Aging seems to be an inevitable fact for a long time. If one day, someone told you that the concept of aging that we have been instilled for a long time is wrong, and we can even choose the length of our lives, what would you think? You can treat it as a joke or treat him as a madman.

However, it turns out that this is more and more likely to become a reality.

David Sinclair is the author of The New York Times's best-selling book Life: Why We Grow Old-Why We Don't Have to Grow Old. This is a book that subverts our understanding of life. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Sinclair revealed a bold new theory about the causes of our aging: "Aging is a disease, and this disease can be cured."

As a world-renowned expert in the field of anti-aging, David is qualified to make such bold remarks on the issue of aging. He is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, co-director of the Paul Green Center for Aging Biology, and chairman of the InsideTracker scientific advisory board.

David put forward a convincing argument, that is, why it is very important for our society to reconstruct our view of aging: our life span is closely related to moral, social, economic and ecological aspects. This is one of the reasons why we developed the InnerAge test in InsideTracker. For a long time, we have always advocated extending life through simple changes.

The following is the content of this interview:

According to the interview, let's sort out how this pioneer in the field of anti-aging does practical work:

Professor David uses 1 g NMN every morning? (I have been insisting for 4 years) and 0.5g resveratrol (I have been insisting for 13 years) are mixed in yogurt (note: Professor David emphasized in the interview that he usually doesn't eat breakfast, and this mixed yogurt may not be breakfast in his opinion).

Why use yogurt? Because the fat in yogurt can increase the absorption of resveratrol by five times, the yogurt is made by David himself with milk (note: this is different from the skim, low-fat or sweetened yogurt we usually eat).

In the evening, Professor David will take 1 g metformin on the day when he does not exercise (he has been insisting for 4 years). He said that metformin is used to prevent heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease and anti-aging.

Then Professor David often uses intermittent fasting, because when people are hungry, they will activate sirtuins (longevity factor), which is AMPK.

A. In most cases, David doesn't eat breakfast or even lunch except 1 cup of coffee in the morning. He doesn't eat 1~2 meals a day on weekdays, but he must feel hungry every day.

B. eat as many vegetables as possible. David said that most trace elements in the human body can be ingested through vegetables. (Note: David just emphasizes eating more)

C don't eat sugar and carbohydrate (note: carbohydrate is the word he used in the interview, but he ate a lot of vegetables, which is also carbohydrate, so I guess it should refer to high carbohydrate, such as polished rice flour. )

D. In order to avoid the generation of aging cells, we should reduce the intake of mineral iron: excessive iron will lead to the increase of aging cells, so we should pay attention to controlling the intake of iron at ordinary times.

It can be seen that David's diet is a low-carbon water and low-protein intermittent fasting habit.

David exercises in the gym for three hours a week (three hours a day), adding that if he had more time, he would do more fitness exercises.

A.65438+ 0 ~ 2 high-intensity HIIT exercises per week

B.boxing and weightlifting two or three times a week.

C. After fitness, I will go to the sauna and take a cold bath (sauna for 3 minutes, rest for 10 minutes, and take a cold bath for 3 minutes).

Other daily things to pay attention to.

1) Avoid obesity, which will lead to inflammation, which will consume NAD.

2) Try to avoid X-rays, which will change the genome (according to the basic explanation). X-rays are often used in airport security and train security.

3) Avoid exposure to the sun. Ultraviolet rays can accelerate skin aging. Aging skin needs to be repaired by consuming NAD. Pay attention to the use of sunscreen and wear sunscreen clothes.

4) David sleeps for 6-7 hours every night, and wears a Oura ring that can detect the quality of sleep. Sometimes he takes a small dose of melatonin to treat insomnia. In a word, sleep is very important.

Summary:

What Professor David has done is actually to reduce calorie intake while supplementing NAD+, and at the same time, cooperate with work and rest, take active exercise and pay attention to maintenance. This seemingly simple thing, he persisted for ten years, and this persistence made us think that maybe one day his vision of human longevity is really possible.