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The list of interventions in that article is really long. "Increase telomere length" - is that even doable at the moment? "Increase GABA" - I thought oral GAB
by manmal 8y ago
The list of interventions in that article is really long.
"Increase telomere length" - is that even doable at the moment?
"Increase GABA" - I thought oral GABA supplements do not cross the blood-brain barrier?
Others sure are doable:
"Enhance leptin sensitivity" and "Increase autophagy" can be done AFAIK by intermittent fasting (even better, water fasting several days).
"Enhance mitochondnal function and biogenesis" - any kind of sports, CoQ10 and photobiomodulation come to mind (BTW I've heard of a pilot study where they greatly improved Alzheimer's for ~2 weeks after a treatment with a near-infrared radiation helmet).
"Reduce homocysteine" - supplement B12 (ideally, methylcobalamin).
Most of the mentioned hormones (upper half of right column) can be optimized with medication.
"Reduce inflammation" is likely very beneficial, but tricky; eliminate all foods that cause autoimmune reactions?
- mrfusion 8y agoDo they give a dosage for CoQ10?
- manmal 8y agoI haven't seen what the authors recommend..
- simen 8y ago> "Increase GABA" - I thought oral GABA supplements do not cross the blood-brain barrier? Oral GABA doesn't cross the BBB in appreciable concentrations, but I assume they mean increase GABA neurotransmission, which can be done with any number of ligands that do cross into the brain. Probably not benzos, since long-term usage increases the risk of Alzheimer's (and cognitive impairment is an effect even in healthy individuals). But perhaps something like baclofen (chloro-phenyl-GABA) which was tested in a rat model here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29133125 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29133125