Sentences with phrase «extend health span»

Age Management Medicine focuses on synergistic treatment modalities to enhance vitality and extend our health span (years of health and wellbeing).

Dramatic calorie restriction, diets reduced by 40 percent of a normal calorie total, have long been known to extend health span, the duration of disease - free aging, in animal studies, and even to extend life span in most animal species examined.

Conclusion: Ketones become the main source of energy for the body and brain when carb intake and insulin levels are low, and are likely the reason CR extends health span.

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It has allowed us to understand sanitation which has increased human health and life extending the average life span while increasing infant mortality rates.

«We've known that aging is a major risk factor for most chronic diseases for some time, but recently, we've gained a better understanding of the aging process's basic underpinnings, which has allowed us to extend both life span and health — in animals at least,» says Felipe Sierra, director of the Division of Aging Biology at the National Institute on Aging.

In many studies, caloric restriction has been shown to extend life span and improve health in certain organisms, but other research has produced conflicting results (SN: 1/24/15, p. 6, SN Online: 7/30/14), and scientists still aren't sure how it works.

The discovery of hormones that apparently control life span, or some aspect of agerelated diseases in worms and mice, hints at a general biological mechanism for health and longevity that extends beyond any single organism.

Much research suggests that things that extend life span, such as rapamycin, might not stretch health spans.

Parkin: An increased level of parkin is one of the ways in which greater cell maintenance via autophagy can be induced, resulting in improved health and modestly extended life spans.

Although discussing frequent sex may bring up issues of legal, moral, and religious guidelines — not to mention other health concerns associated with sex itself — the act itself appears to be quite healthy and possibly a path to extending life span and avoiding common diseases.

So while your primary motivator may be to be more attractive or to have improved self confidence, it's good to know that you are quite literally extending your life and health span with an intense exercise program.

Yet CR advocates put themselves through 30 - 50 % calorie restriction on a daily basis as a way of life in the hopes of extending life span or health.

Researchers have been searching for drugs and other interventions that might lengthen telomeres, in order to extend lifespan and / or health span.

One of the ley factors that have extended the life span of companion animals as well as improved health and vitality throughout their lives is our growing knowledge of the role of proper nutrition.

«The blend of nutrients in PRIME PLUS Adult 7 + can positively impact feline health and longevity, extending [a cat's] life span for up to a year, and that's something every pet owner can relate to.»