For the Sake of Eternal Youth You Would Have to Starve
To extend its life on earth dream of many, but even at the current pace of technical process and the presence of various “psevdoeliksirov youth” to step centenarians in a more or less good health and a sober mind can units. Naturally, these people immediately asked to share their secrets of longevity, but it is worth considering that these lucky most of his life in the outback, where ecology and an order of magnitude better than in metropolitan areas, and life itself is much quieter.
But what about us “mere mortals”, which choked with exhaust fumes and are constantly exposed to various stresses? To answer this question attempted to researchers from the National Institute on Aging United States and the University of Oregon, who for 18 years conducted a series of experiments on rhesus monkeys, which live in various parts of South-East Asia. It was found that slow down the aging process helps to extreme low-calorie diet – in other words, the usual hunger.
How to tell a senior fellow University of Oregon Janko Nikolic-Zugich, under whose guidance and conducted the study, during the specified period of time, starving monkeys received 30% fewer calories than usual. Experience has shown that these monkeys are not only improved the immune system and increase the ability to reproduce, but also significantly decreased the risk of cardio-vascular illnesses, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases (such as, for example Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) in comparison with them more “well-fed” brethren.
“Most of all we were struck by an increase in production and operation of the so-called” natural “T-cells in primates treated with fewer calories,” – noted in his turn, Professor Rita Effros, also participated in the study. According to her, T-cells are an important component of the immune system that destroys tumor cells. Hence, the longevity of monkeys.
We can only recall that previous experiments that were conducted on mice, showed: reduced caloric intake by 30% can increase the lifespan of animals is about 10-20% and significantly reduce the risk of cancer. According to scientists, similarly the case with the human body. Well, for the sake of eternal youth, and can starve.