{"id":165389,"date":"2023-06-08T15:26:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/scientists-discover-elixir-of-life-that-slows-aging"},"modified":"2023-06-08T15:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:26:48","slug":"scientists-discover-elixir-of-life-that-slows-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/scientists-discover-elixir-of-life-that-slows-aging","title":{"rendered":"Scientists discover \u201celixir of life\u201d that slows aging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-elixir-of-life-that-slows-aging2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A common nutrient found in everyday foods might be the key to a long and healthy life, according to researchers from Columbia University.<\/p>\n<p>The nutrient in question is taurine, a naturally occurring amino acid with a range of essential roles around the body.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does the concentration of this nutrient in our bodies decrease as we age, but supplementation can increase lifespan by up to 12 percent in different species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common nutrient found in everyday foods might be the key to a long and healthy life, according to researchers from Columbia University. The nutrient in question is taurine, a naturally occurring amino acid with a range of essential roles around the body. Not only does the concentration of this nutrient in our bodies decrease [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}