Celebrating All Those Centenarians Their amazing numbers just keep rising, which is an indication we humans as a species are doing something right, at least in certain countries of the world. The rise in elders who are reaching 100 years old continues to increase in some countries as indicated below. Centenarian populations: Japan 2008: 36,000 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 21, 2009
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Susceptibility to cancer is not a typical theory on aging, yet it accounts for a high degree of age-related mortality. Vulnerability to cancer pathologies rises substantially as people get older. It is true that cancer is not a cause to aging but rather a cause of aging, thereby putting cancer amidst the major challenges that [...]
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Researchers have learned that the substance resveratrol will slow any deterioration that is age-related as well as any functionality reduction in mice that were eating a normal diet. However, they noted that there is no increase in longevity due to resveratrol consumption when it is commenced at middle age. The study was undertaken by the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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The man responsible for all the fuss about Resveratrol and its remarkable health benefits is Dr. David Sinclair from Harvard University. He discovered purely by accident that there was a protein molecule found in red wine that was beneficial for the heart of those who drank it. Oh, it also slowed down aging! Research proved [...]
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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