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Food Quotes by David Andrew Sinclair

8 Food quotes by David Andrew Sinclair

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David Andrew Sinclair brings his research‑driven mindset to the table, distilling complex ideas about nutrition into bite‑size thoughts. With only eight entries, this set serves as a handy primer for readers curious about how food intersects with longevity and health.

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If I'm not hungry and I'm busy, I am quite happy to skip a meal. It's informal intermittent fasting. I feel strongly…

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The mice that had the resveratrol in their diet were still obese, but they were seemingly or relatively immune to the effects…

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You want to shock the body and not be constant. Intermittent fasting is an increasingly popular way: Skip breakfast, for example. Also…

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Well, originally we found resveratrol just in a test tube, looking for molecules that would turn on this enzyme, this protein that…

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It's been known since 1916 that cutting back calories is beneficial in every organism it's been tested on - from yeast to…

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I tried calorie restriction and couldn't do it. It's really hard to be hungry all the time.

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Resveratrol does not act primarily as an antioxidant. It is far more interesting and powerful than that. Resveratrol turns on our body's…

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Resveratrol had a decent benefit when the mice were obese and sedentary. The mice that were fed a lean diet and resveratrol…

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I actually think it will be possible one day to be immortal.

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We can change our lives for the better, and always have. We used to think pain during surgery and dying during childbirth were inevitable.…

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Doctors will prescribe medicines for a particular disease but, as a side effect, those medications will work to prevent dozens of others.

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Unfortunately, because aging is so common and natural, we tend to think of it as destiny or something we should accept.

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Aging is just like any deterioration of the body. It fulfills every category of what we call a disease except one: it impacts more…

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I'm driven to get to goals as fast as possible. It frustrates people in my lab who have something they think is cool, but…

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So aging is really just the way we deteriorate over time. Lifespan on the other hand is how long we live. We typically refer…

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Only 20 percent of our longevity is genetically determined. The rest is what we do, how we live our lives and increasingly the molecules…

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You want to shock the body and not be constant. Intermittent fasting is an increasingly popular way: Skip breakfast, for example. Also lifting weights,…

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