Cellular Science
Cellular Science
Aging fat as a cause for diabetes – the role of short telomeres
Over the past couple of days, I have dug pretty deep into the metabolic associations between obesity, diabetes, and short telomeres. The end result is of course, accelerated…
Telomeres and Your Heart
Warning: this blog is not just regurgitation or rewording of a press release from somewhere else. It contains original content and original commentary. Since February is National Heart…
Telomeres and Drugs and Big Pharma
Heart disease has one of the longest standing associations with short telomeres in the aging literature. The relationship was first noted decades ago, and it has held up…
Telomerase magic
If you study the biologic time clocks in the cell, known as telomeres, and you study the enzyme that lengthens them, telomerase, you are truly learning about magic.…
Fish oil and Telomeres – it’s all about length
I want to believe; I really do! I want to believe that fish oil, specifically MY fish oil, is a telomerase activator! But there is this little thing called lying…
Food for life – Broccoli and Telomeres
Many herbal and plant-derived compounds show anti-cancer activity. Sadly, until someone figures out how to make the big drug pay day by changing them just enough to patent…
The monster is not born immortal: When telomerase drives cancer
A recent German study has found an association between familial and non familial malignant melanoma and the telomerase gene. I think we should talk about this because it…
Rat empathy, stress and telomere shortening
It may seem strange to tie all of these seemingly dissimilar things together but bear with me and all will be revealed. As you probably know by now…
Foods That Lengthen Telomeres: What the Evidence Actually Shows
As a telomere expert, here is the honest read on foods that lengthen telomeres. What diet really does for telomere length, what is hype, and how I eat.
Exercise and Telomeres: What Kind of Training Actually Protects Telomere Length
An ultra-runner and telomere expert on exercise and telomeres. Why endurance, strength, and intervals each matter, and what really protects telomere length.
Telomere Testing: How to Measure Telomere Length and What It Actually Tells You
Telomere testing measures your real biologic age. Here is how telomere length testing works, why the percentage of short telomeres beats the average, and how to read your…
The Truth about Telomerase activation and Resveratrol – The Long and Winding Road
I find myself saying the same thing over and over again and I still see the same baseless assumptions all over the internet. So, with my usual cut-through-the-BS…