Don't use snail slime on your face, or bathe in antler blood to get that youthful glow.
According to scientists, the next big age-defying trend might be poop transplants.
A new study published in the journal Microbiome claims to have found improvements in gut health in mice following transplants from younger to older mice of fecal microbiota. The researchers at the Quadram Institute found that the older mice had fewer problems with their eyes, gut and brain after the procedure.
Professor Simon Carding, head of the Gut Microbes and Health Research Program, said the study provides evidence for the direct involvement of gut microbes in aging and offers a potential solution in the form of gut microbe replacement therapy.
According to the US National Institute of Health, the benefits of caring for the living creatures inside our gut as a way to beat aging are not new.
None of those treatments are FDA approved. If the study holds water, it may provide some basis for an FDA trial, but only if it succeeds in testing in humans.
It's best not to get too excited about the possibilities just yet, and to remember that the trials were only done in mice. Elderly humans and mice don't function the same way.
Wait until we hear more about the at- home fecal transplant experiments.
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