Biohacking: Is Longevity Only for the Wealthy?

Biohackers are the rage as they use medicine originally intended for another purpose to extend their life spans.  The famous medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, that are used to control diabetes have also been found to improve heart health , inflammation in the body, and renal health in addition to losing weight. The biohackers are also using these medications to extend their life spans.

 Some of the more famous biohackers have developed companies based on adding one particular supplement  to your diet or adding an activity to your lifestyle  to increase the lifespan of an individual.     Acquiring these supplements, medications and processes can be more than expensive.

So, is extending your life span through biohacking only for the rich?   Well not necessarily.

In a recent study researchers looked at whether adding multivitamins to the diet of people would make any difference to their  longevity?

They used epigenetic clocks, which is a biochemical test  that can be used to measure age. The tests are based upon modifications that happen with gene expression.  There are several of these clocks in use in the biohacker’s world.

Previous studies looking a multivitamin usage had shown a decrease in cataracts and in invasive cancer in those that took them.   The studies have also shown a slowing in age related memory loss and cognitive decline in those taking multivitamins daily.  With this information in hand the next question was did taking multivitamins slow down the aging process?

Well in the study using biological clocks, 5 different ones were used, and they did find that in this study with the average age of 70, over the course of two years there was indeed a slowing of the aging process by 10-20%.

Let it be said that eating a diet that is of good quality naturally, a diet that is rich  in multivitamins and nutrients is always the best. 

This again points out how important your diet is to health.  Few people though eat the wide range of fruits and vegetables need to achieve this so as a safety net, one may want to make sure they are taking a good quality multivitamin daily. It certainly will not harm most of you  and could result in some living longer.