October 26, 2021
At Ending Age-Related Diseases 2021, Michael Lustgarten discussed what he does to keep his biological age substantially below the average according to multiple biomarkers. Script Aging and disease are biochemical processes that happen over many decades. With that in mind, if we track well-established biomarkers of organ and systemic health, can aging and disease risk...
November 27, 2020
In recent years, there has been evidence that the gut microbiota plays an important role in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Certainly, there is evidence that there is a bacterial element in some cases of Alzheimer's disease, and a new study further reinforces this link. The Gut MicrobiomeThe gut microbiome is a complex and ever-changing...
May 05, 2020
In this Journal Club, Dr. Michael Lustgarten from the Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia (NEPS) Laboratory at the HNRCA discusses the nine biomarkers of Levine's Phenotypical Age Calculator, how they relate to mortality, and what he recommends doing in order to optimize them for long-lasting youth. If you would like to check out the slides...
April 24, 2020
On Saturday, May 2nd at noon EDT, on our Facebook page. the Journal Club returns and is mixing things up to keep those of you stuck at home entertained. We are going to be kicking things up a notch this time around by bringing you an exciting presentation about biomarkers by Dr. Michael Lustgarten from...
December 02, 2019
Researcher Dr. Michael Lustgarten has recently published a compact and very readable review that focuses on the role of the gut microbiome and its influence on skeletal muscle mass. The gut microbiome The microbiome describes a varied community of bacteria, archaea, eukarya, and viruses that inhabit our gut. The four bacterial phyla of Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes,...
October 02, 2019
At the Ending Age-Related Diseases 2019 conference, Dr. Michael Lustgarten discussed the role of the gut microbiome in older adults, explaining that gut flora affect muscle strength and analyzing the species present in their native microbiome colonies. He also discussed Aging.ai and the blood chemistry of aging people, including albumin and micronutrients.