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n the April issue of Natural Triad, we discussed 5 supplements that promote longevity. Here, we will continue with 5 herbs that do the same. To re-cap a bit, though, let's cover the known mechanisms of biological aging:


Glycation - Glycation is a biochemical reaction between sugars, such as glucose, and proteins, lipids or nucleic acids in the body. Sugars bind to proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids so that they work less effi- ciently in the body. It is analogous to rust- ing of, say, a car engine.


Chronic Inflammation - Inflammation,


when chronic, is a slow, insidious, and persistent destruction of tissue due to an injuring agent (either exogenous or endog- enous) where the body cannot keep up in repairing itself. Most chronic diseases are due in part to chronic inflammation.


Inadequate Methylation - The process


of methylation is like a switch that turns on and off many of the biochemical processes in the body. Inadequate methylation can cause biochemical processes in the body to work less efficiently and inappropri- ately. For example, a tumor suppressor gene that is not methylated appropriately


may be turned off, and therefore not able to do its jobs of stopping or suppressing tumor formation.


Shortening of Telomeres - Telomeres


are strands of DNA on the ends of chromo- somes that act like a biological clock. The shorter they are, the faster you age. Healthy lifestyles and some supplements aid in keeping them longer, and thus play an important role slowing down the aging process.


Accumulation of Cellular Trash - Beta-


amyloid, cholesterol plaque, lipofusin, are examples of cellular trash in the body. Cellular trash tends to accumulate the older the cell gets. If the cell cannot clear out the biochemical waste then it signifi- cantly loses efficiency and slowly dies. This is analogous to what happens in a city where the sanitation workers no longer come to pick up the trash. The city will stop functioning properly and will eventually die from the toxic accumulation.


Mutations - In genetics, a mutation is


a structural change in the DNA—either in the mitochrondrial or nuclear DNA. A mutation can have a variety of causes—ei- ther endogenous (e.g. aging itself) or exog-


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