| Additional Vitamin-like Substances You Should Get Daily (Once a Day) |
| Lycopene |
10 tablespoons of tomato sauce a week (400 micrograms). |
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| Lutein |
A leafy green vegetable a day (40 micrograms). |
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| Quercetin |
Hefty portions of onion, garlic, celery, or lemon juice in addition to the above at least once a day. |
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| Acetyl-L-carnitine |
1,500 milligrams (while this comes in dehydrated beef protein, that's not so appetizing, so we recommend the supplement). |
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| Omega-3 |
Either 1 gram of distilled fish oil or 6 walnuts, preferably twenty-five to thirty minutes before lunch and before dinner, or 2 ounces of fatty fish a day, or 400 mg of DHA. |
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| Cinnamon |
1/2 teaspoon a day. |
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| Red pepper |
The more capsaicin, the better for appetite suppression. |
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| Turmeric |
As much as you want. |
If you're worried about arterial aging and memory, make sure you get the anti-inflammatory/antioxidant vitamins E and C and the homocysteine-lowering vitamins folate, B6, and B12; vitamin D, magnesium, and calcium; and lutein and lycopene. If you're concerned about osteoporosis, arthritis, or immune aging, pay careful attention to your intake of calcium, magnesium, selenium, lycopene, and vitamins B6 , B12, and D.
Choices you might consider (talk to your doctor about these and all choices):
| Coenzyme Q10 |
200 milligrams day (if on a statin) or for all over age sixty. |
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| Aspirin |
162 milligrams a day (check with your doctor) with two glasses of warm water. |
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| Coffee and green tea |
2 or more cups of each. |
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| Alpha-lipoic acid |
200 milligrams. |
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| Probiotics |
2 billion cells of healthy bowel bacteria like bacillus coagulans. |
YOU: Staying Young by Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. Copyright © 2007 by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Oz Works LLC, f/s/o Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. Reprinted by permission of Free Press, a Division of Simon and Schuster, Inc.
