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Study: Anti-aging Supplements Most Beneficial When Taken Earlier In Life
June 4, 2010 by Personal Liberty News Desk
Results of a new University of Florida College of Medicine
study suggest anti-aging supplements are most effective when
taken before the onset of old age.

Using an animal model, lead author Christiaan Leeuwenburgh
and his colleagues tested a mixture of anti-aging supplements
on a group of middle-aged and late-aged subjects. The supplements
contained antioxidant coenzyme Q10, creatine and ginseng.

After six weeks, the younger subjects—whose age corresponded to
50-year-old to 65-year-old humans—improved their grip strength
by 12 percent and their neurological function by 66 percent compared
to a cohort of control group participants.

In contrast, older subjects—whose age was comparable to 65-year-old
to 80-year-old men and women—experienced no statistically relevant
improvement in physical or cognitive function.
"It is possible that there is a window during which these compounds
will work, and if the intervention is given after that time it won’t work,"
said researcher Jinze Xu.
However, older subjects who were given the supplements did lower their
levels of oxidative stress and improve their energy levels.