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#136 David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Is Fasting a Necessity?

Fasting isn't new, but now we're starting to learn about why it's helpful. Adversity gets turned on by adversity and can slow down this clock of epigenetic changes. We also know that the ways to mimic adversity include skipping meals,. eating less protein in general, being hot and cold. And there are actually chemicals within those foods of a mediterranean diet, in olive oil and red wine, that could activate these sirtuins as well.

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