The Latest Clinical Trial of Turmeric Curcumin for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment
Can turmeric really sharpen memory within hours?
All Videos for How Not To Age
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Like Beet Juice, Taurine Supplementation May Only Be Safe in the Context of a Plant-Based Diet
The adverse effects of taurine on our microbiome and hydrogen sulfide production may be ameliorated by diets high in fiber and low in saturated fats.
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Where to Find Taurine and the Best Source
I compare the cost, convenience, and safety of various plant, animal, and supplement sources of taurine.
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The Best Daily Dose of Taurine
Even researchers from the pro-taurine anti-aging study recommend against experimenting with taurine, but if you want to give it a try, what daily dose might be best?
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Caveats and Side Effects of Taurine Supplements
What are the downsides of taurine supplementation?
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Randomized Controlled Trials of Taurine Supplementation in Humans
Cautionary tales from carnitine and arginine complicate the taurine supplementation question.
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Taurine Supplementation Increases Lifespan and Healthspan in Animals
The level of taurine in our bodies declines with age, dropping by nearly 80 percent. Would consuming extra improve lifespan or healthspan?
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What Is Taurine in Energy Drinks? Does It Benefit Cognitive or Athletic Performance?
We have at least five pathways to make taurine in our body from scratch, but does taking more offer a benefit?
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The Benefits and Side Effects of Red and Green Rooibos Teas
Is green rooibos (analogous to green tea) healthier than red rooibos, the commercially more common oxidized form that’s akin to black tea?
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The Third Way to Boost NAD+
How can we conserve NAD+ by preventing overactivation of the enzymes PARP-1 and CD38, which guzzle NAD+?
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Which NAD+ Booster Is Best?
You can naturally get your body to make more NAD+ by boosting the NAD+ synthesizing enzyme NAMPT.
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Risks of NAD+ Boosting Supplements
Particular caution should be used for NAD+-boosting supplements by those with cancer, a personal or strong family history of cancer and perhaps also by those with inflammatory disorders and certain active infections.
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Lesser-Known NAD+ Boosting Supplements—Tryptophan, NADH, NMNH, and NRH
What are the pros, cons, and efficacy of dihydronicotinamide riboside (reduced NR), perhaps the most potent NAD+ precursor, as well as reduced NMN, taking NAD+ directly, or making it from scratch from tryptophan?
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Risks and Benefits of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN), a NAD+ Booster
NR may just be a waste of money, safe but ineffective. NMN seems similarly useless in humans, but it may not even be safe.
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Risks and Benefits of Nicotinamide Riboside (NR), a NAD+ Booster
The suppression of NAD+ synthesis by NR in humans may explain the disparate rodent results.
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Risks and Benefits of Nicotinamide (NAM), a NAD+ Booster
The metabolism of NAM may deplete our methylation capacity, interfering with the normal metabolism of hormones and neurotransmitters, and produce a neurotoxic compound in the process.
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Risks and Benefits of Nicotinic Acid (NA), a NAD+ Booster
Given niacin’s decades of use as a cholesterol drug, we have a good idea of its safety profile.
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Can NAD+ Boosters Increase Lifespan and Healthspan?
The effects of NAD+ boosters on aged rodents have been described in the medical literature as “profound,” “dramatic,” and “remarkable,” but do they help people?
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Do NAD+ Levels Decline with Age?
What is NAD+ and what role does it play in the aging process?
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The Best Way to Boost NAD+: Supplements vs. Diet (webinar recording)
The pros and cons of all the NAD+ supplements and what are the ways to boost NAD+ naturally with diet and lifestyle?
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The Trade-Off Between Fertility and Longevity, and Causes of Precocious Puberty
A century ago, the age of first menstruation averaged as late as nearly 17. Why is sexual maturity coming so much earlier now?
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The Enzyme mTOR as an Engine of Aging
Inhibiting mTOR, the “master determinant of lifespan,” is considered the best validated aging regulator.
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Do Low-Level Laser Therapy Devices Work for Hair Loss?
Laser therapy is marketed as a promising alternative to drugs and scalpels for treating hair loss, but what does the research say?
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Cognitive Stimulation, Music Therapy, and Cryostimulation to Improve Cognitive Function
What were the findings of an analysis of common, non-drug, non-supplement, non-lifestyle approaches to dementia prevention and treatment?
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Do Collagen Supplements Work for Skin Aging?
I assumed that collagen proteins would get completely broken down in the digestive tract, but I was wrong.
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Ginkgo and Nicotinamide for Glaucoma Treatment
How do two common supplements stack up against glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the world?
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How Not To Age – Live Presentation
In this live lecture, Dr. Greger offers a sneak peek into his latest book, How Not to Age, a New York Times Best Seller.
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Is It Possible to Reverse Aging and Live Forever?
Some animals, like the immortal jellyfish, can effectively live forever, so why can’t we?
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Book Trailer for How Not to Age
Learn about my newest book, How Not to Age, a New York Times Best Seller.
