Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither is longevity attained overnight. A few years ago I read about the compound effect: it’s this idea that baby steps done regularly lead to extraordinary results on the long term. Exponential growth is very hard for humans to wrap their minds around. Linear growth is so much…… Continue reading Longevity and the Compound Effect
Category: Calorie restriction with optimal nutrition
Royalactin – the substance that turns worker bees into queens
You can never put things in perspective until you measure them. And you need hard, cold numbers for that. Calorie restriction with optimal nutrition is the only robust method in gerontology that reliably prolonged lifespans in many species with an average of 30%. I thought 30% is huge. It’s not. Because after a serendipitous conversation…… Continue reading Royalactin – the substance that turns worker bees into queens
Top 9 ways to get more nutrients from fruits and veggies
I was under the wrong impression that one apple is just like any other apple and one orange is just like any other orange. That was until I stumbled upon ‘Eating on the wild side’ – a book that opened my eyes on how plant varieties changed long before the scare of GMO. It was…… Continue reading Top 9 ways to get more nutrients from fruits and veggies
How to buy time for free: calorie restriction with optimal nutrition without daily tracking software or measuring ingredients
No matter who you are, the day still has 24 hours in it. Aside from slowing down the rotation of Earth around the sun, how can you actually buy time? You can do that by trying a method that extended the average and maximum lifespan of several species: calorie restriction with optimal nutrition. And while…… Continue reading How to buy time for free: calorie restriction with optimal nutrition without daily tracking software or measuring ingredients