Bacon lovers, rejoice.A study from ETH Zurich shows that bacon contains niacin (vitamin B3), which can help humans live longer.Other foods rich in niacin include Marmite, dried tomatoes, red chili peppers.and peanuts.Doctor Michael Ristow and his team found through their research on worms that this vitamin is associated with longevity.However, there's a strange phenomenon about niacin: it promotes the growth of free radicals, which have long been believed to cause aging.Michael Ristow says that niacin makes the body feel as if it's in motion, so it releases beneficial substances.Of course, the research is currently limited to worms and will take a while before reaching humans; they plan to test on mice next..Sure, let's take down notes.

Doctor MichaelRistow and his team found that worms with this vitamin were longer-lived by studying them.However, niacin also has an odd effect of promoting the growth of free radicals, which have long been considered a cause of aging.

Michael Ristow's findings can be said to challenge the widely accepted theory that free radicals lead to aging.

Ristow says: Niacin makes the body think it is in motion, so it releases some beneficial substances.Of course, current research is limited to worms, and applying this to humans is still far off. Next, they will test on mice.(Source: Internet)(Source: Web)