Not exact matches
«By
understanding how seabirds can cope with high metabolic demands with no effect on
longevity, we may learn how old
humans can reduce their chance of being impacted by metabolic diseases.»
Based on our
understanding of
human physiology and
longevity, coffee reduces your risk of death by helping your cells produce energy, increasing your metabolism, and therefore improving thyroid function.
So if decreased growth hormone and IGF - 1 increase
longevity then what is all this fuzz lately about HIIT (high - intensity interval training — as opposed to long aerobic sessions...) that (that is what I had
understood so far) increases
human growth hormone and thus
longevity?
The project, completed at the Buck Institute for Age Research, reveals that the molecular mechanisms that control
longevity in flies can be useful for
understanding the
human aging process as well as diseases like cancer, obesity, and diabetes.
This is the main shift in my
understanding of
human nutrition, specifically in relation to
longevity.