The age-defying, libido-lifting, bone-toughening, cancer-beating, eyesight-saving, heart-strengthening, fat-fighting, decade-by-decade nutrition plan
May 1, 2006 (Press Release) --
The Melt-Fat Decade
The metabolic rate that allowed you to burn through super-size burritos in your 20s is slowing妖ropping by 1 percent every four years. And even if the number on your scale isn't rising, it's likely you're getting fatter. In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists found that men who managed to maintain their weight for 40 years still gained three pounds of fat each decade謡hile losing three pounds of muscle.
The likely reason: After you pass 30, your testosterone levels decrease by up to 1 percent a year. This means it becomes harder for you to build熔r even maintain洋etabolism-boosting muscle. (See the connection?) Another side effect: By 40, more than half of men develop some degree of erectile dysfunction.
But sagging testosterone levels aren't your only health hazard. Starting at age 30, your systolic blood pressure rises four points per decade, and joint degeneration begins to occur.
Here's how to turn back your biological clock預nd keep midlife years in front of you.
THE PROBLEM: Corroding joints
Even though arthritis doesn't usually set in until your 50s, the damage that causes it is happening now.
THE FIX: Eat three 6-ounce servings of cold-water fish weekly. Specifically, have salmon, mackerel, trout, halibut, or white tuna容ach packs more than 1,000 mg of fish oil. A U.K. study found that regularly consuming this amount of fish oil appeared to halt cartilage-eating enzymes in 86 percent of people who are facing joint-replacement surgery. Fish oil slows down cartilage degeneration and reduces factors that cause inflammation, says lead researcher Bruce Caterson, Ph.D.
THE PROBLEM: Rising Blood Pressure
Some men are always close to their boiling points. And new research from the Netherlands may explain why. The scientists discovered that besides the obvious factors熔besity, lack of physical activity and high salt consumption妖iets containing too little potassium were the primary cause of hypertension. In their analysis, the scientists used 3,500 mg daily as the cutoff for defining a low potassium intake. The average intake for a man in his 30s? Only 3,100 mg.
THE FIX: Add 1/2 cup of beans, a banana, or a handful of raisins to your daily diet. Each will increase your potassium intake by about 400 mg a day, boosting you above that 3,500 mg benchmark.
Source: http://health.msn.com/centers
The metabolic rate that allowed you to burn through super-size burritos in your 20s is slowing妖ropping by 1 percent every four years. And even if the number on your scale isn't rising, it's likely you're getting fatter. In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists found that men who managed to maintain their weight for 40 years still gained three pounds of fat each decade謡hile losing three pounds of muscle.
The likely reason: After you pass 30, your testosterone levels decrease by up to 1 percent a year. This means it becomes harder for you to build熔r even maintain洋etabolism-boosting muscle. (See the connection?) Another side effect: By 40, more than half of men develop some degree of erectile dysfunction.
But sagging testosterone levels aren't your only health hazard. Starting at age 30, your systolic blood pressure rises four points per decade, and joint degeneration begins to occur.
Here's how to turn back your biological clock預nd keep midlife years in front of you.
THE PROBLEM: Corroding joints
Even though arthritis doesn't usually set in until your 50s, the damage that causes it is happening now.
THE FIX: Eat three 6-ounce servings of cold-water fish weekly. Specifically, have salmon, mackerel, trout, halibut, or white tuna容ach packs more than 1,000 mg of fish oil. A U.K. study found that regularly consuming this amount of fish oil appeared to halt cartilage-eating enzymes in 86 percent of people who are facing joint-replacement surgery. Fish oil slows down cartilage degeneration and reduces factors that cause inflammation, says lead researcher Bruce Caterson, Ph.D.
THE PROBLEM: Rising Blood Pressure
Some men are always close to their boiling points. And new research from the Netherlands may explain why. The scientists discovered that besides the obvious factors熔besity, lack of physical activity and high salt consumption妖iets containing too little potassium were the primary cause of hypertension. In their analysis, the scientists used 3,500 mg daily as the cutoff for defining a low potassium intake. The average intake for a man in his 30s? Only 3,100 mg.
THE FIX: Add 1/2 cup of beans, a banana, or a handful of raisins to your daily diet. Each will increase your potassium intake by about 400 mg a day, boosting you above that 3,500 mg benchmark.
Source: http://health.msn.com/centers
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