Aside from being full of vitamins and minerals, a diet that contains fresh fruits and vegetables gives your body access to antioxidants that can help boost skin health and protect your skin from sun damage, as mentioned previously. Here Michelle Simmons, AgingSecrets.news, reflects on surprising results from a new study on degenerative effects of aging, that involves consuming red wine and chocolate:

 

“Your skin also ages as you get older. Luckily, researchers have found a new way to fight skin aging. The study, conducted by researchers from Exeter University and supported by scientists at Brighton University, reveals that drinking red wine and eating dark chocolate help in fighting skin aging and wrinkles.

Image courtesy of: Aurimas Adomavicius

 

In the study, the researchers found a way to rejuvenate inactive aging cells by applying compounds known as resveratrol to the cells in a laboratory. These chemicals can be naturally found in red wine, dark chocolate, red grapes, and blueberries. Results showed that within only a few hours, aging cells began to rejuvenate, acting like younger cells and splitting. The cells had longer telomeres, which are the ‘caps’ on the chromosomes that shorten as we age.

 

Image courtesy of: cold_penguin1952

 

 

“This demonstrates that when you treat old cells with molecules that restore the levels of the splicing factors, the cells regain some features of youth,” said Lorna Harries, lead researcher of the study.

Image courtesy of: gogostevie

The findings of this study support the earlier study of the Exeter group which revealed that a class of genes known as splicing factors are steadily switched off as we get older. Splicing factors play a major role in ensuring the functioning of genes in their full extent. As people get older, these genes either work less efficiently or they do not work at all. Moreover, the findings contribute to the development and discovery of new therapies that could help people age better. However, the researchers also noted that more research is needed to confirm their findings to address the degenerative effects of aging.

Image courtesy of: Chocolate Reviews

 

“This is a first step in trying to make people live normal lifespans, but with health for their entire life. Our data suggests that using chemicals to switch back on the major class of genes that are switched off as we age might provide a means to restore function to old cells,” explained Harries.

Image courtesy of: Chocolate Reviews

 

Research associate Eva Latorre, who conducted the experiments, was surprised with the results and even conducted the experiments multiple times to see if she would get the same results.”

If you would like to learn other solutions to help control your health … click here?

Read More … Article Source: https://agingsecrets.news/2019-02-12-fight-wrinkles-with-red-wine-and-chocolate.html

 

 

Photo By Chill Mimi