Bottom line of this whole blog: Supplemental Telomerase Activation is Required for increases in Longevity whether you calorie restrict or not. There are probably three or four studies now that show one simple irrefutable fact: you must turn on and increase telomerase expression to improve longevity. Most of them have come from Maria Blasco’s lab in …
Life without Twinkies – Calorie restriction and Telomerase Read More »
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 attitude, I feel compelled to do what is necessary to protect the truth – YET AGAIN! There are several misconceptions that continue to float around in the …
The Truth about Telomerase activation and Resveratrol – The Long and Winding Road Read More »
Note the abbreviation “kb” means kilobases as in thousands of base pairs. So 3 kb = 3000 base pairs. At a conference I spoke at recently, I was asked why telomerase does not replicate the “full DNA duplex of telomeres”. I was not sure if they were asking why telomeres shorten, if there is an …
No, it does not! That is the short answer. The rest of it requires me to get all sciency on you, so read on at your own risk! Recently, I read yet another brilliant rocket scientist, stating that telomerase is turned off in most of our cells to protect us from cancer. The implication is, …
Did you ever wonder why we have “bad genes”. I mean, think of it. If our genetics is supposed to help us survive, why are there such things as bad genes, and more importantly, why do they persist? If you believe in natural selection and evolution, then only the best of the gene pool should …
I hope I am not confusing you with my stance on epigenetics. Ever since we wrote our book The Immortality Edge (Wiley 2010) I have stressed the role of things like diet, meditation, supplementation, exercise and sleep regulation, as a way of influencing your future health, wellness and longevity. In my Longevity Now talks last …
About a year ago, I gave a lecture in Boise, Idaho, on anti-aging. I spent a fair amount of time on epigenetics. A month or so after that, I spoke at David Wolfe’s Longevity Now Event and predicted epigenetics would be the next big thing. Well that has apparently happened, as there are a ton …
Several years back, there was quite a stir when a study suggested that Vitamin A, in smokers, was a bad thing. There was a small, but significant increase in lung cancer, in smokers who took vitamin A and in those with asbestos exposure. Since that time, those studies (there were actually 2 of them, dating …
The return of the Big Bad Wolf – lessons learned from Vitamin A studies Read More »
I have never been accused of adopting the “Popular Opinion”. Moreover, I make it a point to try to disabuse people of false notions. The problem is of course touched upon in the blog below, “The Connectivity Trap”, because we have created a totally open forum for human interaction. We have also created a totally …