healthy aging
Autophagy & Senescence for Healthy Aging: The Role of Spermidine & Fisetin
This article is about autophagy and senescence, critical biological processes, and their roles in aging, health and wellness. It’s also about spermidine and fisetin, two naturally occurring compounds, and their role in promoting autophagy and reducing senescence. Let’s start with autophagy. Autophagy Autophagy (pronounced “ah-TAH-fah-gee”) is the body’s process of breaking down old and damaged ...
Black Tea and Berries Could Contribute to Healthier Aging
Higher intakes of black tea, berries, citrus fruits and apples could help to promote healthy aging, new research has found. This study conducted by researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU, Australia), Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland), and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Massachusetts), found that foods rich in flavonoids could help to lower the ...
The Practitioner’s Guide to Longevity
A holistic approach for healthy aging and longer life. According to Future Market Insights, the global healthy aging supplement market size is expected to grow from $1.406 million in 2024 to $2.161 million in 2034 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.9 percent. This growth is propelled by a combination of the growing ...
Polyamines for Cognitive Performance, Healthy Hair & More
Polyamines, including spermidine, spermine and putrescine, are synthesized in every living cell and are contained in many foods. They have many physiological activities, such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, cell and gene protection, and autophagy activation. They also have multiple demonstrated applications for health and wellness, including healthy aging,1-4 cognitive health,5-7 hair health8,9 and hormonal ...
Longing for Longevity
Experts offer their nutritional/wellness advice for healthy aging and vitality. In a world where people are growing increasingly older, healthy aging is a high priority for many individuals in America. According to CVS Health, one in five people will be aged 65 or older by 2030 with around 60 percent of them managing multiple chronic ...
Living Their Best Lives
Your patients want to seize their days as long as they live—here’s how to support their robust-aging goals. Patients come to you for a wide variety of reasons and as long as they are reasonably healthy, their long-term vigor, well-being and health can be sustained through your expert guidance. In her practice, Naturopathic Wellness Center ...
Natural Practitioner’s Top 10 Stories From 2023
As we begin 2024, Natural Practitioner (NP) magazine looks back at the most read stories throughout 2023. This year featured news items including the Bastyr and NUNM’s plans to merge, and a study that found that altered gut bacteria may be early sign of Alzheimer’s disease. See below for the top headlines of the year. 1. ...
Growing Older Gracefully
How the healthy aging marketplace is faring post-pandemic and what new trends are emerging. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), by 2030, one in six people will be over age 60. This means that the population for this demographic will increase from 1 billion in 2020 to 1.4 billion. And by 2050, said WHO, ...
Study Links Nutrients, Brain Structure, Cognition in Healthy Aging
In a new study, scientists explored the links between three measures known to independently predict healthy aging: nutrient intake, brain structure and cognitive function. Their analysis adds to the evidence that these factors jointly contribute to brain health in older adults. Reported in the Journal of Nutrition, the study found that blood markers of two saturated ...
Joseph Keenan, MD
Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota Department of Family Practice and Community Health Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Food Science and Nutrition Former Director of the Family Practice Residency Program and the University of Minnesota Geriatrics Fellowship Program. Dr. Joe Keenan has been doing research, focusing primarily on preventive cardiology, for more than 35 ...
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