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Q: What do you now\u00a0take? Have any new discoveries inspired alterations in your personal regimen? Have other factors in your life influenced your decisions?<\/em><\/p>\nA: “I continue to eat a healthful diet with lots of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, fish, and low-fat dairy products. I run about 20 miles a week, and participate in an occasional half-marathon or marathon. I drink moderately, about one glass a day of beer or wine. I also stick with my other healthy habits, including avoiding highly processed foods, red meat, and tobacco.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have made some adjustments to my supplement regimen. Specifically, I now take two capsules daily of a fish oil supplement, each containing 450 mg of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and 90 mg of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). I switched to this supplement with a higher content of DHA, because DHA appears to play a critical role in brain and heart function, yet our body is inefficient in making it from its precursors, including EPA. I also eat fish at least twice weekly and hence should get enough EPA from my diet.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other item I have added, in consultation with my physician, is a daily ‘baby’ aspirin, which is 81 mg. While this is not a nutritional supplement, I mention it with this list because I am convinced it is important for my demographic, to maintain heart health and suppress chronic inflammation. Together with aspirin, EPA and DHA also act as anti-inflammatories. Chronic inflammation is an important contributing factor to many age-associated diseases and to the aging process itself.”<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The column elicited responses from LPI’s scientific\u00a0colleagues and supporters around the country, which led to further informed discussions about the benefits of various supplements, as well as possible concerns [see the newsletter’s follow-up column]<\/a>. It also inspired several articles in the popular media, including Vogue.<\/i><\/p>\n