If you heard of calorie restriction with optimal nutrition (CRON) for prolonging your lifespan, but you’re hesitant about restricting calories and/or you feel overwhelmed by the rising cost of groceries, then this article on the 80/20 of superfoods is for you! Because you can always make better choices. Here are my 80/20 of superfoods which…… Continue reading The 80/20 of Superfoods: Maximizing Nutrition Without Breaking the Bank
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3 Ways You Can Tackle Age-related Fibrosis
One of the most disturbing symptoms that occur with aging is rigidity. Humans become stiffer with age, not only in mentality but also physically. Flexibility is in short supply with age as fibroblasts get activated for any tiny injury and respond by excessively depositing extracellular matrix components. For this reason alone, fibrosis – especially excessive…… Continue reading 3 Ways You Can Tackle Age-related Fibrosis
How targeting multiple aging pathways doubled the maximum lifespan of fruit flies
During my previous post I mentioned how the evolutionary theory of aging was tested empirically by selective breeding of fruit flies for longevity and later on for shorter lifespans. The longer lived fruit flies obtained in the lab got the nickname of Methuselah flies. Displaying a longer mean and maximum lifespan, they expressed hundreds of…… Continue reading How targeting multiple aging pathways doubled the maximum lifespan of fruit flies
How to play with evolution in the lab to create longer-lived animals
I was a college student when I first stumbled upon the “Ending Aging” book by Dr. Aubrey de Grey. I read that book cover to cover but I never got highly enthusiastic about SENS since there were important details which didn’t make sense. The types of damage that humans incur as they age are excellently…… Continue reading How to play with evolution in the lab to create longer-lived animals