Vitamin deficiency and age-related disorders
By Linda on Sep 14, 2010 in F.I.G.H.T., Food | comments(0)
Triage theory by world famous Bruce Ames explains why I am getting younger by the year. This world-class biochemist has provided the scientific documentation that we all have some small inborn errors of metabolism so we are not operating at our peak if we settle for RDA level of nutrients. His earlier work has provided the scientific framework validating my years of work in Orthomolecular Medicine. Now he has taken his tremendous knowledge of nutrition and has seen how this ties into mitochondrial diseases and aging.
This is the tip of the iceberg. You need to search on Bruce Ames and his close associate Les Packer PhD who have also explained how and why we need CoQ and Carnitine and the all R form of Lipoic acid if it is fully stabilized, to see age reversal in old rats. See his full page ad in every issue of Scientific America and learn more about why I do not just have rich urine when I take my multiple supplements each day. See my personal nutrition program on my website.
For many Professor Ames needs no introduction. In the 1970s, he invented the Ames test, a simple and inexpensive assay to check the mutagenicity of compounds. Since then he has dedicated his research to understanding the biochemistry of aging with a focus on mitochondria, the power plants of our cells, as well as how micronutrients may prevent disease, malnutrition, and obesity.
Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com
Excerpt:
It is literally all about living for today. By understanding that nature favours survival today over tomorrow, a theory that vitamin inadequacy is behind the rise in chronic diseases “makes sense… and it is almost certainly going to be right,” says world-renowned scientist Bruce Ames.
In an exclusive interview with Stephen Daniells, Professor Bruce Ames from the University of California, Berkeley explains why his “triage theory” could have enormous implications for human health.
For many, Professor Ames needs no introduction. In the 1970s, he invented the Ames Test, a simple and inexpensive assay to check the mutagenicity of compounds. Since then he has dedicated his research to understanding the biochemistry of ageing, with a focus on mitochondria, the power plants of our cells, as well as how micronutrients may prevent disease, malnutrition, and obesity.
So, when the native New Yorker with over 450 scientific publications tells you his triage theory is “the most important thing I have ever worked on”, you sit up and listen.
Evolutionary mechanisms
Triage – from the French word trier meaning to sort, separate, or select – works on the battlefield by military doctors prioritising treatments depending on the probable survival of the wounded.Prof Ames’ theory works in much the same way: By appreciating that natural selection favours short-term survival over the long-term, Prof Ames’ hypothesised that our short-term survival is achieved by prioritising the allocation of scarce micronutrients. In other words, to stop us falling over from a lack of iron in the heart, for example, iron is pulled from non-essential sources.
