Posted on 12/07/2021 6:20:27 PM PST by ConservativeMind
A team of researchers has found that injecting procyanidin C1 (PCC1), a chemical found in grape seed extract, into older mice extended their lifespan. In their paper, the group describes the link between PCC1 and extended lifespan in mice and the experiments they carried out with the material.
Scientists have been trying for many years to understand the aging process. The hope is that once it is understood, mitigation efforts can slow or stop the process to allow people to live longer. The researchers screened plant extracts looking for anti-aging capabilities. They came across PCC1. Initial tests showed it reduced the number of senescent cells in the human prostate. Such cells are known to contribute to aging. Intrigued with their results, the researchers tested it further. They found that at low doses it prevented senescent cells from contributing to inflammation, and at higher doses killed them outright without harming other cells.
The team then injected 171 mice with PCC1, 91 of whom were considered to be old. They found that this increased the overall lifespan of the mice by 9 percent and their remaining lifespans by 60 percent, on average. The researchers also injected younger mice with the extract chemical over a period of four months and found it improved their physical fitness. They then injected mice that had cancerous tumors with the chemical and found that doing so helped to shrink tumors when given in conjunction with chemotherapy. They also found it did the same with human tumor cells implanted into mice.
The researchers note that in all of their testing, they found no damage to normal cells, which suggests that PCC1 could be a promising therapeutic treatment for a wide variety of conditions and could very well reduce some of the negative impacts of aging.
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No, no seeds! You need to switch to Grappa!
Interesting.
I’ma try it now.
That’s all we need... more mice and rats.
If you pack em in salt or olive oil, you can extend their shelflife almost indefinitely.
Oh sorry, you meant that other lifespan.
Y'know, just in case you've got some old mice you've been worried about. :^)
I used to take a big spoonful of milky grape-nuts and suck all the milk out of it and take this hardened structured ball out of my mouth and throw it at my sister’s head when she wasn’t looking.
One time in mid-flight my dad walked in the dining room and witnessed the fling, the ding, and fragmentation. We had us a little talk.
At the next family reunion the next summer, I kept getting these little thumbs ups, winks, and nods from the other uncles and a few older cousins. Huge families have gigantic family reunions.
It should be 100mg per 100 lb weight, but take even more when starting.
They (Costco) now have a product called Trunature Resveratrol Plus, with some grapeseed extract in it. I’m taking that now.
I’ve been taking Resveratrol for at least 12 years due to its immune system enhancing qualities. It works. I told a guy about it who got sick really easy all the time. He tried and couldn’t thank me enough. He stopped getting sick constantly within weeks.
It does seem to work better on some people than others. It probably helps those who have a somewhat compromised immune system best or it’s just more quantifiable in them.
Resveratrol is the active ingredient in red wine and grape seeds that helps the immune system.
The only reference to dormice I ever came across was in Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking Glass”, the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party...and of course Grace Slick’s “White Rabbit”.
“Remember what the dormouse said...”
So I decided to find out about these critters...turned out to be interesting.
;>)
Longer living mice.
Xlear Nasal Spray contains Grape Seed Extract, wonder if that helps.
LOL!
I thought it had grapefruit seed extract.
As a side note, Grape Nuts are not made from grape seeds.....
Yep it isn’t like they have to work hard like humans do.
What kind of extended life? Sitting around? Doing self things? That’s not living. Soon as my kids take my car keys, I’m ready for heaven.
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