amino acids

Researchers from the Georgia Health Sciences University have suggested that the starvation of breast cancer cells will eventually lead to their death.

Various natural compounds like amino acids present in different foods steer our mood swings, opening a flood of chemicals like dopamine and serotonin that promote well-being.

"The distinction of what is a drug and what is food is blurring completely. Natural things are also drugs," said Wenk, author of the new book "Your Brain on Food."

"Certain diets influence certain behaviors," he added. "If you want to understand how your brain works, we have to look at everything you consume."

Advantages of coffee

Researchers at the University of Milan discovered that a concoction of amino acids fed to mice increased their life expectancy by 12 percent or 95 days compared to their untreated counterparts.

Drug promises a healthy, active life
If translated into humans, that would mean the average person would live an extra nine and a half years (in India life expectancy of 73.2 years), and could expect to have a healthier old age.

Though the potion may not render a miraculous immortality, it can make the declining phases of life a long, active one.