Aging

In one of the largest microbiota studies conducted in humans, researchers have shown a potential link between healthy aging and a healthy gut.

What are the four problematic nutritional aspects of even plant-based Mediterranean diets? Does just reducing one’s intake of meat, dairy, and eggs significantly reduce mortality? Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ The rest of the Mediterranean diet videos can be found at https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/mediterranean-diet. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-improving-on-the-mediterranean-diet-do-flexitarians-live-longer and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-improving-on-the-mediterranean-diet-do-flexitarians-live-longer. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgments for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages. To find yours, click on the settings wheel on the lower-right of the video and then "Subtitles/CC." Do you have feedback about the translations in this video? Please share it here along with the title of the video and language: https://nutritionfacts.zendesk.com/hc/requests/new To view the subtitles in transcript format, click on the ellipsis button below the video, choose "Open transcript", and select the language you'd like to view them in. Image Credit: alex9500 / Adobe Stock Images / Pedro Vezini via Flickr. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

Human beings are subjected to aging and age-associated diseases. Life expectancy has improved impressively in the last century due to social and economic development, but despite increasing improvement is still more limited than average in those ones ...

The inability to remember details, such as the location of objects, begins in early midlife (the 40s) and may be the result of a change in what information the brain focuses on during memory formation and retrieval, rather than a decline in brain function.

What is the optimal source and amount of protein for senior citizens? Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ A study that purported to show that diets high in meat, eggs, and dairy could be as harmful to health as smoking? If you missed it, please see the previous video: Animal Protein Compared to Cigarette Smoking (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/animal-protein-compared-to-cigarette-smoking). Protein is so misunderstood. For more on the optimal amount of protein, see Do Vegetarians Get Enough Protein? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-vegetarians-get-enough-protein/) and The Great Protein Fiasco (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-great-protein-fiasco). For more on the optimal source of protein, see • Prostate Cancer Survival: The A/V Ratio (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/prostate-cancer-survival-the-av-ratio) • Methionine Restriction as a Life Extension Strategy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/protein-puberty-and-pollutants) • Which Type of Protein is Better for Our Kidneys? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-type-of-protein-is-better-for-our-kidneys) • Caloric Restriction vs. Plant-Based Diets (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/caloric-restriction-vs-plant-based-diets/) • Putrefying Protein and “Toxifying” Enzymes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/putrefying-protein-and-toxifying-enzymes/) But isn’t plant protein incomplete? See The Protein Combining Myth (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-protein-combining-myth). This is the video I referred to about buffering the acid in our blood: Testing Your Diet with Pee & Purple Cabbage (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/testing-your-diet-with-pee-purple-cabbage/). For more on acid/base balance see: • Stool pH and Colon Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/stool-ph-and-colon-cancer/) • Protein Source: An Acid Test for Kidney Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/protein-source-an-acid-test-for-kidney-function/) • How to Treat Kidney Stones with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-treat-kidney-stones-with-diet/) Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/increasing-protein-intake-after-age-65 and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/increasing-protein-intake-after-age-65 . You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Image Credit: PublicDomainPictures via Pixabay. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

Research has concluded that a healthy diet rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory natural substances can increase longevity and improve the aging process

A diet that includes a moderate intake of fat and fruits and vegetables, and avoidance of high carbohydrates, is associated with lower risk of death, research with more than 135,000 people across five continents has shown.

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Okinawa is a Blue Zone: one of the five parts of the world where people are living longer. Learn the secrets to healthy aging and Okinawan longevity.

Research in C. elegans shows the popular supplement vitamin D engages longevity genes to increase lifespan and prevent the accumulation of toxic proteins linked to many age-related diseases.

Health Benefits of Metformin, Lecture by Terry Grossman MD

Scientists have carried out an experiment which conclusively proves for the first time that mitochondria are major triggers of cell aging. This brings scientists a step closer to developing therapies to counteract the aging of cells, by targeting mitochondria.

Dr. Nun S. Amen-Ra. Official site of the Architekton's services and Archives, including AIR, M4, and EN.

Every cell in our body contains the complete DNA library. So-called methyl groups regulate that in body tissues only the genetic information is expressed that is indeed needed in this tissue. Now, for the first time, researchers verified that a lack of methyl groups in the gene body leads to an incorrect gene activation and, as a consequence, may lead to the emergence of cancer.

Is memory loss and decreased brain power inevitable as we age? Many people in their 40s, 50s and beyond are told that it is and there is nothing that can be done about it. Is that true? Of course not

Only about 1 in 10,000 people make it to be a 100 years old. What’s their secret? Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ The IGF-1 story is so pivotal, that it’s one of the first video series I ever did on NutritionFacts.org. I’m so glad to finally get around to the long awaited update. If you want a blast from the past, you can see the original series starting with Engineering a Cure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/engineering-a-cure/). For more parallels between the tobacco industry and the food industry, see: • American Medical Association Complicity with Big Tobacco (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/american-medical-association-complicity-big-tobacco/) • The Healthy Food Movement: Strength in Unity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-healthy-food-movement-strength-in-unity/) • Evidence-Based Nutrition (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/evidence-based-nutrition/) • Big Food Using the Tobacco Industry Playbook (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/big-food-using-the-tobacco-industry-playbook/) For more on healthy aging and longevity, see: • Increased Lifespan from Beans (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/increased-lifespan-from-beans/) • Caloric Restriction vs. Animal Protein Restriction (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/caloric-restriction-vs-animal-protein-restriction/) • The Okinawa Diet: Living to 100 (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-okinawa-diet-living-to-100) • Methionine Restriction as a Life Extension Strategy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/methionine-restriction-as-a-life-extension-strategy/) • Do Flexitarians Live Longer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-flexitarians-live-longer) Note the so-called “low” protein intake is actually the recommended protein intake, associated with a major reduction in cancer and overall mortality in middle age, under age 65, but note it says not among older individuals. All covered in my next video, Increasing Protein Intake After Age 65 (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Increasing-protein-intake-after-age-65). Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/animal-protein-compared-to-cigarette-smoking and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/animal-protein-compared-to-cigarette-smoking. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Image Credit: gholem via Pixabay. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

It saddens me to see older women diagnosed with "osteopenia" or "osteoporosis" listening to their doctors and taking supplemental calcium and even problematic drugs called bisphosphonates. These are irrational, dogmatic, harmful approaches to the problem of degrading bone as we age

Ancient dietary practices based on analyzing the fiber content of fossilized human waste can give us insights for combatting the modern obesity epidemic. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ Isn’t that a really fascinating mechanism? All along I was thinking of fiber more from just an energy density perspective (as in my video Eating More to Weigh Less http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eating-more-to-weigh-less/), but the appetite-suppressing hormones are a whole new frontier. That underscores the urgency of the fact that 96% of Americans don’t even reach the recommended minimum intake of fiber (see my video Do Vegetarians Get Enough Protein? http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-vegetarians-get-enough-protein/). Other paleo videos include: • Paleo Diets May Negate Benefits of Exercise (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/paleo-diets-may-negate-benefits-of-exercise/) • Paleolithic Lessons (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/paleolithic-lessons/) • The Problem With the Paleo Diet Argument (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-problem-with-the-paleo-diet-argument/) For bowel function in the modern age, see, for example, How Many Bowel Movements Should You Have Every Day? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-many-bowel-movements-should-you-have-every-day) and Should You Sit, Squat, or Lean During a Bowel Movement? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/should-you-sit-squat-or-lean-during-a-bowel-movement). My latest on fiber: • Diverticulosis: When Our Most Common Gut Disorder Hardly Existed (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/diverticulosis-when-our-most-common-gut-disorder-hardly-existed) • The Five to One Fiber Rule (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-five-to-one-fiber-rule) • Is the Fiber Theory Wrong? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-the-fiber-theory-wrong) And my latest on what your gut bacteria can do for you: • Microbiome: The Inside Story (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/microbiome-the-inside-story) • Prebiotics: Tending Our Inner Garden (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/prebiotics-tending-our-inner-garden) • What’s Your Gut Microbiome Enterotype? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-your-gut-microbiome-enterotype) • How to Change Your Enterotype (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-change-your-enterotype) More paleo diet videos on the way—and more microbiome too! Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/paleopoo-what-we-can-learn-from-fossilized-feces and he'll try to answer it! Image Credit: James St. John and Linda Spashett via Flickr, Eleifert via Wikimedia Commons, and Pixel-mixer and cegoh via Pixabay. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

Take a look, using Dr. Sircus as an example, how is Natural Allopathic Medicine protocol, and especially hydrogen, can not only reverse disease conditions but make one look and feel young again.

The link between Parkinson’s and dairy may not just be explained by the pesticides and lactose. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ Dairy and Parkinson’s? See Preventing Parkinson’s Disease With Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-parkinsons-disease-with-diet) Lactose and Parkinson’s? See Could Lactose Explain the Milk - Parkinson’s Disease Link? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/could-lactose-explain-milk-parkinsons-disease-link) Uric acid as an antioxidant? I’ve touched on that before in Miocene Meteorites and Uric Acid (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/miocene-meteorites-and-uric-acid/). If levels are too high consider cutting down on Flesh and Fructose (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flesh-and-fructose/) and eating cherries (see Gout Treatment with a Cherry on Top (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/gout-treatment-with-a-cherry-on-top/) and Treating Gout with Cherry Juice (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-gout-with-cherry-juice/)). Check out Preventing Gout Attacks with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-gout-attacks-with-diet/). Can a plant-based diet be used to treat Parkinson’s? See Treating Parkinson’s Disease With Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-parkinsons-disease-with-diet/). Any plant foods in particular that may help? Try nightshade veggies: • Is Something in Tobacco Protective Against Parkinson’s Disease? (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/Is-something-in-tobacco-protective-against-parkinsons-disease) • Peppers and Parkinson’s: The Benefits of Smoking Without the Risks? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/peppers-and-parkinsons-the-benefits-of-smoking-without-the-risks) Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/parkinsons-disease-and-the-uric-acid-sweet-spot and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/parkinsons-disease-and-the-uric-acid-sweet-spot. You’ll also find a transcript of the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Image Credit: Meditations via Pixabay. Image has been modified. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

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Even without an exercise component, a plant-based diet can reduce angina attacks 90% within 24 days. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ See a comparison of the arterial function of vegetarians versus omnivores in my previous video: Plant-Based Diets and Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-diets-and-artery-function). Or compairing the Arteries of Vegans vs. Runners (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/arteries-of-vegans-vs-runners/). If those on plant-based diets aren’t getting a regular, reliable source of vitamin B12, though, their artery health can suffer. See: Vitamin B12 Necessary for Arterial Health (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/vitamin-b12-necessary-for-arterial-health/). Cholesterol may do more than just impair the function of our arteries. Check out the images in my video Cholesterol Crystals May Tear Through Our Artery Lining (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cholesterol-crystals-may-tear-though-our-artery-lining/). But isn’t there like small, dense cholesterol particles and large fluffy ones? See Does Cholesterol Size Matter? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Does-Cholesterol-Size-Matter). There are three things that increase our cholesterol level: Trans Fat, Saturated Fat, and Cholesterol: Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/trans-fat-saturated-fat-and-cholesterol-tolerable-upper-intake-of-zero/). What about moderation? Well, how moderate do you want your disease? See Everything in Moderation? Even Heart Disease? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/everything-in-moderation-even-heart-disease). Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-treatment-for-angina and he'll try to answer it! Image Credit: OpenClipartVectors via Pixabay. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org

The improvement of arterial function on a whole food, plant-based diet is so pronounced that cardiac patients can achieve a 90% reduction in angina attacks. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org’s free newsletter to receive our B12 infographic that covers the latest research takeaways and Dr. Greger’s updated recommendations: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/ Wait a second, though. The Ornish program involves a number of other healthy lifestyle interventions such as exercise. How do we know it was the diet? That’s precisely the topic of my next video, Plant-Based Treatment for Angina (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-treatment-for-angina). What would happen if instead of going on a plant-based diet, you went on a low carb diet. You don’t want to know. But if you do, here you go: Low Carb Diets and Coronary Blood Flow (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/low-carb-diets-and-coronary-blood-flow/). In my last video I covered the green tea angle. If you missed it, check out Tea and Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/tea-and-artery-function). What effects might other foods have? See: • Eggs and Arterial Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-and-arterial-function/) • Walnuts and Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/walnuts-and-artery-function/) • Dark Chocolate and Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dark-chocolate-and-artery-function/) • Coffee and Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/coffee-and-artery-function/) • Fatty Meals May Impair Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fatty-meals-may-impair-artery-function) • Olive Oil and Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/olive-oil-and-artery-function) Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-diets-and-artery-function and he'll try to answer it! Image Credit: Ryan via Flickr. https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org