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Vitamin K2 Reduces
STIFFNESS OF ARTERIES A study of 243 men and women between the ages of 40 and 70 found that vitamin K2, taken consistently for a year, significantly reduced stiffness of arteries. The effective dose was 360 mcg per day of the MK-7 form of the vitamin. Earlier research showed that lower doses take longer to produce similar benefits.
UBIQUINOL RELIVES FATIGUE
50–65%
Ubiquinol is the active form of CoQ10, a nutrient used by our cells to produce energy. While many studies have shown that it can help people with heart failure, a new study in Japan has found that ubiquinol supplements can also revitalize energy in healthy middle-aged people who experience fatigue.
People who walk significantly
In a group of 60 people, researchers compared the effects of 100 or 150 mg of ubiquinol daily to a placebo during a 12-week period. They measured blood levels of the nutrient and surveyed participants’ energy levels during and after a series of challenging mental tests. They found that both doses of ubiquinol raised blood levels of the nutrient and significantly enhanced energy. The study was published in the journal Nutrients.
FEWER DEATHS
more steps each day live longer, according to a study that tracked nearly 5,000 people for 10 years. More specifically, researchers
at the outset and took no more
Fish and Fish Oil Reduces Brain Damage from Air Pollution
than 4,000, 8,000, or at least
Air pollution makes the brain shrink faster
12,000 steps daily. Compared to
with age, but the omega-3 fats in fish and fish
people taking 4,000 or fewer
oil can counteract the effect. In a study of
daily steps, risk of death from
1,315 women with an average age
any cause was 50 percent lower
of 70 who lived in polluted areas,
for those taking 8,000 daily steps
brain scans showed that those with
and 65 percent lower for 12,000
the highest blood levels of omega-3s suffered
daily steps.
the least brain shrinkage. Although individual
You can measure your steps with
needs vary, eating salmon, sardines, or
pedometers, smartwatches, fit-
other omega-3-rich fish several times a
ness bands, or the Apple Health
week—or taking 1,000 mg or more of fish
app on iPhones and the Google
oil or vegan omega-3 supplements—can
Fit app on Android phones.
usually get blood levels into a healthy range.
compared the lifespans of Americans who were age 40 or older
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