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Scientists have long known about a true “fountain of youth’’… a way to increase lifespan beyond the normal range.
The problem is, few people want to do it because it’s so difficult.
Eating drastically fewer calories—about 30% fewer than normal—has been shown to make animals and humans live longer. It also prevents age-related diseases.
Studies have found that calorie restriction makes animals and humans live longer.… Read More
You can cut your risk of type 2 diabetes by 80% by taking one common vitamin.
That’s the important finding of a groundbreaking study conducted jointly by the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Seoul National University in South Korea.
It showed that your diabetes risk is closely linked to how much vitamin D you have in your body. … Read More
If ever there was a time to have healthy lungs, it’s now.
As you probably know, COVID-19 typically kills by causing severe pneumonia.
But here’s what you may not know…
Scientists have discovered that one of the biggest-selling drugs in the U.S.—one taken by more 15 million Americans—nearly doubles your chances of getting very condition that makes COVID so dangerous.… Read More
For centuries, fish has been known as “brain food.” And now researchers have discovered that it can prevent Parkinson’s disease, one of the most devastating illnesses of the brain.i
For the study to make sense, you need to know a bit about how proteins work in the brain…
Proteins are long chains of amino acids. They are absorbed into specific brain structures to carry out their function.… Read More
You probably know that olive oil and fish oil are good for your heart. And you can also add coconut oil to the list.
But a study has discovered that another oil may do far more to prevent heart disease than any of these. And, chances are, you haven’t heard of it.
Camelina oil comes from the seeds of the cold-climate plant camelina sativa.… Read More
Radiation researcher Joel Moskowitz has warned about the adverse health effects of cellphones for more than a decade.
But few people are willing to listen, he says.
“People are addicted to their smartphones,” he said. “We use them for everything now. I think the idea that they’re potentially harming our health is too much for some people.”i
Moskowitz is director of UC Berkeley’s Center for Family and Community Health.… Read More