Extend your lifespan to 120-years - anti-aging drugs under development

#antiaging #metformin #Alzheimers #Parkinsons #health Man wants a long life and, with research going on how to extend the lifespan of humans, a time could come very soon when humans can expect to live to be not just 100 but even 120!! A drug is under development which has proved successful on animals and tests are now being planned to be conducted on humans. It would be the world's first anti-aging drug which will be tested on humans next year.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 30 November 2015.

In the opinion of scientists, it is possible to arrest aging and stop people growing old. That way, diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's will go into the history books.
This is not any sci-fi story but researchers have already proven that the diabetes drug metformin extends the life of animals. This has prompted the Food and Drug Administration in the US to give the go-ahead for a trial to see if the same effects can be replicated in humans. Its success would mean that a person in their 70s would be as biologically healthy as a 50-year-old.
Scientists believe that the best candidate for an anti-aging drug is metformin - this is the world's most widely used diabetes drug and costs just 10 cents a day.
Aging expert Prof Gordon Lithgow, of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in California, is one of the advisers of the study. In short, once it is possible to slow down aging, then automatically, all the diseases and pathology of aging as well slows down.
The new clinical trial is called Targeting Aging with Metformin, or TAME. It is scheduled to begin in the US next winter and scientists from a range of institutions are currently raising funds and recruiting 3,000 persons in the 70 to 80-age group who have, or are at risk of, cancer, heart disease and dementia.

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New way to fight wrinkles – go in for guilt free chocolate

#wrinkles #antiaging #chocolate #antioxidant If you are in your 50s or 60s and are worried about those wrinkles, say bye-bye to antiaging creams and switch over to chocolates. A special type of chocolate called guilt free chocolate. It will make your skin look like that of 20 and 30 year olds as reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 20 February 2015.
This chocolate can help you to combat wrinkles and also do away with sagging skin problems.
Known as Esthechoc it is the brainchild of a Cambridge University-linked laboratory which lays claim to boost antioxidant levels and increase circulation which, in turn, will prevent lines and keep skin looking youthful and smooth.
It seems a small 7.5g bar of the chocolate contains the same amount of the antioxidant astaxanthin as a fillet of Alaskan salmon, and is more or less than the levels of free radical-fighting cocoa polyphenols as 100g of dark chocolate.
The claim is that it can change the underlying skin of a 50 to 60-year-old into that of someone in their 20s or 30s and, this has been established by conducting tests on 400 volunteers. The results were exciting - after four weeks of eating the chocolate every day they had less evidence of inflammation in their blood and increased blood supply to skin tissue. As explained by Dr Ivan Petyaev, a former Cambridge University researcher, and the founder of biotech firm Lycotec which is behind the product – use is made of the same antioxidant that keeps goldfish gold and flamingos pink.
Clinical trials have shown that inflammation in the skin starts to reduce and the tissues began to benefit through guilt free chocolate.
Reports indicate that the confectionery, also known as Cambridge Beauty Chocolate, will be available in boxes as a three-week supply, individually wrapped, and can be had in high-end retailers from next month – probably with a hefty price tag.

Donkey milk is good for its anti-aging properties

#donkeymilk #popefrancis #antiaging #cleopatra The donkey’s milk has been identified by the ancients as a cure for a variety of ailments and an anti-aging skin tonic and this milk is believed to be enjoying a revival. Its popularity is on the rise because one than Pope Francis himself has recently revealed that, as a baby, he was fed this milk in Argentina to supplement his mother’s milk.
As an expert has admitted, the flavor of this milk is pleasant, odorless and looked and tasted just like skimmed cow’s milk, although a tad sweeter. And, it is a veritable elixir.
The medicinal value of donkey’s milk were first realized by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates – it seems he had recommended it to combat a host of bodily woes, including liver problems, fevers, infectious diseases, poisoning, joint pains and nose bleeds. Subsequently, the Romans added constipation to that list.
Cleopatra used donkey milk as a moisturizer in cosmetics. The Egyptian queen used to take a daily bath in it, with a steady stream of milk supplied by more than 700 lactating asses. The stuff is said to have powers to erase facial wrinkles, make the skin more delicate and maintain the whiteness. These are remarks of Pliny the Elder, an ancient Roman know-it-all.
Just for the records - fresh donkey milk used to be widely available in 19th-century London as an alternative to the highly adulterated cows’ milk that used to be sold by dairies.