{"id":72087,"date":"2017-08-23T09:02:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T16:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/autophagy-and-how-it-aids-longevity"},"modified":"2017-08-24T02:11:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T09:11:14","slug":"autophagy-and-how-it-aids-longevity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/autophagy-and-how-it-aids-longevity","title":{"rendered":"Autophagy and How it Aids Longevity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/autophagy-and-how-it-aids-longevity2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Autophagy means \u201ceating of self\u201d (\u201cauto\u201d= self; \u201cphag\u201d = eating)[1]. Although its name might sound harmful, autophagy appears to have longevity-promoting effects[2]. Here, we will explain what autophagy is, how it works, its benefits, and how it plays a role in aging.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Autophagy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Autophagy is the way cells break down misbehaving or nonfunctional organelles and proteins in the cell[1,2]. This means autophagy can consume organelles such as, mitochondria, peroxisomes, and the endoplasmic reticulum[1].<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leafscience.org\/autophagy\/\">http:\/\/www.leafscience.org\/autophagy\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autophagy means \u201ceating of self\u201d (\u201cauto\u201d= self; \u201cphag\u201d = eating)[1]. Although its name might sound harmful, autophagy appears to have longevity-promoting effects[2]. Here, we will explain what autophagy is, how it works, its benefits, and how it plays a role in aging. What is Autophagy? Autophagy is the way cells break down misbehaving or nonfunctional [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":370,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72087","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\/370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72104,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72087\/revisions\/72104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}