A common face cream ingredient might help us live longer, study finds

A common face cream ingredient might help us live longer, study finds
Calorie restriction diets have previously been shown to slow down the ageing process, and strangely enough, a common ingredient in face creams appears to mimic these life-extending effects – and all without the pain of going hungry.

Researchers in the UK have found that allantoin, a chemical compound found in botanical extracts of the comfrey plant and an ingredient in many anti-ageing skin creams, can increase the lifespan of certain worms by more than 20 percent – comparable to the manner in which calorie restriction achieves the same effect.

Paper:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12432/abstract

Article:
http://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-face-cream-ingredient-might-help-us-live-longer-study-finds

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