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DNA Markers Link Lifespan to Nutrition T


as calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron and zinc, during an 18-month period. Researchers measured the length of the subjects’ telomeres after 10 years in a follow-up examination and compared these results with the nutrition information. The study found an association between longer telomere length and vitamin C, folate and potassium intake in all participants. These nutrients are available in many fruits and vegetables.


, B2 , B3 , B6 , B9


Prenatal Omega-3 Reduces Kids’ Asthma Risk R


elomeres, located at the end of human chromo- somes, protect DNA from deterioration. Multiple


studies over the past decade have associated longer telomeres with increased longevity and a slowing of the aging process. A study from Kookmin University, in Seoul,


Korea, collected nutrition data from 1,958 men and women between the ages of 40 and 69. The information included a baseline food frequency questionnaire as- sessing the consumption of vitamins A, B1


(folate), C and E, as well


Even One Drink Daily Increases Melanoma Risk A


esearchers from the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Denmark, discovered expectant mothers that take omega-3 supplements while pregnant reduce the risk that their babies will develop asthma.


Analyzing blood samples from 695 Danish women at 24 weeks of gestation and again one week after birth, the study tested the levels of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and doco- sahexaenoic acid (DHA)—long-chain omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, fish oil and DHA-algae supplements—in the women’s blood. The health of the babies was monitored for five years and compared with the blood analysis. The children of the mothers given 2.4 grams of long-chain omega-3 supplements during their


third trimester displayed an overall 31 percent reduced risk of developing asthma. “Asthma and wheezing disorders have more than doubled in Western coun- tries in recent decades,” explains Professor Hans Bisgaard, of the Copenhagen Pro- spective Studies on Asthma in Childhood at the hospital. “We now have a preventative measure to help bring those numbers down.”


study from the Warren Alp- ert Medical School of Brown


University, in Providence, Rhode Island, has linked alcohol con- sumption with an increased risk of melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer.


Using data from three stud-


ies, researchers followed 210,252 adults for an average of 18 years each using food-frequency ques- tionnaires to measure alcohol con- sumption. Comparing the results to instances of melanoma among the participants, they found that each alcoholic beverage consumed on average per day was associated with a 14 percent increased risk of melanoma. An associated con- clusion was that individuals that regularly drank alcohol were 73 percent more likely to be diag- nosed with melanoma on the trunk of the body than non-drinkers. “The clinical and biologi- cal significance of these findings remains to be determined, but for motivated individuals, counsel- ing regarding alcohol use may be an appropriate strategy to reduce risks of melanoma, as well as other cancers,” explains Euny- oung Cho, Sc.D., the study’s lead author and an associate professor of dermatology and epidemiology at the university.


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