There does not seem to be anything in the nature of the reproduction of tissue which demands its death. … One cause of senility after another will be found and removed, each resulting in only a minor extension of active life. One cannot help wondering what will happen if the causes are all known and […]
Read more Some Immediate Benefits of Life Extension Measures I
- acetaldehyde, amino acid, antioxidants, arginine, arthritis, autoimmune disease, bacteria, calcium pantothenate, cancer cells, cysteine, free radicals, glutathione reductase, hydergine, inositol, niacin, ornithine, PABA, selenium, smokers cough, T-cells, thymic involution, viruses, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin c, vitamin E, zinc
Let’s think about the effects of aging on OUR APPEARANCE. Under natural conditions, the skin shows age in a variety of unattractive ways, including wrinkling and loss of resiliency, both due to the damage mechanism called crosslinking. Cross-linking is the process in which proteins are linked together by bonds which prevent them from functioning properly. […]
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- 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid, aging, amnesia, antioxidants, bacteria, BHA, BHT, bromelain, choline, choline bitartate, choline hydrochloride, Cross-linking, cysteine, Diapid, diarrhea, enzymes, hormones, humectant, memory, MIT, moisturizer, Na-PCA, nutrients, papain, papaya, protein, proteolytic enzymes, sandoz, selenium, skin, vasopressin, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin c, vitamin E, wrinkles, yogurt, zinc
Mutations to your DNA caused by free radicals are a major cause of cancer. Free radicals can make blood clot abnormally in our arteries by destroying our body’s ability to make PGI, (prostacyclin), a natural anti-clot hormone found in healthy arteries. Free radicals are also implicated in arthritis. Most of the brain damage caused by […]
Read more Our Subversive Free Radicals II
- age pigment accumulation, amino acid, antioxidants, arthritis, bacteria, BHA, BHT, bioflavinoids, blood clot, blood clots, cancer, catecholic amino acid, ceroid, collagen, Cross-linking, cysteine, DNA, elastin, enzymes, free radicals, glutathione, grapes, hemorrhage, hydrogen peroxide, Hydroxyl radicals, L-Dopa, lipid membrane peroxidation, lipids, lipofuscin, lysosomal membranes, mutations, oxidative polymerization, oxygen, peroxidation, peroxidized lipids, PGI, phenolic amino acid, prostacyclin, proteins, radiation, rancid fats, RNA, selenium, sodium hydrogen urate, superoxide radicals, triamino acid, tyrosine, unsaturated fats, uric acid, viruses, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin E, xanthine oxidase, zinc
Free radicals are intermediates in many normal and necessary metabolic reactions. Thus, all oxygen-using organisms have had to evolve defensive mechanisms against free radicals: The enzymes catalase and peroxidase break down hydrogen peroxide and other peroxides, superoxide dismutase (called SOD) controls the superoxide free radical, and glutathione peroxidase also controls peroxides. Antioxidants such as vitamins […]
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- acid hydrolases, air pollution, antioxidants, bacteria, bioavailability, brain, cancer, catalase, Cross-linking, enzymes, free radicals, genetic defects, glutathione peroxidase, heart, hyaluronate, hydrogen peroxide, liver, lysosomes, malonaldehyde, maximum lifespan potential, metabolic reactions, mlp, mutagen, oxidation, peroxidase, peroxidized fats, progeria, radiodurans, red blood cells, rheumatoid arthritis, selenium, SOD, superoxide dimutase, superoxide dismutase, superoxide radicals, vitamin E
Selenium, a mineral, is an important trace element in immune system function. It has been found in experimental animals to act as an anti-carcinogen and anti-mutagen (can prevent DNA mutations—undesired alterations of your DNA master blueprint in the presence of some mutagenic agents). Selenium is an essential part of your enzyme called glutathione peroxidase, which […]
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- Allan L. Goldstein, anti-carcinogen, anti-mutagen, aorta, bacteria, bromelain, cholesterol, DNA, Dr. Takashi Makiodan, enzymes, fibroblasts, glutathione peroxidase, high-cholesterol diet, hydrogen peroxide, immune system, immune system suppressants, interferon, lymphocytes, oxidation, papain, peroxides, selenium, stem cells, T-cells, thymosin, thymus gland, trypsin, vitamin A, vitamin c, vitamin E, white blood cells
One of the most important factors leading to immune system decline is the greatly reduced rate of release of growth hormone by the brain as we age. This hormone, produced by the pituitary gland, begins to fall off in quantity after your teens. Since the thymus gland requires growth hormone to function properly, this decrease […]
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- amino acid, arginine, B-cells, bacteria, bromelain, cysteine, Dr Cheryl F. Nokels, enzymes, growth hormone, hormones, immune system, kidneys, lymphocytes, mercaptoethanol, ornithine, papain, papaya, pineapple, pituitary gland, Proteases, red blood cells, T-cell cloning, T-cells, thiol, thymocytes, thymosin, thymus gland, trypsin, tumor, virus, vitamin A, vitamin c, vitamin E, zinc
… just as the pigment of the hair is destroyed by phagocytes, so also the atrophy of other organs of the body, in old age, is very frequently due to the action of devouring cells which I have called macrophages. —Elie Metchnikoff, The Prolongation of Life (1908) Instead of preventing diseases only by protecting the […]
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- aging, amino acid, antibodies, arthritis, atherosclerosis, atherosclerotic plaque cells, autoimmune disease, bacteria, bone marrow, cancer, chromosome, cysteine, ducts, Elie Metchnikoff, free radicals, immune system, influenza, interferon, Life extension, lymph nodes, microbes, microphages, nerve cells, polypeptides, proteins, selenium, spleen, T-cells, thymus gland, virus, vitamin A, vitamin c, vitamin E, white blood cells, X chromosome, Y chromosome, zinc
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. —Albert Einstein Most biological experiments […]
Read more Prolonging Life in the Laboratory; or, Why Animal Experiments Are Relevant to Humans
- aging, aging mechanisms, animal experiments, antibodies, bacteria, cardiovascular disease, gerontology, immune system, interferon, Life extension, life span, monkeys, mouse, virus, white blood cells
Some people try to achieve immortality through their offspring or their works. I prefer to achieve immortality by not dying. —Woody Allen In order to decide intelligently between different possible life extension methods, you require knowledge of the benefits and the costs of a range of life extension choices. Benefit-versus-cost information is ultimately judged in […]
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