General Health and Longevity

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1. Life expectancy by subnational division (or The Geography of Life Expectancy/centenarians)

   By InquilineKea, July 11
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   • mccoy
   • August 8

2. Should one be careful importing vegetables/spices/tomatoes/nopales/prickly pears from Latin America, given potential heavy metal/pesticide/microplastic/protozoa/worm contamination?

   By InquilineKea, August 7
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   • InquilineKea
   • August 7

3. Tryptophan + Niacin: No Additive Effect On NAD, Relative To Niacin Alone

   By Mike Lustgarten, August 6
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   • Mike Lustgarten
   • August 6

4. Potassium Chloride Salt Substitute: Thoughts?

   By Ron Put, July 20
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   • IgorF
   • August 5

5. What are the risks of getting parasitic or amoeba/protozoa infections/worms from eating raw vegetables, esp in the US/Canada or EU?

   By InquilineKea, August 4
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   • mccoy
   • August 4

6. The thymus gland, mostly known to be most active for babies and young children, appears to also be important for health and longevity in adults -- even though it shrinks as we age.

   By Saul, August 3   

   • longevity
   • avoiding cancer
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     Tagged with:

     • longevity
     • avoiding cancer
     • all cause mortality
     • endocrine system
     • immunity
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   • mccoy
   • August 3

7. Zone 2 training

   By mccoy, July 4
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   • mccoy
   • August 3

8. Freestyle libre 3 installed

   By mccoy, July 8   

   • gcm; glucose
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   • mccoy
   • August 2

9. Vaccine risks, injury and related topics 1 2 3 4 10

   By KHashmi317, March 21, 2021
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   • KHashmi316
   • August 2

10. The Mesoamerican diet

    By InquilineKea, July 31
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    • InquilineKea
    • July 31

11. How Much Junk Food Is Bad For Health?

    By Mike Lustgarten, July 30
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    • AlanPater
    • July 30

12. Are flaxseeds pro-longevity/a super-good? Are there concerns with eating too many? Is the gel they form healthy?

    By InquilineKea, July 29
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    • InquilineKea
    • July 29

13. Circulating Levels Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids (EPA, DHA) Decline During Aging

    By Mike Lustgarten, July 26
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    • Mike Lustgarten
    • July 26

14. Pulse Wave Velocity and other stuff

    By Ron Put, June 20, 2021
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    • Ron Put
    • July 25

15. Niacin Increases NAD (Test Results)

    By Mike Lustgarten, July 23
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    • Mike Lustgarten
    • July 24

16. Baby Aspirin

    By mccoy, July 18
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    • mccoy
    • July 24

17. 195,500 particles of microplastic **per gram** of apple? 126,150 particles **per gram** of broccoli?

    By InquilineKea, January 2
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    • InquilineKea
    • July 24

18. Recommend Videos and Podcasts on Health and Nutrition 1 2 3

    By Ron Put, March 3, 2021
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    • Ron Put
    • July 19

19. Have you used large language models (like GPT4/Claude/Poe/chatGPT/Bing) for longevity-related topics? What are some of your interesting prompts? Can you use it to construct a causal graphical model of aging at *all* levels of zoom/detail?

    By InquilineKea, March 11
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    • InquilineKea
    • July 15

20. Is heteroscedasticity a major issue in metabolomics/proteomics/lipidomics/epigenetic aging?

    By InquilineKea, July 12
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    • mccoy
    • July 13

21. All my lab results here (Alex K. Chen) 1 2

    By InquilineKea, December 7, 2020   

    • quantified self
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    • Ron Put
    • July 12

22. What are your favorite *restaurants*? (perhaps large portion sizes, tasty, EVOO, low-heat/raw, high-spice, and finding a way to put taste into low-calorie veggies)

    By InquilineKea, July 10
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    • mccoy
    • July 11

23. 35% Increase For Heart Rate Variability Since 2018

    By Mike Lustgarten, July 5
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    • Mike Lustgarten
    • July 9

24. glucose versus cholesterol optimization 1 2 3 4 6

    By mccoy, June 18, 2021
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    • Dean Pomerleau
    • July 7

25. Tom Dayspring and lipids 1 2

    By mccoy, May 14   

    • lipidology
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    • mccoy
    • July 6