Does Increasing Protein Intake Slow Age-Related Muscle Mass Loss?
Adding extra protein to the diets of older men and women is put to the...
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Friday Favorites: Why Don’t People Eat Healthier?
The so-called optimism bias may get in the way of a healthy lifestyle.
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Friday Favorites: How to Treat Reflux in Children with Diet
Dairy products can cause hypersensitivity reactions even in those who test negative for cow’s milk...
Does Astragalus Have Benefits for Life Extension and Fighting Cancer?
One of the most popular herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, astragalus root is marketed as...
Does Aluminum Cause Alzheimer’s Disease?
Although aluminum isn’t necessarily benign, what convinced me that it does not play a role...
Friday Favorites: Is Millet Healthy?
Millet isn’t the name of a specific grain, but a generic term that applies to...
Medically Assisted Death
Physician-assisted suicide–perhaps more accurately termed physician-assisted dying or medical aid in dying–allows the terminally ill...
The TAME Trial: Targeting Aging with Metformin
If you have diabetes, metformin can make things better, but if you don’t, the drug...
Friday Favorites: Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) for Weight Loss
For three cents a day, black cumin may improve cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure,...
Side Effects of Metformin as a Life-Extension Drug
As a mild mitochondrial poison, metformin carries a variety of downsides.
Does Metformin Work as a Life-Extension Drug?
Amazingly, diabetics placed on metformin may live longer lives than those who never got diabetes...
Friday Favorites: The Effects of Hormones in Dairy Milk on Cancer
What effects do the female sex hormones in milk have on men, women, and children?
Naturally Boosting AMPK with Exercise for Life Extension
AMPK is said to serve as a “mitochondrial guardian.”
