Slowing down aging is one thing, but reversing aging is something completely different. “Reversing aging” means making old people young again. This would be far more interesting than just “slowing down aging”. In the last few years, scientists discovered it’s...
What are some of the best supplements for longevity? Which are the anti-aging supplements I take as a medical doctor and longevity hacker? First, it’s important to differentiate between “longevity supplements” and “health supplements”: Longevity supplements Longevity...
We are often being told - especially by sellers of food supplements and skin creams - that antioxidants slow down the aging process. Antioxidants would delay aging by mopping up harmful free radicals which otherwise would damage our DNA. These free radicals are...
Progeria is often called a disease of accelerated aging. Patients mostly die of a heart attack at age 13, looking frail and old with bald heads, a wrinkled skin, a beaked nose, tin lips and tired looking eyes. It’s a very rare disease, afflicting about 1 in 8 million...
The older we get, the more our brains are susceptible to brain shrinkage. This shrinkage is accompanied by a steady cognitive decline, meaning difficulty to concentrate, forgetfulness or difficulty in retrieving words. However, research has shown that this brain...
Many genes involved in the aging process have been discovered. These genes can in part predict our life span and our risk of aging-related diseases. A well-known gene is the APOE gene. This gene is the most important predictor of the risk of contracting Alzheimer’s...
4 grams of DNA can store all the data in the world. Each person will generate enough health data in their lifetime to fill 300 million books. The cost of a lab-grown burger has dropped from 330 000 USD to 10 USD in six years time. Only 3 percent of healthcare...
Bringing longevity into the public eye is not an easy thing. There are many misconceptions about aging, like that aging is way too complex to do something about it, or that aging at best can just be slowed down. So how improve the public debate about aging, and...