The more you eat, the shorter your lifespan? Scientists discover a new law of longevity: fasting at night can prolong life by 18%

Confucius said: "Don't be full of food." Tao Hongjing, a great physician in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, said in a poem: "Why do you need to take big medicines with meals, and wait for turtles and cranes to prolong your life. In fact, both of them have similarities in effect. Since the so-called health preservation does not require a panacea, as long as you maintain a moderate diet, you can achieve the goal of longevity if you are not hungry. Although thousands of years have passed, the wisdom left by our ancestors will not be outdated.

Nowadays, many people are also pursuing a healthy diet. They also know that intermittent fasting can significantly reduce weight in clinical practice, and can also promote metabolism and improve physical health. ?

A while ago, the team of Professor Matt Uglette of Columbia University in the United States conducted research on this, and also published the mechanism behind it in the well-known journal "Nature". It turns out that "eating less and prolonging life" is really not a fantasy, the key is to quit supper!

Study finds: Quitting late-night snacks may increase life expectancy by 18%

Chinese food culture has a long history. From cooking methods to eating methods, it can be said that it has changed many times. Although there are many delicious dishes, people are relaxed in their diets. "The impact of opinion.

In order to further study the relationship between diet and lifespan, researchers at Columbia University in the United States developed four feeding programs for fruit flies, hoping to find clues in them.

The four programs are: 1. Unrestricted eating throughout the day for 24 hours; 2. Unrestricted eating during the day and fasting at night; 3. Fasting all day, and normal fasting the next day; 4. Within 6 hours after dawn Eat ad libitum, then fasted for 18 hours, and resumed normal eating the next day.

More than a month later, the researchers also obtained surprising results from these four sets of experimental data. Only the fourth group of fruit flies had a significant lifespan extension. Not only that, but various aging indicators such as crawling ability and muscles also reversed. That said, intermittent fasting not only increases your lifespan, it also makes your body healthier.

It is worth mentioning that this fasting method requires long-term adherence, and only fasting at night can be effective. If you "eat and drink" normally at night, all persistence will be in vain.

The principle behind snooping: the key lies in autophagy

Why is fasting at night so important? The researchers also gave an answer to this, mainly because in the state of starvation at night, cells will turn on the autophagy mode, that is, the internal damaged or senescent cells will be digested by themselves. It will maintain a youthful state, and the degree of aging will be delayed.

Therefore, we can know that changing the way of eating can indeed prolong life, but keeping the body in a state of hunger all the time is extremely painful for foodies. Of course, for people with poor physical fitness, starvation does not prolong life. and hypoglycemia. Does this mean that people who can't keep their mouths shut can't live longer? However, with the advancement of science and technology, this theory has also been broken by the academic world.

In fact, as early as many years ago, Harvard professor David discovered that the aging of his own body is closely related to the body cells. If the cells stop dividing, the body will soon usher in aging and then die. In the subsequent in-depth research, he also discovered a kind of "Booss" substance that can promote cell repair. high price.

In the following years, with the further confirmation of its effects by well-known research institutes such as Qingbei and Mayo, it was found that "Boos" substances can indeed enhance immunity by activating cellular energy, thereby prolonging the body's survival period. In the demonstration of this clinical experiment, many elderly volunteers were also injected with this substance, and the aging indicators such as muscle strength and hair were reversed, and the results showed that the survival period was also 30% higher than expected.

Avoiding the suffering of starvation can also achieve the effect of prolonging life. Once the results came out, they were quickly sought after by everyone. Especially for the rich, even though the price is high, they have to get it in their pockets. Hong Kong rich Li Ka-shing is one of them. After the attempt, he spent 200 million to incorporate it into its commercial territory, which is also helping the introduction of the substance into China.

After passing a number of safety verifications, China, which has a very serious ageing degree, has finally put the "Booss" type of materials into production, which is inseparable from the investment of leading bigwigs and the help of biotechnology companies from all walks of life. . Nowadays, on channels such as Beijing-D, the popular version of "Boos" is also quietly popular, and the positive comments on related platforms such as "energetic" and "bright face" have also hit the "pain points" of contemporary people, and according to the release of CITIC Securities According to the industry report, the long-term market of this substance is expected to reach a scale of 100 billion!

Promising to usher in the centenary era

Human life is limited, but the desire to survive is unlimited. For thousands of years, the emperors have tried their best to live longer, and the result is obvious, and eventually they will die.

Fortunately, we are born in a new era where science and technology are developing day by day. Scientists have also discovered many mysteries about the aging of our own bodies. Zhang Wenhong from Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University said that the length of human lifespan is closely related to the continuous evolution of the immune system. If we want to live to a hundred years old, we must re-improve our immune system.

However, the road to scientific research is not smooth, and scientists have not yet fully overcome the complexity and correlation within the immune system. The advent of "Boos" substances has also made people more confident in life extension. It is believed that with the iterative update of time and technology, more and more life extension technologies can be mastered by human beings. All are expected to usher in the centenary era!