Anti Aging Supplements – Better Early Than Late
June 15, 2010 by GiGi
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There has been a new study done by the Institute of Aging in Florida that showed that anti aging supplements are more effective when given earlier in life (mid-life) vs. later in life. DUH! But let’s explore this further…
First of all, the study was done on rats, not humans. That’s fine. What the researchers discovered was that anti aging supplement (we’ll discuss what it was later) mixture given to middle aged rats (equivalent to 50-65 year old humans) seemed to improve their grip strength of their paws. This correlates to the loss of muscle strength that occurs in older humans.
What they found was that grip strength improved by 12% in the middle aged rats (compared with those that didn’t receive the anti aging supplements) but did NOT improve at all in the older rats.
They also measured the mitochondrial function ( I won’t go into a long explanation here – just think Free Radicals) and noticed it improved 65% in the middle aged rats but not in the older rats.
The obvious conclusion was that it is more beneficial to take these supplements BEFORE major age-related declines have set in. Good idea – I agree!
Now, what was the anti aging supplement they gave the rats? It turns out it’s a combination of CoQ10, Creatine and Ginseng, called Eufortyn. It’s made in Italy and from what I can tell, not available here in the U.S., although I did see it listed on eBay.ph (for 16.90 EUR).
What’s most interesting is this section (which I got from the original study-HERE ):
When considering the amount of antioxidants a normal individual would assimilate from diet alone, this amount appears to be deficient in production changes in the progression of tissue oxidation. Antioxidant supplements help regulate oxidative damage by reducing the unbridled activity of reactive oxygen species in the cell.
However, most over-the-counter products have poor bio availability when taken in a standard-quality, generic form, thus their efficts go unnoticed in the organism. Despite the benefits associated with CoQ10 supplementation, its slow and ineffective absorption into the body due to its lipophilic nature tends to the major obstacle in getting access to the nutrient through ingestion.
Eufortyn’s unique terclatrated structural composition makes it a highly soluble, multicomposite entity while maintaining the integrity of the CoQ10 moiety, thereby greatly increasing absorption into the mucosa.
So basically they are telling us that our over-the-counter supplements aren’t doing much good, but these new and improved supplements aren’t available to the U.S.either.
The good news out of all this is that rats are living longer. Okay, joking. At least some studies are showing the benefits of anti aging supplements even if we can’t get them right now. It’s only a matter of time.
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I read the whole post as i read about this topic of anti aging supplements for the first time. I also prefer having supplements but didnt knew about all this before
We should not neglect the fact that lifestyle also contributes in skin aging. The new discovery of anti aging supplement is a good news. With regards to CQ10, I think it has gone through a process where the skin could easily absorb it.