Are pomegranates, turmeric, red wine and red grapes the key to long life?

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Cells keep the body healthy by devouring toxic waste to fight off everything from wrinkles to dementia. Could certain foods help?

Autophagy literally means “self-devouring” – something our cells are doing constantly, breaking down damage and toxic waste products – and Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi has just been awarded the Nobel prize in medicine for his work in uncovering the complex mechanisms that underpin this remarkable internal recycling system. So how does autophagy keep us healthy? Why might dysfunctional autophagy contribute to diabetes, dementia, leukaemia and Parkinson’s disease? And will our new understanding lead to any cures?

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Furthermore, autophagy levels fall in the ageing process. The characteristics of old age, such as wrinkles, hearing loss or cancer, are actually due to falling autophagy levels and the accumulation of toxic wastes in the cells.”

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Simon points out that cells switch on autophagy in response to starvation. Calorie restriction, such as intermittent fasting in the 5:2 diet or during Ramadan, may help us to live long and healthy lives. It is possible that reducing our calorie intake to 70% of what we have been used to eating will boost our autophagy and help to prevent a wide range of disease. Exercise also promotes more autophagy, as experiments that get mice to run on mini treadmills has shown.

Advice to feast on fruit, veg and red wine is hardly new. But thanks to this year’s Nobel prize-winner, our understanding of the science that underpins it is developing all the time. The next step will be drugs, supplements and interventions that could stave off the ravages of ageing and a host of debilitating diseases. We are not there yet, but we are one step closer.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...-turmeric-and-red-grapes-the-key-to-long-life

 

[Yorky]

Here, here! (for the wine).

 

[epicuric]

Red wine definitely. Not sure about the rest but happy to give them a try.

 

[Morning Glory]

I'm sure I could come up with a recipe using all of them!

 

[Yorky]

Back in the mid seventies in Cadiz we drank pomegranate liquor brewed by monks. They must have been hardy folks.

 

[classic33]

Thought red wine was bad for your blood, long term.

 

[epicuric]

Thought red wine was bad for your blood, long term.

No no no no. Whoever told you that? And you believed it? Red wine is the ultimate anti-oxidant, a true elixir of life. I am the gibbering, staggering embodiment of its power and my blood is in very rude health, thank you very much

 

[Morning Glory]

Now working on a recipe... may include sweetcorn so it can be entered for the challenge.

 

[classic33]

No no no no. Whoever told you that? And you believed it? Red wine is the ultimate anti-oxidant, a true elixir of life. I am the gibbering, staggering embodiment of its power and my blood is in very rude health, thank you very much

She said something similar. Three months later.....

 

[Morning Glory]

She said something similar. Three months later.....

Who is 'she'?

 

[Lullabelle]

Here, here! (for the wine).

 

[Berties]

tumeric is natures anti inflammatory for the stomach and helps joints,but as we like easy times it is made into a high dose tablet with high levels of curcumin the active element ,I know people that season their food daily with tummeric
So again natural or off the shelve?

 

[Yorky]

 

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tumeric is natures anti inflammatory for the stomach and helps joints,but as we like easy times it is made into a high dose tablet with high levels of curcumin the active element ,I know people that season their food daily with tummeric
So again natural or off the shelve?

for me, natural every time, but getting fresh turmeric is really difficult (have succeeded on the fresh curry leaves at long last!) so I have to manage with ground turmeric. I have used the capsules before in the UK because I can't have NSAIDs, so natural inflammatory foods are the only way I can go. Did it help? Possibly. I have made far better progress with my recovery from the ruptured disk in my back that left me paralysed in my right leg than anyone ever possibly could have predicted and continue to heal even now. Turmeric features continually in my diet and most of my recipes get it added even if they don't actually ask for it.

 

[Morning Glory]

for me, natural every time, but getting fresh turmeric is really difficult (have succeeded on the fresh curry leaves at long last!) so I have to manage with ground turmeric. I have used the capsules before in the UK because I can't have NSAIDs, so natural inflammatory foods are the only way I can go. Did it help? Possibly. I have made far better progress with my recovery from the ruptured disk in my back that left me paralysed in my right leg than anyone ever possibly could have predicted and continue to heal even now. Turmeric features continually in my diet and most of my recipes get it added even if they don't actually ask for it.

Here, Ocado and Waitrose sell it! If you can get hold of some it freezes well and can be grated from frozen. Its the curry leaves I can't get hold of!