While I’m hopeful bio/chemistry/genetic research will help enhance life quality/longevity my focus has been largely lifestyle to go along with a few supplements.
Sleep: minimum of 7 hours
Fitness: strength & movement, yoga/stretching, low impact long duration activity to protect joints
Mental Fitness: intellectual challenges such as reading long-form and learning to code
Mindfulness: managing stress/anxiety
Engagement: with family/friends
Environment: trying to maximise time in healthy environments and limiting my time in unhealthy environments
Hydration: lots of water, no juices/sofa, rarely any alcohol
Nutrition: Intermittent fasting(18/6 5 days a week), ketogenic diet, no processed sugars
Supplements used:
Resveratrol
Ubiquinol
NAD
Thiacin
Fish Oil
Ginkgo
Before I hit 50, I made the shift away from trying to maximise performance and shift focus towards durability/longevity.
I have an outlier score( to the good side) for telomere length, so I’m biased towards believing it helps, but all I can do is all I can do and make the most of every day and remember to have fun along the way.
Pretty much everything you wrote makes immediate sense to me, except your incorporation of the ketogenic diet.
I understand there is a lot of uncertainty around this area, but I’ll be very interested in learning why you felt the ketogenic diet in particular was suitable to be a central part of a regime aimed at longevity?
I’ve been on a disciplined ketogenic diet for 3 years now.
I had put on weight due to a few persistent training injuries.
I lost 22kg fairly quickly combined with a return to durability/longevity focused fitness.
Anecdotally, I actually feel my cognitive ability has improved. I feel sharper and able to focus better/longer and have been published far more after than prior.
However, I have to admit that I need to stay quite well hydrated or else I start feeling slower/foggier, I reckon it could be both diet and age related.
I feel like I am fastest/sharpest in the morning prior to a late lunch when my eating window opens.
I do eat breakfast on weekends and have the occasional cheat meal approx once per month.
While I’m hopeful bio/chemistry/genetic research will help enhance life quality/longevity my focus has been largely lifestyle to go along with a few supplements.
Sleep: minimum of 7 hours Fitness: strength & movement, yoga/stretching, low impact long duration activity to protect joints Mental Fitness: intellectual challenges such as reading long-form and learning to code Mindfulness: managing stress/anxiety Engagement: with family/friends Environment: trying to maximise time in healthy environments and limiting my time in unhealthy environments Hydration: lots of water, no juices/sofa, rarely any alcohol Nutrition: Intermittent fasting(18/6 5 days a week), ketogenic diet, no processed sugars
Supplements used:
Resveratrol Ubiquinol NAD Thiacin Fish Oil Ginkgo
Before I hit 50, I made the shift away from trying to maximise performance and shift focus towards durability/longevity.
I have an outlier score( to the good side) for telomere length, so I’m biased towards believing it helps, but all I can do is all I can do and make the most of every day and remember to have fun along the way.