By Agatha Thrash
{Three factors have been published in our last three editions: psychological nutritional and lifestyle factors Here is the fourth part.}
Blood Chemistry Factors
Elevated non-fasting plasma homocysteine levels ( an amino acid that is produced in the body. A high homocysteine level can damage the lining of the arteries.) associated with increased rates of mortality from all causes as well as from heart disease in the elderly.
A 5-year study done by the National Institutes of Health, showed that high iron levels are an increased risk of coronary heart disease deaths; as well as total number of deaths from all causes. Four thousand men and women aged 71 and over were studied. The higher their iron levels, the higher their risks of total causes of deaths and especially coronary heart disease. There is also growing research indicating high iron levels specifically give an increased risk of heart attacks and cancer. These new studies reveal that the picture is not entirely simple and other factors may be involved.
Insulin resistance is a strong marker for the aging process. The condition is inherited but requires an unhealthful lifestyle for it to fully develop. Measures should be taken at once, as soon as the diagnosis is made, to correct the lifestyle in order that the aging process can be retarded.
If insulin resistance is not treated, it leads to diabetes, as well as an increased risk of hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and the cluster of disorders associated with each of these diseases. Adequate quantities of growth hormone promote living long and stimulate muscle growth and strength. Mental acuity is also improved. A number of elderly men were given growth hormone for six months. It was found that 77% of those taking growth hormone developed unwanted side-effects including swelling of the extremities, joint pain, high blood pressure, angina or heart attacks. There is a way to increase growth hormone naturally. Go to bed 3 hours before midnight, even if you sleep only 3 hours after midnight, which will give you about twice as much growth hormone as you would get if you slept 6 hours after midnight. While growth hormone is naturally produced in adults only during sleep, the pituitary produces about twice as much before midnight as after midnight. There are none of the unwanted side effects from this program that one gets from the hormone supplements, and it will cost you not a penny.
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