Prolonging healthy aging: Longevity vitamins and proteins.

ABSTRACT: It is proposed that proteins/enzymes be classified into two classes according to their essentiality for immediate survival/reproduction and their function in long-term health: that is, survival proteins versus longevity proteins. As proposed by the triage theory, a modest deficiency of one of the nutrients/cofactors triggers a built-in rationing mechanism that favors the proteins needed for immediate survival and reproduction (survival proteins) while sacrificing those needed to protect against future damage (longevity proteins). Impairment of the function of longevity proteins results in an insidious acceleration of the risk of diseases associated with aging. I also propose that nutrients required for the function of longevity proteins constitute a class of vitamins that are here named "l

SUBMITTER: Ames BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6205492 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature