A New Study Suggests Certain Nutrients May Offer a Healthy Intervention In Premature Aging of Lungs
Staff Writer -- Published - January 21, 2012
A recently published study, investigating the relationship between chronic inflammation, cellular aging and premature aging of lungs, highlights the potential benefits of polyphenols, such as resveratrol, curcumin and catechins, found in red wine, turmeric and green-tea, respectively, in lung diseases such as COPD or Emphysema.
According to American Society for Clinical Nutrition (Proceedings of The International Conference on Polyphenols and Health), polyphenols are antioxidants, and since 1995 they have received more reviews and interest from nutritionists than antioxidant vitamins, carotenoids or minerals. (1)(Proceedings of The International Conference on Polyphenols and Health, ossia Risultati della Conferenza Internazionale su Polifenoli e Salute). (1)
In 2010, the Department of Environmental Medicine's Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, proposed that polyphenols, aside from having anti-oxidant properties, also, possess the potential ability to regulate metabolism, stress resistance, cellular survival, and cellular aging. (2)
In this recent study, University of Rochester Medical Center, states that COPD is, also, inflammaging (inflammatory disease associated with aging) and, further, since polyphenols possess the potential ability to regulate inflammation, due to their anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory nature, promote cellular resistance to premature death via activating Sirt-1 (a gene associated with regulation of cellular aging), polyphenols offer promising therapeutic intervention for lung health.
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 81, No. 1, 215S-217S, January 2005
- Arch Biochem Biophys. 2010 Sep 1;501(1):79-90
- Text of the original published study
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