David Sinclair and Life Extension

David Sinclair talks about his medical research into living longer using diet, exercise, and medications preserving the body's epigenetic information.

-DD

Lifespan

David Sinclair has written the book Lifespan about the benefits of life extension research. In his work at Harvard he has theorized that aging is primarily a deterioration of the epigenetic settings settings the cells.

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Social Rejection and Longetivity

Mitch Prinstein reports on the health effects of social rejection . Prinstein shares that researchers George Slavich and Steve Cole found that social rejection has an epigenetic effect on DNA.

Prinstein then speculates on the reason for this effect on lifespan.

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Hazards of a Sedentary Lifestyle

Mansall Denton provides an infographic that depicts why sitting is harmful , as well as tips for overcoming the tendancy for a sedentary lifestyle.

It would be interesting to research whether better decisions are made sitting or standing....

-DD