A diet high in fat slows down the aging of the brain
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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In one of the largest research centers and the oldest university in Europe - the University of Copenhagen, the expert group found that the brain aging processes that result from Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease can be slowed down by a diet high in fat. Processes that damage DNA occur permanently in the body and cells have the ability to repair damage, a process called repair. But with age, DNA repair is disrupted.
Also, with Cocaine syndrome or senile nannism (congenital hereditary disease, in which the system of reparation is broken), children become old before the term and die (about 10-12 years).
In their new research project, scientists created rodents with senile nazism. In the course of the experiment, a positive effect was noted in a group of mice fed with saturated fatty acids from coconut oil. Such a diet slowed down the processes in the body in rodents, which provoke early aging, hearing, vision, weight loss.
The brain needs the energy that it receives from sugar or ketones. Ketones belong to a number of organic compounds, and the body needs them as spare energy sources. The formation of ketones occurs during the breakdown of fats coming from food. As experts believe, this is what helps slow the aging process in the brain.
In addition, another study by British scientists found that the aging process of the body can be stopped.
In their work, the researchers tried the effect of the NMN molecule on the body of laboratory rodents. Under the assumptions of specialists, such therapy should activate the genes of youth, while the aging genes should remain inactive, and as it turned out, their expectations were confirmed.
The head of the scientific project was David Sinclair, who noted that his group is the first who was able to detect genes that are responsible for the aging and rejuvenation processes of the body. The NMN molecule introduced into the rodents had to completely "turn off" the genes that trigger the aging process, while activating the rejuvenation genes.
The British managed to open genes that control the processes of fighting the human body with aging and with the right approach, these genes can be made to work, experts say. Activating some genes and turning off others will make it possible to achieve a rather strong rejuvenating effect, it is possible that the aging processes of a person can turn in the opposite direction, at least, a similar effect was recorded in rodents.
In the course of the study, specialists injected a new drug with a NMN molecule into the experimental group of rodents. As a result, scientists noted that aging processes in mice began to slow down. After injection of protein in rodents, a sharp slowdown in the aging processes in the body began and the head of the project is convinced that a similar effect can be observed in humans.
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