Aging, What Happens And How To Slow It Down.
If you would like to stay young forever, you might just be one step closer to having your dreams come true. Scientists are moving closer to understanding and preventing aging.
Telomeres are regions of repetitive DNA at the ends of our chromosomes. These repetitions of DNA prevent the ends of our chromosomes from being seen as broken DNA by the cell’s DNA repair machinery.
Every time your cells divide your telomeres shrink, up to a point where they are short enough to stop your cells from dividing and your body from making those cells. Over time this process leads to aging and death.
A New York based company T.A. Sciences now claims to have manufactured a supplement that has proven to stop telomeres from shortening. The product is TA-65 and made from a more than 1000 year old Chinese herb named Astragalus. Don’t bother growing Astragalus in your backyard, the amount of TA-65 produced by the plant is very low and not nearly enough to have the same effect as the purified and concentrated supplement.
And if you were wondering how much the TA-65 supplement cost…US$14 000 per year. If you can’t afford the price tag you may be interested to know that lifestyle changes can also slow down the shortening of telomeres. Stress and lack of sleep have also shown to shorten telomeres, so in addition to healthy eating and exercise, make sure you relax and get some shut eye.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=anti-aging-pill-targets-telomeres
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This is cool material.
I had known about telomeres and their shortening, but had not yet heard about products like the TA-65 described here. One would assume these will become more and more common, as long as the effects are as clearly beneficial as we would hope for. They sure have maintained it as a proprietary creation, keeping a strong block on any other company wanting to jump into their small market.
Wow…I want some! Is there any word on whether this stuff actually works or not? I’d like to see those numbers and some tests on how effective the drug is.
And who would have thought that healthy lifestyles promote a longer life? Ridiculous!
Haha, awesome post. Thanks for sharing this cool information!
Chinese herbs do work because it is time tested.-:”
chinese herbs are very helpful on my allergic rhinits.~-
chinese herbs can actually treat a lot of ilness and have fewer side-effects too`,*
chinese herbs are very powerful stuffs for treating lots of common ailments”.,