Amino Acids Help Aging Athletes Deliver Olympic Medal Performances
Longtime world-class athletes have discovered that taking amino acid supplements can help them successfully challenge their much younger opponents in World Sporting Events. Lance Armstrong going for his 8th Tour de France, 41 year old Dara Torres, who swam her way to a Silver Medal in the 50 meter free-style in Beijing. Their world class performances this late in an athlete's life are partly credited to an Amino Acid Solution, that helps in the preparation and recover quickly during and after training and competitive events.

The worldwide nutritional transition to a standard “Western diet” that has occurred over the last 1-2 decades has resulted in an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes and the myriad co-morbidities associated with those diseases such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, and cancer. It is estimated that 1 in 3 to 1 in 5 Americans are obese depending on the definition of obesity, and that over 17 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes with a rapidly rising incidence especially among the young. The recognition of obesity as a major health problem is reflected by the fact that obesity has a stronger association with chronic medical conditions, reduced quality of life, and increased health costs than smoking or drinking and that this association is similar to the impact of 20 years of aging.

Over the last 50 years, there has been an unprecedented boom in science, technology and medicine. Yet, despite our ever-increasing knowledge of how the body works, diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and cancer have reached epidemic proportions especially over the last 2 decades. Many “experts” have attributed this increase to the growing population of baby boomers who have been kept alive longer because of our enhanced medical skills. However, the growth rate of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease far exceeds the growth rate of aging. The only conclusion is that we are not bringing what we learn about health and disease to clinical and practical application.

Carpus is a word derived from the Greek word "karpos" which means "wrist." The wrist is surrounded by a band of fibrous tissue that normally functions as a support for the joint. The tight space between this fibrous band and the wrist bone is called the carpal tunnel. The median nerve passes through the carpal tunnel to receive sensations from the thumb, index, and middle fingers of the hand. Any condition that causes swelling or a change in position of the tissue within the carpal tunnel can squeeze and irritate the median nerve. Irritation of the median nerve in this manner causes tingling and numbness of the thumb, index, and the middle fingers, a condition known as "carpal tunnel syndrome." I run into 3 people last week alone, who just underwent surgery for carpal tunnel.

I have been coming across more and more articles and products lately that promote Antioxidants. This is clearly a very hot topic especially as more data comes out linking the potential harmful effects of free radicals and reactive oxygen species, or whichever term you prefer. Through all this hype, a very important fact is left in the background. Oxygen radicals are a critical part of cell metabolism. The passing of electrons from one chemical agent to another in a series of what is called oxidation-reduction reactions generates the energetic momentum to form high-energy molecules that are used for every cellular process that requires the input of energy. As a consequence of this chain reaction, the production of free oxygen radicals is a requisite step.

American Academy of Pediatrics raises daily recommended intake from 200 to 400 IU's for Children.
Just days after commenting on the the article titled “Lack of Vitamin D Boosts Death Risk”, an announcement was released by the American Academy of Pediatrics that is has raised the recommendation for the daily intake of Vitamin D for infants, children and adolescents.