High cholesterol is a precursor to forms of heart disease and triglycerides and cholesterol [both are fat substances found in the bloodstream], while important to your overall health, can begin to accumulate within the lining of your arteries. They begin to get narrower and the blood flow becomes constrained. The result of this process can mean contracting numerous deadly illnesses such as coronary thrombosis or heart attack as well as strokes – having high cholesterol is a very dangerous thing.

Research in a number of nations has revealed how a number of tea varieties appear to effect the production of cholesterol building in the bloodstream by decreasing cholesterol in blood fats. Of the tea brands tested, oolong tea was responsible for the greatest outcome. Tea is loaded with polyphenols and the suspicion is that these polyphenols impede the absorption of cholesterol when it is in the digestive system. This in turn reduces the level of cholesterol within the blood stream. As enlightening as this is there is still more, confirmation was discovered that these polyphenols in tea reduce the propensity of blood to create thrombi, these are dangerous blood clots.

Being grossly overweight or just some measure of obesity is becoming far too commonplace in our modern society. When a person is suffering from obesity it is much easier for them to fall victim to numerous heart conditions and diseases. In today’s fast paced environment many individuals find it easier to exist on junk food rather than preparing a healthy diet plan. This ultimately means your body will pay the price by clinging to this added fat and become devoid of the numerous minerals, vitamins and antioxidants your body requires to function optimally. The Chinese believe consuming tea will aid in the reduction of fat deposited in a person’s tissue. Oolong tea specifically receives the most accolades for this breakthrough discovery, though most tea probably will have some form of fat fighting advantage.

Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners could easily refer to any number of successful situations where individuals have experienced weight reduction due to the consumption of two or three cups of oolong tea each day. When oolong tea is combined with various other herbal elements together they form the basis for specific teas that are marketed commercially for weight reduction.

One particular Chinese advertisement for a weight reducing tea states that consuming it for a period of 90 days can assist tea drinker dropping upwards of fifteen pounds of excess weight. Whether or not drinking tea will actually aid in such dramatic weight reduction remains to be seen but there is enough evidence that it should certainly form part of any diet or slimming program.

Quite a bit of study has been committed to the part that tea drinking plays in cancer prevention. For instance, from twenty five health related reports that were offered at a Hangzhou Conference, nearly one third of these had to do with research into cancer and oolong tea. The studies have revealed that there is definitely a correlation between oolong tea and how it combats cancer by impeding the development or functional activity of carcinogenic substances. It seems that the epigallo catechin gallate or [EGCC] lowers the incidence of unrestrained DNA duplication.

Another well known antioxidant is vitamin E; EGCC is thought to be approximately two hundred times more potent at disposing of free radicals from the system. One more manner that oolong tea could aid in the battle against cancer is by stemming mutation in cells. The powerful antioxidant characteristics of oolong tea might impede this mutation of healthy cell DNA that can lead them to becoming cancerous cells.

Meat that has been cured has in it nitrates which could be transformed into nitrosamines during the process of digestion. Nitrosamines have been proven to be a cancer causing agent. Tea is capable of inhibiting the function of nitrosamines that are responsible for causing any cancer according to a physician named Han Chi, also an associate professor at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, linked to the Chinese Academy of Preventative Medicine. One study evaluated one hundred forty five varieties of tea and Dr Han and her associates actually rated green tea the most effectual, which had an inhibiting factor of ninety percent. This was immediately followed by oolong tea and black tea in order as the fermentation procedure eradicates the EGCC. When the oolong tea is fermented during the production phase, the EGCC quantity is reduced by roughly fifteen percent.

Centuries past in China, tea was a significant element in various immortality elixirs used often by Taoists. Even in this day and age, maybe just a resonance from the ancients, testimony is rampant that consuming oolong tea and other types are responsible for the old age acquired by many people. It is by no means a magic potion for immortality or youth but it does have many benefits that certainly add to a person’s longevity. It encourages optimal functionality of one’s body systems; it triggers the immune system, aids in optimized stomach function and assists in lowering the risk of developing heart disease. Tea also contains fluoride which helps build strong bones to prevent osteoporosis while it strengthens dental enamel.

Women who are pregnant or lactating should limit their oolong tea consumption to minimal quantities, it could also get in the way of MAO inhibitors and medications whose job is to thin the blood. When you consume oolong tea it could hinder the absorption process of any prescription medications you are taking. You have been reading about the benefits of oolong tea only and in no way should this information be substituted for medical advice from a qualified physician. You should always seek consultation with your primary health care professional prior to taking any new medication or herbal remedy or combining the same.

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That is a few million years of trying to avoid death and during that time; man has done almost everything he could to hasten the grim reaper, even inventing new ways to die. Luckily, while pursuing ways not to die, he was also looking into methods of at least not dying too early. Still, the search to slow aging has gone on for nearly as long as that quest for immortality. Both are ancient stories.

These old stories have taken on new levels of pursuit in the last several decades. The quest to slow the aging process has made more of an immediate impact than the race to immortality. The simple fact is that it is easier to look and feel younger than to stop an evolutionary and biological certainty. Some strides have been made in the anti aging business for instance cosmetic surgery procedures, anti wrinkle serums, healthier diets, exercise regimens and supplements that keep us fit and healthy.

All lead gradually to greater longevity and yet we still have such a long way to go. So much still needs to be understood about aging and what factors control it. So many things have influence over the process of aging like ecological issues such as pollution and environmental contaminants, economic circumstances, lifestyle choices and behavioral factors, some beyond our control. Genetics plays a role, though not as large a part as once thought. Then there is just plain blind luck of the draw.

The average United States citizen these days can expect to live well into their upper seventies or lower eighties and women as a rule have better longevity than men. This is quite a jump from the days when America was still a colony! In the colonial years the average American lived until age forty five and luck had a whole lot to do with that benchmark.
 
Longevity is a phenomenon of modern times, according to S. Jay Olshansky, a biologist and demographic expert from Chicago and the University of Illinois. He says the largest number of humans ever born perished prior to the age of ten, usually due to infectious diseases. Now that is at once a frightening and astounding statement.

The survival rate has been increased in significant ways, and specifically for the younger people, by improving sanitation and discovering new medicines like penicillin to fight off infections. Childhood vaccinations for numerous diseases have assisted the drop in mortality dramatically. The thing is it just is not that simple to add another seventy or eighty years onto the life of a seventy or eighty year old individual, according to Olshansky.

Though there have been some considerable gains in life span in the last hundred or so years, novel work being done on the advance of aging to what is considered the ceiling limit of one hundred twenty years old probably will not occur in the near future. There is some promise though and there is a lot of money being spent so anything is possible, just not too likely anytime soon. Here is what we have for fighting aging at this point:

Hormone Treatment and Vitamins
 
The anti aging business in America is very big business indeed with sales recorded at better than fifty billion dollars per annum, mostly due to purchases of dieting supplements, hormones, vitamins and minerals.

Antioxidants are also making up a good deal of the popular vitamin supplement trend these days with sales of vitamin C and E doing well. Antioxidants are said to be capable combatants against free radicals, essentially these are unbalanced molecules thriving within our bodies that can be very damaging when left unchallenged. Antioxidants challenge these invaders. Left unchecked, free radicals will cause rapid aging, cellular deterioration, and organ harm, eventually leading to cancer and other deadly diseases.

More research needs to be completed on antioxidant effectiveness as does study involving the effective capability of hormone treatments such as testosterone, estrogen, DHEA and HGH or human growth hormone. Many medical practitioners prescribe these to their patients in their declining years as a means of warding off the effects of aging and for treating age related illness and conditions and modest successes have been observed. The problem that exists is more research is required – with the likes of the American Medical Association stating that hormone supplementation is risky, lacking evidence of success and perhaps hazardous to the health of the recipient.

Restricting Caloric Intake

Since the 1930’s, researchers have understood that a nutritious but limited diet will increase the longevity of certain living organisms, specifically lab rodents, some monkey species right down to the most minuscule yeast life form. This has been documented but it still remains a mystery whether or not this restriction of calories will have the same effect on humans. Various University research teams across the United States are in the midst of carrying out a new investigation to gather some practical data to evaluate its effectiveness in people.

Those involved in the study as participants are going to consume one quarter less food than they would eat normally and it will be calculated in calories for a period of two years. Investigators will closely observe the contributors to establish if the lower calorie diets are responsible for any actual health advantages that could be linked to an extended life. It will also be interesting to see if these study volunteers can actually remain on such a rigid and limited diet for any length of time, most are guessing the majority will not be able to.

Hyperbaric Treatments

This concept of anti aging involves maintaining a routine of turns inside a chamber that has various levels of pressurized oxygen that is suppose to energize and revitalize the body while it enhances healing and gets rid of toxicity within the body responsible for accelerated aging.

More commonly utilized as a treatment for healing wounds due to reduced circulation of blood, it has also proven effective as a means of treating carbon monoxide poisoning victims. The effectiveness of hyperbaric therapy as a way of fighting the effects of aging is at best, uncertain and worst, a waste of time. Some experts believe that the reverse may be true and it could literally speed the course of aging by rallying the formation of free radical amalgams.

Resveratrol

An innate substance found in certain plants and their fruits, resveratrol has been hyped and promoted to no end by the media and medical mouthpieces as the next great cure all. No doubt that it has some amazing properties but enough already with the overhyped successes and cures for this and that disease or condition. Resveratrol is found in red wine in larger amounts than white and those who sing its praises say it negates age associated issues in animals, but there is a fly in the ointment. Once again while it has shown its effectiveness in worms, fruit flies and even fish, it has been less successful in lab rodents. As for humans, many of the healthful advantages of resveratrol have yet to be verified.

Further Anti Aging Options

There are other things we can do to see that we have a happier, more satisfying life and revel in it with some longevity while we are at it. Unfortunately there is no simple anti aging pill we can take on the horizon but we do not have to have a snooze inside an oxygen chamber either. You may even know some of these methods as sage advice based on firsthand experience: You can start eating more nutritiously, get enough physical activity, manage your stress better and get adequate sleep. There is no need to burn yourself out with exercise but raising your heart rate for twenty or thirty minutes a day will do wonders for your health, well being and anti aging efforts.

Numerous investigations have revealed that people, who have a higher education, astonishingly live longer than those people with less learned knowledge. Education is more of a positive longevity factor than both race and income level. Therefore, the better educated you are, the longer you will be around to put it into good practice.

It has also been verified that keeping up your personal associations with others both for socializing, employment and for worship can aid your longevity. Those folks who have plenty of likeminded friends or remain active within social network environments are just inclined to last longer than those who are disconnected and anti social. The former are also presumably experiencing more joy and satisfaction while they actively participate in their extended life and superior health.

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The American Institute of Physics (AIP) recently published a study in the journal Chaos. The study examined organisms’ ability to survive and sustain themselves when faced with varied types of change. C. Brandon Ogbunugafor accompanied by his team, both form the Yale University, had a look at new as well as existing data in order to be able to determine the strengths and weaknesses of this study of robustness as a recognised concept and whether it could be applied in infectious systems. They discovered that while one must be cautious during the definition and application of the premise of robustness, the concept of infectious disease was filled with examples where additional application might prove to be useful. While introductory, the work of Doctor Ogbunugafor could indeed have far-reaching implications, taking into consideration the fact that the world is actually witnessing a rising amount of drug-resistant strains of disease.

Doctor Ogbunugafor explains that they believe that advance application of the robustness concept, along with experiments that are designed to examine it in other systems, might help in the way we study and deal with infectious diseases of varied types. Moreover, he adds that he finds this quite exciting, for it unveils fertile ground to apply an exciting concept in the context of infectious diseases that is greatly relevant to day-to-day life.

While there still remain a number of questions that are unanswered, the researchers are positive that if this concept is applied it could aid in the prediction of the way organisms evolve. Eventually, Ogbunugafor forecasts that the application of the concept of robustness could act as a “Rosetta Stone”, to predict evolution, which might represent the subsequent paradigm shift in evolutionary biology. He says that maybe by comprehending the way robustness manifests in illnesses such as malaria and influenza, for instance, we will be more able to forecast drug resistant variants even before they arise and as a result always stay a step forward the enemy in the omnipresent arms race between human beings and the microbes that threaten our health.

Source: Science Daily

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Take green tea for instance. The health benefits of this herbal tea have been endlessly promoted probably more than any other herbal therapies as it has taken hold in western society. When something receives this amount of endorsement, when we use it we hope to see something positive result from it. Western populations are not only impatient but skeptical as well; knowing there are many ruses that are around.

Green tea has been marketed as a favorable remedy for many health maladies and it is more available now than ever so let’s look at some of those therapies. Green tea has been hyped as a treatment for weight loss; it regulates diabetes, thwarts cancer, arthritis, aids in digestion and so many more health conditions. But can one therapy, a traditional herbal remedy no less, really live up to its hype? Absolutely!

Populations in the Far East have known this for centuries; that green tea can deliver maximum health benefits and significant life extension to those who consume it regularly. The results are not guaranteed immediately and in point of fact you will not notice any remarkable difference in the short term. This herbal method takes its time to bring any marked healthful benefits to your system.

Green tea works hand and hand with your metabolism. It augments and regulates the blood and circulatory system. A primary health benefit of drinking green tea or GT supplements is the dramatic elevation in your body’s power production it delivers. Investigative data reveals that green tea raises your metabolism by as much as four percent of its common rate. This kind of noticeable therapeutic punch happens as a result of repeated consumption of the tea; while conversely, weight loss associated with green tea is something that progresses over time through a gradual process.

For anyone who is considering a regimen of drinking green tea or ingesting it in supplement form, they need to understand the effectiveness of green tea, the benefits to your health, are reached through a steady ongoing process. Also, it needs to be clear that the effectiveness of green tea is not immediate, but rather reached slowly over time. Do not be fooled into believing that this slow progress in order to see healthy benefits is not worth the wait. There are huge benefits over the long haul when consuming green tea; this is where patience becomes a virtue.

Perhaps green tea is already a part of your daily routine, having replaced coffee or perhaps even black tea as the beverage of choice. Black tea also has some therapeutic value as a remedy for various ailments but it also has some drawbacks. Better to continue it in moderation and add green tea to the menu. Drinking certain teas also have a remarkable capability as an aid to weight loss, green tea in particular.

Green Tea Assists With Weight Loss

Asian cultures have been drinking green tea and other varieties for the health advantages and as an aid to longevity. Green teas assistance as a diet aid is much less celebrated. When you consume green tea it acts as a natural appetite depressant, therefore, assisting the recipient to decrease their craving for snacking when they are not supposed to be eating.
Many dieters will drink coffee for the same reason between meals but they will still be adding useless calories, as a rule because they include a pastry as well! Drinking green tea instead is not only invigorating, but acts as a healthy alternative to drinking coffee. Consuming green tea has also been proven to be a fat buster – in the sense that it slows down the absorption of fat, while giving you an additional energy increase. It will also refresh your breath [the opposite of coffee] and is known to safeguard against dental decay.

When you consume tea as a supplement or beverage you are aiding your immune system due to the antioxidant enhancement you are supplying your body with. It helps fight back against free radical cellular damage at the molecular level and will actually slow the advancement of aging, consequently, increasing your life expectancy.
 
The only adverse reaction from drinking green tea, any tea, would be the caffeine it contains. Still though most tea contains only one third the amount found in coffee. Caffeine’s general effects are troublesome to people who are not used to it. You may feel jittery, experience restlessness, insomnia or “digestive” concerns if you overload with it. Green tea can also affect your iron content since it is known to block the absorption of iron. This means if you are a nursing mother or expecting you would be advised to restrict your consumption levels of tea.
 
Green tea has proven itself effective as an aid to dieters and helps slim people down when they are increasingly being challenged by their will power.

Wu Li The Premium Traditional Green Tea Remedy

Wu Li green tea is a Chinese Green tea. Tea in general has been touted for its healing properties as both a beverage and as a supplement. We have looked at the astounding health advantages when taking green tea in supplemental form or as a drink. There are many novel varieties of green tea about these days with tea producers labeling everything they manufacture as a variety of tea to some degree.

Wu Li green tea though is specifically Chinese herbal tea – produced in China. As an herbal remedy is has been used traditionally by many in the culture as a source of human longevity and has seen remarkable success for its medicinal properties as well as triumphs. It offers huge health benefits that provide notable benefits to the bodies of those who consume it.

Wu Li green tea is revitalizing and surprisingly light, highly regarded for the good health it provides to those who imbibe, most particularly the Chinese themselves. The experts in traditional Chinese medicine who work with Wu Li green tea expound about the effectiveness of Wu Li as a means of thwarting cancer. Many drink it as a means of losing weight due to its innate ability to reduce craving. Wu Li also is known for its ability to fight tooth decay.

Wu Li Green Tea Safeguards Teeth

Our dental health is becoming more important as scientists discover the relation between oral health and our overall level of health. It certainly plays a part in our digestion, allowing it to function at its best. Our teeth make up the initial steps of our digestive tract, grinding our food into manageable quantities at the outset of the intricate process. Wu Li green tea [or all green tea for that matter – though Wu Li is more effective] is a primary element in aiding the longevity of our teeth.

When researchers investigated the benefits of Wu Li green tea it was revealed that when you drink it there is marked improvement in oral health as it improves the density and life span of teeth. The data clearly shows how teeth are enhanced in those individuals who drink Wu Li green tea regularly. The important element found in green tea that assists in maintaining healthy teeth is called Catechin. Catechin in the Wu Li green tea simply prevents and halts tooth decay while also eradicating a menacing bacterium found in the oral region, streptococcus mutans which leads to decay and plaque accumulation.

Astonishingly, Wu Li green tea and other varieties contain fluoride, hyped over the years as a formula that maintains healthy and strong teeth. In a single cup of well prepared green tea there is 0.3 to 0.5 mgs of fluoride. It is great for our tooth enamel and acts as a defense against oral acid deterioration. This is a huge finding for those involved in the promotion of green tea for its health advantages. We should try and consume between 3 to five cups of green tea throughout our day as part of our course of liquid refreshment. Wu Li green tea still needs to be prepared properly for the full benefits; the scientific and medical community is doing its part investigating and evaluating the evidence.

Wu Li has been classified by many as the finest quality of green tea available as it is used in traditional Chinese medicine it has a quality reputation for improving health. Wu Li Green Tea can lower cholesterol and reduce hypertension in people who drink it and it does so extremely effectively from all reports. Wu Li assists in boosting the immune functionality of the body and specifically in a supplement form. It is consumed by many in eastern cultures who place a high value on their health and well being. It is used as both a preventive herbal therapy and as a curative. Similar to ordinary green tea, it will aid in the reduction of stress while slowing and regulating the aging process.

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• positives:
  HGH does reduce body fat
  it does increase muscle mass and shape the body
  it does rejuvenate the body
  it makes your nails grow faster
  it makes your hair grow faster
  it makes your skin softer and nicer
• negatives:
  prolonged HGH use does mess with your blood sugar (you need to eat more carbs if you get hypoglycemic episodes)
  prolonged HGH use can cause a mild carpal tunnel syndrome (which goes away when you stop taking it)
  there is mild water retention (which goes away when you stop taking it)

The difference between HGH and IGF-1 Long R3

HGH essentially does the same thing as IGF and has additional benefits. It raises the body’s natural IGF-1 levels to 300% higher so in a way it will do the same thing as if you were taking IGF-1 directly. HGH also has other anti aging, body enhancing, rejuvenating and fat burning effects which is why most people prefer it.

Furthermore, GH works on everyone, while IGF-1 doesn’t. For example, it does not work on me and I tried about 10 cycles during a few years time span. On the other hand, I have a friend (20 years of bodybuilding) who only goes for IGF and it works amazing for him. He says it’s the best substance ever.

Liquid or freeze dried Human Growth Hormone

Human growth hormone comes in two forms – liquid or lyophilized (freeze dried powder) form. Both forms are identical, the only difference between the two is that the liquid is not suitable for shipping because it is more sensitive to heat and shaking. It has to be refrigerated at all times. Shaking and temperatures above 8 degrees Celsius damage the HGH molecules and results in a less potent product.

When HGH is lyophilized (freeze dried) it survives shaking without problems and is good at room temperature (up to 37 degrees Celsius / 99 Fahrenheit) for over 30 days. At temperatures up to 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) it’s good for about a week. When you reconstitute freeze dried HGH (add water and gently dissolve it without shaking) it becomes the same as the liquid version.

HGH and temperatures

This is how lyophilized (freeze dried) GH withstands temperatures:

before reconstituted:
- if refrigerated between 2 – 8 degrees Celsius it’s good for over a year (until expiration date)
- at room temperature (up to 37 degrees celsius) it’s good for over 30 days
- at up to 45 degrees celsius it’s good for about a week

after reconstituted:
- it has to be refrigerated at all times. It’s good for 20 days

How to mix and use the Human Growth Hormone

Water:

Plain sterile water is the best diluent for HGH. The only reason why someone would use bacteriostatic or saline water is to prolong shelf life of the mixture. With sterile water the mixture stays good for 20 days. Even at 2IU per day (minimal anti aging dose) a mixed vial would be used up within 5 days, so there is plenty of time.

Just ask for plain sterile water for injection in your local pharmacy store, it should be very cheap. If you can’t get it there, see if you know anyone who works in a hospital or at a doctor’s office – they use it for washing, so they should be able to give it to you for free.

Syringes:

Get the insulin type syringe with 100 markings on the side. They are very cheap and available in every local pharmacy store. They have the smallest needles.

Mixing:

Pull 1ml of water into the syringe and inject it into the vial with powder. GH molecules are very fragile – sensitive to heat and rapid movements. You should never shake the vial when mixing. You should not inject the water directly into the powder with force, but rather let it gently slide down the inside of the vial. If it bubbles up, you should put the vial in the refrigerator and leave it there for about 15 minutes. The bubbles will be gone by then. You should then gently turn the vial between your fingers until all of the powder has dissolved (it takes about 3-4 minutes).

The vials are under vacuum, so before you can take the GH out, you need to get rid of the vacuum. You take a fresh syringe, pull air into it and inject the air into the vial (not into liquid, but into air above the liquid). This will get rid of the vacuum. You can then pull out the GH as you need it. 10 markings on the 100-mark syringe = 1 IU.

Injections:

Some people pull the entire HGH vial content into the syringe and use the same for 5 injections. Others prefer to use a fresh syringe for every injection (which is smart in my humble opinion).

The favorite spot for HGH injections is subcutaneously, into the stomach fat – pinch some skin between your fingers and insert the needle at an 45 degree angle. Chose a different spot every time. Depending on the spot, you can either feel nothing or you can feel slight pain – you will learn your favorite spots in time. GH can also be injected into any muscle (thigh, shoulder, etc.) – it works the same either way.

HGH Dosage:

Dosage depends on the purpose. People generally use 2IU per day for anti-aging purpose and 4IU per day for bodybuilding, weight loss and general fitness. In case of 4IU, people take 2IU in the morning and 2IU in the afternoon. It’s best injected into stomach fat (exactly the same way as insulin).

Effects are felt about a week into the first cycle (better sleep, skin improvement, etc..). Improved muscle tone is noticed about a month or two after the start (provided you do good workout and proper diet – plenty of proteins). Don’t just settle for any type of protein, because some manufacturers put in all sorts of crap (artificial flavors, sugar, etc.. also some manufacturing methods produce low quality protein which is no good.). You want undenatured whey protein isolate created with micro cross flow filtration method and possibly get unflavored and unsweetened kind. I also suggest you take some good multi vitamin/mineral supplements (take a look at AOR ortho core).

It’s good to cycle off HGH every now and then. General rule of thumb is, to take breaks for the same duration of time as you were on it. 2 months on, 2 months off for example.

The effects are most noticeable in the initial few cycles so stay on it for as long as you can (3-4 months even).

The only noticeable side effect which can happen to some people is the carpal tunnel syndrome (tingling sensation in your palms and fingers. Feeling like your hands fall “asleep” sometimes, especially in the morning when you wake up). If it gets unbearable, people just stop the cycle for a few weeks and then resume when the carpal is gone. If it happens it does so only in initial few cycles when the carpal tunnel (through which nerves are passing to your palms) is too thin and doesn’t have time to adapt to the new rapid growth. Later on the tunnel adapts and in subsequent cycles the carpal is barely felt – if at all.

Chinese HGH

In the recent years it has become very difficult to obtain real human growth hormone (also known by it’s abbreviation HGH and scientific name Somatropin). In 2007 US government passed a law which made growth hormone illegal in the USA. After that it was only possible to obtain it through a local doctor, who could only prescribe an American or European (FDA approved) brand.

The reason this happened in the first place is because Chinese growth hormone (Hypertropin, Jintropin or Ansomone) was over 10 times cheaper than US brands while being of equal quality and readily available to anyone over the internet. In time this was starting to take a big chunk of profit from the US pharmaceutical giants (big pharma). In 2007 they finally succeeded through lobbying and politics to remove Chinese competition from the US market and in turn forced the people to buy big pharma brands at tenfold prices.

Nowadays Chinese manufacturers distance themselves from direct sales, however it is still possible to obtain Chinese growth hormone over the internet through various small time resellers, you just have to do a bit of research to find them.

Real or fake Human Growth Hormone

Real GH cannot be made in a “bathtub” pharmacy (like steroids can) for several reasons, but most importantly because the necessary equipment cost is in multi million dollars and the technical knowledge includes genetic manipulation of e.coli bacteria, etc.

The real growth hormone (somatropin) which is identical to the human body’s own GH has a 191 amino acid sequence molecule.

There is a cheaper method to create something called somatrem (or Met-GH) – a 192 amino acid sequence GH, which is technically not a real GH, and is not natural to the human body – but does work similar. Met-GH has an additional methionyl amino acid attached which can cause a person’s body to build up antibodies against it. It can also cause allergic reactions – some people built up so much resistance that the immune system neutralized the effect of the drug. This is especially dangerous because it can leave permanent damage – immune system attacking person’s own, real GH.

I have heard reports of several cheap GH brands (somatorm, nomad labs, etc.) which leave painful red welts on injection spot. There are two reasons something like this can happen – either the substance is fake or it has bacterial residue in it, which causes an immune reaction.

When it comes to their health, most people want only the best but some seem to not care and are looking for anything cheap.

I have personally used Jintropin since 2000 with excellent results. In 2007 I switched to the more potent (20% stronger) brand Hypertropin which has since been my GH of choice.

HGH prices

Nowadays a 100IU (40mg) kit of growth hormone goes for $330 US dollars, with most Chinese resellers having a minimum order quantity of 5 kits or more.

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The Dutch Study on Tea Found:

1. Those who consumed an average of more than 6 cups of tea per day had 36 percent lesser risk of heart disease in comparison to those who consumed only a cup of tea per day.

2. The consumption of 3 to 6 cups of tea everyday depicted a 45 percent lower risk of death caused by heart disease in comparison to those who consumed on an average less than 1 cup of tea per day.

The Dutch Study on Coffee Found:

1. Coffee consumers who take an average of 2 to 4 cups of coffee everyday were 20 percent less prone to heart disease in comparison to coffee drinkers who consumed either more than 4 cups or less than 2 cups.

2. It was also shown that drinking coffee moderately helped to reduce the risk of death due to heart disease as well as from other causes.

The study did also find that coffee and tea did not influence the risk of stroke.

Yvonne T. Van der Schouw, Ph.D, senior author and professor of chronic disease epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Science and Primary Care, University Medical Center Ulrecht, Netherlands, said that pervious study portrayed that coffee and tea consumption helped in reducing the risk of heart disease. However, no conclusive association between coffee/tea consumption and stroke had been established. This study showed that drinking coffee or tea did not augment the potential risk of death caused by either stroke or other sources.

The field research involved examining effects of consuming tea and coffee; a questionnaire was administrated by Van Der Schouw and his colleagues to evaluate a total of 37,514 participants. This longitudinal study covered the participants for 13 years. They were followed to identify whether any of them experienced cardiovascular disease and/or death.

A major shortcoming of the study was that details related to the type of tea or coffee being consumed was unknown. Nonetheless, in the Netherland roughly 78 percent of total tea consumption is Black tea and green tea represent merely 4.6 percent.

The study did also demarcate different health behaviours amidst tea and coffee drinkers. It was found that coffee drinkers were more prone to smoking. They did also have fewer healthy diets in comparison to tea drinkers.

The benefits of drinking tea were according to the researchers due to its antioxidants. The present of Flavonoids in tea is believed to reduce the risk of cardiovascular problems. However, there is no confirmed underlying reason why tea and coffee help to reduce the risk of heart disease.

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Zurich – according to the world’s largest producer of chocolate, it may have come up with a chocolate bar that could assist in the fight against wrinkles as well as slowing down the aging process, thus making it the most-up-to-date food group to tap the taste for a better quality of health.

Studies that have been carried out by Barry Callebaut have shown that, consuming 20 grams (0.755 oz) of this specially developed chocolate that is packed with antioxidants, or flavanols, everyday may help in preventing wrinkles and making the skin look more radiant by enhancing elasticity and boosting hydration.

Consumers are increasingly becoming more health conscious and aware of the nutritional value of what they consume, and Barry Callebaut’s claims has come in as food giants like Danone and Nestle are also pushing into the arena of healthy eating.

Previously, dark chocolate has been connected with numerous health benefits, like assisting in lowering blood pressure or bringing a reduction in the probability of strokes due to its high content of antioxidants.

In an interview, Hans Vriens, the Chief Innovation Officer of Barry Callebaut, stated that the Swiss group had come up with a preservation method to conserve the flavanols that are found in cocoa beans throughout the chocolate-making process, thus allowing them to make a bar that is more concentrated in flavanols.

Vriens declares that while chocolate and health seem to be incongruent, it is however a very fascinating proposition; if a person can eat something that he actually likes and is at the same time good for his health then the proposition is noteworthy. Usually when one thinks about making food becoming healthier, chocolate is most likely to find itself at the very bottom of the list.

Pollution, smoking, a lack of sleep and caffeine all help in the creation of free radicals which are able to damage healthy cells in the body, thus accelerating the aging process.

Jon Cox, analyst of Kepler Capital Markets, said that exists a big body of evidence that points to the fact that flavanols actually slow down the damage caused by free radicals. He advances that food manufacturing companies are trying to leverage wellness and health into numerous products and there is surely a market for chocolate in regards to wellness and health. We have previously witnesses its success in dairy products with products such as Unilever’s Benecol and Danone’s Actimel.

The functional market for chocolate comprises of diet and organic chocolate. This market is currently seeing a double-digit growth, effortless surpassing the mere 1 or 2 percent growth that is actually being seen in the remaining of the chocolate market, Cox stated.

However, some experts remain doubtful regarding the positive effects that flavanols could have on skin.

In accordance with the Professor of the Human Nutrition, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Richard Hurrell, there exists significant proof that cocoa flavanols have indeed a positive impact on the blood flow. They can bring a reduction in the blood pressure which in turn can have a positive impact on cardiovascular diseases.

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Fish Oil

The power of fish oil is another conventional drug that people tend to underestimate. According to an Italian Study carried out by the European Society of Cardiology in 2008, it was found that omega-3 fatty acid is even better than Rx cholesterol-reducing medicine. The research demonstrated that fish-oil supplement was superior to Crestor, a well-known cholesterol-reducing drug, normally taken by patients who suffer from chronic heart failure. This is one example but there exist a dozen of other natural treatments that are just as effective as typical drugs. The windfall gain of natural treatment is that they have less side-effect.

Conventional Medicine

The worse drugs available on the market are frequently those related to chronic consumption. These include medicine consumed by patients suffering from headaches, high blood pressure, weight gain, high cholesterol and amidst others. The weight loss drugs have an underprivileged history record with rampantly a great deal of side effects. As early as in 1977, studies did already pinpoint that well balance diets with fruits and vegetables could have favourable impacts on blood pressure. The problem with health care is that we tend to treat only symptoms and ignore the key cause. The likely outcome is that the disease only worsens. It is a fact that a symptom of a disease is only revealed while the body tries to heal itself from the disease. If we try to treat the symptoms we might stop the body’s natural process to restore our health.

It is known that medication tend to lead to an imbalance in our system. The worse is that we do not even know how some medication operates within our body. The controversy of medicine is that we might believe that the drug is making the body a favour while, in reality, it might simply be masking the underlining cause of the disease. So, it may be leading to additional damage to our biochemistry. Some medicine can therefore, be deadly. They might offer a short-term gratification at the expense of long-term health predicaments.

The drug industry is extensively huge and profitable. There is an infinite volume of vested interested geared to keep one sick for the sake of continuous purchase of some particular medications. These internal policies and practices by medical companies can easily be de-masked. For example, pharmaceutical companies do usually spend at least twice as much on advertisement than on research and development. The core focus is to sell and not to save life.

Drugs might sometime be life-savers. However, the core essence is to inject nutrients and healthy ingredients, which protect one from diseases.

Weakness of Drugs

“Mercola”, is a popular health site that shed light on major secret statistics on a medicine or rather “number need to treat” (NNT) figures. Clinical trials are geared to analyse whether drugs can make people better. However, number needed to treat statistics focus on how many individuals will have to consume the drug to prevent a disease (like heart attack or re-apparition of cancer). For instance, some drugs might have a NNT of 50 for heart attack. This would mean out of every 50 people taking the drug, the drug might only prevent one of these individuals from getting it. It is definitely a low number, and pharmaceutical companies make their best to silence these poor statistics.

However, the NNT is usually updated frequently. It does also show different figures depending on research institutions and techniques used. The fact that out of 50 people may be only one will have health benefits while the other 49 will have no health benefits portrays a negative image on drug companies. So, these figures must be kept secret or complicated to prevent the general public from understanding it.

Many cholesterol drugs are blatantly showing controversial NNT in comparison to embellished advertisements. The potential side-effects of cholesterol drugs are muscle weakness, liver sabotage, cognitive impairment enclosed with a list of others. Yet, these pills are often touted as marvelous capsules that can cut the risk of heart attack by above 30 percent.

Recently, Business Week conducted a research on this topic. They used the clinical numbers advertised in Pfizer’s own newspaper ad for a particular cholesterol-lowering drug, Lipitor. Lipitor was said to slash the risk of heart attack by as much as 36 percent. However, above the 36 percent there was an asterisk. The asterisk contained some vital information. It was stated that in a clinical study 3 percent of the patients taking a placebo or sugar pills had a heart attack in comparison to only 2 percent for those taking Lipitor.

The data reveals that out of a group of 100 people consuming the drug for a period of 3 years and 4 month – 3 individuals in the placebos and only 2 people taking Lipitor had a heart attack. The NNT for this case is very low. If one hundred people take Lipitor for above 3 years it can prevent one patient from a heart attack. This analysis is based on the figure provided by Pfizer. It should be noted that the study was funded by the industry so the real statistics can even be lower than suggested. There are many cholesterol-lowering drugs that have a NNT figure of 250 and above for 5 years.

Drugs Isn’t the Key for Longevity

America is today the most powerful consumer of drugs. Its population consumes up to 50 percent the world’s prescribed medicine. The remaining 95 percent of the world population consumes the other half. If drugs would have been the key for longevity and health than Americans would probably rank first (longevity). However, this is not the case, they ranked in a pitiful forty-second place on longevity amidst countries of the world. They are practically behind most of the developed countries. These statistics tend to prove that prescribed drugs cannot help one to circumvent lifestyle-related diseases.

The real cure is to treat the cause and not merely the symptoms of an illness or disease. Drugs should be taken when necessary. However, chronic consumption of drugs should not be taken, unless advised by a professional physician.

Exceptional Therapies for Cancer

The Maximum Life Foundation expects that within a decade technological and medical advancement will render our actual ways of treating illness barbaric. There are astounding findings and breakthroughs being achieved every hour. It is even possible that while you are reading this article another dozen of new medical technologies are implemented for the first time.

Scientists from Purdue University have already developed some type of miniature delivery vehicles with the potential to transport anticancer therapeutic agents immediately to infected cells. This is a promising technology that may one day cure various chronic diseases. Another miracle is nanoparticles that are being developed by MIT researchers. They have been able to create a Trojan horse-like cancer medicine, with the potential to burrow into a tumor. It also closes the entry once it has burrowed into the tumor and detonates a killing dose of anti-cancer toxins. This leaves all the healthy surrounding cells completely unharmed.

Archive Techniques

Medical science is currently unsophisticated in many ways, especially in treating life-threatening diseases. The actual method can be compared to using a grenade to kill all the cockroaches in a house. Physicians have for too long solely relied on brute force techniques to fight heart disease, cancer, diabetes and others. Fortunately, biomedical science is emerging to give doctors intelligent and sophisticated tools to battle against diseases. We are soon reaching a stage where fighting the symptoms of a disease is only the beginning. We do now understand the mechanism of most disease but curing techniques are still in development phases. For example, we are using the same method to treat cancer like those used some 30 years ago. The most widespread treatments are to burn, radiate or cut out the cancerous region. The negative effect of harming cancer cells like this is that the patients might suffer from intense collateral damage.

Newer Techniques to Treat Cancer

There are, nevertheless, some more modern techniques emerging to treat cancer cells. These treatments focus on eradicating cancer cells from within where they breathe and live. The approach of attacking the very molecules that assure the proliferation and growth of cancerous cells is deemed more effective. A particular enzyme known as cyclooxegenase II (COX-2), is often generated in large quantity by cancerous cells. The enzyme COX-2 is used by cancer cells to accelerate their metabolism and thereby facilitating tumors to grow at a faster rate. It is fortunate that COX-2 is present in rheumatoid arthritis cases as well. It has allowed the developed of drugs, which is nowadays very beneficial for cancer patients. Moreover, these drugs are known as COX-2 inhibitors and are often only provided through medical prescriptions.

To mention a few Products

1. Celebrex,*
2. Vioxx, *
3. Lodine XL and nimesulide,

*Celebrex and Vioxx have been an associated cause to the death of patients. Lodine XL and nimesulide are considered to be safer.

Natural COX-2 inhibitors

1. Curcumin supplements

There is also another category of proteins that exist in great quantity in cancer cells. This type of protein is known under the RAS oncogene family. It is an enzyme which is involved in the usual signalling mechanism responsible for the reproduction of cells. An over-expression of this protein increases the level of signalling and cells starts to rampantly divide and grow out of control.

A particular type of cholesterol-lower drugs has proven to halt the RAS proteins from producing excessive signalling. The class of medicine is known as “Statins”. An example is Lovastatin, which is known to reduce the speed at which cancer cell proliferates.

There is another drug in clinical testing geared to handicap the ability of cancer cells to grow. For a cancer cell to grow it needs a consistent supply of blood like any other cell. Tumors have this ability to foster new blood vessels geared to feed themselves. The new class of medicine stops the growth of new blood vessels and forces the tumor to starve. The drugs that are actually in clinical testing are known as endostatin and angiostatin.

Life Style Treatment against Cancer

A study conducted on 30 patients with cancer showed that adopting for a healthy lifestyle with a low-fat diet, exercising moderately and to try to decrease their level stress was a treatment against cancer. It was found that within 3 months, 24 out of 30 patients experienced an ample increase in their level of telomerase. This showed that a healthy lifestyle can increase the cell-protecting telomeres. Telomeres are protective ends of our chromosomes. However, these enzymes do naturally shorten. It is only the telomerase enzyme that can act to restore the length of telomeres. The study showed that healthy habits increased the quantity of telomerase and thus increased the protective abilities of cells.

A Healthy Life with the Hope for New Technology

There is a possibility for radical life-extension technologies to revolutionize. The idea is not to live longer but to stay young indefinitely. Some of these factors will be within our control and other will simply depend on the latest anti-aging medicine weapons available. However, to increase our odds and chances of living forever, a healthy lifestyle is essential. There are also other fundamental key aspects determining our likelihood towards eternal life. Like how up-to-date and familiar we are with new technology.

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Chocolate bars, all of them, candies, nougats or anything derived from chocolate, originated from the all powerful cacao bean, found within the cacao fruit. As if chocolate on its own is not great enough, now we find out it actually grows on trees! The health benefits that come from the cacao bean are not that well known but word is getting out there and people are listening. They should because the news about the cacao bean and chocolate is a revelation.
Chocolate itself is a great way to balance your hormones, mood swings and even your food cravings. For years chocolate has been given a bad rap but science has proven it has numerous health benefits.

Some are inclined to refer to the cacao as a super food and it may well be but I believe that term can be somewhat deprecating and misleading. I am not for a second suggesting it is not an amazing food because it really does dominate in this category as you will see. In ancient times, certain cultures would use cacao as a sacred gift, it was prayed to by some tribes and other were more practical, using it for medicinal purposes to heal wounded tribe members and treat different illnesses. Still others would use it for purposes of personal beatification.

The cacao bean is special alright – very special for what it can do for our health due to certain properties that it has which make it an important plant derivative for healing, physical restoration, anti aging, immunity support, stabilizing hormones, weight loss, personal beautification and as a powerful strengthening agent for those recovering from consumption [or tuberculosis].

Numerous Healthful Compounds In Cacao

The cacao bean is absolutely laden with valuable nutrients that aid in maintaining health. It has particularly elevated quantities of magnesium sulfuriron, chromium, tryphtophan and antioxidants. If one wishes to maintain a high level of health, they cannot do without these essential nutrients in their diet. Their health and longevity depend on these and so many more important elements that are available in the magnificent cacao bean.

Great Source Of Minerals For Beauty

The cacao contains a particular mineral that is vital for one’s appearance is sulfur – providing our bodies with sturdy nails as well as youthful and gleaming skin. When you add to that the fact that it keeps the liver and pancreas functioning at pinnacle levels, it proves itself to be a remarkable food for health – inside and out – little wonder the ancients once held it in such revere.

MAO Inhibitors For Weight Control

MAO is the acronym for Monoamine Oxidase Enzyme which acts as an inhibitor to aid in the management of addictive cravings and assists in appetite control. Renowned physician Dr. Gabriel Cousens made verification clear that MAO inhibitors promote anti aging and health rejuvenation after completing an investigation in 2008.

Includes PEA Plus Anandamide

PEA is the acronym for Phenylethylamine, a compound that humans generate when we fall in love. When we consume cacao, we become continuously in love, there is no certainty for exactly what we love, but we love it anyway! If you have ever been in love, you know the gleeful, emotionally charged and simply plain old nice way we feel – not to mention romantic. Think of the blushed facial features, brilliant skin, gleaming eyes and pulsating heart you could have from now and for the remainder of your life – that is without a date!

Anandamide is a delightful element that is produced innately by our body when we feel personal happiness and well being. Cacao enzyme inhibitors aid in sustaining the chemical inside of our body for a longer time period and taking on its own additional store of Anandamide. As an individual feels pleasurable and cheerful, they can make more good things occur, make peace gestures and share the love.
 
Interestingly, in Sanskrit, thought to be the world’s oldest retained language, the word for bliss is Ananda. Apparently the ancient Indian ascetic culture also understood many things about slowing the aging process and increasing longevity.

Enhance the metabolism; elevate stamina and vigor while assisting with innate weight loss – the cacao bean can help us with these and so much more. Raw cacao quickens the body’s inherent metabolism, aiding in the fat burning process while immobile. If it is ingested prior to physical training, you will quite literally feel a boost of energy that will boost you during your routine.

That being stated, it is noteworthy that only raw cacao will supply these benefits. After the cacao bean has been refined and processed, like so many other healthy things it loses it food value and an individual will begin to gain more weight than it is capable of keeping off due to the milk, sugar and hydrogenated fat content added.

What follows are some significant factors to remember when consuming cacao:

Only Ingest Raw Cacao

Off the shelf, manufactured chocolate items have gone through a cooking and roasting process, been refined and altered so extremely from what it was innately grown to provide us with.

Cacao comes with a principal constituent that acts much like caffeine and is called theobromine. It is derived from the same family as caffeine but the two function uniquely. Theobromine is what gives us a boost when we ingest the cacao. Investigations have revealed the raw and roasted cacao have significantly different affects on the body.

When tests were conducted on numerous subjects the results were the same, raw cacao is the best source. Some people have a sensation of being congested when they consume even the slightest bit of dark chocolate [supposedly the healthiest of the processed variety].

For the commercially marketed chocolate bars that claim to contain all natural ingredients like cacao butter, cacao powder and nemera sugar [pure and natural form of sugar], they are still roasted in the manufacturing process. This is not optimal but pretty close.

If there is no other form of raw cacao attainable to you, by all means eat this wholesome and innate dark chocolate – but never confuse it with pure raw cacao.

These days there are more dark chocolate variations available for the consumer than ever before. They contain much less sugar, milk and other additives and preservatives than they did previously. This is classic band wagon jumping at its boldest, though this form of dark chocolate is better than the other option.

When you have no other choice for chocolate but must fill the need for it, though not the primary choice, select the most natural and least refined brand you can find. When dairy is added to raw cacao, not only is the healthful advantage ruined, but the body is required to expel these substances at some point.

It is also extremely important that you carefully read the labels on any kind of traditional chocolate you are purchasing. Food must augment an individual’s energy and power subsequent to being consumed, not detract from it. Raw cacao meets this specification in spades!

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During the trials that comprised of 3,000 persons, the drug Accomplia was compared with a placebo. All the contestants went to a restricted diet. However, those who were on the highest dose of Accomplia lost considerably more weight; they lost up to 20lb and nearly three inches off their waists. Moreover, the levels of risk factors, relating to heart disease, in their blood samples also improved.

Resveratrol needs still to undergo such examination, but it may attest to be yet more advantageous. It functions by combining to a class of proteins known as sirtuins which control the reparation of cells and radically boosts their effectiveness.

Research has demonstrated that it has a remarkable anti-inflammatory action. In animals, this feature has been able to postpone the ageing process and has increased their lifetime by a maximum of 50%.

In a project at Leicester University, it is actually being examined as a cure for colon cancer; in California as a remedy for prostate cancer, in London as a healing for lung disease while in Canada, it is being tested as a herpes treatment.

According to David Sinclair from the Harvard medical school, it is by no accident that it appears to have a positive impact on every disease it has been experimented on. David Sinclair and his team are investigating resveratrol’s anti-ageing effects and they believe that it could prove to be indeed very significant.

Even if eventual wonder drugs do establish to be more efficient, are they the correct way to carry on? Maybe people should simply live a healthier life in the very first instance.

Esther Rantzen, aged 64, who is a star of television’s Stictly Come Dancing, and who has lately dedicated herself to the promotion of the happiness of the “third age”, claims that the greatest medication for her comprise of the people she knows and meets and the various adventures in her life and work. According to her, extending a person’s lifetime is not necessarily advantageous. She believes that in her case she would need to outlive her usefulness.

An Oxford anthropologist, Desmond Morris, explains that while pills have their own importance and is very beneficial for the human species, there is however much of pill-taking that is plainly unnecessary. He therefore proposes that it is better to try and adjust to our surroundings and the daily stresses that come with it, rather than resorting to still more medication.

Scientists and doctors are divided on the worthiness of looking for a miracle remedy. The editor of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, Ike Iheanacho, declared that it is a reality that it is only in the initial stages that a new drug appears to be the most impressive.

The pioneers take care when dealing with patients during trials especially regarding their selection and monitoring. When a drug is given to a patient who has not been selected, the degree of benefit decreases and one can begin to see the actual level of the side effects.

Some say that, given the extent to which people are affected by lifestyle diseases, it is crucial for scientists to keep on searching. A professor of clinical pharmacology, Peter Sever, of the Imperial College in London, said that over 50% of the population may die of cancer, strokes and heart disease that might be completely preventable. He advanced that it is vital that the industry attempts to develop and produce drugs that neutralize the appalling lifestyle of people.

Accomplia and Resveratrol may potentially be the best options. Success should not be viewed as unachievable since there is already a substance that can be deemed to be a wonder drug. It averts heart attacks and thus can allow a person to have a longer life; it decreases the probability of blindness that is caused by cataracts; it subside fever and can even shield against some type of cancers. It can even assist in certain problems of fertility. What’s the name of this wonder drug? Aspirin.

Whilst big drug companies are chasing wonder drugs, other scientists have developed an innovative and ground-breaking technique in gene therapy. These scientists believe that it could provide a radical breakthrough to counteract against heart disease, cancer and other diseases, reports Lois Rogers.

Last week a group of researchers made known that they have found out a means to block the action of genes through a mere injection. This technique consists of inserting fragments of RNA. RNA is a molecule that is comparable to DNA. It differs in the fact that it has been changed to stop the activity of a particular gene.

This team of researchers showed the process in mice and were successful in silencing the genes regulating a protein which, in turn, is implicated in the process of producing cholesterol. They were successful in reducing the levels of blood cholesterol by a maximum of 50% in the mice.

An elevated level of cholesterol consists of a high risk factor in heart disease. In Britain it kills more than 238,000 persons on a yearly basis.

The technique can be applied on a wider range. Scientists, who have published their results in the journal Nature, think that it could be adjusted to be directed at any gene.

The very first illness to be addressed in human beings will be macular deterioration, a principal cause of sight damage as well as blindness that touches more than 500,000 persons in Britain.

The goal will consist of developing an RNA molecule for blocking the production of a specific protein which is involved in the unregulated blood vessel growth that triggers macular degeneration. The project work is to start next year.

The company which is behind the discovery, Alnylam, was established by Philip Sharp. This British-born and Nobel prize-winner who is actually settled in Boston, Massachusetts, said that the discovery provides an entirely novel method of treating disease.

Source: Times Online

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