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I don't care if people hate me, or slap me, or whatever for speaking the truth. I don't claim to be an expert, I'm just stating facts. Poor health choices in food and exercise are the catalyst for premature aging and breakdown of the body's weakest links, which are the areas where it has the least amount of available nutrients. If a part of a machine is not getting the maintenance that it needs, it will slowly degrade until it breaks down. Our bodies are the same way. If you don't take care of different parts of our body with food that is rich in vitamins and minerals, and exercise to stimulate our bodies and make them stronger, they will slowly break down and become more susceptible to diseases.

https://www.pnas.org/content/115/43/10836

It is proposed that proteins/enzymes be classified into two classes according to their essentiality for immediate survival/reproduction and their function in long-term health: that is, survival proteins versus longevity proteins. As proposed by the triage theory, a modest deficiency of one of the nutrients/cofactors triggers a built-in rationing mechanism that favors the proteins needed for immediate survival and reproduction (survival proteins) while sacrificing those needed to protect against future damage (longevity proteins). Impairment of the function of longevity proteins results in an insidious acceleration of the risk of diseases associated with aging. I also propose that nutrients required for the function of longevity proteins constitute a class of vitamins that are here named longevity vitamins. I suggest that many such nutrients play a dual role for both survival and longevity. The evidence for classifying taurine as a conditional vitamin, and the following 10 compounds as putative longevity vitamins, is reviewed: the fungal antioxidant ergothioneine; the bacterial metabolites pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) and queuine; and the plant antioxidant carotenoids lutein, zeaxanthin, lycopene, - and -carotene, -cryptoxanthin, and the marine carotenoid astaxanthin. Because nutrient deficiencies are highly prevalent in the United States (and elsewhere), appropriate supplementation and/or an improved diet could reduce much of the consequent risk of chronic disease and premature aging.

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