Address the “Microbial Burden” to fight aging and increase lifespan?
New methods to fight aging and increase longevity discussed with Dr Michael Lustgarten.
Ira Pastor founder of Bioquark and ideaXme Longevity and Aging ambassador interviews Dr Michael Lustgarten author Microbial Burden.
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Ira Pastor:
Throughout the 20th century, natural products (primarily those from plants, fungi, and bacteria) formed the basis for a majority of pharmaceuticals, biologics, and consumer healthcare products used by patients around the globe, generating trillions of dollars of wealth. However, many scientists believe we have only touched the surface of what the natural world, and its range of organisms, which from a health and wellness perspective are much further advanced than human beings, has to teach us.
Latest research to increase lifespan and fight aging
Lately, novel research disciplines, including “interkingdom signaling” and “semiochemical communication” , the respective abilities of one species living signals to affect the genome of another, not to mention in-depth study of the microbiome and virome, are highlighting entirely new ways that non-human bio-products can affect the human genome for positive transitions in health and wellness.
Interview with Dr Michael Lustgarten, thought leader in the science to fight aging
In the following interview with Dr. Michael Lustgarten of Tufts University, USDA Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, a major thought leader in the space, we dive into all these topics including:
PhD in Physiology
– his background education and doctoral work in Physiology from The University of Texas San Antonio ;
Research focusing on the microbiome and serum metabolome at Tufts to fight aging
-his several years at Tufts working on research in regard to both the microbiome and serum metabolome (biologic age tracking) in regards to impact on human muscle mass, physical function and aging
New book Microbial Burden
-his recent fascinating book entitled “Microbial Burden: A Major Cause Of Aging And Age-Related Disease (and what we can do to fight back!)”
Microbiome interventions to increase lifespan
– discussion of the many “translational” future possibilities as it pertains to microbiome interventions as it pertains gut, skin, CNS, and oral cavity health.
Tracking and testing
— the importance of “biological age tracking” and testing.
DIY testing to fight aging and increase lifespan
– the advent of “DIY” Consumer testing / micro-biome screening / bio-hacking.
Research of the human virome to fight aging
– insights into research of the human virome and future research possibilities there with mutualistic symbionts.
Science fiction journey: Whom would Dr Lustgarten like to meet?
– and a little science fiction journey in the ideaXme time machine.
Credits: Text, audio and video interview, sourcing and research: Ira Pastor ideaXme Longevity ambassador and founder of Bioquark.
All photographs supplied by Ira Pastor and Dr Michael Lustgarten.
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