How To Slow Down Aging? Eat Fruits & Vegetables, Says Study

Again is a natural process that every human body goes through. But, still, people want to know how they can slow down the aging process. According to a new study, a natural product found in fruit and veggies can help in reducing the level of damaged cells in the human body caused by aging.

As people age, they accumulate damaged cells which at a certain level go through cellular senescence, an aging process of their own. When a person is young, their immune system is capable of clearing those senescent cells, but as a person gets older, it becomes difficult for the body to clear those cells effectively. As the cells accumulate, they can cause inflammation and release enzymes that start to degrade tissue.

Fisetin Helps in Slowing Down Aging

The study conducted by a team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and the Mayo Clinic has found that a natural compound called Fisetin, which is commonly found in many fruits and vegetables, can help extend lifespan as it reduces the level of damaged cells in the body.

For the purpose of the study, the researchers treated mice towards the end of life with Fisetin and analyzed improvement in health and lifespan.

“These results suggest that we can extend the period of health, termed healthspan, even towards the end of life,” said Paul D Robbins from the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Robbins added that while the study has proved that fisetin helps in slowing down aging, there are still many questions to address, for instance, its right dosage.

“The mice reached an extension of lifespan and healthspan of over 10 percent, that’s pretty remarkable,” said Paul Robbins, another senior author on the paper.

Robins is the associate director of the Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism at the University of Minnesota.

The paper, titled “Fisetin is a senotherapeutic that extends health and lifespan,” has recently been published in EBioMedicine.