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Anti-Aging Effects of Green Tea

Posted on July 5, 2012 4:06 PM by Dr. Jo in Anti-Aging, Nutrition | 0 Comments

Because green tea activates the longevity genes it falls in the category of things you can do to slow down the aging process. Now that’s an amazing phenomenon.

 

Are you surprised to learn that you actually have longevity genes? I was really surprised. Researchers discovered that animals live longer if they are kept very slim by feeding them nutrient dense food in low amounts. Some days they are not fed at all.

 

When animals go into the state of starvation or some other severe stress their chemistry switches on the longevity genes called sirtuins to prevent death. Activating … Read the rest