Fighting the Blahs: DHA and EPA – Omega-3 Fatty Acids Which Increase Gray Matter in Human Brain Areas That Regulate Emotions The Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw®Life Extension NewsTMVolume 17 No. 7 • August 2014 Decreases in the brain’s gray matter takes place in various areas during aging. These decreases are associated with cognitive decline. A 2007 … Read more
Feed Your Head – Transcribed Conversation With Durk & Sandy DURK: Everything that happens in your brain, every memory, every thought, every emotion, every innovation, every “wow, that’s great!” is a result of the release of neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are not drugs; they are natural substances made by nerve cells in your brain that transmit messages … Read more
At the behest of Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, Emord & Associates sued the FDA in the 1990s for refusing Pearson and Shaw’s request to authorize four specific health claims for dietary supplements. Pearson and Shaw sought agency approval of claims associating antioxidant vitamins with cancer risk reduction; omega-3 fatty acids with vascular disease risk … Read more
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998 recognized the health benefits of nitric oxide. Arginine, an amino acid that helps the body create nitric oxide, is one of the key ingredients in Muscle Memory™, a Designer Food® created by Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw, who were among the first scientists to recommend that … Read more
The Power of Arginine DURK PEARSON & SANDY SHAW’S® LIFE EXTENSION NEWSLETTERTM ©1988-1991 Life Extension Newsletter, written by Life Extension scientists Pearson & Shaw, was prescient with regard to many of the biomedical ideas it first brought to the attention of the public. Unfortunately, it is no longer available and thus, with the permission of the … Read more
Scientist and researcher Denham Harmon is best known for his “Free Radical Theory on Aging” Dr. Harman developed the free-radical theory of aging in 1954. The theory holds that one of the byproducts of oxygen use is adverse chemical reactions in cells, which results in aging and, ultimately, death. Initially the theory was scoffed at, but … Read more
Avoid infections, and enhancing immune surveillance to prevent them in the first place is what we consider the best strategy.
Life Priority Presents — Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw’s MUSCLE MEMORY Dear Customer: One of the most valuable products offered by Life Priority, Muscle Memory, has been described as “Youth in a Bottle” by the formulators, Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw. When you use it consistently before workouts or at bedtime (on an empty stomach), … Read more
The Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw® Life Extension NewsTM Volume 18 No. 4 • August 2015 In the News: Women’s Dementia Worsens Faster Than Men’s So says a headline in the July 22, 2015 The Wall Street Journal. According to the study (398 subjects who participated in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative), women’s cognitive decline took place … Read more
Magnesium is important to cardiovascular health
Why the Niacin Flush May
Be Surprisingly
Beneficial to Your Health
Restless Legs— A Personal Observation by Sandy Shaw
