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.

New Studies on monkeys

The NewYork times reported recently that Richard Weindruch’s team for the University of Wisconsin published an ongoing study in the journal Science, showed an increase in life quality for the group that followed the diet than the group who ate the quantity they wanted. The studies had been going since 20 years and should wait till all the monkeys are dead to confirm the conclusion on cancer protection. The study was published midway as the results even now give a clear indication on the difference between the two groups under the study: one with restrictive diet and the other without.  more…

Rule #3 As For Supplement, Take vitamin D and forget the rest

There is an easy way to acquire vitamin D: just expose yourself to sun for 10 minutes/day and your body will produce naturally the right amount of vitamin D you need. To have the maximum effect expose your whole body unprotected (you can keep your bathing suit though). Unfortunately with all the ads on skin cancer, the general population are starting to miss off that essential vitamin.

Supplements are for deficiency

The doctor prescribed your vitamin or essential elements for your deficiency should be the major case to take supplement. The only essential element missing in Western diet is vitamin D. If you follow the American Dietary Guidelines, you should be fine in 99.99% of the cases. A 1000 UI a day should be plenty.
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In an article published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a research team found that eating broccoli daily may help stave off some serious health problems. If eaten regularly, it might have an effect on the cause of a lot of gastric problems and perhaps broccoli can even help prevent stomach cancer.

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