality. This naturally occurring process is referred to as sarcopenia, which is caused by a transcription factor protein called ATF4 that can alter gene expression in skeletal muscle, leading to a reduction in muscle strength, mass and protein synthesis.

Luckily, two compounds – one found in an apple peel and the other in green tomatoes – can decrease these adverse effects and bring down overall levels of ATF4 activity.

Muscle Aging Could be Blocked

Chris Adams, professor of Internal Medicine at University of Iowa, states that muscle weakness and atrophy greatly impacts the quality of life and health for an individual, so these advances are of pivotal importance.

Dr. Adams and his team were able to identify ursolic acid, found in apple peels, and tomatidine, found in green tomatoes, as the strengthening agents that prevent acute muscle wasting due to sedentarism or starvation. The breakthrough research may eventually lead to more studies that will determine whether or not these compounds can effectively block other major causes of muscle deterioration and aging.

The Details of the Study: fight off the aging process

The two-month study was conducted by feeding elderly mice a diet containing .27% ursolic acid or .05% tomatidine. Over time, scientists were able to determine that these particles reduced age-linked muscle by 10% and improved muscle quality and strength by 30%.

Based on the results, ursolic acid and tomatidine may soon be placed into supplements, as well as pharmaceuticals to preserve or restore muscle mass as people grow older. Results could potentially be seen in as little as two months, although the level and intensity of consumption, along with the type and frequency of exercise people engage in, are factors to take into consideration. The complete findings can be found in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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Over Fifty and Well Off? You Should Probably Cut Down on Drinking - http://clapway.com/2015/07/25/over-fifty-and-well-off-you-should-probably-cut-down-on-drinking654/

Whether you think success is an the individualist’s carrot to enjoy after a lifetime of thoughtful adaptation to an increasingly capricious market, or a fictitious stick specifically designed to drive you absolutely mad, heed this – if you’ve achieved equity, had a family (or perhaps chosen not to), and are basically capable of being a healthy, active and sociable fifty-something or older, it may be time for you to stop drinking, or perhaps ease off the drinks, per de rigueur de la classe.

STOP DRINKING? au CONTRAIRE MON CAPITAN

In a statistical study receiving 9,000 responses, researchers have concluded that over-drinking is a “middle class phenomenon,” that is possibly a major strand of social dissonance, causing unnecessary health and social destitution to an extent that really isn’t emotionally or psychologically necessary for an older person who’s already flourished.

To be more specific the study found that men in their early 60s had a higher rate of heavy drinking than all other ages over fifty. Conversely, instead of a latent peak, women’s risk for heavy drinking fell proportionately with age. This isn’t to imply that women *get it* earlier (because somehow, we already knew that).

WHY SHOULD THE SOON-TO-BE-AGED STOP DRINKING?

From the researchers’ study, it appears that the present’s golden-age population may be drinking more frequently, and in heavier doses than they have since they first became acquainted with drinking in college.

Additionally, greater income increases the chances for women over fifty to drink more. However, smoking, higher education diplomas, and fair health each significantly increase the risk of heavy drinking, for both the sexes.

WHY DO MEN HAVE IT EASIER?

When it comes to the risk of drinking, it actually doesn’t. Women’s drinking habits seem unaffected by the status of domestic partnership, but men who live alone are more likely to drink heavily, especially if they’re divorced or separated, especially if they’re caucasian.

MATERNAL INSTINCTS ARE A GOOD THING

Women responsible for others’ care tend to take care of themselves too, in this respect, lowering their likelihood to drink dangerously. In England, though, the researchers declared this phenomenon of increased likelihood for heavy drinking to be more of a “middle class phenomenon,” and so presumably something the fifty-somethings and older of the upper class does not have to be susceptible to. People over fifty in good health, with more income, higher educational diplomas and a generally more active social life are more likely to overdrink than simply stop drinking.

Researchers concluded that this will to alcoholism among those men and women over fifty is something associated with affluence, and the coveted “successful” aging process.

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Can Bears Help Us Achieve Hibernation in Space? - http://clapway.com/2015/07/11/can-bears-help-us-achieve-sleep-hibernation-in-space675/

deep Space exploration will be here someday…

Since the dawn of the science fiction genre, both in the written word and in film and television, it has been dream for humans all over the world to travel the corridors of space. Science fiction movies such as Pitch Black, Pandorum, Alien, and others feature sleep hibernation in space to accommodate the human body’s survival for long periods in space.

Yet so far, there seem to be more problems than solutions in getting to the point where deep space travel is possible, let alone in trying to figure how to maintain the human body in optimal condition in a near zero-gravity environment.

Problems with hibernation in space

A problematic issue with long-term hibernation in space, or anywhere for that matter, is the matter of the loss of bone density in space. Of course, space is bound to bring changes to the body and result in some loss of body mass and other changes. However, changes in bone structure are what stand out the most because they affect your bone strength ability to move.

One other important thing is that the bone is constantly repairing itself and needs protein and calcium to strengthen the collagen it uses to bind the skeletal structure together. While it is more complex than that, the basic idea is such. So, while on Earth, there is much less noticeable bone loss (there still is some due to aging) because the bone heals as much as it breaks down, but this process changes as is exposed to life in space for a long time.

Now how do the bears figure in?

The research came earlier in the year, and was released in the Journal of Experimental Biology. It was dealing with this idea of bone mass regeneration and such seen in bears during hibernation. What researchers found was that while lack of physical activity result in mammals result in loss in bone mass, black bears can be in hibernation for up to six months and not lose one ounce. Zilch.

So what’s the trick? Well, in monitoring the bears, researcher found the hormone CART, which aids in regulating food intake, was present at a concentration fifteen times higher during hibernation. This hormone being present in such high quantities would reduce the amount of bone minerals being broken down, and lessen the amount of time bone regeneration takes. Bears are sort of tricked into thinking they are

The newly discovered biological trick that bears have developed for hibernation may aid in helping to put astronauts into space without worry of losing almost any bone mass, but it may also be used for other things such as helping to treat or cure osteoporosis. More studies have to be made on this phenomenon before testing or even serious considerations are done. So keep an eye on the look for latest news on this weird research, and let us know if you think humans will one day find a method for bearlike hibernation by commenting below.

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Researchers Measure Aging in Young Adults - http://clapway.com/2015/07/08/researchers-measure-aging-in-young-adults987/

Aging- The Bane of Everyone’s Existence

No one likes the thought of growing old, let alone what that would do to your body and all the complications that old age brings. But how is it that young people feel older than they are? Why are others in your age group looking older than you, while some younger?

New Research on the Aging of Young Adults recently published

A recent study that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America sought to observe aging in young adults for the purpose of seeing how aging affects bodily functions in different ways in order to promote longer health spans, less health complications, and less of our money spent on healthcare. But, the study also sought to see if anti-aging therapy had any effect to lessen age-related health issues.

The team of researchers was from all over the world, contributing their expertise on the matter with some of individuals making comments in their own respective press releases, unique to their geographical locations.

The Reason for the Young Age Range

In a press release from Duke Today, Daniel Belsky said, “Most studies of aging look at seniors, but if we want to be able to prevent age-related disease, we’re going to have to start studying aging in young people.”

This is why the study focuses on people in the age range of young adults in their mid-twenties to late thirties. There, with young adults in reasonably good health conditions, researchers can see the effects of aging on organs, which are more sensitive to aging that their outer appearance is. Due to that sensitivity, signs of aging in young adults show up earlier.

The Results

In doing this study, the researchers came up with two ways to measure aging in young adults by measuring how their physiological conditions were inside. As mentioned previously, the organs are more susceptible to aging than people’s initial visible aging reactions, so this would be one of the ways to tell aging. By gauging how aging is affecting the body of young adults before they even reached middle age, health professionals can then decide on a course of treatment to revitalize them.

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Researchers Measure Aging in Young Adults

Learn the latest about the aging process and how it works. - http://clapway.com/2015/07/07/growing-old-faster-than-your-peers-aging-process-explained-223/

Researchers learned to measure the aging process in young adults to understand the phenomenon of why people grow “old” at such differing rates.

If you look around at a 20th high school reunion, you might notice that although your classmates were all born within months of each other, these 38-year-olds appear to be aging at different rates.

That’s actually right, according to researchers of a large long-term human health study in New Zealand that has sought evidences to the aging process in young adults.

Are you aging faster than your peers?

“We set out to measure aging in these relatively young people,” said first author Dan Belsky, an assistant professor of geriatrics in Duke University’s Center for Aging. “Most studies of aging look at seniors, but if we want to be able to prevent age-related disease, we’re going to have to start studying aging in young people.”

Most people think of the aging process as something that happens late in life, Belsky said, but signs of aging were already apparent in these tests over the 12 years of young adulthood: from 26 to 38.

Aging process — setting a “biological age”

According to the paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a set of 18 biological measures may be combined to determine whether people are aging faster or slower than their peers.

The study, which was funded in part by the National Institute on Aging, has tracked more than a thousand people born in 1972-73 in the same town from birth to the present in order to set a “biological age” for each participant, which ranged from under 30 to nearly 60 in the 38-year-olds.

Calculating the aging trajectory by combining multiple measures

Researchers studied the volunteers at age 26, 32 and 38 and found that while most of them aged at a normal pace some of them aged surprisingly slower or faster.

Most participants clustered around an aging rate of one year per year, but others were found to be aging as fast as three years per chronological year. Many were aging at zero years per year, in effect remaining younger than their age.

Belsky said the progress of aging shows in human organs, the metabolic and immune systems, just as it does in eyes, joints and hair, but sooner. Researchers studied several aspects ranging from the measurement of cholesterol to cardiorespiratory fitness, and the condition of the tiny blood vessels at the back of the eyes, which are a proxy for the brain’s blood vessels.

The results of the study

The fastest-aging people tended to have worse balance and coordination and more difficulties in solving unfamiliar problems.

The biologically older individuals also reported being physically weaker than their peers – activities such as walking up stairs were found more challenging.

The aging process isn’t all-genetic

Interestingly studies of twins have found that only about 20 percent of aging can be attributed to genes, Belsky said. “There’s a great deal of environmental influence,” he said.

“That gives us some hope that medicine might be able to slow aging and give people more healthy active years,” said senior author Terrie Moffitt, the Nannerl O. Keohane professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke.

Understanding aging process of young adults may help anti-aging therapies

The study is significant because it looks at young adults, rather than at the second half of the average person’s life. Looking at young people’s aging process could open a new door for anti-aging therapies, researchers wrote.

“The science of healthspan extension may be focused on the wrong end of the lifespan; rather than only studying old humans, geroscience should also study the young.”

“As we get older, our risk grows for all kinds of different diseases,” Belsky said. “To prevent multiple diseases simultaneously, aging itself has to be the target. Otherwise, it’s a game of whack-a-mole.”

Could integrating studies on the aging process in young adults help us tracing aging trajectories?

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Growing Old Faster Than Your Peers? Aging Process Explained