Have a listen, I was on Generation Bold Radio yesterday, 9.14.2019! https://www.generationboldradio.us/
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Is green tea consumption associated with reduced risk of death risk from all causes? To investigate this question, Tang et al. (2015) performed a meta-analysis of 5 studies, including 200,884 subjects. As shown below, drinking 2-3 cups (16-24 oz.) of green tea per day was associated with maximally decreased all-cause mortality risk, […]
In an earlier post, based on data from the Baltimore Longitidunal Study on Aging (BLSA), I suggested that total white blood cell (WBCs) counts between 3500 to 6000 cells per microliter of blood may be optimal for reducing disease risk and for maximizing longevity (https://michaellustgarten.com/2015/08/13/blood-testing-whats-optimal-for-wbc-levels/). However, within WBCs, neutrophils increase, […]
In an earlier post, I wrote about quantifying my biological age with aging.ai (https://michaellustgarten.com/2018/06/26/maximizing-health-and-lifespan-is-calorie-restriction-essential/). The importance of that post is illustrated by the finding that based on data from 13 blood tests between 2016 – 2019, my average biological age is 29.2y, which is ~33% younger than my chronological age. […]
Muscle strength is increased in mice that are colonized with microbiota from high-functioning older adults https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556519304772
Before jumping into the data, it’s important to note that kidney function is commonly estimated (i.e. the estimated glomerular filtration rate, eGFR) with use of values for serum levels of creatinine, age, gender, and ethnicity. Kidney function decreases during aging, from ~90 (thick black line) in young men (18-24y) to […]
Microbiome Webinar featuring me, and Drs. Amy Proal and Cosmo Mielke! For more info, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G48A88A
Deep sleep, the stage of sleep also known as “slow wave sleep” declines during aging. Based on a meta-analysis of 65 studies representing 3,577 subjects (aged 5 years to 102 years; Ohayon et al. 2004), slow wave sleep, expressed as a percentage of total sleep time decreases during aging from 25% […]
I’ve posted individual dietary days as an example of what and how much I eat (https://michaellustgarten.com/2015/12/31/130-grams-of-fiber-2400-calories/). However, a few days of examples may not represent the whole dietary picture. To address this, below is my average nutrient intake for the past 100 days (from October 24, 2018-Feb 5 2019): Notice […]