These days, people are willing to try just about anything to improve their health and immune system. It's no wonder, as the recent pandemic showed exactly how important building a strong defense system is. The fact that the immune system deteriorates with age only supports this fact further. However, contrary to popular belief, improving your defenses does not require a daily regimen of dozens of pills. The secret lies in adopting healthy habits that enhance your immune system, and that's exactly what we will discuss in this article.
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Breaking bones can be life-changing events -- especially as we age when hip fractures can become particularly damaging and result in disability, compromised independence, and a higher mortality risk.
But research from Edith Cowan University's Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute has revealed there may be something you can do to help reduce your risk of fractures later in life.
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The green Mediterranean diet (MED) significantly reduces visceral adipose tissue, a type of fat around internal organs that is much more dangerous than the extra "tire" around your waist. The green Mediterranean diet was pitted against the Mediterranean diet and a healthy diet in a large-scale clinical interventional trial- the DIRECT PLUS. Subsequent analysis found that the green Med diet reduced visceral fat by 14%, the Med diet by 7%, and the healthy diet by 4.5%. The study was published in BMC Medicine.
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Image: Neurons (green) derived from a patient with Alzheimer’s disease. The nuclei (blue) of the neurons are also shown. Credit: Salk Institute
Despite decades of research, Alzheimer's disease remains a debilitating and eventually fatal dementia with no effective treatment options. More than 95 percent of Alzheimer's disease cases have no known origin. Now, scientists from the Salk Institute have found that neurons from people with Alzheimer's disease show deterioration and undergo a late-life stress process called senescence. These neurons have a loss of functional activity, impaired metabolism, and increased brain inflammation.
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