Senior Fitness.com - Anti-aging Strategies for Lifetime Health and Senior Fitness

Welcome to Senior Fitness.com! Your #1 source for lifetime fitness information; vital strategies for promoting senior health, life-long strength, vigor and independence. Learn how to slow and reverse Age-related Functional Decline. We bring you the latest strategies to optimize senior health and fitness into advanced age. The time to start is now; the place to start is here. Begin by reading How to best use this site: Take the tour. Then act on the knowledge; you can improve health and fitness at any age by using the strategies on these pages.

The Latest Word on Senior Fitness News Roundup - Recent health news worth talking about Researchers design model for automated, wearable artificial kidney by Enrique Rivero Post Date: 07/13/2008 Magnolia Compound Hits Elusive Target in Cancer Cells by Vincent Joseph Dollard Post Date: 07/13/2008 Are men or women more likely to have memory problems in very old age? by Rachel Seroka Post Date: 07/06/2008 The benefits of green tea in reducing an important risk factor for heart disease by Céline Colas Post Date: 07/06/2008 Cancer Survivors: The Good News is that you can Fully regenerate ?your ZBody every 7 years by Dr.Anca Martalog,N.D. Post Date: 06/26/2008 The 6 Critical Keys to Dynamic Senior Living Anti-aging - Slowing the processes involved in aging, and delaying their consequences. Do Anti-Aging Skin Creams Really Work? by Samantha Jackson Post Date: 08/06/2008 Learn Why Chemical Peels are the Easiest and Fastest Means to Correct Fine Lines by Melanie Vasseur Post Date: 08/05/2008 Secrets that Make the Best Anti-Aging Skin Creams Work by Valerie Rosenbaum Post Date: 08/04/2008 Do You Know About Men's Anti-aging Skincare? by Betty Wolfe Post Date: 07/31/2008 Are You Too Old For Facial Plastic Surgery? by Cynthia Rowland Post Date: 07/31/2008 Exercise - The primary driver for reversing age-related functional decline. Aerobics - to maintain and recover your heart/lung/vascular fitness. Weight Training - to trigger your anabolic, or muscle-building process; muscle you need to look good and move well, be stronger than you look and dissolve fat 24 hours a day. Yoga, Pilates, Stretching & Balance - Building poise, posture, flexibility, strength, endurance, balance and grace, while connecting with the spirit within - speed and power aren't the whole story. Senior Fitness - The Key to a Pleasurable Retirement by Donald Arson Post Date: 07/28/2008 Ab Workouts and Core Exercises: A Circuit for Fat Loss and Strength by Nathan Long Post Date: 07/09/2008 The New Era Of Personalized Nutrition & Skin Care by Johnmark Ridings Post Date: 06/30/2008 How safe is the South Beach Diet? by Linda Miller Post Date: 06/30/2008 TEEN BEAUTY PRODUCTS - CHOOSE ORGANIC FOR A HEALTHY BODY by Lisa Jackson Post Date: 06/30/2008 Nutrition - the Raw Material for Senior Health and Lifetime Fitness Lean-Body Foods to Build Muscle and Lose Body Fat by Leesa Cook Post Date: 08/04/2008 Fun Cardiovascular Routines Will Increase Weight Loss Success by Michael Podlesny Post Date: 08/03/2008 Is GeneWize Life Sciences Product Really That Great? by Robert Bell Post Date: 07/31/2008 Oranges, we squeeze out some facts by Dimitri Papalexiou Post Date: 07/31/2008 Latest fat loss supplements by Dimitri Papalexiou Post Date: 07/31/2008 Rest, Recovery and Relaxation - Time for the body to repair and strengthen itself. Gardening - Profoundly spiritual – rest, recovery and recreation for the soul, mind and body. The Art of Relaxation by Esther Kane Post Date: 07/28/2008 Five things you can do to stop your migraine headache. by Dr Raeburn Forbes MD(Hons) FRCP Post Date: 07/24/2008 The Healing Power of a Great Night's Sleep by Steven Hefferon Post Date: 07/12/2008 Animal study suggests inadequate sleep may exacerbate cellular aging in the elderly by Karen Kreeger Post Date: 06/27/2008 Tips to Help You Get to Sleep by Mitamins Team Post Date: 05/08/2008 Supplements - Exercise right, eat correctly; is that all it takes? Not as seniors! Supplements make up for the losses of aging. How Using Collagen Restores Your Face's Vitality and Attractiveness by George Collagenelife Post Date: 07/30/2008 Building Strength and Muscle without Illegal Substances by ARAnet, Inc. Post Date: 07/26/2008 Self-care Tips on Seborrheic Dermatitis Treatment by Jim Lee Post Date: 06/30/2008 Can anti aging supplements delay aging? by Raphaelo Steff Post Date: 06/25/2008 Anti-Aging with Carnosine by Bruce Hollingdrake Post Date: 06/10/2008 Thinking and Attitude - One person's junk is another's treasure; it's all a matter of thinking and attitude. Exercise can be an extremely pleasurable experience; you just have to get your brain to think so. Hypnosis for Change - Ancient and mysterious; a powerful modern tool for change. Do you wish to be somehow different, better than you were yesterday? Then make hypnosis a part of your strategy of improvement. Neuro Linguistic Programming - NLP - Strategies and tools for rapid mental and behavioral change that serve your goals. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) - Rapid emotional and physical healing by melding acupressure meridian stimulation with linguistic suggestion Every Failure Is An Opportunity In Disguise by Richard Saldan Post Date: 06/30/2008 "True Customer Service in your ML*M - Are You Providing It or Thinking You Are?" by Carol Ann Wagner Post Date: 06/30/2008 Positive Expectancy - A Must-Have Ingredient for Success by David Schaefer Post Date: 06/27/2008 How to Turn your Negative thoughts into Positive Opportunities and Personal Growth by Lynn Zingel Post Date: 06/27/2008 Study shows that chronic grief activates pleasure areas of the brain: findings could change ho... by Mark Wheeler Post Date: 06/20/2008 Special Concerns That Hamper Senior Living Brain Health - Mental Health - Your brain is a terrible thing to lose - its health is priority-one! Brain wash People In A Positive Manner Through Hypnosis by Lilia Wee Post Date: 07/30/2008 50 Plus Community for Baby Boomers Generation by brain fallon Post Date: 07/24/2008 New Electrical Methods to Improve Brain Disorders by Michael Webb Post Date: 07/24/2008 Brain Supplements - Have a sharp Memory by Francis Adam Post Date: 07/16/2008 Give Your Brain a Nutritional Advantage by Jane Newsomelaw Post Date: 07/14/2008 Dental Health - Poor health of teeth and gums invite ills that may be killing you invisibly. San Jose Cosmetic Dentist Recreates Smiles With Dental Implants by Khalil Sage Post Date: 08/05/2008 Dental veneers surgery: Destination India by Arjun Bhojwani Post Date: 08/05/2008 Key Differences between Traditional Veneers and Lumineers by Robert Melkonyan Post Date: 08/04/2008 The Correlation between Oral and Overall Health by Robert Melkonyan Post Date: 08/04/2008 Traditional Root Canal Procedures may soon be a Thing of the Past by Robert Melkonyan Post Date: 08/04/2008 Disease and Healing Protocols - Life Extension Foundation's comprehensive review of common diseases and their alternative protocols for healing and resolving the root causes. Tips When Seeking Gum Disease Treatment by Mike Selvon Post Date: 07/31/2008 New Parkinson's Treatment - Scientific Breakthrough Discovers Root Cause by frank C. Adams Post Date: 07/30/2008 The Bladder - Urge Incontinence: Overactive Bladder by Susun Weed Post Date: 07/27/2008 New Multiple Sclerosis Treatment - Scientific Breakthrough Discovers Root Cause by frank C. Adams Post Date: 07/30/2008 New Alzheimer's Treatment - Scientific Breakthrough Discovers Root Cause by frank C. Adams Post Date: 07/30/2008 Hormone Management - Hormones drive most bodily functions; learn how to manipulate your hormones to stimulate the fat-burning, anti-aging hormones while suppressing those that make you fat, sick, tired and old before your time. Benefits of HGH — How Human Growth Hormone Puts the Brakes on Aging by Susan Nickerson Post Date: 07/24/2008 Anti-Aging Pills by Carson Danfield by Carson Danfield Post Date: 07/17/2008 Anti-Aging and Human Growth Hormone by Carson Danfield by Carson Danfield Post Date: 07/17/2008 Aging - It All Comes Down to Hormones by Carson Danfield by Carson Danfield Post Date: 07/17/2008 Acne and Hormone: When do females have raging hormone and acne breakout? by Jason Lee Post Date: 06/04/2008 Immune Power - Empower your Immune System; it stands between you and certain death Create a Healthy Immune System Naturally by Joe Peters Post Date: 07/14/2008 Immune System Builder with Interferon Builds Better Health by Vicki Zerbee Post Date: 06/30/2008 New Discoveries Of Hiv And Aids Prevention. by ponn nac Post Date: 06/26/2008 Don't Let Your Immune System Get You Down... by Joan Bailey Post Date: 04/23/2008 Natural Remedy for Hay Fever by Mitamins Team Post Date: 03/26/2008 Joint Health - Nothing works to make you fit if your joints give out; you can keep them healthy if you feed them the right nutrients and prevent needless damage. Is it Safe to Exercise after my Back Surgery? by Dr. Robert V. Duvall Post Date: 07/25/2008 Superfoods That Help Reduce Arthritis Pain by Leon Rao Post Date: 07/28/2008 Tart Cherries, Tart Cherry Juice and Gout Relief by Russ Anderson Post Date: 07/24/2008 Are You Worried About Your Dog's Arthritis and Joint Pain? by Kimberly Cierech Post Date: 07/24/2008 How to Select the Right Cherry Juice Concentrate for You by Russ Anderson Post Date: 07/19/2008 Personal Deportment and Hygiene - Staying fit to be around as we age. Hearing - A critical social sense, an important personal skill The Secret Migration by John Kaduwanema Post Date: 07/23/2008 Searching For The Best Female Personal Hygiene Product by Andrew Beene Post Date: 07/16/2008 PERSONAL HYGIENE AND YOUR HEALTH by Eze ThankGod Post Date: 07/10/2008 Lethal Office: Are you dying at work? by claire stokoe Post Date: 07/07/2008 Laser Hair Removal - What you need to know by Ellen Alexander Post Date: 07/05/2008 Sexual Fitness - A broad look at sexual fitness - for both women and men. (Nothing erotic, sordid or graphic - just technology and strategies for staying sexually alive and youthful.) Sexual Fitness for Aging Men - Strategies for delaying, minimizing and even reversing andropause. Sexual Fitness for Aging Women - Staying vibrant through and post-menopause; keeping the fire alive. Sex and Back Pain don't go! by Terry O'Brien Post Date: 08/04/2008 Back Pain and Sex Don't Go! by Terry O'Brien Post Date: 08/04/2008 Female by Jack Peterson Post Date: 07/30/2008 Premature Ejaculation Preventation & Treatment by mudassir husain Post Date: 07/30/2008 Pills Useful for Sexual Fitness by Francis Adam Post Date: 07/09/2008 Skin Health and Care - So much more than beauty! Best Natural Skin Care Cream by jainish hobson Post Date: 08/06/2008 Organic Skin Care by jainish hobson Post Date: 08/06/2008 Natural Skin Care for Beautiful Skin by jainish hobson Post Date: 08/06/2008 Consider these when choosing a Wrinkle Cream by Geoff Hopkins Post Date: 08/06/2008 Stretch Marks and Puberty by strech puberty Post Date: 08/06/2008 Weight Loss - Weight Management - The real issue is fat loss and fat management; your health, longevity and self esteem are dependent on managing the fat content of your body - the mirror, not the scale, tells the truth! 3 Secrets To Dramatically Melt Fat by Lucas Wold Post Date: 08/06/2008 Busy Mums Burn More Fat With Breakfast by Holly Rigsby by Dencho Denchev Post Date: 08/06/2008 Six Simple Steps to Diet eating Success by Brigitta Schwulst Post Date: 08/06/2008 Calorie Shifting Diets - What are they? by Sohan Mohan Post Date: 08/05/2008 Do weight loss pills work? by Sohan Mohan Post Date: 08/05/2008 Making it Happen - Taking Action to Change Your Life Fitness Courses - Age-specific training courses teach you how to stay at your peak for the long term. Will Brink - Solid wisdom on staying lean and strong as you age. Marc David - A course for beginners of any age. Liposuction Tips by George Sandler Post Date: 08/06/2008 Top 6 Precautionary Plans against Panic Disorder by Stella Micheal Post Date: 08/06/2008 The Snacking Dilemma by Joel Riley Post Date: 08/05/2008 Weight Loss: Lose a Battle but win the War by Joel Riley Post Date: 08/05/2008 Quick Tip for How to Build Muscles by Tony Schwartz Post Date: 08/05/2008 Inspirational Gallery - A Photo and Video Gallery of Seniors in Great Shape and Living Very Well Frank Wilhelmi - Simi Valley CA: Striving to improve with age, with fairly consistent success. Improve Productivity: Go For A Run by Daniel O'Connor Post Date: 07/28/2008 Affirmations - Useful or waste of time? by Dimitri Papalexiou Post Date: 07/15/2008 What is Colonics? by Shannon Law Post Date: 05/31/2008 When did you make a conscious choice to live an unhealthy life? by Wanda McCormick Post Date: 05/29/2008 A Fitness Partner is a Great Benefit for Motivation in Exercise and Fitness by Linda Schnable Post Date: 05/21/2008 Sport-Specific Fitness - If sport comes first...you have to stay fit to stay in the game! Golf - A Passion for millions - a great blending of sun, sport and things social. Tennis - A glamorous sport, very gratifying when you win, very taxing on the aging body - train right to stay in the game. 5 Fascinating Features in a Massage Chair by James Knolan Post Date: 08/04/2008 Shiatsu Style Massage Chair Review by Steve Esquire Post Date: 08/04/2008 Top Seven Muscle Building Supplements by Dimitri Papalexiou Post Date: 07/17/2008 Hot Weather Hydration by Yuri Elkaim Post Date: 06/11/2008 Dance Sport, Exercise and Health by Luz Cudjoe Post Date: 06/10/2008 Trainers Registry - Find Fitness Trainers in your area who specialize in training Seniors. Fitness Professionals Need to Diversify by Dr. Kareem Samhouri Post Date: 09/23/2007 Why use a Personal Trainer for Weight Lifting Training by Richard Train Post Date: 09/07/2007 Fitness Myth Busting by jeannie callen barat Post Date: 08/23/2007 How To: Find the Right Personal Trainer for You! by Tim VanRavenswaay Post Date: 08/23/2007 The Top 10 Leg Exercises by Terri Walsh Post Date: 08/21/2007

Frank's Column Energy production, Thyroid Function and Iodine (06/22/2008) NEW! See the video illustrating form, intensity, start and finish for a power set of barbell shrugs. (Video 1) and incline dumbell press. (Video 2) Heavy Set of Pseudosquats. (Video 3) A set of medium intensity Lat Pulls. (Video 4) A set of medium intensity, narrow-grip Cable Rows. (Video 5) Frank Playing in the Gym - A personal best at 66; 720lb on the incline leg press (Video 6) It has been a long time since I put up a new Frank’s Column. I pretty much gave the website a pass for the last two months while I got my act together around the old homestead – lots of stuff falling behind in upkeep and only so much time and energy to do it. Actually, that’s part of the issue – Energy or the lack thereof. The workouts in prep for the contest are leaving me pretty hammered, and yet I don’t see enough progress to think I am ready for that in a month.(7/19/08). I see plenty of improvement, but not what I had planned for. Along the way, I have taken some action to boost energy production. I suspected that my thyroid might be showing the strain, so did a basal temperature test to see where I was – I came up with an average over several days of 97.0 degrees upon awakening. That is on the low side, so I picked up some Pituitrophin PMG, Drenatrophin PMG and Thytrophin PMG from Standard Process, Inc. and took them on an empty stomach 3x a day for a month. These are specialized extracts (Protomorphogens) of those respective (pituitary, adrenal and thyroid) animal organs that many health practitioners use in clinical practice to rebuild patients glandular function. I also bought some Kelp tablets (an excellent source of iodine) and took enough to give me 1.5mg of iodine/day. After a month of that my basal temperature is up to 97.6, which clearly indicates better thyroid function, and have been feeling more energetic, and experiencing quicker recovery from workouts. I signed up for an excellent newsletter, The Brownstein Report, and the first three installments focused generally on thyroid function and energy production. It seems I would do better to increase the iodine intake to more like 10 mg a day. Brownstein says: "My clinical experience has shown that the most effective doses of iodine vary between 6 ¼ milligrams and 50 milligrams a day. Generally, sicker patients — including those with cancer of the breast, prostate, uterus, ovaries and thyroid — require larger amounts of iodine. More information about iodine can be found in my book "Iodine: Why You Need it, Why You Can’t Live Without It, 3rd Edition" or my DVD on iodine (available at www.drbrownstein.com)." The other interesting fact in this newsletter was that in the early 70s the baking industry started replacing iodine in flour and dough with bromine – with no objections by the FDA. Now bromine is a halide in the same family as chlorine and iodine, but competes with iodine wherever iodine is used in the body. It is highly toxic to the thyroid and the brain and a known carcinogen. If you are low on iodine in the first place, and a big pasta/bread lover, the odds are raised you will have an impaired thyroid, with a tendency toward hypothyroidism and reduced energy production. Isn’t that just swell! Good Living - Frank (526029) Past "Frank's Column" Articles Progress with Training and More on the Lipitor/Thumb Pain Story (04/20/2008) Depression – A Serious Threat to Senior Fitness – Tied to Chronic Inflammation (04/06/2008) Frank in a Contest and More on Muscle Damage by Statins (02/22/2008) The Case for Losing Faith in Cholesterol Drugs (02/09/2008) Gardening - Recreation, Meditation, Exercise (01/13/2008) The power of bio-identical hormones in medicine (01/02/2008) Surrender the things of youth(?) - more injury and healing. (11/25/2007) Let’s talk about aging and attitude. (11/18/2007) More changes coming to the SeniorFitness website (11/10/2007) An Invasive, Disturbing Thought Eliminated with EFT – A First Hand Experience (10/17/2007) Brain Health - Mental Health: a new Category added to the site (09/09/2007) Critcal Thinking and Risk Taking (08/29/2007) An ISSA Seminar at Total Woman Gym and Day Spa (08/12/2007) Another Bodybuilding Supplement of Great Interest (07/01/2007) Want to See Real Reverse Aging? Try this Combination of Supplements. (05/28/2007) I'll Have the Chicken, With traces of Arsenic Please (04/29/2007) More on Vitamin D3 and Some Websites to Bookmark (04/18/2007) Too Much Of A Good Thing Drug and Vitamin Overdose (04/18/2007) Resveratrol – A Promising Strategy for Health and Life Extension (03/31/2007) Vitamin K2 - Crtitical Factor in Heart Disease and Osteoporosis (03/11/2007) The Very Best Ways to Start Changing Your Health for the Better (02/11/2007) A New Beginning in a New Year, and Some Words About Synergy (01/17/2007) Year-end Lapses of Fitness and the Promise of a New Year (12/15/2006) Winter Approaches and Flu Season is Bearing Down Upon Us; Time to Think of Boosting Immune Function. (11/28/2006) More on the ability to heal from surgeries and a very informative site I ran across (11/05/2006) Shoulder Surgery Outcome and A Three Day/Week Workout Plan (10/15/2006) Frank’s Arthroscopic Surgery of 9/5/06 and breasts for men? (09/07/2006) Update on Digestion, Heartburn, Belching, Reflux and the Impact of Aging on Such. (08/16/2006) New Features on the Senior Fitness.com Site and Some Exciting News on Heavy Metal Chelation (07/17/2006) A New Personal-Best Lift, and a New Supplement that Rocks! (06/19/2006) Life Extension Foundation - Your Top Resourse In Health Information (04/23/2006) Women, Fitness and Weight Training (03/15/2006) Wobenzyme to the Rescue? (02/26/2006) More Joint Healing Mysteries (02/15/2006) Joint Health and Joint Healing (02/05/2006) Immune Power and an Update on Shoulder Healing (01/29/2006) An Aging Mechanism you can minimize easily - Glycation! (01/15/2006) Start Again; Goals, Resolutions - Focus on Fitness (01/02/2006) More on Injury and Healing (mine, unfortunately). (12/18/2005) Making Incremental Progress in Becoming Stronger (11/27/2005) Injuries and Healing for Seniors (11/20/2005) Hormones, hormone levels and hormone balance - a very complex topic that impacts how well we age in very big ways. (11/08/2005) Strength Training and Physical capability (10/31/2005) My Rant on Hydrogenation (10/24/2005) Frank's Column (10/10/2005)

Topic of the Day: Coenzyme Q

Coenzyme Q₁₀ (also known as ubiquinone, ubidecarenone, coenzyme Q, and abbreviated at times to CoQ₁₀, CoQ, Q10, or Q) is a benzoquinone, where Q refers to the quinone chemical group, and 10 refers to the isoprenyl chemical subunits.

This vitamin-like substance is, by nature, present in most human cells except red blood cells and eye lens cells (no mitochondria) and is responsible for the production of the body’s own energy. In each human cell, food energy is converted into energy in the mitochondria with the aid of CoQ₁₀. Ninety-five percent of all the human body’s energy requirements (ATP) is converted with the aid of CoQ₁₀.^[1][2] Therefore, those organs with the highest energy requirements – such as the heart and the liver – have the highest CoQ₁₀ concentrations.^[3][4][5]

Coenzyme Q was first discovered by professor Fred L. Crane and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Enzyme Institute in 1957.^[6][7] In 1958, its chemical structure was reported by Professor Karl Folkers and coworkers at Merck.^[8][7]

The oxidized structure of CoQ, or Q, is given here. The various kinds of Coenzyme Q can be distinguished by the number of isoprenoid side-chains they have. The most common CoQ in human mitochondria is Q₁₀. The image to the right has three isoprenoid units and would be called Q₃.