We’ve been hunting for the fountain of youth for millennia, but if you go online, it looks like the search is over! So we’re looking at some of the buzziest anti-aging hacks out there: the potential powers of young blood, the latest supplements, and a drug that has some scientists really pumped. We talk to researchers Dr. Jim White, Dr. Melanie McReynolds and Prof. Nir Barzilai.
Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsAnti-Aging
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) The Hunt for the Fountain of Youth
(03:07) Can Young Blood Keep Us Sprightly?
(13:05) Do NAD Boosters Work?
(21:25) Is Metformin a Game-Changer?
(27:50) How the Nerds Stay Young
This episode was produced by Michelle Dang and Wendy Zukerman, with help from Meryl Horn, Rose Rimler, and Joel Werner. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Research help from Timmy Broderick. Fact checking by Eva Dasher. Mix and sound design by Bobby Lord. Music written by Bumi Hidaka, Emma Munger, Peter Leonard, So Wylie and Bobby Lord. A special thanks to all of the researchers we spoke to for this episode, including Dr. Janet Choi, Dr. Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, and Dr. Xue Li. A special thanks to the Zukerman Family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson.
Science Vs is a Spotify Studios Original. Listen for free on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us and tap the bell for episode notifications.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Coronavirus: Shots! Shots! Shots!
Did the CIA do it? Part II
Did the CIA Plant a Virus in Cuba?
Platypuses Get a Glow Up
Reparations: How Could It Work?
Supervolcanoes: Is Yellowstone Gonna Blow?
Science Vs Presents: How to Save a Planet
Lab-Grown Meat: We Grill It
Hunting an Invisible Killer
Orgasms: Come for the Science
SHARKS!!! Sink Your Teeth in Again
Astrology: Are Geminis the Worst?
Mini Mask Update
Probiotics: Scam or Superfood?
New Season! Time for Non-Coronavirus Content
Coronavirus: Are We Back Where We Started?
Fauci! He’s Back!
Coronavirus: Dude, Where's My Vaccine?
Coronavirus: Weirdest Virus Ever?
Coronavirus: Protesting in a Pandemic
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Part-Time Genius
Throughline
If Books Could Kill
Snap Judgment Presents: Spooked
Freakonomics Radio