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Eating foods rich in amino acids could be as good for your heart as stopping smoking or getting more exercise -- according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
A new study published today reveals that people who eat high levels of certain amino acids found in meat and plant-based protein have lower blood pressure and arterial stiffness.
And the magnitude of the association is similar to those previously reported for lifestyle risk factors including salt intake, physical activity, alcohol consumption and smoking.
Researchers investigated the effect of seven amino acids on cardiovascular health among almost 2,000 women with a healthy BMI. Data came from TwinsUK -- the biggest UK adult twin registry of 12,000 twins which is used to study the genetic and environmental causes of age related disease.
They studied their diet and compared it to clinical measures of blood pressure and blood vessel thickness and stiffness.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by ticho on Monday August 31 2015, @06:06AM
Think of what eating food with these specific amino acids _and_ stopping smoking and getting excercise would do to you. You would be so healthy you would probably age in reverse!
(Score: 3, Informative) by TheLink on Monday August 31 2015, @02:58PM
Actually for some people the aging practically stops for some time: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-confirm-people-age-different-rates [iflscience.com]
From what I see for some people if they screw up initially but improve their lifestyle before it's too late they actually age in reverse (skin starts to look more youthful, start to feel more energetic, look younger overall etc).
But after a while you probably run low on good enough stem cells and stuff starts going downhill no matter what you do see: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25458-blood-of-worlds-oldest-woman-hints-at-limits-of-life/ [newscientist.com]
In van Andel-Schipper’s case, it seemed that in the twilight of her life, about two-thirds of the white blood cells remaining in her body at death originated from just two stem cells, implying that most or all of the blood stem cells she started life with had already burned out and died.
The way I understand it is after each cell division mistake the lines for "Your True DNA" become blurrier. So after very many cell divisions, your body has to tolerate deviant cells as acceptable otherwise if your immune system killed off all the deviants you'd lose too many cells.
This blurriness is not a big deal for something more decentralized like a tree - that's why you can graft all sorts of different fruits onto one tree and make a "fruit salad" tree, and weird growths from deviant cells generally won't kill the whole plant. But deviant cells will eventually kill you.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Hyperturtle on Monday August 31 2015, @04:51PM
If you notice, Soylent (the power) has many BCAAs in it, although it isn't touted as the primary draw for health concerns. Soylent (at least, from what I've tried) is like fitness center work out powder with extra stuff to make it more of a meal than as a supplement.
I used to take a lot of the supplement, considering I couldn't make myself eat enough food to keep up the protein intake required with my exercise needs. The use of the powder was modest, but effective. It was never a purpose to be a meal replacement... but if I repackaged it I guess I could be wealthy like that Soylent guy.
However, fitness center stuff doesn't generally have the high levels of lead and cadmium that Soylent recently got dinged for when tested. Many brands are certified to pass such tests.
I have to wonder if his mindset is somewhat affected as a result of those far out levels of heavy metals. The examples of his thinking sure seem to be... well. I think he has a blog, check it out. Ars Technica has a post by him as well.
But I bet his veins are clean!