Health
AgingAdvice page is back online
Thanks to some of my readers who noticed that AgingAdvice.org had disappeared. It is now back online.
Oct 20, 2016
Column
Josh Mitteldorf
Aging & evolutionary biology
Josh Mitteldorf is best known for promoting the theory that aging is not “wearing out” but rather an evolved program that limits lifespan. The surprising fact that our bodies are genetically programmed to age and to die offers an enormous opportunity for medical intervention. He began blogging about aging on this site in 2012. His guidance for a long life is at AgingAdvice.org. His two books on aging are available at Amazon and elsewhere.
Mitteldorf’s PhD is in astrophysics. Since about 2020, he has taken up a new challenge as curator and critic of science on the fringe, writing about promising science that the science establishment has unjustly neglected.
In other areas of life, Mitteldorf’s two daughters were among the first girls to be adopted from China in the 1980s. He has taught a weekly yoga class for fifty years. He is an avid amateur musician, playing piano in chamber groups, French horn in community orchestras. Follow his other writing at mitteldorf.substack.com, and listen to his poetry on YouTube.
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Health
Putting the “system” back in Systems Biology
Cold Spring Harbor labs on Long Island has a diverse offering of conferences that attract experts from all areas of biology.
Oct 20, 2016
Life
Energizer lab worms keep on keeping on long after they have stopped laying eggs
C. elegans worms live up to 3 weeks, and for the last 2½ weeks, they are post-reproductive, unable to lay fertile eggs because they have run out of sperm to fertilize them.
Oct 12, 2016
Health
Nutritional Geometry 3: Ketosis— benefits & risks of oil-rich diets
The advantage of a low-carb diet is that it minimizes insulin spikes that can contribute to loss of insulin sensitivity=metabolic syndrome.
Oct 5, 2016
Health
Nutritional Geometry 2: Carb Restriction
Next week, part 3: Specifics on the high-fat, ketogenic diet
Sep 15, 2016
Health
Nutritional Geometry
Next week: Metabolic Syndrome, Glycemic Load and The ketogenic Diet
Sep 5, 2016
Health
Nobody Dies of Arthritis
…directly. But in practice, the pain of arthritis limits activity and discourages exercise.
Aug 15, 2016
Health
Social Correlates of Longevity—Part II
When we think about things we can do to have longer, healthier lives, it’s the metabolism that comes to mind—diet, exercise, supplements.
Jul 20, 2016
Health
Social Correlates of Longevity—Part I
Starve yourself. Exercise until it hurts. Buy expensive supplements and stay away from the foods you love most.
Jul 11, 2016
Health
Video: "Natural Anti-Aging" is an Oxymoron
Cracking the Aging Code, by Josh Mitteldorf and Dorion Sagan (2016) Link to buy the book Read the preface Read Chapter 2, about the huge variety of different…
Jul 7, 2016
Health
CRISPR update
I believe that all we have to do to make ourselves younger is to turn on the genes that were expressed when we were young, and turn off the genes that are expressed when we are old.
Jun 27, 2016
Life Science and Evolution
Preface to 'Cracking the Aging Code' by Josh Mitteldorf and Dorion Sagan
The preface to Josh Mitteldorf and Dorion Sagan's book on aging as an evolved program rather than simple wear and tear.
Jun 23, 2016