Have you ever wondered what causes gray hair? Hydrogen Peroxide is one of the culprits: Senile hair graying: H2O2-mediated oxidative stress affects human hair color by blunting methionine sulfoxide repair. Wood JM, Decker H, Hartmann H, Chavan B, Rokos H, Spencer JD, Hasse S, Thornton MJ, Shalbaf M, Paus R, Schallreuter KU. Clinical and Experimental… read more
For the first time in history we have confirmation that long-term serious calorie restriction slows aging at the cellular level in human beings. Dr. Luigi Fontana’s marvelous new paper: Calorie Restriction in Humans Inhibits the PI3K/AKT Pathway and Induces a Younger Transcription Profile. You can read the full paper on the latest blog on livingthecrway.com.… read more
LivingTheCRWay.com provides unique, cutting-edge information on how to apply calorie restriction, life extension, and optimal health practices to everyday life. Today’s subjects: Forum Posts Gut Bacteria Spread to other parts of the Body What should you do about it? To access this content in blog and forum posts, become a free Healthy Start member of… read more
Some time ago, we attended a concert at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and were entranced by the beautiful alto voice of the woman who was leading chants. Little did we know that, years later, she would become a member of LivingTheCRWay.com and that her outstanding talent would come to the fore to… read more
Calorie Restriction’s Impact on Memory and Cognition Flash back to a decade ago. I had been working with a new program to improve memory that flashed a series of numbers on the computer screen. The challenge was to remember the numbers in the exact order that they were presented. Another part of the software asked… read more
Last week, Dr. Michael Mosley presented Horizon: Eat, Fast and Live Longer on the BBC. This entertaining special focused on intermittent fasting, a popular form of dieting for many people. Intermittent fasting is often confused with calorie restriction, which is the only proven dietary way to increase lifespan. We were delighted to see the personable… read more
We all have things we want to remember. And whole industries have developed around helping you have experiences worth remembering. Our brains know how to form the required neural networks. And we can help them — like gardeners helps their plants grow. Let’s say you wanted to plant a flower. You would choose the very… read more
A highly regarded dental surgeon and a member of the CR Way sent us this video from the BBC: “The Truth about Exercise” Horizon 2012. We thought it important to consider the points the video raises for a number of reasons, the most important being visceral fat and how to keep its accumulation to a… read more
We communicate regularly with our doctors. This letter updates our testing protocols based on the latest science and clinical practices. Dr. Doctor Powell, We look forward to seeing you. As we take stock of the past year and how we are progressing from a health/wellness perspective, much has changed. First, we can’t… read more
Discussions continue on The CR Society’s list about the best diets for glucose control. Some advocate high protein diets; however, the self-reported results I’ve seen often indicate insulin resistance. But why? One answer may be rooted in tryptophan uptake and the pathway it supports, which stimulates insulin production. If you eat a high protein diet… read more
