APRIL FOOLS: The 5 Best Cigarette Brands for Longevity
Here at Longevity Advice, we take particular pride in being the smartest people in the life extension space. That’s why we’re recommending smoking. (April Fools!)
Here at Longevity Advice, we take particular pride in being the smartest people in the life extension space. That’s why we’re recommending smoking. (April Fools!)
Conventional advice says that it’s impossible to gain extra years of life if you’re overweight or obese, but is that sentiment misguided? It’s complicated.
Why do we age? There have been many theories of aging over the centuries. The ancient Greek, Galen of Pergamum, who served as official court physician to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, believed aging was a loss of two of the four bodily “humors,” heat and moisture, over time. More recently, …
Update 3/8/2021: This post has been updated since we originally published it in August 2020. Several new studies showing the possibility of life extension in animals and humans have been added, and the post has been cleaned up and links made current. You might live to be 150 years old. …
This article is for my (J.P.’s) sister. She’s always been the one in my family most vocal about her concerns with the pros and cons of immortality. Particularly the cons. And I think the potential problems of increased life expectancy that she identifies are concerns a lot of people share. …
What does the research say about female longevity, the menstrual cycle, and hormonal birth control? A lot, actually.
We sampled gifts in each major area of life extension, from nutrition to physical fitness to mental health to sleep. And to help you out just a little bit more, we also clarify what kind of spanner the gifts would be best for.
Spanners are people who proactively seek to extend their own healthspan and lifespan indefinitely.
A selection of Ted talks given after 2015 about the emerging science of life extension.