Longevity

Fasting for Healthy Aging: How Many Hours Are Actually Beneficial?

Intermittent fasting can offer real health benefits — but is 16 hours enough, or does fasting longer offer more? Here is what the research says about fasting duration and healthy aging.

Birgitta Dunckel

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The Pillars of Longevity: What Really Matters for Healthy Aging

Why do some people age more healthily than others? Exercise, nutrition, and sleep all play a role, as do mental and social well-being. Research is also exploring how certain micronutrients and plant compounds could support healthy aging.

PMC Redaktion

What Really Matters in Longevity – and Which Trends You Can Skip

Do you really have to constantly work on yourself to live a long, healthy life? Longevity expert Nils Behrens has little time for the pressure to optimize. In this interview, he reveals which trends have disappointed him and why social relationships are so important for longevity

Christine Bürg & Marianne Waldenfels

Is There a Longevity Gene? How Much of Our Lifespan Is Genetic?

How long we live may be more strongly influenced by our genes than previously thought. But there is no single longevity gene. What APOE and FOXO3 reveal about longevity – and the role lifestyle still plays.

Birgitta Dunckel

Genes or Lifestyle: What Determines How Fast We Age?

Why do some people age faster than others? For a long time, lifestyle was considered the decisive factor. But a new study attributes a surprisingly large role to genes — and in doing so, challenges a long-standing rule of thumb in aging research.

Birgitta Dunckel

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Can You Get Up From the Floor Without Using Your Hands? What This Simple Test Reveals About Healthy Aging

A long-term study of more than 4,200 adults found a clear link between performance on the sitting-rising test and mortality risk. Here’s what this simple test can tell us about healthy aging

Marianne Waldenfels

Why Creatine Can Be Especially Beneficial for Vegans and Vegetarians

People following a vegan or vegetarian diet typically consume little to no creatine through food. Research suggests they often respond particularly well to supplementation, especially for strength and high-intensity exercise.

Marianne Waldenfels

Fasting-Mimicking Diet: Can the 5-Day Diet Really Slow Aging?

Eat for five days and still get the benefits of fasting? The fasting-mimicking diet promises everything from better metabolic health to slower aging. Here's what the latest research actually shows.

Marianne Waldenfels

Is Sitting the New Smoking? What a Standing Desk Really Does

Can a standing desk really make up for hours of sitting? Longevity expert Nils Behrens explains why regular movement breaks matter more—and how just a few minutes of activity can help protect your metabolism.

Nils Behrens

Taurine and Aging: What's Really Proven After the Longevity Hype

In 2023, taurine was hailed as a potential anti-aging breakthrough. Two years later, a new Science study paints a far more nuanced picture. Here's what current research really shows about taurine's effects on the heart, brain, muscles, and healthy aging

Marianne Waldenfels