Browsing articles in "longevity"
Also see: PUFA Accumulation & Aging Unsaturated Fats and Longevity “Curing” a High Metabolic Rate with Unsaturated Fats Fat Deficient Animals – Activity of Cytochrome Oxidase Dietary PUFA Reflect in Human Subcutaneous Fat Tissue Toxicity of Stored PUFA PUFA, Development, and Allergy Incidence PUFA, Aging, Cytochrome Oxidase, and Cardiolipin “Caloric restriction does extend the life [...]
Also see: Lactate Paradox: High Altitude and Exercise Altitude Improves T3 Levels Protective Carbon Dioxide, Exercise, and Performance Synergistic Effect of Creatine and Baking Soda on Performance Ray Peat, PhD on Carbon Dioxide, Longevity, and Regeneration People who live at very high altitudes live significantly longer; they have a lower incidence of cancer (Weinberg, et [...]
Exp Gerontol. 2005 Apr;40(4):335-43. Unsaturated fatty acids intake and all-causes mortality: a 8.5-year follow-up of the Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Solfrizzi V, D’Introno A, Colacicco AM, Capurso C, Palasciano R, Capurso S, Torres F, Capurso A, Panza F. Recent evidence suggested a protective role of dietary monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids [...]
Also see: “Normal” TSH: Marker for Increased Risk of Fatal Coronary Heart Disease Thyroid Insufficiency. Is Thyroxine the Only Valuable Drug? High T4 Concentrations in the Brain – Suppression of Brain Metabolism Assessment of the Thyroid: Achilles Tendon Reflex TSH has direct actions on many cell types other than the thyroid, and probably contributes directly [...]
Also see: Potential Adverse Cardiovascular Effects from Excessive Endurance Exercise Lancet. 2011 Oct 1;378(9798):1244-53. Epub 2011 Aug 16. Minimum amount of physical activity for reduced mortality and extended life expectancy: a prospective cohort study. Wen CP, Wai JP, Tsai MK, Yang YC, Cheng TY, Lee MC, Chan HT, Tsao CK, Tsai SP, Wu X. BACKGROUND: [...]
Also see: Unsaturated Fats and Longevity “Curing” a High Metabolic Rate with Unsaturated Fats A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure. -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi The brain has a high rate of oxidative metabolism, and so it forms a very large proportion of the carbon [...]
The gerontologist, V.V. Frolkis, recently found that mice lived 43% longer than animals on the standard diet when they periodically had activated charcoal added to their food. This is the clearest evidence I have seen that “bowel toxins” make a major contribution to the aging process. -Ray Peat, PhD Biomater Artif Cells Artif Organs. 1989;17(3):341-51. [...]
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 [...]
Actually, twelve years before, Dr. L.M. Hurxthal at the Lahey Clinic in Boston had clearly shown that thyroid secretion controls cholesterol level in most patients. In patients with hyperthyroidism, or excessive thyroid activity, he had found, the cholesterol level in the blood was below the average normal level. After surgery on the excessively active thyroid [...]
At birth, the baby’s mitochondria contain a phospholipid, cardiolipin, containing palmitic acid, but as the baby eats foods containing polyunsaturated fatty acids, the palmitic acid in cardiolipin is replaced by the unsaturated fats. As the cardiolipin becomes more unsaturated, it becomes less stable, and less able to support the activity of the crucial respiratory enzyme, [...]
