My computer crashed, and despite external backup, my February notes were lost. I am combining my old websites and adding a nutrition consensus site to share what experts choose to take for supplements and why they make those choices: yourdesignmockup.com/personal-health. And I have just submitted a research paper on how ingredients in Mito-C reduce the risk of age-associated diseases like arthritis (attached).
Short Notes:
80% of treatments for back pain, especially surgery, are useless or harmful. Yoga is best; There are well-established effects of physical exercise in attenuating vascular dysfunction, hypertension, IGF-1 deficiency, and cognitive decline; High protein diet increases cardiovascular disease; Doing a task for altruistic reasons reduces pain; READER QUESTION: What can I do to boost my immune system?see ROC ANSWER in long notes; READER QUESTION: Is mangosteen good for energy? ROC ANSWER: 4 articles in AJCN do not mention energy effects. I am skeptical; To find more answers, search my websites:
https://nutritioninvestigator.org/nutrition/corzoogle.php
https://nutritioninvestigator.org/?p=1554
READER QUESTION: I recall hearing about that at some point, mangosteen. At my website I state: Xalo Limitless got a strong endorsement from a reader for providing a long term energy boost. I have not tried it, though it has an interesting list of ingredients. It claims its main effect is from mangosteen, which WebMD states may aid for diseases, though there is no scientific evidence. ROC ANSWER: 4 articles in AJCN do not mention energy effects. I am skeptical.
Long Notes:
My computer crashed, and despite external backup, my February notes were lost. One item I recall is from AARP, “80% of treatments for back pain, especially surgery, are useless or harmful. Yoga is best.”
Physical exercise provides a relevant model for supporting prolonged health, given the well-established effects of exercise in attenuating vascular dysfunction, hypertension, IGF-1 deficiency, and cognitive decline.
High protein diet increases cardiovascular disease and plaque – Science 14 Feb, pg 754
Doing a task for altruistic reasons reduces pain– Science 14 Feb, pg 754
READER QUESTION: What can I do to boost my immune system?ROC ANSWER: I am not a medical doctor, but here is what reading the literature says. For your immune system, vitamin D, 5,000 IU daily is fine. 2 g fish oil daily. My new supplement, Mito-C, has vitamin C and EGCG, which boost your immune system and make antibiotics more effective. It combines the effects of green tea and caloric restriction. Taking AREDs daily is a fine way to get the vitamin E that boosts the immune system. You need enough vitamin A, but best to get it from yellow veggies including carrots. Drink yogurt and high fiber daily to boost your microbiome which is vital to immune system. “Your gut contains about 160 species of bacteria (out of 1,000 possibilities), with 3.3 million genes compared to only 20,000 in your human DNA.“ A multivitamin without iron or calcium would be useful to provide the zinc, thiamine, and other nutrients needed, though a good diet with salad, fruit and vegetables would be much better. You can get lots more reinforcement of these ideas by searching key word “immun” at my two sites:
https://nutritioninvestigator.org/nutrition/corzoogle.php
https://nutritioninvestigator.org/?p=1554 yellow block upper right
READER QUESTION: I recall hearing about that at some point, mangosteen. At my website I state: Xalo Limitless got a strong endorsement from a reader for providing a long term energy boost. I have not tried it, though it has an interesting list of ingredients. It claims its main effect is from mangosteen, which WebMD states may aid for diseases, though there is no scientific evidence. ROC ANSWER: 4 articles in AJCN do not mention energy effects. I am skeptical.
