David Sinclair, Harvard anti-aging expert: "Abundance will eventually kill us"

If what you want is to turn 100, don't live the way I live", recommends

in 'Pills to not dream'. Better to do it like

"I am 53 years old, not a gray hair or a wrinkle", he affirms , and everything has a reason.

This professor of

guru of longevity according to 'Time' magazine, and collaborator of the

brand (with which he has just patented a formula, and it is not the first time), is an eminence in understanding

and how to slow down the process.

One of his latest discoveries, which took him 10 years, is that of

which

skin aging," he points out.

Who is Professor David Sinclair?

David Sinclair is

known worldwide for his studies on aging in general, not just skin, who has a PhD from the University of New South Wales and a postdoc from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the United States.

Currently, and since 1999, he has been in charge of the laboratory at Harvard Medical School, where he has been teaching

and translational medicine for aging ever since.

He is a Professor in the Department of Genetics and Co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Research in the Biology of Aging

In addition to

he develops for the cosmetics firm Caudalie, he has more than 30 others in various fields, including

His

with which he revolutionizes his field of study, for which he has become best known and which he talks about in the book that may have made him known throughout the world, 'Lifespan', is that

That is why, as he already told the BBC, Sinclair believes that we must radically change the way we think about aging: instead of considering it a common and natural process, we must approach it as a disease and, as such,

something that

"There is no law in biology that says we must age. We don't know how to stop this, but we are improving to slow it down. And, in the laboratory, we were able to reverse the process," he said then.

The aging of the skin... and of the whole organism, keys to avoid it

LAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT

About the skin, but above all about the body in general and about everything we can do to stop or slow it down, we spoke with Dr. Sinclair, who attends YO DONA by video call (where we verified that, indeed, not a gray hair,

He affirms that, at an anti-aging level, our skin needs ceramides more than retinol, which is the classic antiaging active ingredient par excellence. Ceramides are essential to protect the barrier function, while retinol can help improve wrinkles in the short term, but The important thing to maintain the youth of the skin is that it is healthy. Would protecting the skin be the key to anti-aging? That and good nutrition based on vegetables.

I also drink a lot of water and try not to eat more than twice a day.

In fact, if I can do it just once, the better.

By skipping meals your body fights aging. Talk about vegetables, shouldn't you eat meat? Not every day.

I stopped eating meat a year ago and what's interesting is how quickly your skin changes when you change your diet.

Many people ask me what I've done lately to avoid wrinkles. So, isn't the Mediterranean diet the best for preserving longevity? It's not the worst, I followed it until I was 40, but the ideal is vegetarian.

It is closely followed by the Mediterranean, followed by the Mediterranean that includes red meats.

The worst for aging is the American diet, the one that incredibly more people follow. What makes us age faster and faster? The worst thing to do is smoke, because toxins break DNA, which accelerates aging.

The next thing, do not exercise and sunbathe.

In general you have to avoid chemicals and toxins, it is better not to drink in plastic bottles or tap water.

Eating three times a day and snacking is also a bad thing, because then your body is in abundance mode, not survival.

Tricking the body into believing that times are difficult, with fasting and exercise, is the ideal way to feel better. And stress, how does it affect aging? It definitely accelerates it.

Gray hair is an example, stress causes gray hair.

Of course, if it stops, the hair returns to its natural color, because according to what we are studying, aging is a reversible process.

In fact, in my laboratory we are working on a shampoo that reverses gray hair. And how much does sleep matter in terms of longevity? I'm not very good at sleeping... I would tell you not to do what I do, because generally, people You need six to eight hours of sleep.

What matters most is deep sleep.

Many studies show that a lack of sleep can cause diabetes, for example,

so you can also see its negative effects in accelerating aging.

Does genetics or lifestyle age more? Lifestyle, in a percentage higher than 80%.

The example is seen in twins, we measured it in the laboratory, whoever has led a worse life can be, at a cellular level, up to 20 years older than the other. With our current lifestyle, are we doomed to age a lot and fast? The world that we have built ourselves makes us feel good, we have plenty of food, we are not forced to exercise, even suitcases have wheels.

Abundance will end up killing us.

It would be necessary to achieve a perfect mix between ancient wisdom and modern medicine.

we measure it in the laboratory, whoever has led a worse life can be, at a cellular level, up to 20 years older than the other. With our current lifestyle, are we condemned to grow old a lot and quickly? The world we have built for ourselves makes us feel well, let's have a lot of food, we are not obliged to exercise, even the suitcases have wheels.

Abundance will end up killing us.

It would be necessary to achieve a perfect mix between ancient wisdom and modern medicine.

we measure it in the laboratory, whoever has led a worse life can be, at a cellular level, up to 20 years older than the other. With our current lifestyle, are we condemned to grow old a lot and quickly? The world we have built for ourselves makes us feel well, let's have a lot of food, we are not obliged to exercise, even the suitcases have wheels.

Abundance will end up killing us.

It would be necessary to achieve a perfect mix between ancient wisdom and modern medicine.

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