Fountain of youth from the tap (environmental lithium)

Scientists demonstrate that environmental lithium uptake promotes longevity(Jena, Germany) Professor Dr. Michael Ristow's team along with Japanese colleagues from universities in Oita and Hiroshima have demonstrated by two independent approaches that even a low concentration of lithium leads to an increased life expectancy in humans as well as in a model organism, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans. The research team presents its results in the online edition of the scientific publication European Journal of Nutrition which is now online (see hyperlink below). Lithium is one of many nutritional trace elements and is ingested mainly through vegetables and drinking water. "The scientific...