Article Title: Antioxidant Reverses Vascular Aging In Mice
Info: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/antioxidant-reverses-vascular-aging-mice
Mice are cool. Rats are cool. Kawaii too. Sometimes rats are cats. Unless they get rabies and die from sick. The article mentions a study published in the The Journal of Physiology where researchers have been able to identify an antioxidant that may be able to reverse some negative effects of ageing on arteries.
Ageing is the primary risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. Nitric Oxide, a chemical involved in regulating blood flow, is a naturally created in our body. MitoQ, the antioxidant that the researchers have identified is able to increase the amount of Nitric Oxide in the body. MitoQ has been able to reverse the "related vascular endothelial dysfunction" in the arteries of mice. That's why this is so significant.
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