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Definition of terms
These are my working definitions, open to feedback about them 🙂 Longevity: Combined metric incorporating both quantity (lifespan) and quality (healthspan) of life. When I say “longevity-optimized,” that means my efforts are targeted at increasing the number of years I can live in good health. A fairly common misconception about aging/longevity research is that the…
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Affordable (~$1.50) aromatherapy
Olfaction/smell/scent is super-ancient and interesting for numerous reasons. I think it’s undervalued as way to improve quality of life, and it may have some performance and/or health benefits. For two fun reads related to scents, I highly recommend Perfume by Patrick Suskind, and Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (also about longevity!). Budget ingredients: Travel spray…
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Longevity peer-reviewed articles
This is a list of seminal and personal favorite longevity articles. A lot of these correspond with dates outlined in the “Longevity Timeline” post. This list will grow and change regularly. Just hoping to provide guidance for early-career scientists and non-specialists hoping to approach the literature! 2013 “Hallmarks of Aging” Cell 2013 Horvath methylation clock…
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Blue light glasses
Bought these blue light blocking glasses from Walmart for under $10! Hopefully they work, haha, any scientific feedback welcome… I put them on each night around 8pm 🙂 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-Adult-Blue-Light-Glasses-Green/161582636
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Timeline of Longevity Research
The figure below is from my PhD defense. The y-axis on the graph is pubmed citations. Most search terms on pubmed probably follow a similar trajectory, but I think the graph is still indicative of growth in the field of aging research. The categories described are painted with very broad strokes, and are intended to…
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Longevity links
Updated regularly… Alex K. Chen’s longevity suggestions: https://forum.longevitybase.org/t/guide-to-living-longer-alex-k-chen/125 Alex is a really bold thinker who is extremely devoted to longevity. I really enjoy reading/hearing his thoughts. Nathan Cheng: https://nathancheng.xyz/ Nathan is a great facilitator of connections and is involved in developing longevity startups. He’s also really thoughtful and passionate about aging, a self-described “Longevity Evangelist.”…
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Week 1: 1500 cal, 2g/kg bw protein, very low carb
This week (Sun 5/22 – Fri 5/27) I’m eating 1500 calories per day, with 2g/kg bw protein (200g), and very low carbs (<50g). My daily food intake is as follows: Black beans no salt (Walmart, $0.72) 2x Tuna in water, pouch (Walmart, ~$1.25 each) Sardines in water (Walmart, ~$1.00) Pumpkin seeds 1/4 cup EVOO 2tbsp…
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BICS essays
The Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) sponsored a $500k essay contest for essays offering the most convincing scientific evidence supporting the existence of an afterlife. Essays are published here
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Timelines (orders of magnitude)
This infographic shows timelines by order of magnitude, i.e. 100 years, 1000 years… 1,000,000 years, and so on all the way to the universal scale (~10B years). I think some interesting perspective emerges from looking at timelines in this way.
Ryan J. Rossner, PhD 