Tag: hormesis
Hormesis/preconditioning mechanisms, the nervous system and aging
Organisms face various stressors throughout life, necessitating adaptive responses to prevent disease and death. Environmental factors like dietary restriction, exercise, and cognitive stimulation may enhance health and longevity through a hormesis-like mechanism. This article delves into the hormesis hypothesis for disease resistance and longevity, emphasizing nervous system studies. Arumugam TV, Gleichmann M, Tang SC, Mattson…
Read MoreHormesis and Anti-Aging
This is a fantastic summary of how hormesis help us throw off “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.” Single or multiple exposure to low doses of otherwise harmful agents, such as irradiation, food limitation, heat stress, hypergravity, reactive oxygen species and other free radicals have a variety of anti-aging and longevity-extending hormetic effects. “Although…
Read MoreDavid Sinclair on the Potential for Reversing Aging: Hormesis Revisited
The Biochemistry of Longevity is Discussed in this video For any readers who are interested in some of the biochemistry behind the latest science on strategies to age more slowly. Many of the strategies we’ve discussed before, as well as the concept of hormesis. Basically, the current thinking is that we are too comfortable. Never…
Read MoreTom Cruise and the Aging Conundrum
This New Yorker tackles the phenomenon that is Tom Cruise and his apparent resistance to the aging process. The author attributes this to Cruise’s physical athleticism and makes oblique references to younger women. Who knows, though genetics is on Cruise’s side in that he’s retained his hair, which unfortunately still remains a sign of youth…
Read MoreHormesis Health
Friend of blog, Zach Haigney and I have discussed hormesis before on the blog, but not recently. The concept of hormesis quoting Zach is “The idea is that low level stressors have a beneficial or stimulatory effect while the higher levels or doses of the same stressor have detrimental effects.” Both Zach and I share the…
Read MoreHormesis and Sepsis
I link to this article not because it even mentions acupuncture, but because hormesis is mentioned more and more. Hormesis is the phenomenon of a slight stressor conferring some protection to the organism. A classic example is exercise. In exercise you stress yourself to a point, but not to the point of actual damage. In…
Read MoreSaunas for Longevity: Patrick Podcast
I was convinced by Rhonda Patrick’s research that saunas were beneficial for healthy aging in her Ferriss podcast. In this podcast, she interviews a Finnish expert on the topic. I’ve been incorporating saunas into my routine, and though I don’t find them “blissful” as everyone else seems to, I can see why they might have…
Read MoreAdaptive Homeostasis: Beyond Hormesis: Acupuncture as Illustration
I maintain that acupuncture is a form of hormesis. After listening to the latest Ferriss podcast about raptomycin and metformin for life extension, I just shake my head. Risk/benefit not defined if you’re going to use them for life extension. Acupuncture is self regulating, urging the body to heal itself. The most elegant of remedies. …
Read MoreVitamins are not the Value of Fruits and Vegetables
A very provocative take on why fruits and vegetables make you more resilient. Hint: it’s not the vitamins. They contain various “anti grazing” substances to keep them from being eaten and when we consume them, it is a form of hormesis, a mild stressor, that makes us stronger. Vitamins actually block that stressor reaction and…
Read MoreOld Friends, Hygiene Hypothesis and Autoimmune Disease
This whole concept of “old friends” and hormesis fascinates me because of what I see every day in the clinic with patients’ resilience to stress, physical challenges and immune function. The microbiota of the gut is complex and seems to be related to everything. Besides avoiding antibiotics and factory produced fish, chicken and beef,…
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