The aging effect
As we get older, balancing our diet is even more difficult. For instance, conversion from glucose to glucosamine requires cooper and vitamin B. But our older liver gets less and bigger cells as we age. These cells are less accurate in the processing of amino acids and minerals. A very important chemical that reduces with age is dimethylglicyne (DMG). DMG is a catalyst in the conversion of glucose. Thus, DMG increases the speed with which we regenerate our body. DMG is used for chemical processes as varied as the production of collagen, myelin, and monocytes. Without enough DMG, our body becomes very ineficient in its own regeneration. The result is that we extract less cooper and vitamin B from food. Consequently, we turn less glucose into glucosamine, producing less collagen. This has several byproducts. We produce less adrenaline (turning more sedentary) and we turn larger amounts of testosterone into bad testosterone (making our bodies hairier). We even produce more lactic acid, making exercise more painful. Exercise helps adrenaline and good testosterone repair and rebuild the fibers that are collagen based, such as muscle, bone, skin, corneas, and more.
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DMG
A good way to compensate for these aging deficiencies is to increase the consumption of the amino-acid-catalyst DMG.
DMG increases the speed in which we produce glucosamine, choline and methionine. Therefore, DMG is essential to produce collagen and myelin. This allows us to use the nutrients that form part of the collagen production chain, while reducing the production of byproducts, such as lactic acid. This catalyst is essential for our body to produce muscle after exercise, and increasing it does seem to help in many ways. In my case, after taking 500 mg three times per day, the muscle pains produced by exercise were considerably reduced. DMG is also essential in the production of monocytes. This means that when your body is creating antibodies, it must use its supply of DMG for that, reducing its ability to repair itself. Hence, when you are fighting an infection, your chances of having body aches and joint inflammation increase.
DMG has also acquired a reputation in the reduction of attention deficit and some autistic behaviors. It also seems to increase thinking speed.
DMG can be used as part of a high protein /high exercise program to increase the effects of muscle building, while reducing some of the exercise pain.
'DMG can be used as part of a developmental program with autistic and ADD children. In some cases, it has been found that DMG increases hyperactivity. But it seems that giving follic acid to children who become hyperactive when taking DMG does reduce the hyperactivity.
Glucose, Glucosamine, and Collagen.
We are bombarded by medical and health advise that indicates that sugar is bad. Nevertheless, how much sugar is good for us depends on how much we exercise and how much of many other products we eat. Our diet must be balanced in many complicated ways. The most important elements in our diet and metabolic processes are how much collagen we replace and what types of collagen we produce. Our nails, hair, skin, muscles, and organs are all made of collagen and additional elements. So, collagen is at the heart of what our bodies need to metabolize. There are two ingredients that are essential to produce the much needed collagen: glucose and glucosamine. Both of these ingredients are direct byproducts of sugar. So, sugar shortages in our body will result in lower collagen production.
It is true that our body will convert starch and other ingredients, including most carbohydrates, into glucose. However, there is no reason to choose multiple conversion steps when sugar is used as glucose almost instantly and is only one step from becoming glucosamine. The only reasons to avoid sugar are a bad pancreas or insufficient exercise. Most other calories, require more complex processes that often produce fat as a byproduct.
One of the main reasons sugar has gotten such a bad reputation is that most people eat sugar in very fatty dishes or candy. Fat is really the big enemy. Yet, most people drink diet coke and have sugar replacements in their coffee, while consuming over 150 grams of fat in the meal. The fact is that one should eat between 30 and 100 grams of fat PER DAY. To loose weight fast, I set a cap of 50 grams of fat per day. But it was very difficult to get enough protein at that level. Whenever one wants to reduce fat or calories, one must consider that calories, protein, and some fat are necessary to produce collagen. Collagen is the fiber that supports our bones, muscles, skin, hair, and even the cornea of our eyes. Most of the aging problems, including less muscle mass, weaker bones, wrinkling skin, hair loss, and eye sight reduction are the result of a loss in collagen production.
Our bodies do not use the collagen that we eat. We produce our own collagen, with our own fingerprint. So, basically, the proteins and amino acids we eat become the ingredients used by our body in the making of collagen. Other ingredients in the formula include adrenaline, testosterone, glucose, glucosamine, cooper, iron, manganese, DMG, and vitamin B. Some of these ingredients, such as testosterone, are produced when we exercise, while others are only used when we sleep. So, a balance between diet, exercise, and sleep is essential. The type of balance we establish as a general routine determines how our body develops. From big bulky muscles to skinny long and elastic muscles , or fat and flabby bodies, we become the product of what we do. Low sugar diets with high fat content will certainly result on fat and flabby bodies. Moreover, even if we keep a low calorie diet, while not exercising, our bodies will sag. It is just as bad to have a skinny flabby body full of clogged arteries as it is to have a fat one.
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Copper and vitamin B Vitamine B6 is a key ingredient to produce most metabolic functions, including the production of collagen. But focusing only on vitamin B6 does not make sense because all vitamine B's are extremely important for one thing or another. Yet, our bodies do not store vitamin B. So, it is recommended to use vitamin B supplements.on a daily basis. As we have learned, vitamin B is an integral part in our metabolism. It works with other minerals to regenerate our bodies. One mineral that our body consumes every night to make collagen is copper. Copper is also essential to metabolize iron. And our body looses gradually its ability to use copper with age. So, taking copper and vitamine B supplements is very important as we age. The good thing is that most multivitamin suplements include both, copper and vitamin B. Just make sure to read the coplosition on the lebel. |
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Perna Another potent immunomodulator is Perna. Perna is an extract from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel Perna canaliculus. As a potent immunomodulator, Perna is great to reduce inflammatory responses. The combination of Glucosamine, Perna, DMG, vitamin B6, and copper is great to reduce bone and muscle pain and inflammation. A good combination to help you stay young: We need exercise to stay in shape. But after a certain age, the results from exercise become less efficient and more painful. Glucosamine, Perna, DMG, vitamin B6, and copper combined can reverse this effect. This is not a medical fact, nor is it proven as of today. But it is worth trying. I take Glucosamine, Perna, DMG, Ginkgo, and a multivitamin complex that includes both, cooper and vitamin B6. This combination has given me great results. In summary, exercise, protein, vitamin B, sugar, and minerals combine to make a good diet.
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