Re: Researchers More than Double Worms Lifespan with Co Q Deprivation

[Guest guest]

> Researchers More than Double Worms Lifespan

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" Researchers have more than doubled the lifespan of worms by simply

depriving them of a micronutrient called coenzyme Q.

Drs. Pamela L Larsen and F e found that adult worms

fed on a coenzyme Q diet lived 59% longer than those fed a normal

diet. "

I ovbviously do not have a very scientific mind. Worms live twice as

long without any coQ10 - but live 59% longer then normal with coQ10?

What does that mean - do worms 'normally' have coQ10 or not? And the

worms without coQ10 don't reproduce anyway??? I guess I just can't

figure out how to apply this to health for humans.

[Guest guest]

Well this makes absolutely NO sense to me. First it says they doubled their

lifespan by DEPRIVING them of coenzyme Q.

Then it says, they lived 59% long ON the diet rich in the stuff.

What the?????

[ ] Researchers More than Double Worms Lifespan with Co

Q Deprivation

Researchers More than Double Worms Lifespan

Researchers have more than doubled the lifespan of worms by simply

depriving

them of a micronutrient called coenzyme Q. Drs. Pamela L Larsen and

F e found that adult worms fed on a coenzyme Q diet lived

59%

longer than those fed a normal diet. Coenzyme Q is an antioxidant that

helps

to transport electrons during cellular respiration, however Larsen and

e say that their results suggest that the substance may also have a

" pro-oxidant " effect. If this is true, reducing the animals' consumption

of

coenzyme Q may extend lifespan by lowering oxidative damage to cells.

However, the researchers say that it is not possible to lengthen the

animals' lifespan simply by feeding them a coenzyme Q-free diet from

birth,

as worms fed such a diet were found to be significantly more likely to

develop reproductive defects.

SOURCE/REFERENCE: Science 2001; 295:120-123