Prolonging healthy aging: Longevity vitamins and proteins

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) ^ | October 23, 2018 | Bruce N. Ames

[P.O.E.]

I was checking out the vitamins at the grocery store - they had either zero or 2% RDA of potassium. Not sure why.

[ConservativeMind]

My supplement list is rather long, but I seek to keep all things in safe amounts—FYI. :-)

We take PQQ at 20 mg a day. It helps cause spontaneous generation of new mitochondria in cells—even senescent cells that are thought to be “zombie” cells. Going much beyond 20 mg a day (maybe to 40 mg, for instance) had some sort of a negative issue I can’t immediately recall.

We also take Tru Niagen (nicotinamide riboside), 300 mg/day (one serving is two capsules).

Since changing our regimen a year ago, we feel younger, sleep better, and have a lot more energy, but we also eat a lower (not “low,” necessarily) carb diet and eat within an eight hour window each day.

Our blood work went from bad to excellent. We both got “preferred plus” rates on our life insurance, when ten years earlier I was just “preferred,” yet I felt I was “healthier,” then with a lot more activity.

[ConservativeMind]

In the US, you can’t get more than 99 mg in a pill form. I think it’s stupid, but doctors were afraid people would be passing out from too much potassium at once time in an instant with more potency in one serving. Potassium gluconate doesn’t sit as well with us than other potassium pill forms.

Coconut water (but has a high natural sugar amount) and veggie juices like Suja cold pressed Über Greens (low carb) are examples of higher potassium ratios for the calories.

[ckilmer]

Its the length of the supplement list that I fear.

I fear all the supplements adversely effect my prostate.

[P.O.E.]

Thanks for explaining that. Anyway, I’d rather get my potassium from food (yummier)

:)

[ConservativeMind]

Actually, very few should negatively affect the prostate.

The prostate gets inflamed and chronic inflammation eventually makes cancer likely.

Eating better, sleeping well, and supplementing properly reduces those concerns.

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[dfwgator]

I don’t know how long I’ll live, but the point is to make sure that the last ten years of your life, however long it may be, don’t suck.

[ckilmer]

So what causes the prostate to be inflamed?

I’m flumaxed by this.

I’m wondering if this is genetic.

My dad had his prostate removed at age 77 or so. He did not have cancer. I’ve got many of the same symptoms as he did. No cancer. Just a big prostate. bph.

I plan on trying that combination you suggested. I’ve already got the nettles. But it would be good to avoid the things that inflame the prostate.

I thought one was coffee. But maybe not.

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[ckilmer]

I had been taking NAD for a couple years. But I thought I heard the guy at MIT who runs the aging clinic there say in a youtube online that NAD can cause the prostate to balloon. Mine has become quite large so I stopped the NAD.

I’ll need to find that utube again so as to be sure I heard that correctly.

It would be cool if I could contact that MIT guy directly but likely he doesn’t talk directly to the public.

[ConservativeMind]

Prostate inflammation vs cancer and NAD:
https://www.scitechnol.com/peer-review/nad-in-cancer-prevention-and-treatment-pros-and-cons-zR4d.php?article_id=5285

[ckilmer]

hmm judging by the article, I have it backwards.