Not all cholesterol tests you get at the doctor’s office are made equal. Find out which ones are better at predicting cardiovascular risk and which ones you should be asking your doctor about. Cholesterol gets a bad rap. As a molecule it is important in cellular structure and hormone production. In fact, it’s so important […]
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Wondering if scientific research supports what’s listed in Project Blueprint? I spent days sifting through the evidence on PubMed and Google Scholar and compiled summaries of my findings for each supplement below. Bryan Johnson’s protocol for “anti-aging” known as Project Blueprint has been attracting attention as the longevity field gains momentum. Indeed, even Netflix took
The leading cause of morbidity and mortality is preventable. Learn what you can do to take heart disease off the table. Without even knowing you, if I had to guess one thing that is most likely to be the cause of your death it would be heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of
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Protein plays a role in longevity through multiple conflicting variables. Which ones are more important depends on who you ask. In the longevity space, the debate as to whether protein intake should be limited or maximized remains hotly contested. It’s easy to find arguments from experts in the field claiming that protein consumption increases the
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With the rapid rise in anti-aging products, companies are taking advantage of the hype and capitalizing on sales of unproven and unregulated therapies. But buyer beware, charlatans selling snake oil run rampant in this market. The field of geroscience, which focuses on understanding the biological mechanisms of aging, is rapidly gaining mainstream attention. As public
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The current culture of medicine is to wait until things become bad enough to warrant an intervention. This strategy leaves patients living longer lives but at an already decreased level of health and function. It’s time to focus on prevention and “square the longevity curve”. Medicine today is more reactive than proactive. We unfortunately allow
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