Christmas is the season when we get together with elderly friends and relatives (NOTE: You can watch the video here), and Santa’s not so young either! Have YOU gotten to the point where birthdays are depressing? Here’s something you should know: the brains of older people are NOT slower but ARE wiser than young brains, which allows older adults to achieve an equivalent level of performance.
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What if you could REVERSE the aging process–not only for your entire body, but for individual ailing organs, such as your heart, as well? Researchers have done it with mice: They turned weak and feeble oldsters into healthy animals through regeneration.
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Is there a fountain of youth? Some researchers think that aging is an evolutionary adaptation that can be REVERSED. But the current prescription for living longer (eating less) may not work for everyone.
In a blog posted on The Daily Galaxy website, Casey Kazan says, "How do you explain animals that don’t age? Some tortoises lay eggs at the age of 100, there are whales that live to be 200 and clams that make it past 400 years."
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Want to slow the signs of aging and live longer? Yes, there is a “fountain of youth,” but you’re not going to like it?it can be summed up in two words: eat less.
Calorie restriction has long been shown to slow the aging process in rats and mice. While scientists do not know how calorie restriction affects the aging process in rodents, one popular hypothesis is that it slows aging by decreasing a thyroid hormone called T3, which then slows metabolism and tissue aging. A new study shows that cutting approximately 300 to 500 calories per day from your diet has a similar biological effect in humans and, therefore, may slow the aging process.
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