Research
Micronutrients & recovery
Dietary antioxidants (specifically tea catechins, apple polyphenols, blueberry anthocyanins, and soybean isoflavones) extend the mean lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster by upregulating endogenous antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT) and modulating longevity-related genes (Mth, Rpn11).
Incorporate antioxidant-rich foods like green tea, apples, blueberries, and soy into your diet. While this may support your body's natural defense against oxidative stress, it is not a guaranteed method for extending human lifespan, as current evidence is primarily from animal models.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
Experiments conducted by Bonilla et al. demonstrated that melatonin in diet could significantly increase the lifetime... Similarly, resveratrol had been proved to be effective in lifespan extension in fruit flies... We had demonstrated that green tea and broccoli could extend the median lifespan of fruit flies... Results showed that AP could extend the mean lifespan by 10% in fruit flies. This was accompanied by upregulation of gene SOD1, SOD2, and CAT while downregulation of Mth in the aged fruit flies.
Why this rating
The evidence is derived from invertebrate models (Drosophila) and some C. elegans/mice data, but lacks direct human clinical trials for lifespan extension.
Source
Biology of Ageing and Role of Dietary Antioxidants
Cheng Peng et al. · BioMed Research International · 2014
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