New Anti-Aging Science

March 18, 2010

Dr. David Majercin D.C.

Scientists can look at a cell of any person under a microscope, not knowing anything about them, and tell their age and how many more years they have left to live.

Inside every cell of your body you have chromosomes in the nucleus of the cell. The very ends of the chromosomes are called telomeres. Telomeres shorten each time our cells divide. As telomeres shorten, we age progressively and die.

It’s important to realize that telomere shortening can be accelerated by an unhealthy lifestyle. Obesity, chronic inflammation, psychological stress, environmental pollutants, and smoking, all cause production of free radicals. Free radicals can cleave telomeres, which speeds up the telomere shortening process.

Although you cannot control the rate of your natural telomere shortening process, you CAN control this accelerated telomere shortening, by eating healthy (anti-inflammatory and antioxidant rich diet), getting to your normal body weight, controlling emotional distress, taking antioxidant and anti-inflammatory supplements, and increasing glutathione levels in the body.

Accelerate aging and Telomere Shortening

Obesity

Smoking

Emotional stress

Inflammation

Supplements that Decelerate Aging and Stop Telomere Premature Shortening

Cold processed whey protein- Increases glutathione levels that slows telomere shortening.

ALA/ALC- Strongest known antioxidant.

Inflam-Ox- Stops free radicals from shortening telomeres and stops chronic inflammation.