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From: jamesbeebop on 7 Jan 2006 09:29
I am a 36 year old, physically active, married father of four. It has
only been this year that I've become actively concerned with
'longevity'. I suffer from occasional bouts with anxiety and panic,
and in looking for better answers than prescription SSRI's, I started
down the life extension path. :)

My diet is reasonably good, though not very formal. I tend to eat
blueberries and raspberries with my breakfast, look for healthy
alternatives, eat out daily (because of my job) but usually try and
have something raw and colorful. :)

Frankly, after doing a good bit of reading over the past year or so ...
I still find supplements to be very confusing. I'm curious to hear
opinions regarding my supplement regimen, especially as regards my age,
activity level, current issues, etc.

I currently take:

Enzymatic Therapy pro-biotic - once daily, in the morning
Life Extension Mix multi-nutrient, 3 tablets, 3 times daily
Life Extension booster, once daily
3 grams MSM, twice daily
2 grams Life Extension super EPA/DHA, twice daily
50mg CoQ10, twice daily
200mg alpha lipoic acid, twice daily
500mg turmeric, twice daily
500mg ginger, twice daily
extra vitamin B, once daily
440mg calcium, twice daily (contains D3 as well, from LEF)
500mg magnesium, twice daily


I took SAMe for approximately 2 months, primarily for it's effect on
mood. I thought I noticed a definite improvement, but had also stepped
up my exercise level at the same time. I'm currently experimenting
with *not* taking the SAMe, to see if the exercise is providing the
benefit (or more benefit at less cost). I also became concerned about
the SAMe negatively influencing my homocysteine levels, which were a
bit elevated.

I've had my blood work done, about 6 months ago .... and some concerns
which came out of this were ... low HDL (40), high fasting glucose
(98), high homocysteine (9.7) and potentially low fasting insulin
(4.7). My doctor was only concerned with the HDL, because all the
others fell inside lab 'normal'. :)

I'm hoping that six months on this supplement regimen, and improvements
in my diet and exercise levels will have improved these numbers, but
I've not repeated the tests yet.

I welcome any feedback, and also welcome pointers to sources of
information to support the feedback. I am still learning how to find,
read and interpret study results, as well as evaluate other potentially
useful sources of information. As I mentioned earlier, I still find
the whole thing to be quite confusing. :)

Thank you.

James

From: junkmail2869us on 8 Jan 2006 20:38
Omega 3 fish oil. Cured my life-long depression within 3 weeks. Been
taking it for 10 months now; not a single episode of depression in that
time.

It hasn't helped much with concentration for me, which it's reputed to
do, but as a mood stabilizer, it's incredible.

I personally take Nordic naturals Omega 3 liquid, 2 tsp a day, but any
good brand I'm sure is fine.

Nearly every single thing I've ever read about fish oil has been
positive.

From: spotmeter on 8 Jan 2006 09:09
It would be helpful to know your bodyfat percentage. Keeping your
bodyfat low is an excellent way to increase your lifespan. Fasting
once a week, reducing fats and grains, and eating foods high in
nutritional value and low in calories (vegetables, beans) will keep
your body fat low.

Additional vitamin D will help with your mood (google Vitamin D
Council). Somax Stress Reduction will get rid of your panic and anxiety
without drugs (www.somaxsports.com/stressreduction.htm).

From: ironjustice@aol.com on 8 Jan 2006 10:32

Biology Of Fear: UCLA Study Finds Properties Of Yohimbe Tree Bark Hold
Promise For Revolutionizing Treatment Of Anxiety Disorders
New findings at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute demonstrate the
potential of a substance found in yohimbe tree bark to accelerate
recovery from anxiety disorders suffered by millions of Americans.

In the latest in a series of studies of how mice acquire, express and
extinguish conditioned fear, the UCLA team finds yohimbine helps mice
learn to overcome the fear faster by enhancing the effects of the
natural release of adrenaline. Adrenaline prompts physiological changes
such as increased heart and metabolism rates in response to physical
and mental stress.

Writing in the March/April edition of the peer-reviewed journal
Learning and Memory, the team reported that mice treated with yohimbine
overcame their fear four times as fast as those treated with vehicle or
propanolol, a medication commonly used to treat symptoms of anxiety
disorders by blunting the physiological effects of adrenaline.

Yohimbine is most commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction. It can
cause anxiety in susceptible persons, and should never be used without
a doctor's recommendation and supervision.

These new findings come on the heels of evidence published by the same
UCLA research team last fall (Journal of Experimental Psychology,
October 2003) that suggests full, frequent exposure to a fear during
behavioral therapy may be more effective in treating anxiety than the
standard practice of gradual, spaced exposure. For example, it may be
more effective to treat fear of heights by taking a patient straight to
the top of a tall building in rapid succession, rather then taking them
to increasingly higher floors over a lengthy period of time.

"We are at the threshold of a new era in our understanding and
treatment of anxiety disorders," said Dr. Mark Barad, the UCLA
Neuropsychiatric Institute's Tennenbaum Family Center faculty scholar
and an assistant professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences.
"Current treatment protocols use medications intended to blunt the
physiological effects of fear and use behavioral therapy designed to
space exposure to the fear stimulus over time. Our findings show
treatment may be more effective if we do exactly the opposite. Anxiety
disorders affect about 19 million Americans per year, consuming about
one-third of total U.S. mental health costs of $148 billion in 1990.
They include obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social
phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder
and specific phobias. Although these diseases are generally not deadly,
they take an enormous toll in morbidity. Sufferers constantly avoid
fearful circumstances and pay an enormous price in social isolation,
poor job performance and advancement, and time wasted on worries and
fears.

Both acquiring and overcoming, or extinguishing, conditional fear are
forms of active learning. A unique pairing of an initially neutral
conditional stimulus with an unpleasant unconditional stimulus is
needed to acquire a conditional fear. In both UCLA studies, the
conditional stimulus was a tone and the unconditional stimulus was a
mild foot shock.

Although extinction, the reduction of conditional responding after
repeated exposures to the conditional stimulus alone, might initially
appear to be a passive decay or erasure of this association, many
studies indicate that extinction is new inhibitory learning, which
leaves the original memory intact.

The National Institute of Mental Health is funding the research.

Other UCLA investigators involved in the ongoing research are Chris
Cain and Ashley Blouin of the UCLA Interdepartmental Program in
Neuroscience. Barad also is affiliated with the UCLA Brain Research
Institute.

###

The Tennenbaum Family Center at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
encourages research into brain plasticity by supporting the work of a
faculty scholar, providing seed money to promising research projects
and offering graduate student and post-doctoral fellowship support.

The UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute is an interdisciplinary research
and education institute devoted to the understanding of complex human
behavior, including the genetic, biological, behavioral and
sociocultural underpinnings of normal behavior, and the causes and
consequences of neuropsychiatric disorders. Information about the
institute is available online at http:/?/?www.npi.ucla.edu.
-----------------------------------------

Phytic acid .. coincidentally .. another substance which seems to use
iron as the basis of its' .. work .. also is touted as an effective
anti-anxiety.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_255/ai_n6211958

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Oct, 2004 by Gina L. Nick

(2) Research indicates that inositol is an effective and safe option in
the treatment of panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),
bulimia nervosa, binge eating and/or depression.


Who loves ya.
Tom


Jesus Was A Vegetarian!
http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com


Man Is A Herbivore!
http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore


DEAD PEOPLE WALKING
http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking

From: Michael C Price on 9 Jan 2006 05:24
For blood glucose control try the minerals
chromium and vanadium, along with B vitamins
biotin, thiamine, niacin and B6.

Cheers,
Michael C Price
----------------------------------------
http://mcp.longevity-report.com
http://www.hedweb.com/manworld.htm
"jamesbeebop" <jamesbeebop(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136644152.951661.199040(a)g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I am a 36 year old, physically active, married father of four. It has
> only been this year that I've become actively concerned with
> 'longevity'. I suffer from occasional bouts with anxiety and panic,
> and in looking for better answers than prescription SSRI's, I started
> down the life extension path. :)
>
> My diet is reasonably good, though not very formal. I tend to eat
> blueberries and raspberries with my breakfast, look for healthy
> alternatives, eat out daily (because of my job) but usually try and
> have something raw and colorful. :)
>
> Frankly, after doing a good bit of reading over the past year or so ...
> I still find supplements to be very confusing. I'm curious to hear
> opinions regarding my supplement regimen, especially as regards my age,
> activity level, current issues, etc.
>
> I currently take:
>
> Enzymatic Therapy pro-biotic - once daily, in the morning
> Life Extension Mix multi-nutrient, 3 tablets, 3 times daily
> Life Extension booster, once daily
> 3 grams MSM, twice daily
> 2 grams Life Extension super EPA/DHA, twice daily
> 50mg CoQ10, twice daily
> 200mg alpha lipoic acid, twice daily
> 500mg turmeric, twice daily
> 500mg ginger, twice daily
> extra vitamin B, once daily
> 440mg calcium, twice daily (contains D3 as well, from LEF)
> 500mg magnesium, twice daily
>
>
> I took SAMe for approximately 2 months, primarily for it's effect on
> mood. I thought I noticed a definite improvement, but had also stepped
> up my exercise level at the same time. I'm currently experimenting
> with *not* taking the SAMe, to see if the exercise is providing the
> benefit (or more benefit at less cost). I also became concerned about
> the SAMe negatively influencing my homocysteine levels, which were a
> bit elevated.
>
> I've had my blood work done, about 6 months ago .... and some concerns
> which came out of this were ... low HDL (40), high fasting glucose
> (98), high homocysteine (9.7) and potentially low fasting insulin
> (4.7). My doctor was only concerned with the HDL, because all the
> others fell inside lab 'normal'. :)
>
> I'm hoping that six months on this supplement regimen, and improvements
> in my diet and exercise levels will have improved these numbers, but
> I've not repeated the tests yet.
>
> I welcome any feedback, and also welcome pointers to sources of
> information to support the feedback. I am still learning how to find,
> read and interpret study results, as well as evaluate other potentially
> useful sources of information. As I mentioned earlier, I still find
> the whole thing to be quite confusing. :)
>
> Thank you.
>
> James
>


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