Simple Trick To Live Longer
Carl Lowe | Feb 18, 2013 | Comments 2 |
There’s no guarantee, but researchers think they’ve discovered a simple little trick you can do at home that might help you live years longer.
Turn down your thermostat.
“(Our study)… raises the intriguing possibility that exposure to cold air — or pharmacological stimulation of the cold-sensitive genetic program — may promote longevity in mammals,” says researcher Shawn Xu of the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute.
Xu’s research shows that cold air may stimulate reactions in skin and fat cells that boost life expectancy. It activates a receptor known as the TRPA1 channel. TRPA1 passes calcium into cells. The resulting chain of signaling ultimately reaches DAF-16/FOXO, a gene associated with longevity.
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I prefer to sleep with a room temperature of 50-52 degrees and sleep so much better. In the winter (I live in the desert.) I leave a window open or the door to the storeroom about two inches.
Ze’ev Ben-Dror, C.C.N.
Anti-Aging Agora
member, Life Extension Foundation
member, British Longevity Society
Nope, note me Ze’ev, wish I could say the same! My wife is always cold. I guess I’m gonna go soon. LOL, needed a little comic relief on that one.