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“The SCN, in turn, coordinates the body's peripheral clocks, such as those found in the liver, pancreas, muscles, and fatty tissue, driving rhythms of rest and activity that determine eating-fasting cycles.”

“In this Institute for Functional Medicine excerpt, Dr. Rhonda Patrick says about half of U.S. adults do not meet adequate magnesium intake and gives an average adult RDA near 400 milligrams per day, with sex-specific variation.”

“In this brief episode, we learn how restoring our dietary and sleep pattern to one that more closely syncs with those imposed by nature, especially by avoiding eating within 2-3 hours before bed and onset of melatonin production, may improve our health and potentially prolong our healthspan.”

“In this clip, Dr. Michael Snyder discusses how people age in distinct ways and at varying rates and how knowing our "ageotype" might offer targets for preventing age-related diseases.”

“Dr. Patrick also revises an earlier concern about acrylamide: although roasting can form it, the human evidence she reviews does not show that ordinary coffee intake raises cancer risk, and the overall epidemiology points in the opposite direction for several cancers.”

“Among 1,787 adults assigned vitamin D3 at 1,000 IU per day, calcium, both, or placebo, vitamin D3 raised 25-hydroxyvitamin D by an average 6.1 nanograms per milliliter after one year, with wide person-to-person variation.”

“Dr. Shinya Yamanaka discovered a group of proteins that can reprogram differentiated (mature) cells into pluripotent stem cells. These proteins, now called Yamanaka factors, are highly expressed in embryonic stem cells in mice and humans.”

“A separate trial of 153 adults found that smartphone-based mindfulness training combining attention monitoring with acceptance reduced daily loneliness and increased social interactions compared with monitoring alone or an active control.”

“Dr. Krauss explains how some people might be inappropriately prescribed statins while other people should be taking statins. In addition, his current research is investigating whether statins can increase the risk of diabetes, especially for women.”

“As a founding principal investigator at Altos Lab, Dr. Levine sits at the frontier of aging research, where she and her colleagues are investigating what she describes as some of the most exciting research in the field, centered on interrupted cellular reprogramming.”