Aging Matters
San Jose Aug 21-23 Herbal Telomerase Activators As far as I know, Product B is the best commercial telomerase activation product. (For background read this blog entry. All currently available telomerase activators are inadequate, and they may have only nominal effect – we don’t know.) Product B is manufactured by Isagenix, based on cell culture … Read more
For 25 years, daily aspirin for people over 50 has been standard advice from the medical profession. A few weeks ago, the FDA changed its tune, and now recommends daily aspirin only after your first heart attack. I’m sticking with the classic advice. Aspirin is an anti-inflammatory with benefits that include lower risk of dementia … Read more
Oxytocin, the “love hormone”, is one of those blood factors that we have less of as we age. A recent study connects loss of oxytocin with frailty and loss of muscle mass in old age. Could it be that oxytocin is the biochemical mediator that signals the body to live longer in response to loving connections and caring … Read more
In the long run, the ability of a species to evolve is more important than anything else in determining its competitive success. This is true almost by definition: given enough time, the ability to adapt and improve will overtake any initial disadvantage. But evolutionary theory these last 50 years has been quite skeptical of “in … Read more