Viennese scientists have discovered a way to reverse the aging process.
A new study conducted by the staff of the Medical University of Vienna, showed that bariatric surgery can make a person younger. Bariatrics – branch of medicine dealing with the treatment of obesity. To bariatric surgeries are surgeries like gastric band, gastric bypass and gastroplasty.
The study involved 76 people (mean age 40 years) with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 35. The average BMI was 44.5. The lifestyle changes have not helped volunteers to lose weight, so it is advised to have bariatric surgery. A year after surgery, BMI of the participants decreased significantly (average to 27.5, that is, 38%), says Zee News. Before and after the volunteers took blood samples.
The researchers noticed after the surgery, participants had decreased levels of inflammatory markers – cytokines of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and interleukin-6. In addition, in their blood increased anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10. Also the telomeres located at the ends of chromosomes, volunteers are longer by 80% compared to the beginning of the study.
Telomeres – the “internal clock” of each cell. They get shorter when a cell divides, or is exposed to oxidative stress. The length of telomeres, it is possible to judge life expectancy. So, the previous study showed that in women with obesity telomeres were shorter than women with normal weight. It was equivalent to the reduced life expectancy of 8 years.
