Nutriop Longevity Blog
A Different Kind of Magic Mushroom - How Ergothioneine Can Protect Your Brain
The search for effective compounds that promise to protect the human brain from the ravages of cognitive decline, including impaired decision making, inability to concentrate, memory loss, confusion, and even full blown dementia, has never been more urgent. According to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, there are 16...
How Much Sleep Is Exactly The Right Amount? New Research Pinpoints The Exact Number Of Hours
Ah, sleep! When you get the right amount of it, you feel great. But if you don’t sleep too well for a night or two, or worse, lose a night of sleep entirely, you can barely function. You, like all other human beings, have had a lifetime of personal experience...
Genetics, Longevity and Cancer - Current Research Uncovers Surprising Findings
Everyone is familiar with the widely varying sizes, as well as lifespans, of different mammals. A mouse, weighing in at under an ounce, lives a mere 12 to 18 months. Male elephants can weigh up to 13,000 pounds and have an average lifespan of 60 to 70 years. The blue...
Spermidine And Its Effects On Human Health And Wellbeing
In 1677, Antony Van Leeuwenhoek, a modestly educated Dutchman who was an unassuming textile business owner, peered through the carefully crafted high-power lens of his microscope and made a startling discovery. Endlessly curious, Leeuwenhoek had already made a number of ground-breaking discoveries using his self-crafted lenses, including the existence of...
AI-Designed ‘Living Robots’ Provide a Potential New Foundation for Regenerative Medicine
If reproduction is the hallmark of life, then the world’s first ‘living robots’ may have just stepped out of a petri dish in Burlington, Vermont. Admittedly, ‘stepped out’ may be overstating it, (the AI-designed ‘xenobots’ rolled around unceremoniously in the dish instead) however, they did manage to achieve something quite...
Is Yoga the Key to Aging Gracefully?
It’s been called a religion, a practice, and the world’s oldest form of exercise. Now it’s being studied academically for its anti-aging abilities.Practiced as early as 3300 BC, the ancient discipline of yoga is seeing renewed research focus as scholars seek the key to graceful aging.According to a recent study...
What Is the Theoretical Upper Age Limit of Humans? Blood Cell Counts and Footsteps May Offer a Clue
Something is going to get you in the end — it could be cancer, diabetes, or a lightning strike. But what if, in a perfect world, you were able to avoid all of those calamities, do away with the everyday stressors that compound to chip away at your health, and...
Epigenetic Clocks as Age Predictors: Their History, Strengths, and Limitations
We know only too well that old age is the main risk factor for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegeneration. Frustratingly, advances in aging research were delayed for many years due to the poor reliability of tools used in predicting the rate of patients’ biological aging. To better understand the aging...
Sleep, Aging, And Your Brain - What You Must Know
You’ve likely heard the old saying advising people to get their "beauty sleep". Turns out, that similar to many other folk sayings, there is more wisdom in those words than one would imagine. Getting the right amount of sleep is critical, not only for your health but for optimal cognitive...
The Four Cellular Horsemen - PQQ, CoQ10, NMN And NADH
The Four Cellular Horsemen - PQQ, CoQ10, NMN And NADH Researchers on anti-aging, longevity, cancer prevention and other vitally important health concerns have lately begun to turn their focus toward the concept of synergy. The word synergy (say “SIN-er-gee”) is derived from the Greek word “sunergos” which means working...
How Berberine Fights Oxidative Stress, Inflammation And Diabetes
Berberine is a natural botanical compound, which is found in a number of plants, including Oregon grape, Phellodendron, greater celandine, European barberry, goldenseal, and Chinese goldthread, among others. This compound, which is in the alkaloid category, has a long and highly regarded use in traditional Chinese, as well as Indian...
Cellular Senescence And Aging - What You Can Do
Many people are somewhat familiar with the word “senescence” and equate the term as being synonymous with aging. After all, the root of the word is “sen-” meaning old and is also the root of the word “senile” which of course means characteristic of old age.But when biologists speak about...
