Tag: muscle ageing

Pomegranates may help reverse muscle ageing, say researchers

REUTERS — They’ve long been regarded by many health fanatics as a super food, but now scientists say pomegranates may have anti-ageing properties. In a study published in the journal Nature Medicine researchers at Switzerland’s École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) discovered that once pomegranate seeds are ingested, a molecule inside them is changed by the microbes in the gut. That molecule helps muscle cells to protect themselves against ageing. Professor Johan Auwerx, one of […]