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We hope you’re getting ready for a joyful Thanksgiving with your friends and family. This month’s newsletter is filled with insightful longevity reading (and watching) for your holiday downtime. We have two brand new videos for you: The first is an on-demand replay of our most recent expert webinar on NAD+ and sirtuins with Leonard Guarente, Ph.D.; the second is a Q&A with leading retinal specialist and ophthalmologist Theodore Leng, M.D., where he answers all of your questions from his recent webinar. Moving from the eyes to the brain (they’re connected!), our medical director Samuel Ritter, M.D., has written a new Aging 101 about the amino acid homocysteine and its impact on brain aging and overall healthspan. On a lighter note, check out
Town & Country’s wellness holiday gift guide, which includes our
Longevity Starter Pack. Finally, a new study by Mayo Clinic researchers offers a simple and free longevity test you can do with your friends and family over Thanksgiving.
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Watch on-demand: Unlocking longevity webinar with Leonard Guarente, Ph.D.
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We had our biggest turnout yet for the recent webinar led by
Leonard Guarente, Ph.D., renowned longevity researcher and co-founder of Elysium Health. In case you missed it, you can now watch it on-demand (with no capacity restrictions). The focus of the session was the role of NAD+ and sirtuins in longevity. We also learned a lot about the field of longevity science—past, present, and future. Watch the webinar to learn about:
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8 aging interventions currently being explored in human trials
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Seminal discoveries made by Dr. Guarente and his lab on the role of NAD+ and sirtuins as key regulators of aging
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The role of sirtuins in longevity benefits of calorie restriction
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Boosting NAD+ and activating sirtuins with
Basis—a synergistic approach
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Clinical trials on Basis
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Future of aging research
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Thank you to everyone who submitted questions for Dr. Guarente during and after the webinar. We’ll share his answers in the December newsletter and across our social media channels.
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See why
“there’s no better formulation than Vision” for eye health
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Vision contains a unique combination of proven antioxidants in AREDS2 and four xanthophyll carotenoids in the PIXEL Complex, a comprehensive formulation to support eye health not commonly found in other eye supplements.
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Q&A with leading retinal specialist and ophthalmologist Theodore Leng, M.D.
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Last month we hosted an in-depth webinar with Theodore Leng, M.D.:
Optimizing your vision for daily life, peak performance, and eye longevity. Thanks for all your thoughtful questions during the presentation. As promised, Dr. Leng answered them in a video conversation with Whitney Christopher, Elysium’s VP of Brand. They covered a lot of ground, including floaters, glaucoma, dealing with glare in sports, the potential dangers of different kinds of light, the impact of screen time on your eyes, and many specific questions about the benefits of
Vision.
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| Dr. Leng is an internationally recognized specialist and thought leader in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery and has been named one of the top 150 innovators in the field of retina. He serves as the Director of Clinical and Translational Research at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, where he oversees more than 50 research programs. Dr. Leng is also a member of Elysium’s Scientific Advisory Board and the product advisor for Vision.
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 recommends Elysium’s Longevity Starter Pack as a top wellness gift
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We’re living in a golden age of “wellness”—not just juice cleanses and massage gift certificates, but cervical traction devices and digital cupping instruments. If you’re looking for novel holiday gift ideas, the team at
Town & Country put together a guide
“to support sleep, spirituality, nutrition and stress relief.” Elysium’s
Longevity Starter Pack made the list thanks to our scientific expertise and commitment to research. The Starter Pack comes with a one-month supply of four breakthrough supplements: Basis (NAD+ supplement), Mosaic (skin aging support), Matter (long-term brain health), and Format (advanced immune support).
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AGING 101
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What is homocysteine and how does it impact health?
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Elevated levels of homocysteine have been linked with an increased risk of developing numerous health conditions. Learn how homocysteine impacts aging, heart and brain health, and get tips on managing levels with B vitamins for healthy aging. This article was written by Elysium’s medical director Samuel Ritter, M.D., who is board-certified in emergency medicine and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
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Longevity test: How long can you stand on one leg?
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Do you have room to get up and move around? Great—here’s a new evidence-based longevity assessment to take for a spin right now. A recent study by researchers at Mayo Clinic and published in
PLOS ONE found that a person's ability to stand on one leg—the non-dominant leg, in particular—is a more accurate indicator of aging than changes in strength or gait. Some members of the Elysium community gave it a try with mixed results. The good news is that improving your ability to succeed at this test may be as simple as practicing standing on one leg, walking, and doing basic leg strength exercises.
“If you can balance on your leg for 30 seconds and you're over 65, you're doing very well,” said Kenton Kaufman, senior study author and director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, in an interview with
AARP.
“The number that causes concern is if you can’t balance for 5 seconds.”
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If you give the test a try, we’d love to see a video! Just tag us @elysiumhealth in your video and we’ll feature you in our stories.
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH
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“I have been taking a cocktail of Elysium’s supplements for several years -
Basis,
Matter,
Signal, and
Mosaic. Although I’m 86 years old, I look and feel decades younger. As a symphony musician, I continue to maintain a busy performance schedule; serve on the Board of Directors of my local symphony as Director of Education, grant writer, and program notes writer. I work in my garden, and have an active social life. The correlation of my lifestyle with taking these supplements is too obvious to miss. I never miss a dose!”
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– Elda F.
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Share your healthy aging breakthroughs
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We’d love to hear from you! If you have a story to share about your experience with Elysium products, we want to celebrate your health journey. Please email
[email protected] and your story may be featured in an upcoming newsletter or on our social media channels.
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