Who remembers SnackWells from the “all fats are bad” phase in the 90s? Did you eat them regularly? Sold from 1992 to 2022, they gave rise to the term “SnackWell effect”—the tendency for people to overeat them compared to regular treats simply because they were perceived as “healthy.” Interestingly, 1992 was also the year the US adopted the […]
Julie Clark Gibson might be one of my favorite people in the rejuvenation Olympics because she’s just so normal. The 55-year-old isn’t absurdly wealthy, she doesn’t take scores of pills and supplements daily, and she doesn’t engage in weird practices like sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber. What she does do is focus ruthlessly on the core things […]
The “Old Man Test” is making the social media rounds, challenging people to test their balance and flexibility—skills that become increasingly vital as we age. The task is simple: It’s a pretty solid test of flexibility and balance that is so key as you age. So, how do you stack up? Can you do it?
Here’s a followup to the TrueAge test I mentioned recently. Taking it is pretty straightforward: Afterward, you register the test code online. If you’d like your results included on the Rejuvenation Leaderboard, you can consent to have them published there. That’s it.
It’s a time to indulge in some some non-longevity goodies and I hope you are. As Roy Walford once said: “All things in moderation, including moderation!”.
Dick Van Dyke isn’t a longevity influencer per se, but his vitality and sharpness as he approaches a century of life are certainly worth examining to see what he’s done right to maintain such impressive health and vigor. While interviews provide high-level glimpses into his routine, I’ve also lucky to know someone who met him […]
In Ernest Hemingway’s iconic 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, the character Mike Campbell is asked how he went bankrupt. His reply is simple yet profound: “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” This phrase aptly describes how many people experience serious health crises. They go through life willfully neglecting critical aspects of their health, […]
The Rejuvenation Olympics is an informal competition where participants compete to get either their “biological age“ as far below their chronological age as they can or to get their rate of aging as low as they can. They accomplish this through a variety of supplements and diet and exercise routines. How to Compete You must […]
Dave Pascoe is 61-years-old in that photo. Yes, there may be some image manipulation, but he looks pretty much the same in all the other photos I’ve seen of him. Pascoe ranks highly in the Rejuvenation Olympics (more on that Friday) and has impressively reduced his biological age to approximately 37 years through a comprehensive […]
Years ago, while discussing the many self-help books I’d read, a friend looked at me with disbelief and asked, “Don’t they all just repeat the same thing over and over?” I laughed and replied with a fitting quotation, attributed—perhaps loosely—to Dr. Samuel Johnson: “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be […]