They Knew it All Along I remember 23 years ago when fish oil was considered dispensable and nonsensical. Now everyone knows about it and lots of people take it. Some doctors recommend it although they are usually careful to point out that ONLY the prescription brands are to be trusted (yeah you can trust Big …
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 it represents “negative sales tactics” which try to capitalize on “bad news” that will shock you because it “challenges everything you know about –insert your favorite topic–“. …
I wouldn’t give my dog Ethyl Ester Fish Oil – Part 2 Read More »
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 me I didn’t care because it played right into my hands. I destroyed the arguments that were advanced in favor of “natural triglyceride fish oil” also known …
I wouldn’t give my dog Ethyl Ester Fish oil – Part 1 Read More »
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 can spread misinformation. Today’s little gem fits right in with that theme. The latest round of “Fish oil No Good for Heart Disease” studies was published this …
I know a lot of amazing people in the telomere field. I have been honored to meet, speak and learn from all of them. But my favorite, as you may already know, is a young lady named Maria Blasco. I like Maria best for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which is she …
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 tissue types? Typically we measure telomere length in the granulocyte line of White Blood Cells. These cells are typically responsible for fighting off viral infections and the …
New Study on Telomeres Answers some Huge Questions Read More »
At the end of 2010, one of my least favorite journals, JAMA, published a very important and surprisingly forward-thinking (for them) article on telomere length and cancer. The study was a large Meta-analysis of telomere length and the likelihood of getting cancer. People were divided into “quartiles” according to telomere length. Basically, this means there …
Short telomeres are associated with decreased cancer survival Read More »
Scientists are by nature skeptics. Usually it takes more than one positive result and one positive study to convince them. There is no set number of studies you need to do to sway scientific opinion and quiet naysayers. More often than not, it depends as much on opinion and bias of the so-called scientific community. …
Yet another study connects human lifespan with telomere length Read More »
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 aging. But, more and more I have to tell you, I think aging is the real cause, or at least a major contributing factor to many of …
Aging fat as a cause for diabetes – the role of short telomeres Read More »
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 same metabolic profile and telomere length shortening as non-diabetic obese people, if those lean diabetics have poor sugar control. What is the big deal? Well, it means …
Telomere Length and Metabolic Obesity in Skinny People Read More »