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Jan 16, 2018
Can We Live to 120 on the Fasting Mimicking Diet or Calorie Restriction?
Posted by Brady Hartman in categories: biotech/medical, food, life extension
A look back at the most popular life extension articles of 2017. Here is the report Can We Live to 120 on the Fasting Mimicking Diet or Calorie Restriction?
Summary: The Fasting Mimicking Diet, also called the Valter Longo diet, and the spartan practice of calorie restriction are the twin subjects of two recent research reports. Both research reports show that the fasting regimens offer potential health benefits. This article includes commentary by the inventor of the Fasting Mimicking Diet, Valter Longo. [Cover Photo: Ryan McGuire.]
The idea that animals can live longer, healthier lives by drastically reducing their calorie intake is not exactly new. Scientists have repeatedly demonstrated the life-extending value of calorie restriction (CR) in animals from worms to monkeys—with the implication that the same might be true for humans.
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Jan 13, 2018
App uses DNA to tell you what to eat
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, food
Jan 12, 2018
Guns, germs and rice: how the winners of China’s top science prizes point to the future
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, food, government, science
Jan 11, 2018
Consumer Electronics Show chock full of gadgets to make our lives easier, but do we need them?
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, food, habitats, internet, robotics/AI
Today’s vision of a smart home has more to do with what’s technologically possible than what people really need.
Thus the endless parade of internet-connected wine openers, water bottles, meat thermometers and refrigerators, and a dearth of automation that would clean and fold our laundry, pick up things around the house or assist aging people as their physical strength wanes.
Not that some tinkerers aren’t trying to come up with life-changing tools. The annual Consumer Electronics Show, which opened in Las Vegas on Tuesday, is a showcase of the latest innovations from big corporations and tiny startups. Some of these inventions could soon be useful to consumers. Others look outlandishly impractical — or maybe it’s too soon to tell.
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Jan 9, 2018
Scientists think they’ve discovered a fourth type of fuel for humans — beyond carbs, fat, or protein
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: energy, food
- Ketones could super-charge the body in a way that’s unlike any other source of fuel.
- San Francisco-based startup HVMN recently launched a drink made of pure ketone ester to harness its performance-boosting qualities.
- The company partnered with Oxford University to leverage $60 million-worth of scientific research on elite athletes.
The nutrition label on a shot-sized bottle of this clear, odorless liquid defies traditional explanation. It contains 120 calories — roughly the equivalent of a hearty slice of bread — yet it has no fat, no protein, and no carbohydrates.
Those calories instead come from ketones, an ingredient that Geoff Woo, cofounder and CEO of San Francisco-based human performance startup called HVMN (pronounced “human”)to call “the fourth macronutrient.”
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Jan 4, 2018
Speed breeding LED technique grows food six times faster than conventional farming
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: food, space
Speed breeding was initially explored by NASA over a decade ago as a means to enhance food production during space missions where efficiency is critical and every square inch counts. Scientists at the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland, and the John Innes Centre, continued the project, picking up from where NASA left off.
A welcomed solution to our growing food problems.
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A look back at the most popular health articles of 2017. Here is the report: “10 Health Benefits Of Coffee”
10 health benefits of coffee – based on new research published in July 2017. The health benefits of coffee vary depending on how you prepare it: unfiltered or decaffeinated or regular.
Coffee is a widely popular drink. While it has received a bad rap in the past, it is very healthy.
Jan 2, 2018
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims January 2018 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Posted by Mark Larkento in categories: business, food, sex, sustainability
Has anyone used the app?
The Department of Labor has released an innovative, business-focused mobile app that supports private-sector efforts to eradicate forced labor from global supply chains.
During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we recommit ourselves to eradicating the evil of enslavement. Human trafficking is a modern form of the oldest and most barbaric type of exploitation. It has no place in our world. This month we do not simply reflect on this appalling reality. We also pledge to do all in our power to end the horrific practice of human trafficking that plagues innocent victims around the world.
Dec 31, 2017
The fourth state of matter, plasma: A technology to improve bone healing?
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, food, life extension, weapons
Cold plasma looks like the glow from the “Star Wars” blue lightsaber but this beam of energy, made of electrons that change polarity at micro-second or nanosecond speeds, could help bones heal faster, according to a study published August 11th in the Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
Most people interact with plasma every day. It’s in our TVs, fluorescent lights, lightning, the aurora borealis, and the sun. However, these are all examples of hot or “thermal” plasmas. Since the discovery of cold plasma, about 20 years ago, it has been used in agriculture to sterilize the surface of fruit without damaging the delicate edibles. More recently, scientists have been performing experiments treating living animal cells and tissues with cold plasma to learn more about its potential applications in medicine.
“We’ve previously studied how different applications of cold plasma can either directly kill cells, such as in skin cancer, or help them grow, as in developing bones. In this study, we asked how cold plasma would affect the area surrounding cells, known as the extracellular matrix,” says lead author Theresa Freeman, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery in the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. The extracellular matrix around cells is made of collagen and other proteins that interact with the cells and can influence their growth and behavior. For example, the extracellular matrix can either promote or inhibit bone formation or cancer cell growth and metastasis.
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