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Tag: aging

Can Epigenetic Clocks Predict Your Biological Age?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 4 min read
  • September 18, 2025

There are two types of age: chronological and biological.  Chronological age is simple—it’s the date on your birthdate. Biological age is trickier since it depends on how…

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Categories: aging, Healthspan, Latest News

The #1 Factor for a Longer Life (It’s NOT Your Genes!)

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • March 11, 2025

What’s the secret to living longer—your genes or your lifestyle? 🤔 The answer is clear: lifestyle wins. While you may have 20,000 genes in your DNA,…

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Categories: aging, Ask Dr. Sears, Healthspan

The #1 Factor for a Longer Life (It’s NOT Your Genes!)

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • March 4, 2025

What’s the secret to living longer—your genes or your lifestyle? 🤔 The answer is clear: lifestyle wins. While you may have 20,000 genes in your DNA,…

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Categories: aging, Ask Dr. Sears, Stages of Life

Calorie Restriction: The 500-Year-Old Secret to Longevity

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • February 17, 2025

Can eating less help you live longer? The idea dates back to the 16th century when Venetian nobleman Luigi Cornaro transformed his health with a strict,…

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Categories: aging, Ask Dr. Sears, Benefits of Metabolic Engineering

The Terrifying Truth About Obesity and Premature Aging

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 2 min read
  • January 29, 2025

Have you ever wondered why centenarians—those remarkable individuals who live to 100 or beyond—are almost never obese? It’s not just a coincidence. Obesity is far more…

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Categories: chronic diseases, Latest News, Metabolic Engineering®

Healthspan vs Lifespan

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • January 9, 2025

What matters more: how long or how well you live? While lifespan measures total years, healthspan focuses on the quality of those years spent in good…

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Categories: aging, Ask Dr. Sears, Healthspan

Type-2 Diabetes And The Brain

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • December 6, 2024

Preventing Type-2 diabetes and neurological diseases starts with one key step: losing excess body fat. The only way to achieve this is by increasing the activity…

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Categories: diabetes

Will Rapamycin Make Me Live Longer?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 19, 2024

Is Rapamycin the key to living longer? While it’s a cancer drug, Rapamycin is getting attention for its potential longevity benefits by decreasing mTOR activity and…

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Categories: aging, Ask Dr. Sears, cancer

Expanding Lifespan, Increasing Healthspan

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 19, 2024

Who wouldn’t want to live longer and feel their best well into their 100s? While the idea of drastically extending human lifespan may be more fiction…

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Categories: aging, Benefits of Metabolic Engineering, Stages of Life

Metabolism and Zombie Cells

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 2 min read
  • November 13, 2024

Metabolism is how we convert food into energy to keep us alive.  It also controls your immune system, inflammation, repair of damaged tissue, and your rate…

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Categories: aging, chronic diseases, Featured Metabolism Posts

What Is Healthspan?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 13, 2024

Healthspan is defined as your longevity minus years of chronic disability.  The future goal of medicine will not be treating the symptoms of a particular chronic…

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Categories: aging, Stages of Life

Stages Of Life

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 3 min read
  • November 13, 2024

Metabolic Engineering® is a defined dietary program for optimal metabolic efficacy at every stage of life.  Although the goals at each life stage may differ, the…

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Categories: aging, Benefits of Metabolic Engineering, Latest News
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