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The Longevity Expert
by The Longevity Expert
The weekly longevity podcast for people over 35 who want the science, not the hype. Each episode breaks down one peer-reviewed finding that changes how you should think about aging: heart health, muscle and strength, metabolism, brain health, supplements, and the biomarkers your doctor never explains. No influencer hot takes. No 30-step routines. Just what the evidence actually says, and how strong that evidence really is, in about 10 minutes.The podcast is the science half. The newsletter is where it becomes something you actually do.Every episode comes from The Longevity Expert, a free weekly newsletter that goes further than the show: the exact protocol, the doses, the tests to ask for, and the mistakes to avoid. Read it and subscribe free here:https://thelongevityexperts.beehiiv.comHosted by Dave. Educational content only, not medical advice.
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The dementia risk in your medicine cabinet
There is a drug class sitting in most American medicine cabinets linked to a 54% higher risk of dementia with sustained use. It is in the over-the-counter sleep aid, the older allergy pill, and the "PM" version of ordinary painkillers. Almost nobody kn...
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The number on your blood test nobody reads
There is a number on your last blood test that came back marked normal, and nobody mentioned it. A 25-year NIH study of 15,752 adults found that where you sit inside that normal range predicts chronic disease risk and your odds of being biologically ol...
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The longevity risk hiding in your mouth
A meta-analysis of 39 studies and more than 4.3 million people found gum disease associated with a 31% higher risk of dying from any cause. Researchers have found the main gum disease bacterium inside the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Almost nobody i...
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Do weight loss drugs extend your life?
A trial of 17,604 people found semaglutide cut the risk of dying from any cause by 19%. Headlines called it the first real anti-aging drug. But look closely at who was in that trial, and a different picture emerges. This week: whether GLP-1 drugs actua...
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The enzyme that eats your NAD
Everyone talks about raising NAD. Almost nobody talks about losing it. An enzyme called CD38 is the main reason NAD falls with age, and it degrades the NMN you take as well as the NAD itself. Remove CD38 in mice and the age-related decline largely disa...
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What cold plunges actually do and do not do
Cold plunges are one of the most hyped wellness trends of the decade: burn fat, fix your metabolism, spike testosterone, transform your mood. This week we went to the actual evidence, and the honest picture is more interesting than the hype. Some benef...
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Why fish oil failed the Alzheimer's trials
For twenty years the observational data was clear: people who ate more fish had lower rates of Alzheimer's disease. Then the trials came back negative, and fish oil was quietly written off. But those trials tested omega-3 in people who already had the ...
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Is Depression an Inflammatory Disease?
For decades, depression was explained as a chemical imbalance in the brain. That story is now looking incomplete. In 2025, researchers at Emory University formally proposed that for a meaningful subset of people, depression is driven by inflammation yo...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The weekly longevity podcast for people over 35 who want the science, not the hype. Each episode breaks down one peer-reviewed finding that changes how you should think about aging: heart health, muscle and strength, metabolism, brain health, supplements, and the biomarkers your doctor never explains. No influencer hot takes. No 30-step routines. Just what the evidence actually says, and how strong that evidence really is, in about 10 minutes.The podcast is the science half. The newsletter is where it becomes something you actually do.Every episode comes from The Longevity Expert, a free weekly newsletter that goes further than the show: the exact protocol, the doses, the tests to ask for, and the mistakes to avoid. Read it and subscribe free here:https://thelongevityexperts.beehiiv.comHosted by Dave. Educational content only, not medical advice.
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