Oxidative stress can be increased by our daily habits without us even noticing it. For example, excessive drinking, smoking, overeating, exhaust fumes, and other things that seem to be bad for the body, and even things that are difficult to avoid in daily life such as ultraviolet rays, can cause oxidative stress to rise. In addition, radiation, mental stress, lack of exercise, and excessive exercise are also said to increase oxidative stress.

Our bodies are exposed to the risk of oxidative stress every day. Let me tell you about the results of a mouse experiment to see how lowering oxidative stress affects cells.

We conducted an experiment on the relationship between oxidative stress and cells using mouse brains. In the back of the brain, there is an important region called the hippocampal dentate gyrus.

Every day, new nerve cells are produced in the brain. In the case of a six-week-old mouse, the equivalent of a 20-year-old human, about 30 new neurons can be seen in the field of view of a single microscope.

When mice are raised to the age of 56 weeks, which is equivalent to 60 to 70 years of age in humans, the number of newborn nerve cells produced has been reduced to about two-thirds.

Since aging is the result of cells being damaged by oxidative stress over a long period of time, the oxidative stress in the aging body is higher than when we were young. And it is natural that the ability to create new nerve cells is reduced when cells are damaged or dead due to oxidative stress, as shown in the results of mouse experiments.

So, we fed 27-week-old mice with a developmental formula called “Twendee X”, which helps to lower oxidative stress, for about 30 weeks and kept them until they were 56 weeks old.

The number of newborn neurons in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of the 56-week-old mice fed the formula was examined, and the results were astounding: the number of newborn neurons was slightly higher than that of the 6-week-old mice. It is thought that by lowering oxidative stress, they were able to maintain the number of newly produced nerve cells.

There are about 60 trillion cells in the human body, and new cells are created and replaced by dead cells every day in every part of the body. This is called metabolism.

The ability of metabolism to create new cells declines as we get older, but by lowering oxidative stress, as in the mouse experiment, it is thought that the ability of metabolism can be maintained at the same level as when we were young.

As it turns out, we cannot bring dead cells back to life.

However, as you can see from the results of the previous experiment, lowering oxidative stress can protect cells from being damaged by oxidative stress.

In order to lower oxidative stress, it is helpful to exercise moderately, refrain from drinking and smoking, avoid sunburn, and efficiently consume foods and supplements such as fruits and nuts that have antioxidant effects.

By protecting your cells from oxidative stress, you can expect anti-aging effects.