Aging, Healthspan, Longevity

Making Science Work for You in Simple Easy to Follow Insights

Prevention is better than cure!!

The idiom highlights the importance of proactively taking steps to prevent a problem from arising than to deal with consequences after the problem has occurred. Unfortunately, human health is a one way street, where once things progress it is almost impossible in every case to reverse the progression of problems. Therefore, working to prevent (or slow) the onset (beginning) of a problem is the only viable solution for maintaining good health.

We are living in a time where science is providing constant supply of good information that can be readily be useful to help prevent (or slow down) onset of problems before it begins. However, these scientific facts are often complex, confusing, difficult to understand and not clearly translated for the non-scientific community to review and adopt.

The site aims to simplify the science and biology published in scientific literature on the benefits & pitfalls our everyday food & nutritional (including supplements) that have the potential to impact the processes supporting aging, longevity and wellness.

Examples…..

• Coffee consumption is generally considered good for health. This is because bioactive compounds in coffee has been associated with influencing biological processes in health and disease (*)

Adding milk improves the overall benefits of coffee!!!

• Milk proteins binds to polyphenols (the chemicals in coffee that is good for health), this helps the body absorb the polyphenols from the gut (R).

• The milk-protein coffee polyphenol conjugates have anti-allergy, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer properties (in addition to cardiovascular benefits, obesity and neuromodulation) (R).

• In general, protein - polyphenol complexes (from coffee, tea and other sources) have improved absorption from the gut, improving the health benefits of these natural products.

• Higher intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, unsaturated fats and legumes is linked to greater odds of health aging (*)

• Several recent population health studies have reported that plant based dietary pattern is associated with better physical and mental health, improved healthspan (healthy aging) and longevity (R).

• Dietary patterns can lead to healthy or unhealthy aging (R).

• Diet, nutrition and supplements have major impact on the gut microbiome (bugs in the gastrointestinal tract), influencing health and disease (*).

Fiber rich foods act as pre-biotics and help improve human cognition!!

• Gut-brain-axis is really a well established science. Maintaining good gut health by diet has significant impact on brain function and health (R).

• Prebiotic diet and/or probiotic supplements influence human health (R).