By Lizzie Parry
Eating plenty of green peas, soybeans, corn and blue cheese, could help you live longer by warding off disease, experts have discovered.
Eating plenty of green peas, soybeans, corn and blue cheese, could help you live longer by warding off disease, experts have discovered.
The foods, all rich in a compound called spermidine, could help stave off cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, among others.
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Israel discovered that spermidine reverses the body's circadian rhythm, making it 'younger' and less prone to the age-related diseases.
They note that falling levels of polyamines, compounds that are present in all living cells, cause circadian rhythms to slow down.
This effect was reversed by a dietary supplementation containing spermidine, when given to mice.
Senior author, Dr Gad Asher, said: 'This discovery demonstrates the tight intertwining between circadian clocks and metabolism and opens new possibilities for nutritional interventions that modulate the clock's function.
'Impaired circadian rhythmicity has been linked to a wide variety of age-related diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer,s
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