There’s a Fly in My Aging Research

How do you unlock the mysteries of aging? A primer on the use of animals to study aging.

I have a lot of videos that get into the nitty gritty of modulating aging pathways. For example, check out:
• Life Extension with FGF21 ( )
• How to Boost FGF21 with Diet for Longevity ( )
• The Best Diet for Healthy Aging ( )
• Naturally Boosting AMPK with Caloric Restriction for Life Extension ( )
• Naturally Boosting AMPK with Exercise for Life Extension ( )
• Does Metformin Work as a Life-Extension Drug? ( )
• Side Effects of Metformin as a Life-Extension Drug ( )
• The TAME Trial: Targeting Aging with Metformin ( )

For more on aging, go to your local public library and check out my longevity book, How Not to Age ( ), available in print, e-book, and audio. (All proceeds I receive from the book are donated directly to charity.)

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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  • @smonster says:

    first

  • @user-ds3tk1dc9p says:

    Super interesting!

  • @NutritionFactsOrg says:

    For more on aging, go to your local public library and check out my longevity book, How Not to Age, available in print, e-book, and audio. (All proceeds I receive from the book are donated directly to charity.): https://nutritionfacts.org/book/how-not-to-age/

  • @auikerngesund5624 says:

    eine Eintagsfliege

  • @AndrewPawley11 says:

    I love this channel!

  • @Prestrev1010 says:

    Did I miss the common gene or chemical that run through all stated animals/insects that can potentially lead to longevity?

    • @mimiwerner1106 says:

      I felt the same way after the video!!! Haha

    • @BM1982.V2 says:

      I think what he was saying is that altering a gene in worms led to longer aging and that could potentially work in humans but since worms are more genetically distant I wouldn’t get your hopes up. Even if we have the exact same gene that was altered it may not work the same in us as it does in worms.

    • @Prestrev1010 says:

      @@BM1982.V2 perhaps, good take.

  • @douglasauruss says:

    Going to cover the different hallmarks of aging and the proposed generic solutions for each, especially as Aubrey de Grey outlines? Or partial cell reprogramming?

  • @Bajoli86 says:

    We become 120 years at max because Yahweh said so. Humans can’t make our own vitamin C anymore, which is rare in the animal kingdom.

  • @zipo13 says:

    Great video, very interasting

  • @Alexander-ok7fm says:

    Thank you! 😁

  • @VeganChiefWarrior says:

    Sorry what a fly

  • @lorah3005 says:

    👍 Whole food plant based for the environment and health; vegan for the victims!
    *Ask your city government to sign the Plant Based Treaty!* 🖖

  • @mikejensen4238 says:

    Yeast.
    I wonder if Doc has any comment on the efficacy (or even just usefulness) of “brewer’s yeast,” or ‘nutritional yeast’? I’ve been consuming a ration daily for decades and it certainly hasn’t done me any harm (I’m a healthy and fit 78 year old). And I haven’t seen any online info that would make me avoid it. But I wonder if Doc has an opinion?

  • @inglesaocom913 says:

    Doc Greger is the best

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