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Personal Telomeromics Part 3- Telomeres 202: “The Miracle Enzyme of Telomerase”

Posted on March 28, 2016January 22, 2016 by Darren

Telomeres 202: “The Miracle Enzyme of Telomerase” The Science of Telomeres Telomeres were first discovered in 1973 by Alexey Olovnikov. Telomeres and telomerase are relatively new, important and dynamic areas of aging science. Telomeres are the structures (caps) at the end of chromosomes which ensure their stability during the process of cellular replication. Telomerase is …

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Personal Telomeromics Part 2-Telomeres 101: “What the @$&^#!! are Telomeres?”

Posted on March 28, 2016January 22, 2016 by Darren

Telomeres are sections of DNA at the ends of each chromosome that serve as protective caps to your genetic material. Every time a cell replicates, its telomeres become shorter. Shorter telomeres imply a shorter life span for a cell. Click to read on to Part 3- Telomeres 202 Personal Telomeromics: “Can You …

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Personal Telomeromics: “Can You Turn Back The Clock” Series Part 1- Introduction

Posted on February 23, 2016January 22, 2016 by Darren

Introduction Telomere Biology may be the most promising medical (life and health -span extending) technology on the horizon today. The Un-limiting Potential of Telomeres “Telomere biology has the potential to extend human life span, to dramatically lower rates of the great remaining killer diseases: heart disease, stroke, and Alzheimer’s. All three diseases increase …

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Darren vs Grey Hair Pre-Fight 2: “Tale of the Nape”

Posted on February 23, 2016November 29, 2015 by Darren

In the RIGHT corner, weighing in with research and anecdotal knowledge in addition to 35to65.com’s insatiable curiosity and stubbornness is the Challenger– DARREN “ETERNAL YOUTH” 35to65. In the WRONG corner, weighing in at the intersection of lowered Catalase and too much Hydrogen Peroxide, with a record partially resulting from a moderate to severe lengthy deficiency …

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Polyphasic Sleep, at the 2 month mark

Posted on May 29, 2015May 21, 2015 by Gavriel

The last update was after 2 weeks starting the polyphasic sleep schedule. Today’s update is almost bang on 2 months since starting. I’ve not done an update in a while as I didn’t want to repeat myself too much. Saying that… here’s me saying pretty much the same thing 3 times in one go: A …

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Superman Health Poster

Posted on August 1, 2015May 18, 2015 by Gavriel

This is a reconstruction from separate images found online of the poster my dad had in his natural health clinic when I was about 5. Thus my dad and Superman are my icons of healthy living. And here’s one of yours truly, around 5 years old…

Balancing – Your Biological Age

Posted on February 23, 2016March 11, 2015 by Darren

Five for Fighting – 100 Years “I’m Ninety-Nine for a moment….” Have you ever wondered what your Age really measures? Is it a measure of the time you have lived already, the number of breaths you have taken and moments you have experienced and shared? Perhaps it is a measure of the time of …

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Sleeping 2 hours per night

Posted on May 29, 2015February 19, 2015 by Gavriel

Da Vinci, Jefferson, Winston Churchill, John F Kennedy, Bucky Fuller, Edison (pictured) and others were all nappers… They napped at different intervals and slept less at night. I’ve always been frustrated at my apparent body’s need for 8 hours of sleep on a consistent basis… …otherwise I feel groggy, or worse. But there is hope! …

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A Leap of Faith to Take Back My Health

Posted on February 23, 2016February 12, 2015 by Darren

It had been so long… I’d forgotten what it meant to FEEL REALLY GOOD and didn’t have the faintest idea of what FEELING BETTER & BETTER EVERYDAY could entail. It was 2014 and I was nearing the much feared mid-life crisis milestone age of 40 and I was feeling all of it. Actually I was …

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What 3 months of aging feels like…?

Posted on May 29, 2015February 9, 2015 by Gavriel

It’s 3 months since my opening post on this site. So I’m 3 months older… Quarter of a year closer to 65… …and I feel younger! No, I haven’t taken a faddish new anti-aging supplement… (although I did take sheep placenta capsules for a few months last year) And no, I haven’t joined a triathlon team …

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