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Posted in Allergies, Immune System, Rheumatology, longevity on Jul 31st, 2009
Dietary Fats and Inflammation
You may need an oil change!
You are what you eat, that phrase is never truer than when speaking of essential fatty acids. Fats in general become incorporated in to your cells and influence the way they function. Your cells are heavily composed of fats. The cell membrane is responsible for [...]
Posted in Gastrointestinal, Immune System, Rheumatology, longevity on Jul 26th, 2009
The wrong species of bacteria in your intestines is related to inflammatory joint pain in more than half of cases studied according to a study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Disease. Many inflammatory conditions can be associated with a disruption of the beneficial bacteria that line our small intestine and colon including fibromyalgia, Lupus, [...]
Posted in longevity on Jul 11th, 2009
Dieting Monkeys Offer Hope for Living Longer
Jeff Miller/University of Wisconsin-Madison
Canto, left, a 27-year-old rhesus monkey, is on a restricted diet, while Owen, 29, is not. The two monkeys are part of a study of the links between diet and aging.
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