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 Magnolia Compound Hits Elusive Target in Cancer Cells Are men or women more likely to have memory problems in very old age? The benefits of green tea in reducing an important risk factor for heart disease Cancer Survivors: The Good News is that you can Fully regenerate ?your ZBody every 7 years The 6 Critical Keys to Dynamic Senior Living Anti-aging - Slowing the processes involved in aging, and delaying their consequences. Anti-Aging Photofacials by Carson Danfield Anti-Aging and Hair Removal by Carson Danfield Anti-Aging Grape Seed AntiOxidant by Carson Danfield Anti-Aging Essential Fats by Carson Danfield Anti-Aging and the Environment by Carson Danfield 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. Gadgets for golf Tinnitus: Learning How to Solve the Puzzle Golf and your health Tinnitus: Avoiding Stress and Worry The Quick and Easy Way to Tone Up Your Abs - Part 2 Nutrition - the Raw Material for Senior Health and Lifetime Fitness Weight Loss is Not the Only Result of a Good Exercise Program Take Care of Your Heart 3 Key Steps to Radiant Beauty Exercise Tips To Be Ready For Summer Monitor your Fitness with a Heart Rate Monitor 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. Benefits Of Aromatherapy Essential Oil On Your Mind And Body! How energy efficient are you? Animal study suggests inadequate sleep may exacerbate cellular aging in the elderly Mattress Selection - A Practical Approach About Theraputic Massage Supplements - Exercise right, eat correctly; is that all it takes? Not as seniors! Supplements make up for the losses of aging. Anti Aging Supplements - The Whole Truth CELLFOOD--Vital Cellular Nutrition Anti Aging Skincare Products - 10 Frequently Asked Questions Getting Your Mail Order Vitamin Supplements The Safe and Quick Way? Acetyl L Carnitine - Not Just For Body Building 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 Information: A Top Seller PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN Positive Expectancy - A Must-Have Ingredient for Success Create Effective Changes to Yourself with Subliminal Programming The Art of Being Crabby Special Concerns That Hamper Senior Living Brain Health - Mental Health - Your brain is a terrible thing to lose - its health is priority-one! Life Coaching Advice- Be Happy With Who You Are And What You Have Take Smart Walks-Improve Mental Ability With Daily Exercise For Mental and Physical Fitness Ginko Biloba - The World's Best Selling Herb The Key To Self Discipline Safe Brainpower Supplements Dental Health - Poor health of teeth and gums invite ills that may be killing you invisibly. Getting Discounted Dental Insurance Dental Insurance Plan For The Whole Family Members. Do You Have Dental Implant Insurance? Dental Health Insurance Quote Advice on quality Health Products Disease and Healing Protocols - Life Extension Foundation's comprehensive review of common diseases and their alternative protocols for healing and resolving the root causes. Weight Loss Surgery Information - About Gastric Bypass Surgery Major advancement in Acid Reflux Treatment Ectopic Pregnancy - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Menopause - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Endometriosis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment 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. Top Ten Reasons Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy Works Natural Acne Treatments Versus Birth Control Pill Solution Natural, Safe Pro-Hormone Banned by the FDA Wachstumshormon Releasers - Facts and Claims What Is the Connection Between Glucose and Diabetes? Immune Power - Empower your Immune System; it stands between you and certain death Burn Calories, Dump Stress, Boost Immune Function - Without Sweating? How Does Colostrum Strengthen Your Immune System? Boosting Immune System is One Step Toward Preventing Alzheimer?s Disease What If You Could Improve Your Immune System? Flu-Fighting Foods 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. Arthritis - The Cold Weather Really Gets to me!! 6 Crazy Cures for Your Common Ailments! Burning Limbs: The Truth About Sciatica The 4 main causes of Sciatica Synovial Fluid Replacement Therapy. Personal Deportment and Hygiene - Staying fit to be around as we age. Hearing - A critical social sense, an important personal skill Avoid Bad Breath Natural Bad Breath Solutions for Your Dog Dental Hygiene - If I had known then what I know now.... Bad Breath Cause & Remedies Choosing the Right Bad Breath Cure 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. Walking For Sex And The Heart And Why Joggers Never Seem To Smile! (Part 2) Lose Weight Easily & Safely Impotence is also know as Erectile dysfunction The Kombucha Tea, Millenary truth or many years old fantasy Perils of Ignorance about Sexual Health Skin Health and Care - So much more than beauty! What's In Your Anti Aging Skin Care System The Secret About Anti Aging Natural Skin Care Products Information on Skin Care Products for Women Anti Aging Natural Skin Care Products: Pig Tendons? Anti Aging Skin Care: Show Me (Real) Results! 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! 2 Day Diet Pills Completely Safe to Consume Effective Methods of Weight Loss The Fitness Environment Details on Rapid Weight Loss - Read Before You Take Action Marijuana Master Cleanse Detox Herbs 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. Rapid Weight Loss Ideas - How to Lose Weight Rapidly With 3 Simple Ideas Skin Toning - Information and Tips Top 7 Tips To Perform Flexibility Exercises Healthy Weight Loss Tips from the Expert Bodybuilding Tips: Learn The Mechanisms Behind Building Muscles 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. Maximize Your Nutrition/Maximize Your Potential Self-Improvement - An Adventure in Creative Thinking The Psychology of Weight Loss: Part 2 - How are you motivated? Exercise For Life Weight Loss for Busy Parents: The EZLoser Way 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. Swimming in shark infested waters Energy Drinks : What The Germans Aren't Tell Us Being Healthy can be Fun Fitness: Sports Fitness - Fun Way to be Healthy How to Plan a Running Regimen Trainers Registry - Find Fitness Trainers in your area who specialize in training Seniors. Workout MYTHS Personal Training Toronto Keller Personal Fitness and Nutritional Trainer Selecting a Personal Trainer Choosing a Personal Fitness and Nutrition Trainer

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: gut flora

The gut flora are the microorganisms that normally live in the digestive tract and can perform a number of useful functions for their hosts. Though widely known as the "intestinal microflora", this is technically a misnomer since the word root "flora" pertains to plants and biota refers to microbial life such as bacteria other than plants. Thus the more appropriate term "intestinal microbiota" is coming into use, though its use has not eclipsed the entrenched use and recognition of "flora" with regard to intestinal bacteria, and for the time being, both terms are being used in different textbooks.

The average human body, consisting of about 10¹³ (10,000,000,000,000 or about ten trillion) cells, has about ten times that number of microorganisms in the gut.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Research suggests that the relationship between gut flora^[8] and humans is not merely commensal (a non-harmful coexistence), but rather is a mutualistic, symbiotic relationship.^[3] Though people can survive with no gut flora,^[4] the microorganisms perform a host of useful functions, such as fermenting unused energy substrates, training the immune system, preventing growth of harmful species,^[2] regulating the development of the gut, producing vitamins for the host (such as biotin and vitamin K), and producing hormones to direct the host to store fats. However, in certain conditions, some species are thought to be capable of causing disease by causing infection or increasing cancer risk for the host.^[2][5]

The colon has the greatest numbers of bacteria and the most different species, and the activity of these bacteria make the colon the most metabolically active organ in the body.^[6] Most of the bacteria in the small intestine are Gram-positive, while those in the colon are mostly Gram-negative.^[9] The first part of the colon is mostly responsible for fermenting carbohydrates,^[7][6][2] while the latter part mostly breaks down proteins and amino acids.^[6][2] Bacterial growth is rapid in the cecum and ascending colon, which has a low pH, and slow in the descending colon, which has an almost neutral pH.^[2] The body maintains the proper balance and locations of species by altering pH, the activity of the immune system, and peristalsis.^[5]