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Category Archives: longevity
Clean water – 2008 health breakthrough
I think some of the biggest breakthroughs for overall health in 2008 occurred in water purification. Paraphrasing Dean Kamen from the well known Colbert Report video: “50% of [..]
Use of statins bad for myelination – possible long-term consequences
Image via Wikipedia The progressive loss of myelin as we age is now thought to be an important component of brain aging (see here) – so the last [..]
Every other day fasting dramatically improves survival rate after heart failure
Image via Wikipedia Intermittent fasting dramatically improves survival rate in an animal heart attack model. Dietary restriction, in its various forms (the two main forms are a 30-40% [..]
Longevity: think of yourself now, and yourself in the future
Imagine yourself now – are you dedicated? Now imagine yourself in 10 years – are you dedicated? Differences in your brain activity dependent on these two different questions [..]
Sirt1 and aging: fighting wars on two fronts
A new paper just out in Cell by the Sinclair group gives us some intriguing but sobering information about aging and genomic integrity. The new twist to the [..]
The testing of a new sirt1 activator: SRT1720
SRT1720 is a sirt1 activator and the new hope for a calorie restriction mimicker, which may lead to an increase in human lifespan. Resveratrol (which I have written [..]
Stop smelling the roses – and live longer ?
In this case I don’t mean stop living life to its fullest – soaking it all up – but rather the possibility of ceasing your ability to smell [..]
Hourglass IV longevity blog carnival up at Existence is Wonderful
Anne C. has done a wonderful job (no pun intended) at Existence is Wonderful hosting the latest installment of the hourglass longevity blog carnival. She does a great [..]
Visceral fat and how important it is to your longevity
Over the last 3-5 years you have probably come across the importance of visceral fat to your health. Visceral fat is not the fat you can pinch at [..]
Is calorie restriction the same in mice and men?
Calorie restriction (CR) (reduced calories with adequate nutrition) in multiple organisms increase mean and maximum lifespan. The big question (along with CR mimetics) is will it do the [..]
