On the level of the whole organism, stress causes overactivity of the pituitary, and removal of the pituitary extends life, and retards the hardening of the extracellular connective material (Everitt, et al., 1983). -Ray Peat, PhD Mech Ageing Dev. 1983 Jul-Aug;22(3-4):233-51. The anti-aging action of hypophysectomy in hypothalamic obese rats: effects on collagen aging, age-associated [...]
Animals that naturally have a relatively low level of highly unsaturated fats in their tissues have the greatest longevity. -Ray Peat, PhD Trends Neurosci. 2004 Oct;27(10):595-600. Free radicals and aging. Barja G. Aging is characterized by decrements in maximum function and accumulation of mitochondrial DNA mutations, which are best observed in organs such as the [...]
