
What Is VO2 Max? Why Is VO2 Max Important For Longevity?
How VO2 Max Supports Fitness For Longevity
Visit a primary care practitioner for an annual physical exam and you will have an assessment of basic health information like height, weight, and vital signs, including heart rate, blood pressure,…

Flexible Dieting: Building Lifelong Habits To Promote Optimal Wellness
The Epidemic Of Chronic Weight Gain And Rising Obesity
There are many reasons why we in the US and other western nations, and now also underdeveloped countries, have experienced a rising tide of obesity. We do eat more calories than in the…

Plentiful Protein: How Much Protein Do We Really Need?
The Recommended Daily Allowance Is Less Than Optimal
The RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) for protein is 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight and is the absolute minimum amount needed to not become ill from protein malnutrition (known as…

The Glymphatic System: New Discoveries On Sleep And The Aging Of The Brain
Our Brain’s Newly Discovered Lymphatic System
Somehow, despite thousands of neurosurgeries and thousands of brain images, we missed it: there is a system of drainage vessels buried under the dura mater, the leather-like outer layer that surrounds…

URIC ACID: Much Bigger Than A Big Toe Problem!
A Malady Of Kings
Uric acid is probably most famous for causing gout, an extremely painful, acute arthritis typically in the big toe but occasionally in other joints. However, new research over the last 10 years has exposed this circulating…

Ode to Dark Chocolate: The Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate for Aging Skin
Dark Chocolate's Health Benefits Include Skin Health
No website or blog on longevity medicine would be complete without a piece on aging skin, which includes UV-induced photodamage, loss of dermal matrix, and wrinkles. Of course, hormones,…

What Is Zone 2 Training And Why Is It Important?
What if I offered you a pill that took your cellular age back ten to fifteen years? This pill also increases mitochondrial numbers (kind of like the number of battery chargers in our cells), increases overall available energy, improves metabolic…

Your Immune System Reboot: Diet & Lifestyle
When the coronavirus SARS-co-v2, a devastating communicable disease, descended upon the global population in December 2019, it became clear early on that there was a wide spectrum of illness, ranging from almost nothing to diarrhea, severe pneumonia,…

Polypill vs. Treadmill: Walking Your Way to Optimal Health
My grandfather used to say “Exercise? I get plenty of exercise – pushing myself back from the dinner table every night!” Of course, he walked almost daily on the Coney Island boardwalk in the middle of the winter and lived well into his…

Why We Age and Why Genomics?
In his masterful book “Lifespan: Why We Age- And Why We Don’t Have To” David Sinclair asks, “What if, in our 60’s, we weren’t fretting about leaving a legacy but beginning one? What if we didn’t have to worry that the clock was…

Barbells: Do We Need Them?
It’s not enough to walk the dog. That is to say, there are several components to a well-executed exercise plan or prescription. For most of us, walking at 2-3 mph would best be categorized as an “activity of daily living” rather than exercise.One…

Merlot Meets TMAO!
This is a story that starts with some negative publicity for meat, fish, and eggs, but has a better ending, although much controversy remains and science is still working out pathways. Fortunately for us, all sides agree that wine and high-quality…