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Fish Oil and Prostate Cancer (Part 1)
It is often suggested that Prostate cancer is the male equivalent of Breast cancer. There are some striking similarities. Both are hormonally driven and both occur with increasing frequency…
What is a healthy diet?
Actually it’s much easier to tell you what is NOT a healthy diet, but I suspect you already know that. The problem is not in knowing what to…
TA-65, Telomeres and Cancer, Yet Again
I am not sure how many times I’ve said that longer telomeres protect against cancer. Probably almost as many times as I’ve had to refute someone saying “telomerase…
Sirtuins, Resveratrol and Human Longevity
There are some serious issues with the way resveratrol is being marketed. A few years ago it was touted as a telomerase inhibitor and NOT to be taken…
I wouldn’t give my dog Ethyl Ester Fish Oil – Part 2
In this part of the blog I go into even more detail debunking the arguments that seem to have gathered steam on the internet. It is irritating because…
I wouldn’t give my dog Ethyl Ester Fish oil – Part 1
So said the brilliant PhD whose talk preceeded mine at a recent public anti-aging conference. While I am not 100% sure if this was a deliberate snipe at…
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…