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 »
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 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 »
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 …
The last iteration of our genome with regards to the foods we eat seems to have taken place about 50,000 years ago. At that time we were unquestionably small bands of hunter gatherers who did not cultivate dairy animals or grains. History tells us these later “adaptations” did not take place until about 10,000 years …