Azeem Azhar's Exponential View The New Science of Aging
Apr 22, 2020
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We have long assumed aging is inevitable, but is it? Professor David Sinclair, founder of the Sinclair Lab at Harvard’s Medical School and author of the bestselling “Lifespan: Why We Age — and Why We Don’t Have To,” joins Azeem Azhar to discuss emerging research that promises to radically slow down aging.
Their conversation covers:
- What the Information Theory of Aging is and how it shifts the paradigm on biomarkers of aging.
- Why periodically stressing your body can promote health and longevity.
- Which supplements might arrest the three biochemical pathways implicated in aging.
Further reading:
- “Why We Age and Why We Don’t Have To” (Talks at Google, 2019)
- “This is why we need to start treating ageing as a disease” (Wired, 2018)
- “Has Harvard’s David Sinclair Found the Fountain of Youth?” (Boston Magazine, 2017)