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We all age; we all get to die – the primary concern is: how much pain and disability will we have to endure on the way to our common end?
Today we know how to slow aging and delay the consequences of aging for decades, but to personally benefit we must learn about and practice strategies that work; that’s what we document on Senior Fitness – practical antiaging strategies that work!
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Learn how to slow and reverse Age-related Functional Decline. We bring you the latest strategies to optimize senior fitness and health into advanced age. The time to start is now; the place to start is here. The sooner you apply these Youth-Prolonging Strategies, the longer you will enjoy pain-free vitality, vigor and independence into advanced age.
We continually research the latest science to formulate practical strategies for optimizing the aging process; letting us live longer, healthier lives, free of disease and pain into advanced age. We think life is precious and far more enjoyable and productive when we are in good health. Yes we all get old and die, but our thinking is that Later is Better, and pain and disability are to be avoided.
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Adenosine Injections Regrow Knee Cartilage – (In Mice)
Adenosine Injected into Arthritic Joints Produces Cartilage Regrowth; so says the press release regarding a study cited at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68302-w. This is a promising outcome; between 50% and 35% regrowth in mice injected with a liposomal...
Could We Kill this Epidemic in a Month?
The world has been dealing with this Corona virus since late December 2020, and China before that. Data on the severity of outcomes has been gathered from around the world, showing that severity is highly dependent on Vitamin D status. We in the US typically use the...
Great Promise for Stem Cell Vesicles in Life Extension
Over a decade ago, stem cells were promised to repair virtually everything in our bodies, but over time researchers noticed that very few stem cells actually survive transplanting over the long term, and began looking at what stem cells (SCs) were doing to cause the...
Update on Knowledge of the Corona Virus
Strategies for Surviving Covid-19 I take six newsletters on health from Integrative Physicians – doctors who specialize in treating root causes of diseases, not just the treatment of symptoms with drugs, but focus on overall health and prevention of disease. Three of...
Plasma Dilution Removes Pro-Aging Blood Factors – Results in Rejuvenation
For may years, a process of joining the circulatory systems of young and old mice together in a procedure called Parabiosis, could make the young mouse appear to age and the old mouse get younger. The dilemma - is it "young blood" factors that rejuvenate the old mouse...
A Good Cover Article on Klotho and Aging
In Greek Mythology Clotho is the one of the Three Fates or Moirai who spins the thread of human life; in our biology Klotho is a trans-membrane receptor structure, parts of which also circulate in our blood, that influences lifespan in many ways. For those who want to...
Icariin Restores Gut Biome to Youthful Nature (In Old Mice)
Animal research shows that restoring the aged gut biome in old mice to that of a young one improves many measures of physical and mental capability, seemingly making the animal age in reverse. This has been accomplished by Fecal Transplantation (FT), by use of...
Icariin – Potential Super Supplement: Good For Everything?
Aging is accompanied by rising pain levels in practically everything in our bodies. Mine happens to be focused on knees and neck. That recently sent me to look into the ingredients of the well-advertised "Relief Factor". Of the four ingredients, the only one I was not...
Great article on the Benefits of Dance as an Exercise Strategy
One of the many newsletters I take had this very readable article on the benefits of taking a dance class for the purpose of exercise. Learning new steps with a favorite partner or a new one can improve the way the brain works and improve balance and motor control...
New Hope for Reversing Cognitive Decline; Senolytics
A definitive mouse study shows that several forms of stress increase multiplication rates of brain immune cells, leading to early senescence in those cell populations, and that leads to damage of neurons and cognitive decline, potentially including Parkinson's,...
The Promise of iPSC Vesicles for Vertebral Disk Repair
Take any old skin cell (or a million or so), add the four Yamanaka Factors reversing it's/their age to make it/them into near embryonic stem cells (induced pluripotent mesenchymal stem cells or iMSCs), feed them and let them multiply, then harvest the signaling...
The State of Senolytic Drug Development and Deployment
Senolytic drugs (or compounds) are a promising tool for reducing the impact of aging, potentially pushing the onset of the diseases of aging out into the far future. So how far along are we to deploying this potential tool for the average citizen's benefit? There are...
A Comprehensive Longevity Supplement Worth Considering – “Core” by Novos Labs
There are many individual supplements on the market claiming to promote Longevity and extended Healthspan, but I have been waiting for a product that would package key nutrients known to synergistically thwart the significant aging mechanisms at a reasonable price....
Definitive Science on Covid-19 and Benefit of Vitamin D Supplementation
I've been harping loud and long about supplementing vitamin D3 for optimal aging and for preventing severe damage or death from Covid-19. I typically use 5000-10,000 IU in summer, (because I don't get much sun) and 15,000 to 20,000 IU in winter, and have been doing so...
An Update on Cartilage Repair
Can an 81 year old gym rat regrow knee cartilage? It seems so. In July 2020, I was ramping up my leg-press load to see if I could get back to 10 plates per side (1000 lb including the sled). When I got to 8 plates per side on my last set that day, my left knee really...