Capers: Your secret to a longer life

Ritesh Bawri

12 Feb 2026 — 2 min read

You’ve done everything right. The nutrition is dialed in, the bloodwork looks solid, the performance metrics are trending upward.

So is there an additional edge you can find? Somewhere within your body, you have cells that refuse to die.

It is called cellular senescence.

Aging isn’t just wear and tear. It’s accumulation. Specifically, the accumulation of senescent cells. Damanged dead cells that linger in your tissue.

They dont just accumulate, they send out inflammatory signals, disrupting metabolism, and dragging your mitochondria into dysfunction.

The result? Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress.

Your body is not aging faster than it should. Your energy is depleted.

The science is not new. Ayurveda has a concept called ama. Ama is metabolic waste that clouds vitality. Modern science has a new name for it. Senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). But they are only retelling an ancient story with new words.

So what can you do?

Both modern science and ancient wisdom point to a class of compounds called senolytic agents. Think of these as your private army zapping these zombie cells.

None of these senolytic agents are medicines. They are instead food found in nature.

For example, bioactive compounds such as quercetin from onions and capers. Fisetin from strawberries, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) from green tea, curcumin from turmeric, and hydroxytyrosol from olive oil.

Minerals like magnesium and selenium support this process.

The best part. Not eating anything at all accelerates this process. Not eating is free and something that you can do from home. It reduces the burden of these senolytic agents. Your body is consuming these zombie cells.

Not only are you reversing ageing, you are restoring mitochondrial health.

So how can you start?

Skip a meal. Dinner or breakfast. Once a month, skips all meals for 24 hours. When you eat, sauté red onions and add to your food. Include capers as often as you can.

Ensure you have turmeric with ghee and pepper. Yes, my famous turmeric shot that replaced the vodka shot.

Reach out to me on twitter @rbawri Instagram @riteshbawriofficial and YouTube at www.youtube.com/breatheagain

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