Who we are:
We are healthspan enthusiasts who independently came to read and learn about how to improve healthspan. In the process we realized that there is a lot of information out there that is premature, forward looking and frankly incomplete at best and some of it might be potentially harmful. Supplementation is not a risk-free choice. With each supplement, we feel that one has to balance the benefits with the potential risks.
We have been getting together weekly and discussing what is known about various supplements: the biology behind why it is needed, what has been shown about its efficacy in clinical testing on healthy volunteers or patients and what has been shown in preclinical research studies. We like to rely on human clinical data whenever possible, but in reality, that data is not always available at the present time. We have evaluated the evidence of safety and potential for efficacy and decided that a particular supplement is safe enough that we feel comfortable taking it, even though clinical trial data is not available. During these weekly meetings it occurred to us that maybe other people are also interested in cutting through the large amount of data, reviewing the evidence and determining what supplements they might consider for themselves.
What drives us:
We are driven by the vision that chronological aging does not have to be an inevitable and steady decline of the body. Healthspan, the years during which we are in peak health, does not have to be cut short as we age chronologically. Biological aging is after all a cellular process which we are understanding better with each passing year. In the past, each time we have gained a better understanding of a disease process, we have intervened and often changed the course of the disease for millions of patients. We think the same thing is possible with age-related decline of the body. In fact there are glimpses from the research literature that indicates that age-related decline can indeed be slowed down. We know this because it has been done for other experimental animals. How to slow down the biological aging process, stop or even reverse the aging process are active areas of research.