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The Download: a secretive antiaging drug and joining virtual power plants

The Download: a secretive antiaging drug and joining virtual power plants

Published by skeptic

I knew I’d officially become a “longevity influencer” when a company called Generation Lab offered me the chance to write about—and even receive—their new rejuvenation treatment. This wasn’t just any antiaging treatment, either. A company fact sheet says that it “blocks the systemic spread of aging in the bloodstream, reawakens the body’s own repair mechanism and restores health and youth to multiple tissues.” The approach is based on research by Generation Lab’s irascible scientific founder, Irina Conboy. She found that joining the circulatory systems of old and young mice improved the old animals’ ability to heal from injury. Conboy now says she has found a combination of two existing drugs that can produce youthful effects without the need for any bodily fluid exchange. But Generation Lab won’t reveal what the drugs are, making the proposition hard to take seriously. Read the full story on the drug combo that claims to “stop the spread of aging.” How to sign up for a virtual power plant—and decide whether you should Your thermostat may not look like a …

Joan Collins’ anti-aging food to stay fit and flexible at 92 revealed

Joan Collins’ anti-aging food to stay fit and flexible at 92 revealed

Published by Daniella Wilson

Dame Joan Collins seems to remain ageless, despite approaching her 93rd birthday on May 23. The icon shared that the secret to her youthful visage and lithe figure wasn’t plastic surgery and intensive workouts, but one simple thing: avocados. The TV veteran told the Daily Mail that she eats an avocado almost every day to soak up its seemingly endless health benefits.  “The quality of what you eat is as important as the quality of the products you use,” she said. “I try to eat a balanced diet. I think eating avocados is very beneficial, and I believe in taking vitamin supplements – I take Vitamin C, E and omega oils.”  © FilmMagicJoan’s superfood of choice is the humble avocado Avocados are incredibly healthy as they contain monounsaturated fats, which helps to maintain cardiovascular health and keeps cholesterol in check.  Avocados also promote satiety, keeping Joan fuller for longer and preventing her from reaching for a late-night snack. The brunette beauty exclusively told HELLO! that she never indulged in said snacks.  “Never, not before I go to bed. I believe our body is …

The expert on ‘super aging’ breaks down the science — and grift — in anti-aging : NPR

The expert on ‘super aging’ breaks down the science — and grift — in anti-aging : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Cardiologist Eric Topol says resistance training, not just exercise, is key to longevity. Capuski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Capuski/Getty Images It’s a strange moment for growing old. Longevity is a cultural obsession: Biohackers plunge into ice baths, influencers push peptides, and tech elites pour ungodly sums into chasing immortality. Medical breakthroughs using AI promise to help us predict and prevent disease before it begins. But what actually helps us age well? Cardiologist Eric Topol says the answer begins by rethinking what we’re trying to optimize: not lifespan, or how long we live, but health span, the years free from major age-related diseases like heart disease, cancer or neurodegenerative illness. “The average American health span is 64,” Topol says, referring to when disease is likely to set in. “But lifespan is 79 on average. So you’ve got a big gap of about 15 years where your health span has ended and your lifespan continues.” Topol studies what determines one’s health span and how we can change our experience of old age. At Scripps Research Translational …

I Desperately Tried To Keep Up With ‘Ageless’ Women Until I Found Out What The Anti-Aging Industry Hides

I Desperately Tried To Keep Up With ‘Ageless’ Women Until I Found Out What The Anti-Aging Industry Hides

Published by Jenni Sidey

The first time I got Botox, I wasn’t even 40 years old. I had lines on top of my lip that I hated, and my dermatologist suggested I try a little Botox. These were my first real wrinkles — or at least the first ones that bothered me — and the first sign that serious aging had begun.  I wanted to get ahead of it. After all, celebrities and influencers somehow managed to look young well into their fifties and sixties. How harmful could it be? Turns out, I hate Botox. I felt like a fraud and hated feeling like my face wasn’t moving normally.  One time, I got a little too much and couldn’t drink out of a straw without dribbling. Dribbling while drinking absolutely did not fit into my ideas of what it meant to be “youthful”.  (According to Statista, today’s millennials begin using anti-aging products at an average age of 26, compared to 55-year-olds who didn’t start until age 47.) As I’ve aged, I’ve grown more wrinkles, more lumpy flesh, more rippled skin, more folds and rolls, and uneven skin …

Follow Jennifer Aniston’s exact anti-aging workouts with this 20% Black Friday discount from Pvolve

Follow Jennifer Aniston’s exact anti-aging workouts with this 20% Black Friday discount from Pvolve

Published by Jenni Sidey

It’s no secret that Jennifer Aniston likes to work out—but she doesn’t maintain her strength with grueling hours in the gym. “You don’t need to work out seven days a week to achieve her kind of fitness,” her trainer, Dani Coleman, told Fit&Well earlier this year. Instead, the Morning Show actress swears by the at-home, Pilates-inspired workouts on Pvolve, a platform she first partnered with in 2023. You can copy the exact longevity workouts she does by joining the app and buying the necessary equipment. Use the Black Friday discount code BF20 to receive 20% off all physical products on the site. Even better, you can try the products for 30 days and then return them if the workouts don’t win you over. Black Friday Pvolve deals Most Pvolve classes are low-impact, resistance-based workouts, but there are also mobility sessions, stretching sequences and meditations available. There are some exciting new four-week programs on the platform, too, which address specific health concerns: the longevity plan and the menopause plan. The longevity plan is designed to boost …