Tom’s take-
David Sinclair wrote a masterful book that covers so much ground it is amazing. I wanted to share just a couple of the reviews both from the book cover and from Amazon.
- “An elegant and exciting book that deserves to be read broadly and deeply.” Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best selling author
- “Lifespan gives us hope for an extraordinary life…Enjoy this must-read masterpiece!” Peter H. Diamandis, MD, founder and chairman of XPRIZE; executive founder of Singularity University; and New York Times best selling author of ‘Abundance and Bold’
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Timothy D. Lundeen
September 17, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
“What do I do?” David Sinclair’s daily plan-
- I take 1 gram (1,000 mg) of NMN (Sandy and I do this now as well) every morning, along with 1 gram of Resveratrol (shaken into my homemade yogurt) and 1 gram of Metformin
- I take a daily dose of vitamin D, vitamin K, and 83 mg of aspirin
- I strive to keep my blood sugar, bread and pasta intake as low as possible. I gave up deserts at age 40, although I do steal tastes
- I try and skip one meal a day or at least make it really small. My busy schedule almost always means that I miss lunch most days of the week
- Every few months, a phlebotomist comes to my home to draw my blood, which I have analyzed for dozens of biomarkers. When my levels of various markers are not optimal, I moderate them with food or exercise
- I try to take a lot of steps each day and walk upstairs, and I go to the gym most weekends with my son, Ben; we lift weights, jog a bit, and hang out in the sauna before dunking in an ice-cold-pool
- I eat a lot of plants and try to avoid eating other mammals, even though they taste good. If I work out I will eat meat.
- I don’t smoke, I try to avoid microwaved plastic, excessive UV exposure, X-rays, and CT scans
- I aim to keep my body weight or BMI in the optimal range for health span, which for me is 23-25 Pg 304
More funding for the kind of research happening in my lab and others like it could bring about these advancements even sooner. But because of a lack of funding, people over the age of 60 may not live long enough to be helped. If you and your family members end up the last of humanity to live a life that ends all to early with decay and decrepitude, or our children never see the benefits of this research, you can thank those bioethicists. Pg 301
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