The idea of long life has been the focus of human interest since long before Ponce de Leon (1458-1521) sought the fountain of youth in Florida. From the beginning of human life on Planet Earth most people have wanted to live longer and have pondered every conceivable way to achieve that goal.
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Such terms as prebiotics and probiotics are increasingly attracting the attention of health-conscious people, and new products bearing those words on their label are appearing on the market.
Read the full story »Probiotics, the bacteria that have been shown to help certain health disorders, allergies and even some forms of cancer, contain immune system-stimulating DNA, which makes them just as effective when inactivated as when consumed as live microorganisms in dairy products, say US researchers.
Enzymes are proteins composed of amino acids, the basic building blocks of life, arranged in chains that spontaneously fold into three-dimensional structures. These three-dimensional structures confer specificity of function. Whereas all enzymes are proteins, not all proteins are enzymes.
Your body’s defense capability is called your Immune System, and it is a functioning miracle. Let’s look at some of the main actors that comprise your immune system and see how they operate.
