Anti Aging - C

Calcium
Calcium is essential for the development and maintenance of strong bones and teeth.

Calorie Restriction
Calorie restriction is one of the oldest and most proven methods for anti aging and life extension.

Calorie Restriction Genes
Researchers have found Calorie restriction genes, or genes that are needed for calorie restriction to have an life extending effect in C. Elegans worms. Humans have three similar genes in their genome.

Capsaicin
Capsaicin is the active component of chili peppers and has shown promise in research for ability to kill cancer cells.

Carbonyl Detoxification
Carbonyl detoxification is the name for processes that clean toxic substances created by free radicals, glycation, and other post-translational side-reactions, and has been linked to melatonin.

Carnosine
Carnosine (beta-alanyl-L-histidine) has been found in studies to have anti-oxidant properties and to extend cultured human fibroblast life-span.

Carotenoids
There have been identified some 600 different carotenoids, and they have shown in research significant antioxidant potential and many of them also have provitamin A activity.

Catalase
Human catalase overexpression in the mitochondria of mice has been shown in studies to extend median and maximal lifespan by about 20%.

Catechins
Catechins are antioxidant flavonoids available most importantly from various teas.

Cat's Claw Extract
Cat's Claw extract is an extract of medicinal herb from the Amazon River basin, used in alternative medicine primarily for inflammatory disorders.

Celery Seed Extract
Celery Seed extract, in alternative medicine, has been associated with aphrodisiac properties. However, research suggests it may have a role in liver cancer prevention.

Cellulase
Cellulase is an enzyme that breaks down cellulose to beta-glucose in the body.

CGK733
CGK733 is a thiourea derivative, a synthetic molecule discovered in 2006 that has been shown to extend the lifetime of mammalian cells and reverse cellular aging.

Chamomile Tea
Chamomile tea has been used in alternative medicine as a natural herbal sleep aid.

Chasteberry Extract
Chasteberry extract contains several health enhancing compounds, including flavonoids, iridoid glycosides, and terpenoids.

Cheek Implants
Cheek implants are a plastic surgery procedure that aims to recontour the facial features. Aging can cause loss of facial fat and result in hollow cheeks and face droopiness that are correctable.

Chelation Therapy
Chelation therapy is commonly described as a method to remove heavy and toxic metals from the body, and has been in medical procedures for over 50 years.

Chemical Peel
Chemical peel, or chemexfoliation / derma-peeling, is a skin rejuvenation method, where chemical solution is applied to the skin that causes the skin to blister and eventually peel off.

Chitosan
Chitosan may be helpful in the short-term treatment of excess weight and obesity.

Choline
Choline is a vitamin like compound, used by the body to produce acetylcholine, which is an important brain chemical involved in memory.

Chondroitin
Chondroitin is part of a large protein molecule that gives cartilage elasticity and plays a role in cartilage health.

Chromium
Chromium is a mineral essential to health, and plays an important role in glucose and lipid metabolism.

Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum is one of the air purifying plants found by NASA to be one of the best plants for removing formaldehyde, benzene, and trichloroethylene from indoor air.

Chrysin
Chrysin is a bioflavonoid antioxidant found in the plant Passiflora coerula.

Citrus Bioflavonoids
Citrus bioflavonoids are powerful antioxidant compounds, found in citrus fruits such as lemon, orange, tangerine, and grapefruit.

CLA
CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) has shown in studies some promise in aiding weight loss and weight control.

Cloning for Anti Aging
Cloning for anti aging and life extension purposes is often called therapeutic cloning, which means cloning for recreating young cells and tissues genetically identical to the person who needs them.

CMO
CMO (cis-9-cetyl myristoleate) is made in the body from cetyl alcohol and mysristoleic acid and may inhibit the production of inflammatory prostaglandins and leukotrienes.

Co2 Laser Skin Resurfacing
Co2 laser skin resurfacing uses carbon dioxide laser to remove areas of damaged or wrinkled skin, layer by layer, to dramatically decrease the appearance of wrinkles.

Cocoa
Cocoa is rich in specific antioxidants, particularly polyphenols, such as catechins and epicatechin, and procyanidins.

Coenzyme Q10
Coenzyme Q10 is a powerful antioxidant that is involved in the making of an important molecule known as ATP which serves as the cell's energy source.

Colostrum
Colostrum is a nutritional foodstuff produced by nursing mothers in the first 48 hours following the birth of all mammals. For supplement purposes, colostrum from dairy milks is normally used.

Compounded Bioidentical Hormones
Compounded Bioidentical hormones have been used in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for anti aging purposes.

Copper
Copper is required for bone strength, blood cell maturation, iron transport, glucose metabolism, heart muscle contraction, host defense mechanisms and brain development.

Cordialin
Cordialin belongs to a group of peptides called cytomedins that have shown tissue specific antiaging properties.

Cosmetic Surgery
Cosmetic surgery is one of the most popular anti aging methods, and some 20% of the population have aspirations to have one of the procedures done.

Creatine
Creatine helps to supply energy to muscle cells and can marginally increase athletic performance.

Cryonics
Cryonics is is the practice of cryopreservation of humans or animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future.

Cryptoxanthin
Cryptoxanthin is part of compounds called carotenoids that have antioxidant qualities. The compound is, however, one of the lesser studied compounds of that group and may surprise in its potency.

Curcumin
Curcumin is a powerful antioxidant that has shown much promise in cancer prevention studies.

Cynthia Kenyon, PhD
Cynthia Kenyon, PhD, and the research team she heads, have succeeded in prolonging C. Elegans worms' lifespan by 6 times by manipulating DAF-2 gene and the worms' hormonal regulatory system.

Cytomedins
The study of cytomedins, peptides involved in information exchange between cells, has lead to a new antiaging theory, peptides and aging.


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