Astragalus membranaceus: Purported Telomerase Activator Increases Exercise Capacity by +56%, Fights Cancer and May Be a Healthy Adjunct to Chemotherapy and Vaccines
Image 1: Astragalus membranaceus , one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). A purported telomerase activator that contains potent antioxidants. There is hardly one month passing without some media reports about a group of scientists who supposedly found the royal route to health and longevity . With all those potentially life-extending drugs, herbals and nutritional supplements that have thus surfaced in the course of the last decades, it is actually almost surprising that we still die like flies, isn't it? Well, one possibility would obviously be that the scientifically-backed wonder-potions you can buy in the snake-oil shops all over the Internet do not work at all - impossible? I don't think so. Consequently, I was and still am very skeptical about the dubious claims about the "life-extending" effects of a patented Astragalus membranaceus (also Astragalus propinquus ) extract - and that despite or, I should say, because of its ...