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Age Forward is a healthy aging site featuring preventive health videos from the world’s top experts.
Joined March 2020
"We are very proud to offer this unique resource to the large and growing community of adults who want to be proactive in understanding the basic biology of #aging in order to give themselves a leg up when it comes to living better longer." @BuckInstitute
https://t.co/6K3m62mAAm
buckinstitute.org
The Buck Academy’s free online course is the first-ever of it's kind.
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“Our findings challenge the concept that biological age can only increase over a person’s lifetime and suggest that it may be possible to identify interventions that could slow or even partially reverse biological age." #aging
https://t.co/qYoOQa6AP9
news.harvard.edu
More than you might assume, say researchers who studied three triggers of severe physiological stress: pregnancy, COVID, and surgery.
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"We all age at the same rate in chronological terms. But from a biological perspective, some of us age faster than others, developing chronic disease and disability much earlier and living shorter, sicker lives." @medical_xpress
https://t.co/hq724mQW1N
medicalxpress.com
A study just released by Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and Peking University School of Public Health provides some of the first, large-scale evidence that processes of biological aging may...
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"New research reveals that biological age in humans and mice can rapidly increase due to stress but is reversible upon stress recovery, challenging the traditional view of #aging." @SciTechDaily1
https://t.co/iDfWoBilTH
scitechdaily.com
New research reveals that biological age in humans and mice can rapidly increase due to stress but is reversible upon stress recovery, challenging the traditional view of aging. Transient changes in...
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“Whole fresh fruit comes with beneficial fibre, vitamins and minerals, and can keep us full. It can be easy to drink a glass of fruit juice in seconds, but you aren’t going to eat three oranges in the same time.” #sugar @guardian
https://t.co/eRVn1lBzSm
theguardian.com
Sugary foods are easier to access than ever and designed to keep us coming back for more. Are they actually addictive – and should we quit them?
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There are two chapters on age beliefs in my book, Age Wel and Feel Great. Our attitude toward the aging journey certainly matters!
"Our previous research has demonstrated that age beliefs can be modified; therefore, age-belief interventions at the individual and societal levels could increase the number of people who experience cognitive recovery." @medical_xpress @YaleSPH
https://t.co/aiHKHaJUGV
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"The findings represent a literal linkage of body and mind in the very structure of the brain." @EurekAlert
https://t.co/6FHVyT4TFL
eurekalert.org
A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveals that a connection between the body and mind is built into the structure of the brain. The study shows that...
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"Researchers found that participants with positive-age beliefs at baseline were more likely to experience cognitive recovery from mild cognitive impairment." @mnt
https://t.co/m8MMqRR3gb
medicalnewstoday.com
A new study suggests that people who hold positive beliefs about aging may be more likely to experience improvements in symptoms of mild cognitive impairment, including thinking and memory problems.
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"Alternative milks are considered ultra-processed because they're not in their natural state, and they have a lot of added ingredients to destabilize the products." @DailyMail #processedfood
https://t.co/BosGcMLkyr
dailymail.co.uk
A 'handmade' tuna sandwich from Whole Foods has more than 40 ingredients in it. Other healthy' foods have been shown to have dozens of additives, making them ultra-processed.
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“If I had to sum up what we’re doing, I want aging in the female reproductive system to be synched up with aging in the rest of the body," said @jenngarrison. @BuckInstitute @NewYorker
https://t.co/7hzLKMESBT
newyorker.com
A new crop of biotech startups want to revolutionize human reproduction.
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“First and foremost, high blood sugar can raise the level of triglycerides in the blood." @ParadeMagazine
https://t.co/jkvMG1CwC1
parade.com
Your blood sugar is a lot more important than you might think.
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"Our previous research has demonstrated that age beliefs can be modified; therefore, age-belief interventions at the individual and societal levels could increase the number of people who experience cognitive recovery." @medical_xpress @YaleSPH
https://t.co/aiHKHaJUGV
medicalxpress.com
A Yale School of Public Health study has found that older persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a common type of memory loss, were 30% more likely to regain normal cognition if they had taken...
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"Trauma is not what happens to you; it is what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you," says @DrGaborMate . https://t.co/UsdTC9D2NT
theguardian.com
The physician, author and self-help guru came to worldwide prominence when he appeared with Prince Harry last month. He discusses the mind-body connection, the reality of addiction and why trauma can...
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In your 30’s? Time to check your #bloodpressure. Study in @JamaNetworkOpen shows having high BP in your 30’s is associated with worse brain health at 75. Negative brain changes, noted in MRI’s, were higher in men.
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"Soluble fiber only does two things that benefits the gut. BioLumen, because it’s a soluble/insoluble fiber matrix, does six things to help the gut." https://t.co/sKttWSBn2e
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