by janice sommerville | AGING, HEART DISEASE, MICROBIOME, NUTRITION
Some of the best nutrition advice out there is to “eat the rainbow.” As in, eat a variety of natural, colorful foods. Red strawberries, purple plums, green … greens. You get the picture. That’s because the vibrancy of the blue in your blueberries is a sign they’re...
by janice sommerville | AGING, DRINKS, NUTRITION
Whether you wake at dawn to get kids ready for school, work the nightshift, or simply enjoy the taste, it’s clear that many people just love coffee. And whether you drink it black or add a little non-dairy milk, the polyphenols in coffee might be able to support your...
by janice sommerville | AGING, LONGEVITY, NUTRITION
People develop anemia and become weak and frail as they age because theyare deficient in iron, right? After all, Geritol, an iron-rich tonic, was wildlypopular in the 1950s and ’60s for the treatment of “iron-poor blood.” Not sofast. Iron accumulation in the body...
by janice sommerville | AGING, LONGEVITY, NUTRITION
Remember our friend the naked mole rat, who has confounded scientists bynever dying of old age? These hairless creatures have an extraordinarily lowmetabolic rate, something that most of us have probably been told is a badthing. But the idea that increasing your...
by janice sommerville | AGING, LONGEVITY, MICROBIOME, NUTRITION
I hope the information you just read about the dietary habits in the BlueZones has begun to convince you that most Americans now consume farmore protein, particularly animal protein, than they need. Don’t get mewrong—you need adequate protein to power your body and...
by janice sommerville | AGING, LONGEVITY, MICROBIOME, NUTRITION
Stem Cells and LongevityMany of my fellow longevity researchers view stem cells, undifferentiatedcells that have the potential to become pretty much any type of cell whenthey divide and multiply, as the holy grail of longevity. Indeed, when yourecruit stem cells from...
