Original article seen in the New York Times ~~ Most members of the band subscribed to a live-fast-die-young lifestyle. But as they partook in the drinking and drugging endemic to the 1990s grunge scene after shows at the Whisky a Go Go, Roxy and other[...]
Original article appeared in National Geographic ~~ Valter Longo spent childhood summers in Molochio, the village in the Calabria region of southern Italy where his parents were born. It happens to have a high concentration of centenarians. Longo grew up to earn a Ph.D. in[...]
A 2023 study published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine followed 59 patients with type 2 diabetes as they were placed on a low-fat, plant-predominant diet for six months. By the end of the study, after just six months, 37% of the patients, whose average[...]
Original article from Harrison Healthcare As we age, the desire to live longer and healthier becomes increasingly important to us. Fortunately, the speed at which medical advances are being made is working in our favor. Researchers are uncovering ways for us to combat aging and[...]
Original NCOA article on Sleep & Weight Guide available HERE. Excerpt below. The science behind sleep and weight loss Sleep–or lack of it–can have wide-ranging impacts on how your body functions. Without sleep, your body can’t always regulate the hormone and energy systems that[...]
Original article from CNN A large new study by Harvard researchers suggests having just two servings of red meat per week increases risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life, and the risk further increases with greater consumption, according to the study published Thursday[...]
Article courtesy of Juliette Frank for Emeran Mayer, MD According to the International Food Information Council, more than half of all Americans followed a diet in the past year, mainly with the goal to lose weight. The diet industry rakes in a collective 33 billion dollars[...]
Article courtesy of SciTech Daily People with diabetes who fast intermittently may no longer need medication, according to a new study. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 37 million Americans have diabetes, with around 90-95% having type 2 diabetes.[...]
Original article from The Guardian. Move would also lower emissions by reducing razing of trees and methane emissions from livestock, scientists say.Replacing 20% of the world’s beef consumption with microbial protein, such as Quorn, could halve the destruction of the planet’s forests over the next three[...]
Article courtesy of ArstechnicaFor now, salmon, nuts are not eligible for "healthy" label, but sugary cereals are. The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday proposed a long-awaited revision to the definition of the term "healthy" on food packaging—finally scrapping the mind-boggling criteria from the 1990s[...]
Article courtesy of Live Science These bacteria could contribute to a healthy gut and, in turn, healthy aging. People who live to age 100 and beyond may have special gut bacteria that help ward off infections, according to a new study from Japan. The results suggest[...]
Article courtesy of The New Yorker In the summer of 2020, my grandmother stopped eating and getting out of bed. She had fallen, fractured a vertebra, and forgotten about it. I flew to France with a dozen of Mamie’s favorite sesame-seed bagels, and I lived with[...]
Article courtesy of Ann Gibbons for Science Here’s another blow to the popular image of Neanderthals as brutish meat eaters: A new study of bacteria collected from Neanderthal teeth shows that our close cousins ate so many roots, nuts, or other starchy foods that they[...]
Full research paper is available at Aging-us.com Manipulations to slow biological aging and extend healthspan are of interest given the societal and healthcare costs of our aging population. Herein we report on a randomized controlled clinical trial conducted among 43 healthy adult males between the ages[...]
Visit this video on YouTube https://youtu.be/gwHwGCArPtc The questions answered in this short 6-minute video are: What I Think About Probiotics & Which Probiotic Do I Recommend? Benefits of Consuming Probiotics & Which Types? Are Probiotic Health Claims By Companies Credible? Do Probiotics Provide a Healthy Gut[...]
Original article from Technology Networks A new study from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has established that Intermittent Fasting (IF) is an effective means of improving long term memory retention and generating new adult hippocampal neurons in mice, in[...]
Article courtesy of CBS News This scene of residents gathered at an Italian café may not seem remarkable, until you know their ages; they're each 100 years old – and Guido Lepori says he's got years to go: "At least 150!" he told correspondent Seth Doane.[...]
Article courtesy of MedPageToday Omega-3 fatty acid concentrations in red blood cells were linked with brain structure and cognitive function in midlife, an exploratory cross-sectional study showed. In about 2,200 people with an average age of 46, a higher omega-3 index was associated with a larger[...]
Article courtesy of The Urban Monk We’re Homo sapiens, not Neanderthals. Although the species diverged around 650,000 years ago, they also existed at the same time, and probably mated. However, we lived drastically different lifestyles, and eventually… Neanderthals died out. Neanderthals hunted – like the cavemen we picture in our minds[...]
Article courtesy of Science Daily ~ Gen X was born between 1965 and 1979 and is currently between 41-56 years old (65.2 million people in the U.S.) Gen Y were born between 1981 and 1994/6. They are currently between 25 and 40 years old (72.1 million in[...]
If you eat vegan, you’ve probably wondered how people can keep eating and enjoying meat when there’s so much evidence about the health risks, the environmental damage, and poor animal welfare. Recently, scientists investigated how meat-eaters engage with evidence surrounding meat to see if they willingly avoid evidence of animals’[...]
Article courtesy of ACS Publications, where you can read FULL ABSTRACT Abstract Real meat and plant-based meat analogues have different in vitro protein digestibility properties. This study aims to further explore their in vivo digestion and absorption and their effects on the gastrointestinal digestive function of[...]
Article courtesy of LevelsHealth There’s no one-size-fits-all for a metabolically healthy diet. How we each respond to food goes beyond the macronutrient content of the food itself. You might respond well to bananas and have a big spike when you eat rice, while someone else may have the opposite response.[...]