Last year, I screwed it up when I started a book on a topic that seemed to go nowhere – I quit working on it, not before publishing a blog post here. Nowadays, I’m working on another one trying to answer several questions of mine and putting hypotheses out there. Our DNA mostly remains the…… Continue reading The infectious burden of aging – cause or effect?
Tag: 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
How to postpone the most common disease of aging: osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis won’t kill you, but it can make your golden years seem like hell. This disease is one of the first signs of aging – sometimes visible on X-rays long before the subject ever complains of pain. Judging from my limited clinical experience, joints are the first tissues to show wear and tear. Probably because…… Continue reading How to postpone the most common disease of aging: osteoarthritis
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