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The TAME Trial: Targeting Aging with Metformin
If you have diabetes, metformin can make things better, but if you dont, the drug may make things worse.
Friday Favorites: Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) for Weight Loss
For three cents a day, black cumin may improve cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure, and blood sugar control, as well as accelerate the loss of body fat.
Side Effects of Metformin as a Life-Extension Drug
As a mild mitochondrial poison, metformin carries a variety of downsides.
Does Metformin Work as a Life-Extension Drug?
Amazingly, diabetics placed on metformin may live longer lives than those who never got diabetes in the first place.
Friday Favorites: The Effects of Hormones in Dairy Milk on Cancer
What effects do the female sex hormones in milk have on men, women, and children?
Naturally Boosting AMPK with Exercise for Life Extension
AMPK is said to serve as a mitochondrial guardian.
Naturally Boosting AMPK with Caloric Restriction for Life Extension
Amping AMP-activated protein kinase is one of the anti-aging pathways I cover in my longevity book, How Not to Age.
Friday Favorites: The Healthiest Natural Source of Iodine
How much nori, dulse, or arame approximates the Recommended Daily Allowance for iodine?
Is Water Fluoridation Safe?
There have been more than 50 studies showing an association between higher fluoride exposure and lower IQ, but is it cause-and-effect?
Side Effects of Water Fluoridation: Dental Fluorosis
According to the CDC, about a third of American children now have some form of cosmetic defects in their tooth enamel due to fluoride exposure, known as dental uorosis.