Longevity & Anti-Aging
Longevity and anti-aging claims checked against human studies: supplements, drugs, biological age tests and habits said to slow aging. Each article says what the trials found, how strong the evidence is and where it stops.
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Mediterranean diet benefits for the heart, checked trial by trial: about 30% fewer major heart events in PREDIMED, a result that survived its retraction.
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Low-dose lithium spans tap water, prescriptions, and supplements. What the science on suicide, dementia, and the drug’s razor-thin safety margin really shows.
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A single psilocybin Alzheimer’s case report saw an 80-year-old speak again in 19 hours. Here’s why one N=1 case proves nothing yet, and what the science really shows.
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Berberine benefits are real for blood sugar and cholesterol, and it matched metformin in one trial. But weight loss averages about 2 kg, far from Ozempic.
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Coffee health benefits, decoded: about 3 cups a day is linked to a 12-17% lower risk of early death, and decaf does nearly as well. A link, not proof.
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Cellular reprogramming reached its first human trial in June 2026. ER-100 is a small eye safety study in about 18 people, not a test of age reversal.
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Dietary fiber gut health explained: how feeding your microbiome makes butyrate, the SCFA chemistry that lowers cholesterol, steadies glucose, and tracks longevity.
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Cocoa flavanols cut cardiovascular deaths 27% in the COSMOS trial, but the trial missed its main goal. Here is the unspun evidence, and why cocoa is not chocolate.
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Walking for longevity doesn’t require 10,000 steps. The largest studies show most life-extending benefit is banked near 7,000, and it begins far lower.
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In CALERIE-2, the first trial of its kind, caloric restriction slowed a pace-of-aging blood marker by 2-3%. Plus the metabolic wins, immune bonus and bone costs.
