These enzymes, by-products of the immune system, circulate in your blood and
remove oxidants, heal wounds on cell walls, and stimulate cells to function
well.
While you’re young, repair enzymes have the upper hand, helping your body
rebuild itself as you sleep.
However, with time, your immune system starts creaking, worn out by increasing
oxidant levels due to poor eating habits, sleepless nights, stress, pollution,
sickness, and disease. Your body’s demand for repair enzymes far exceeds the
immune system’s ability to supply it.
Your system overwhelmed, the massacre begins: cells die; you age, and it
shows.
As you reach middle age, your muscles ache more, wrinkles appear on your
face, and you feel shortness of breath, tiredness, weaker eyesight, and mild
forms of sexual incapacity. Oxidation relentlessly pummels your body’s
defenses, opening the way for cancer, diabetes, stroke, and stress-related
disorders to deliver the final blow.
Luckily, scientists discovered what triggers the body to produce repair
enzymes.
Antioxidants: Vitamins, Minerals, and Enzymes
Many growing kids hate eating vegetables. Some carry this bad habit to
adulthood, to their own detriment.
Vegetables and fruits contain vitamins, minerals, and enzymes – substances
called antioxidants – that help your immune system produce repair enzymes and
fight sickness and disease.
After scientists discovered the benefits of antioxidants in food, the
government passed regulations to ensure or fortify their presence in America’s
food supply. The effect is evident in the dramatic increase in our lifespan:
In 1800, the average American male lived 37 years.
In 1900, this average increased to 45 (21% in 100 years)
By 2000, it went up to 72 (60% in the last 100 years)
And by 2100, this will reach 100 (39% in the next 100
years)
Dr Aubrey de Grey and the other maverick scientists in his team are
confident that it is possible to extend human life spans more radically, and
that anyone born in the year 2100 will live, not only for a hundred years, but
for 1,000…3,000…even 5,000 years. Maybe forever.
The latest research findings in scientific laboratories all over the world
will help us understand the basis for this claim.