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" The End of Aging "

 

As written about in Reader's Digest

 

I'm sure many of you have read the exciting article in the November

issue of Reader's Digest titled " The End of Aging " .

 

Perhaps many of you have purchased the two nutritional supplements the

article said could help slow or even reverse aging. This is indeed

exciting news!!

 

 

 

Here is a short overview of the article.

 

Bruce Ames, a professor of biochemistry at University of California at

Berkely, has been studying damaged genes and how they can cause cancer.

He saw a link between the rise in cancer and the increase in free

radicals as we age. This caused him to wonder if there was a direct link

between free radicals and aging.

 

What he found was that free radicals create a kind of cellular pollution

that lowers our energy levels. Too much damaged DNA causes cell mutation

– which can cause cancer – and also cell death. Both are signs of

aging.

 

Through their research, Ames and his colleagues found a crucial link

between oxidation (a result of too many free radicals), DNA mutation,

and age. He says free radical oxidation doesn't just rise with age –

it causes aging! When mitochondria (tiny structures inside cells that

manufacture most of the body's energy) " leak " free radicals, the

radicals end up damaging the mitochondria, which then leak even more

free radicals. This vicious cycle gets worse as we get older – thus

accelerating our aging!

 

Ames found that two very potent antioxidants, when added to the diets of

old rats, made them act much younger – the equivalent of an 80 year

old person looking and acting middle-aged! Ames said, " The (rats) brain

looked better and they were full of energy " .

 

Now You Too Can Benefit – Be and Look Younger

 

I know none of us want to look and act like rats, but there is no doubt

that we all – no matter if we're 40, 50, 60, 70, or 80+ - want to look

younger and have more energy. More importantly, if we can lessen our

odds of getting cancer or other age-related disease, then we want to do

all we can to help.

 

The two nutrients that Ames used in his study, Alpha Lipoic Acid and

Acetyl-L-Carnitine are readily available and provide many health

benefits. Ames takes 200mg of Alpha Lipoic Acid and 500mg of

Acetyl-L-Carnitine twice daily.

 

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