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so today I want to answer the question

why do women live longer than men men on

average live 76 years women 81 years why

is that well it has to do with one

hormone estrogen now let me explain in

the body you have this constant battle

or this balance between oxidation and

antioxidants so whether it’s chemicals

stress too much sugar that produces all

this oxidation you also have from the

food antioxidants and your body actually

makes antioxidants to counter this

oxidation if we have too much oxidation

at the genetic level and not enough

antioxidants we get a buildup of free

radicals now what does that mean free

radical is an unpaired electron so we

have this little atom with electrons and

normally we would have to that balance

each other so if we only had one that

would be unpaired electrons creating a

very unstable atom and then that’s what

really creates the damage I’m talking

about damage within the DNA and various

proteins in the body but estrogen can

come in as a very powerful antioxidant

and actually give you what you need to

balance out the oxidation and on top of

that we have something called

phytoestrogens

from plants okay cruciferous vegetables

for example that can also help the

antioxidant networks as well

you have genes which are like the

hardware very similar to let’s say you

have a DVD that’s holding several movies

ok it’s like storing certain movies and

it has a playlist for example then you

have something called a DVD player to be

able to use the discs

you cannot extract data from that DVD

unless you have the player so the genes

are the DVD which encodes all the

information and you can’t use that

information unless you have the player

well that is epigenetics epigenetics

means above genetics and there’s certain

things in the environment that express

these genes or turn them on or turn them

off like nutrients stress levels

exercise fasting and hormones and

estrogen has the capacity to cause

certain longevity genes to be expressed

or to be turned on so yes women have to

go through the pain of pregnancy having

the menstrual cycle menopause but they

get to live longer by five years thanks

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