Let me be clear. I am a supplement guy; have been for years. I take supplements. I make supplements and I sell supplements, which have unequivocally improved the lives of a lot of people. As a supplement guy, the most exciting thing to come along ever, has been TA-65, the Astragalus derived compound that lengthens …
Telomere turf wars – Taming the Beast and the Blasco Fiasco Read More »
I have been seeing this headline circulating a lot lately – “Telomeres are the new cholesterol”. I actually know where it came from and the people who are responsible for its creation and circulation. These people are very smart and well meaning. But in their attempts to educate the public as to the very real …
Why telomeres are not the new cholesterol – YET! Read More »
Telomeres junk? Not long ago some of the brightest minds on earth believed telomeres were nothing more than junk whose sole purpose was to protect the treasure — your DNA. It turns out that junk IS the treasure. Without it there is no life. Many of those great minds may pretend they “knew it all …
For those of us in the field, the recent slew of articles that show an age-independent link between telomere length and cancer comes as no surprise. When I say age-independent I mean your age, not the age of your individual cells. Cells age independently of the organism in some cases and the oldest cells have …
This post is going to be a little more scientific and detailed than I normally send, I hope that is ok, let me know what you think about this style of education and if you like it I’ll do more. When we see people who are exceptionally fit or in incredibly good health in their …
So far our book “The Immortality Edge” has met with generally positive reviews. There are of course the expected naysayers. This is to be expected when you change reality, or attempt to. And there are the usual insane people. That is the nature of the internet, which gives equal voice to all versions of reality …
The Immortality Edge – Changing reality; 1000 ways to die, only one way to live Read More »
Telomere length seems to correlate nicely with the appearance and dysfunction of aging. Most diseases associated with aging so far are also correlated with short telomeres. This includes heart disease, cancer (in spite of the huge over expression of telomerase in many, if not all cancers) arthritis, and various forms of dementia. In most cases, …
If you make it past 55 you are most likely to die of a heart attack. If you make it past 80 it’s cancer, infection and of course the contribution of Alzheimer’s as well. If you look at my supplement line, which I consider the only “real” anti-aging supplement line out there, especially since I am one …