Look Younger, Live Longer by Francisco Contreras

Author:Francisco Contreras
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2016-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

THE MIRACLE OF MELATONIN

Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland and is thought to work as a centralized clock to help regulate sleep and aging. During infancy and childhood a high degree of melatonin reaches every cell. This high level lets the cells know that the organism is young. Proteins that are needed for growth and repair are then manufactured. As an individual ages, the amount of melatonin is gradually lessened. Therefore, as we advance in years, less and less melatonin reaches the DNA in our cells.14

Over the years the declining levels of melatonin send the cells information about your body’s age. That is why some researchers believe that supplementing melatonin could trick your body’s DNA into thinking that you are younger than you really are. Melatonin inhibits free-radical damage to DNA caused by ionizing radiation, chemical carcinogens, and environmental toxic agents.15 Melatonin can help repair DNA and can prevent the damage to DNA caused by chemicals. As a result of taking melatonin, your body could experience fewer age-related changes, leaving you with younger skin, younger organs, more energy, and best of all, a longer life span.

Melatonin might also work to prolong life by supporting the immune system, acting as a free-radical scavenger, stimulating some important antioxidative enzymes (such as superoxide dismutase), and stabilizing cell membranes, thereby making them more resistant to oxidative attack.16

Interestingly, melatonin may even be linked to the fantastic life extension results discovered through food restriction. Food restriction in rodents causes their levels of melatonin to rise. We have already discussed the life-extending powers that result from food restriction experiments. Researchers say that it is too early to tell if the increase in melatonin due to food restriction is what actually causes this increased longevity. When the test results are in, they promise to be powerfully revealing.17

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