corybroo Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 I saw this article today: Age-related impairments reversed in animal model verifies effect of inflamation on debilitation in aging and explores reversing that. has now demonstrated that visceral adipose tissue, known as belly fat, crucially contributes to the development of chronic low-grade inflammation. In a next step, the researchers investigated the possibility to reverse age-related impairments by restoring the immune cell balance in visceral adipose tissue. "In different experimental approaches, we were able to show that transfers of eosinophils from young mice into aged recipients resolved not only local but also systemic low-grade inflammation," This approach had a rejuvenating effect on the aged organism. As a consequence, aged animals showed significant improvements in physical fitness as assessed by endurance and grip strength tests. Moreover, the therapy had a rejuvenating effect on the immune system manifesting in improved vaccination responses of aged mice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike41 Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, corybroo said: I saw this article today: Age-related impairments reversed in animal model verifies effect of inflamation on debilitation in aging and explores reversing that. has now demonstrated that visceral adipose tissue, known as belly fat, crucially contributes to the development of chronic low-grade inflammation. In a next step, the researchers investigated the possibility to reverse age-related impairments by restoring the immune cell balance in visceral adipose tissue. "In different experimental approaches, we were able to show that transfers of eosinophils from young mice into aged recipients resolved not only local but also systemic low-grade inflammation," This approach had a rejuvenating effect on the aged organism. As a consequence, aged animals showed significant improvements in physical fitness as assessed by endurance and grip strength tests. Moreover, the therapy had a rejuvenating effect on the immune system manifesting in improved vaccination responses of aged mice. Good find corybroo! Luigi Fontana emphasizes waist/height ratio as an important factor in aging. This adds more credence to his position. Edited July 6, 2020 by Mike41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 waist/hip, not waist/height. BMI is useful only in studying groups of people; it is a crude approximation for "amount of visceral fat". It's simply easier to measure. The really important factor is whether or not you have a flat belly (low visceral fat); height is not very relevant for individuals. -- Saul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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