Stay 40 years old . . . for the next 40, 50, or 60 years?

The images of the mice are from one of the elegant MIT studies from Poutahidis et al investigating the effects of Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC PTA 6475. Even if you are not a fan of reading such detailed experimental studies, I urge you to read these, as they are well-written, wonderfully detailed, and written by people who have a real understanding of the full implications of the work they are doing. Specifically, the above photo shows what happens at 12 months of age in control mice (example on left) compared to mice fed L. reuteri in their water (example on right). Notice that the control mouse is fat, while the treated mouse is slender. This and related studies demonstrate that: While control mice got old—stopped playing, lost interest in mating or grooming each other, and got fat—L. reuteri mice stayed slender, mated more and continued to groom each other. In other words, L. reuteri mice stayed youthful as they aged. Testicular size (specifically Leydig cell number) and testosterone production in L. reuteri mice was considerably greater Sebum production, hair density, skin thickness, and dermal collagen were dramatically greater Skin healing was hugely accelerated Inflammatory measures (e.g., IL-10, neutrophil blood count) were lower On an obesogenic diet, control mice got fat while L. reuteri mice stayed slender Most of these effects were found to be mediated through  increased oxytocin blood levels, mimicking the findings of studies in parabiosis, in whic...
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