This enzyme, called telomerase, slows the rate at which…

For me, arguably the story of telomeres and telomerase began thousands of years ago, in the cornfields of the Maya highlands of Central America.

— Elizabeth Blackburn

We think there are lifestyle factors that boost telomerase naturally.

— Elizabeth Blackburn

When you bring telomerase RNA levels down by using a mechanism that targets the RNA for destruction, the cells which were running on very…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

Cancer cells have had so many other things go wrong with them, genetic, non-genetic changes, that those cells, one of the things they then…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

“They also knew that there was a string of DNA at the end of each chromosome called a telomere, which shortened a tiny bit…

— Rebecca Skloot

“People who exercise more and sleep better have longer telomeres.”

— Stefan Klein

Medicine has been successful by treating diseases in a very specific way once the damage is done. But telomere length integrates a lot of…

— Elizabeth Blackburn

“A woman saying yes to a date with a man is literally insane and ill-advised, and the whole species' existence counts on them doing…

— Louis C. K

Studies of immigration show that this resistance to heart disease is not just something in African or Chinese genes. When people move from low-risk…

— Michael Greger

I'm well aware of the health dangers of an expanding waistline and belly fat: diabetes, heart disease, stroke, even cancer.

— Denise Austin

Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable…

— Dean Ornish

“Studies on high-fat diets have almost always been done in conjunction with a high-carb diet. We are now beginning to see that the mixture…

— Jimmy Moore

“These findings—the contents of Part II of this book—show that heart disease, diabetes and obesity can be reversed by a healthy diet.”

— T. Colin Campbell

A significant number of research studies have documented that heart disease is easily and almost completely preventable through a diet rich in plant produce…

— Joel Fuhrman

“have been associated with obesity, depression, cognitive impairment, heart disease, reduced immunity, cancer, psychosis, and all causes of mortality. Check your 25-hydroxy vitamin D…

— Daniel G. Amen