Thursday, June 07, 2018 by: Michelle Simmons Tags: aging, anti-aging, astaxanthin, goodhealth, goodmedicine, Health and Wellness, health benefits, nutrition, prevention, research, supplements (Natural News) Astaxanthin was found to be a potent anti-aging agent, according to a mouse study published in the Endocrine Journal. The study was carried out by a team of researchers from Zhejiang University of Technology in China and Asahikawa Medicine University in Japan who looked at the preventive effects of astaxanthin on aging with the use of an accelerated model. The research team treated mice with both D-galactose and jet lag for six weeks. They grouped the mice into three: Control group; a group treated with a combination of daily sterile D-galactose injection and jet lag; and a group supplemented with a diet containing 0.01 percent astaxanthin, in addition to the D-galactose injection and jet lag. The research team induced jet lag through a 12-hour reversal of the light/dark cycle once every three days. After the treatment of six weeks, results revealed that astaxanthin supplementation protected liver weight loss in aged mice. The researchers explained that this may be due to the up-regulation of the mRNA expression of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase, which plays a role in the improvement of D-galactose… Read full this story
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