Inhibiting mTOR with Rapamycin for Extending Lifespan and Healthspan
Rapamycin appears to be a universal anti-aging drug, extending the lifespan of all animals tested to date; it’s the only known drug to do so.
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What dosage is recommended?
I’m sure that’ll get mentioned in the video on human studies. But the main issue I have with it is that it’s easy to get scammed if you want it now. You don’t know if you’ll get the real thing. Once studies have proven it is safe & effective, I hope it will be readily available at good quality.
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the most important thing you could do is to tell us who to trust in the supplementation category
I’ve read some comments from people taking it, that it didn’t work on them and that it spiked their blood sugar and cholesterol levels. So maybe it doesn’t do well in humans? I looking forward for the next video. Thank you so much for the work that you do.
But where did they get it from? I wouldn’t trust anyone selling it commercially. Unless you were given it as part of a scientific study or independently tested it to make sure it is real, how do you know?
@@user-qd5lo6oi8n I’m sure you can get it commercially in the US , I don’t have more information about it since I don’t live in the US and I’ve never taken it myself. But you’re right to mistrust supplements companies. Check out what Bryan Johnson says about it, maybe you can get more info this way.
i am worried this mtor thing is turning into a drug recommendation.
just say no to drugs, that is common sense.
nutrition facts is about food so lets hope it steers into the right direction and not Bryan Johnson artificial experiment.
I think Dr. Greger emphasizes the importance of consuming foods rich in specific nutrients. For example, he recommends foods high in quercetin, such as onions, apples, and kale, which can help clear senescent cells. He also mentions spermidine, found in tempeh, mushrooms, and wheat germ, which can stimulate autophagy.
So if drugs could keep you healthy until the age of 150, you’d rather go without and die at 90?
Not everything in science is so simple. Healthy diet is incredibly important but Rapamycin is special, it is a very specific drug and has the potential to slow down aging. Imagine looking and feeling 40 at 65 years old without the need for messing yourself with plastic surgery or toxic chemicals. This is simply blocking a pathway that is mainly used to age you and cause cancer. There’s very little downside to using it
@@user-qd5lo6oi8n you can not know the downsides, did you do a ai powered search for the answer maybe? haha.
but seriously it is food that works, drugs is artificial and have side-effects and moral issues.
lets say you find a healthy way to mate steroids, it still has huge negative impacts on society, and you get addicted even though it is teknically a direct like smoking.
and then there comes the production of it, i am guessing some industry to make that happen with pollution and shipping.
can not believe i have to explain all this to a fellow human.
we live on the same planet and have the same brain, what reality are you living in?
Rapamycin certainly has huge potential. I’ve been interested in it for a while. It really should be given to everyone over 25 in my opinion. Hope they can do more studies on it. The issue is how it will be distributed, it should NOT be a supplement as they lack regulations. It needs to be a controlled drug ideally but hopefully at an affordable price.
Where do one get Rapamycin ?