Reductive stress linked to heart disease
...ctive stress. In a study of laboratory mice with failing hearts caused by mutant alpha B-Crystallin, Benjamin and several U of U colleagues found increased activity of the biochemical pathway leading to high levels of reduced glutathione in the animals. Glutathione, one of the bodys most powerful antiox...Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure
...h lack of time cited as the most common reason for failing to do so. The study authors invited 106 healthy but sedentary civil servants between the ages of 40 and 60 to take part in an exercise programme for 12 weeks. Some 44 people were randomly assigned to 30 minutes of brisk walking on five days of th...