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Telomeres and longevity – questions from readers
The following questions were sent in concerning telomeres, telomerase, TA-65 and the Life Length assay as offered in the U. S. by adltests.com. Question 1: Is the database…
Fish oil – Failure by design
A few months ago I wrote a blog/newsletter entitled “Don’t Swallow It!” It was lamenting the lack of a BS detector on the internet and how easily factoids…
Stem cells, telomerase and Immortality
Stem cells are often referred to as the “parts bag” of your body. When part of your body is damaged, there are two main avenues of repair –…
My Favorite Telomere Scientist
I have had the chance to meet most of the major figures in telomere biology over the last fifteen years. Of all of them, the one whose work…
My feelings about salivary telomere testing
I want to address salivary telomere testing directly. A company called TeloMe offered a salivary based telomere test and the marketing was getting traction in some health and…
Fish Oil and High Blood Pressure
You know, it’s funny. You can always tell when something has truly become popular because it begins to inspire negative comments. People are so “in need “of something…
New Study on Telomeres Answers some Huge Questions
A couple of questions have been nagging at those of us who study telomeres and telomerase closely. The first is – what is the correlation, if any, between…
Natural Telomerase Activators: What Actually Turns On the Enzyme
Which natural telomerase activators have real data, and which are lab-dish hype? A doctor sorts the list and explains telomere support vs activation.
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…
When therapy is mistaken for normal
In the last blog I delved into some associations between the biologic time clocks we call Telomeres, sugar control and obesity. The net summary of that blog is…
Telomere Length and Metabolic Obesity in Skinny People
I read an interesting article recently. Without going into all the gory scientific details, the gist of the article was as follows: even lean diabetics may have the…
Chasing the wrong rabbit – why cholesterol levels are just a distraction
The statin industry runs to roughly 30 billion dollars a year in the United States. A meaningful portion of cardiology research budget is spent on what amount to…