SCIENCE / BIOLOGY 12 Innovations That Could Make Reverse Aging a Reality Could science really turn back the clock on aging? We might be closer to reverse aging than you think. Growing old is just a natural part of life, and it can’t be avoided. At least, that’s what most of us have accepted when it comes to aging. But for decades, scientists have been working to unlock the key to keeping us young and Read more…
By Dr. Mercola In recent years, it’s become increasingly apparent that most of what we refer to as health and disease really links back to the function of your mitochondria — tiny organelles inside your cells that play an important role in the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), required for all biological functions. If your mitochondria are not functioning well, your risk for chronic degenerative diseases will radically increase. Not surprisingly, optimization of mitochondria is Read more…
Pizza is healthy. At least that’s what I was told in kindergarten. After all, it has all the major food groups, which (at the time) included a big ol’ pyramid base of bread. I (and the other six-year-olds, I imagine) took that nutrition advice to heart well into adulthood. Being an adult means you can have pizza anytime you want. Before you scoff at my poorly-informed nutritional choices, you should probably recognize that you have Read more…
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A combination of probiotics and an herbal supplement called Triphala extended the lives of fruit flies by 60 percent, report researchers. The study, published in Scientific Reports, adds to a growing body of evidence of the influence that gut bacteria can have on health. The researchers incorporated a symbiotic—made of probiotics with a polyphenol-rich supplement—into the diet of fruit flies. The flies fed with the symbiotic lived up to 66 days—26 days more than the Read more…
2 forms of exercise are the best way to stave off the effects of aging — here’s how to incorporate them into your life If you’re searching for an all-natural way to lift your mood, preserve muscle tone, and protect your brain against the decline that comes with aging, look no further than the closest mirror. One of the most powerful means of reaping these benefits is exercise – and in many cases, you already Read more…
EXERCISE How you move defines how you live byPETER ATTIA read time 8 minutes My clinical interest is longevity, which is a function of lifespan and healthspan; In math parlance, longevity = f (lifespan, healthspan). Lifespan is pretty easy to define. It’s the number of years you live. Healthspan is intuitively obvious, but a bit harder to define. For simplicity, let’s agree that healthspan is a measure of how well, not necessarily long, you live. Read more…
There’s a brain-boosting new reason you should never skip leg day If you tend to skip over exercises like squats and deadlifts, there’s a reason you should make leg day more of a priority. According to new research, those muscles on the lower half of your body can play a major role in brain health. In a study published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience, researchers found restricting mice from using their hind legs for Read more…
This Amount of Exercise Keeps Your Heart Young Four to five times a week is the ideal amount Alexandra Sifferlin New research suggests that in order to keep your heart in the best shape, you should try to exercise for at least 30 minutes four to five times per week. It’s well established that weekly exercise is important, and current government recommendations advise people to exercise for 150 minutes every week. But for people specifically Read more…
Middle-aged people who bump their weekly exercise up to recommended levels over as little as six years may significantly decrease their risk of heart failure, a study finds. Conversely, as little as six years without physical activity in middle age is linked to an increased risk of the cardiac disorder, which affects an estimated 5 million to 6 million Americans. Researchers analyzed self-reported physical activity levels over time in more than 11,000 American adults. “Our Read more…