Animal Protein Compared to Cigarette Smoking
Only about 1 in 10,000 people live to be 100 years old. What’s their secret?
All Videos for Aging
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What’s the “Natural” Human Diet?
What can our nutrient requirements, metabolism, and physiology tell us about what we should be eating?
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Prunes for Osteoporosis
Vegetables and fruit, such as dried plums, may help build stronger bones.
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The Best Way to Get Vitamin D: Sun, Supplements, or Salons?
If one is going to make an evolutionary argument for what a “natural” vitamin D level may be, how about getting vitamin D in the way nature intended—that is, from the sun instead of supplements?
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Will You Live Longer if You Take Vitamin D Supplements?
What do 56 randomized clinical trials involving nearly 100,000 people between the ages of 18 and 107 show vitamin D can do to our lifespan?
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Finger on the Pulse of Longevity
To maximize our lifespan, the target resting heart rate may be one beat a second or less.
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Almonds for Osteoporosis
What happens when you take blood from people before and then again four hours after almond consumption, and drip that blood on bone cells?
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Tea & Artery Function
Adding milk to tea can block its beneficial effects, potentially explaining why green tea drinkers appear better protected than consumers of black tea.
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Alzheimer’s Disease, Copper, and Saturated Fat
If copper is associated with Alzheimer’s disease, what about healthy, whole plant food sources such as nuts, seeds, beans, and whole grains?
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Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Garlic & Onions
Why should we wait ten minutes after chopping or crushing garlic before we cook it unless we’re going in for elective surgery within the next week?
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How to Counter the Inflammation of Aging
What can we eat to combat “inflamm-aging,” the chronic low-grade inflammation that accompanies the aging process?
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When Drugs & Diets Don’t Lower Diabetes Deaths
Why do some drug-based strategies shorten the lives of diabetics and some diet-based strategies fail to decrease diabetes deaths?
