There has never been a better time to live longer and healthier than today. In the past two decades, we learned more about aging and health than in the two thousand years prior. However, we are currently being flooded with a tsunami of health advice, made up of...
What’s the best skin care routine to reduce wrinkles and look younger? For most people, it’s difficult to find a proper answer to that question. Lot's of skin care advice is of low quality. Some important reasons for this are the following: 1. Lot's of (online)...
What causes us to age, and to get all these aging-related diseases and symptoms, and to eventually die? There are some fundamental, primary causes of aging, which then lead to secondary causes of aging. Fundamental, primary causes of aging are: Epigenetic...
What are some of the best supplements for longevity? Which are the anti-aging supplements I take as a medical doctor and longevity hacker? First, it’s important to differentiate between “longevity supplements” and “health supplements”: Longevity supplements Longevity...
Cancer is the second cause of death, right after cardiovascular diseases (such as strokes and heart attacks) in most developed countries. Cancer is a dreadful disease. In my new, upcoming book on longevity, I explain how cancer originates and how to better...
Rapamycin (also called sirolimus or rapamune) is one of the most well-known, researched, and promising drugs for anti-aging and longevity. According to various experts, including Professor Matt Kaeberlein, rapamycin is currently the best drug we have for...
Epigenetic clock tests are probably one of the best methods to assess your overall health, disease risk, mortality risk, and rate of aging. Epigenetic tests seem to perform far better than genome tests (DNA) tests, which have been somewhat of a disappointment...
What are the best tests for health and longevity? What are the best tests to track your health, prevent diseases, and reach your optimal lifespan potential? The science of optimal health, preventive medicine and longevity is moving fast. This is one reason why...
If you are male and an anti-aging doctor or guru recommends taking testosterone for longevity: run. There are two main reasons why to run away: or this person is not up to date with insights into aging of the last 30 years, or they just want you to sell to you...
HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS (VS LONGEVITY SUPPLEMENTS) We earlier discussed the importance of distinguishing between “health supplements” and “longevity supplements”: Longevity supplements (or “anti-aging” supplements) specifically slow down aging and extend lifespan, ideally...
There has never been a better time to live longer and healthier than today. In the past two decades, we learned more about aging and health than in the two thousand years prior. However, we are currently being flooded with a tsunami of health advice, made up of...
Rapamycin (sirolimus) is one of the most promising anti-aging drugs around. Various studies show rapamycin can extend lifespan (learn more here). However, some people are concerned about potential negative side effects of rapamycin, such as immunosuppression (I...
Rapamycin is one of the most promising drugs to extend lifespan and slow aging. In nearly all studies, rapamycin extends lifespan; see below an overview of studies. Contrary to many other lifespan extending drugs, rapamycin extends lifespan in both males and females...
Rapamycin (also called sirolimus) is one of the most well-known, researched, and promising drugs for anti-aging and longevity. According to various experts, including Professor Matt Kaeberlein, it’s currently the best drug we have for longevity, significantly...
I listed some major reasons why we age, such as DNA damage, epigenetic changes and mitochondrial dysfunction. Of course, there are other reasons why we grow old, and various others will be discovered. Below are a few examples of other potential causes of...
As we get older, our bodies, and our cells specifically, become less able to deal with the nutrients we consume. Most of us eat three meals per day, leading to a lot of sugars (including from starches), amino acids (from proteins) and fats entering our...
We are living in fascinating times. Scientists are developing completely novel tools to impact the molecular machinery of our cells far more precisely, faster and more cheaply than ever before. What are some of these promising developments? 1. Gene editing...
Producing stem cells from other persons would be a major step forward. Usually, stem cells are made from cells from your own body. Taking a cell from your body, like a skin cell, and converting it into a stem cell is a time-consuming and very expensive process....
CRISPR-cas9 is one of the most promising new developments in medicine, and in science in general. For decades, editing genes was a laborious, difficult and expensive process. It could take many months to years to change just one gene, and it would cost hundreds of...
This is the top 12 of the most important future developments that will transform our society (in no particular order): Self-driving cars Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality Robotics 3D printing Drones...