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“If we eat carbohydrate-containing foods when melatonin levels are high, our pancreas cannot produce the insulin needed to use the glucose. Therefore, eating too close to bedtime or immediately upon waking, before nightly melatonin levels have declined, may hamper the body's ability to process glucose.”

“Brain health depends on periods of high heart rate. Failing that, brain capillary health is compromised, and neurons are lost. In this clip, Dr. Axel Montagne highlights how 90 percent of our brain vasculature are tiny blood vessels - without exercise, they collapse, and neurons die.”

“One of the mechanisms behind the beneficial effects of exercise is its ability to induce autophagy in skeletal muscle and, potentially, other organs. In this clip, Dr. Guido Kroemer describes the anti-diabetes and anti-obesity effects of exercise-induced autophagy.”

“In this clip from Dr. Rhonda Patrick's appearance on Next Question with Katie Couric, she explains how sustained exercise can improve cardiovascular fitness and the heart's ability to fill efficiently during middle age.”

“Observational studies using DXA or CT imaging associate higher alcohol intake with greater visceral fat, with individual responses shaped by dose, drinking pattern, diet, sex, activity, body composition, and metabolic health.”

“SARS-CoV-2 attempts to evade the immune system by suppressing the interferon response. Dr. Roger Seheult shares the findings of two recent studies in which researchers identified a connection between an impaired interferon response and severe COVID-19 disease.”

“Continued physical, social, and intellectual engagement offers a practical way to support multiple parts of peakspan throughout later life, while the framework helps people think about function one domain at a time.”

“A network meta-analysis of 84 randomized trials found that aerobic exercise, HIIT, combined training, and resistance training alone all reduced visceral fat, while a separate meta-analysis found a modest reduction from resistance training across 34 studies.”

“Autophagy is an intracellular degradation system involved in the disassembly and recycling of unnecessary or dysfunctional cellular components. Fasting – even short periods of overnight fasting that occurs during time-restricted eating – induces autophagy, providing a kind of daily maintenance for the body.”

“In fact, methylation and demethylation are critical processes in development. Interfering with the enzymes that carry out these two opposing processes can play critical roles in epigenetic age, ultimately affecting aging, disease, and death.”