William Atkins
Friday, 02 January 2009 21:07
Science -
Health
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However, Shchepinov states that deuterium could help to strengthen bonds between the cells of the human body. Thus, with stronger bonds, they would be able to withstand attacks by free radicals.
Shchepinov has already performed experiments on worms and fruitfies. He found that their life spans increased (when fed a diet enriched with deuterium.
For more information on the worm experiment, read the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) article “
Eat yourself to a longer life.”
Limited experimentation has been performed on humans. According to the New Scientist article “
Would eating heavy atoms lengthen our lives?” (subscription may be required), the subjects did not have any adverse effects from the low-level ingestion of heavy water.
Concern has been raised by other scientists on the risk of consuming heavy water by humans.
According to the New Scientist article,
“You'd have to drink a vast amount to suffer any ill effects.”
Dr. Shchepinov is performing further studies on the use of deuterium-enriched water and deuterium-enriched foods, what he calls ‘heavy foods.'
Page three talks about how humans may one day be eating deuterium-enriched foods, what is called 'i-foods.'
