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Tag: Longevity

Psychedelic Mushrooms Reduced Human Cellular Aging by 57%, Increased Lifespan in Mice 30%
Medicine

Psychedelic Mushrooms Reduced Human Cellular Aging by 57%, Increased Lifespan in Mice 30%

July 23, 2025

Researchers have discovered that the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms can extend lifespan and reduce cellular aging by 50%…

Scientist Exposes ‘Blue Zones’ to be Myth Based on Pension Fraud, Not Diet and Lifestyle
Nutrition

Scientist Exposes ‘Blue Zones’ to be Myth Based on Pension Fraud, Not Diet and Lifestyle

January 7, 2025

In what is likely to be seen as the health and fitness equivalent of something like the Watergate or…

Minimize Sugar, Maximize Nutrients to Lower Biological Age, New Study Shows
Nutrition

Minimize Sugar, Maximize Nutrients to Lower Biological Age, New Study Shows

August 5, 2024

A new study showed that biological markers of age known as epigenetics can testify to a younger or older…

NR and NMN Are Unproven at the Doses Being Sold–Phytonutrients May Prevent Aging Even Better
Medicine

NR and NMN Are Unproven at the Doses Being Sold–Phytonutrients May Prevent Aging Even Better

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023

The supplement industry is making a killing off of two anti-aging compounds called nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide mononucleotide…

Vitamin D Supplementation Associated with 2.6 Year Extension of Life
ArchivesMedicine

Vitamin D Supplementation Associated with 2.6 Year Extension of Life

June 20, 2022July 4, 2023

As much as 92% of Americans may be losing 2.6 good years of lifespan, due to about that percentage…

Nicotinamide Riboside Increases Brain NAD+ Levels and Fights Off Parkinson’s Disease
ArchivesMedicine

Nicotinamide Riboside Increases Brain NAD+ Levels and Fights Off Parkinson’s Disease

March 2, 2022September 7, 2023

Generally correlated with the aging process, Parkinson’s Disease affects 1-2% of the human population above the age of 65.…

8 Weeks of Lifestyle Changes Reduced Biological Age by 3 Years In Groundbreaking Proof-of-Concept
ArchivesPhysiology

8 Weeks of Lifestyle Changes Reduced Biological Age by 3 Years In Groundbreaking Proof-of-Concept

February 25, 2022August 24, 2023

Story at a glance… 6 rather simple diet and lifestyle changes reduced biological age by 3.2 years over 2…

Nutrition

Fasting Mimicking Diet Shown to be a “Safe and Effective Supplement” to Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

June 23, 2020

A juice detox, a water fast, or a soup diet are often talked about as ways to stimulate healthy…

Nutrition

Established Consensus on “Eat Less Live Longer” Challenged with New Paper

June 10, 2020

As research on extending lifespan and healthspan has progressed over the last two decades, an adage of “eat less,…

Physiology

Rare Killer Mutations Could be Taking Months off Our Lives

April 27, 2020

Ultra-rare genetic mutations passed on from mother and father to their offspring have been found to possibly take months…

Physiology

In 2013 Researchers Created Mutant Worms that Live 500% Longer – Now They Know How,

March 17, 2020

PICTURED: C. elegans under a microscope. Photo credit: Zeiss Microscopy. CC 2.0 Back in 2013, researchers at the Buck…

NR, NMN, and Resveratrol are the Three Most Promising Longevity Supplements: Here’s What They Do
ArchivesNutrition

NR, NMN, and Resveratrol are the Three Most Promising Longevity Supplements: Here’s What They Do

January 22, 2020November 27, 2023

The below paragraphs were taken from the first part of a two-part World at Large story on NAD+ supplementation.…


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Europe Wants All the Profit with None of the Responsibility in Seizing Russian Assets

Andy Corbley December 8, 2025

Senior Kremlin officials have applauded Belgium’s stance regarding the seizure of some €215 billion in frozen Russian assets held…

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US Forces Bomb Somalia for the 90th Time This Year: Has it Helped?

Andy Corbley November 11, 2025

“In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia on Nov.…

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Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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