Viva Longevity!

Hey @karaswisher.bsky.social , Chris MacAskill here, remember the photos I took of of your kidz at a Gen Magic reunion? Love your CNN series but haven't seen much yet about the profound role of adult vaccines in reducing risk of dementia. I made an episode about that: youtu.be/rOfXvTdSCtY

I did not expect to see so many fit people in a CrossFit gym have high blood pressure and high fasting glucose — and especially that it could be resolved so easily in most people from simple diet changes. 🤯 youtu.be/ks0hHmkXXuo

This chart from 2016 has held up well despite the seed oil conspiracies, no?

Isn’t it time we called out red meat for what the data actually shows? 🫣 That it’s more pro-aging than any ultra processed food? 😥 youtu.be/LPXWCIFDkgM

Confession: I underestimated @prof-valterlongo.bsky.social for years, but his recent papers rang my bell. Stanford Professor @tamikokatsumoto.bsky.social was gracious enough to go with me to USC to help interview him, and I thought their conversation was utterly fascinating. youtu.be/2_sMFBuY3y4

It seems crazy that meat could be more unhealthy for longevity than soda, deserts and liquor, but that's the data. I did not see that coming. youtube.com/shorts/WpCFQ...

It's incredible that one component of food can have such a profound impact on human health. youtu.be/wNXGg98qbLI

My son Mark (in jeans) donated a kidney at Stanford to an unknown recipient. The recipient (center), who thought he was near his end after 4 years of waiting, reached out to him & now they're besties. Stanford has them speak to med students every 6 months.

Jonathan Foley's Stanford speech: "🥩 is the most polluting substance you and I will ever touch with our bare hands, pretty much."

It's shocking to see how popular probiotic pills are and yet how harmful they can be. 😔 Dr. Sean Spencer from the Stanford Microbiome Lab is one of the most fascinating scientists I have ever interviewed. youtu.be/997phZGi5Bk

Every disaster movie 🦖 begins with someone ignoring a scientist... youtu.be/l5MmpdWZ-94

The most fought-over topic in the American diet is 🥩. The new administration vows to re-make the dietary guidelines and they have a very convincing data point: Hong Kong eats the most and lives the longest, no? Checkmate guidelines: youtu.be/ldSOgBhvzXw

Fascinating story in @nymag.com about how America's obsession with protein is taking us down the path of more processed food. 🤨 Since protein isolates don't taste good, we add sugar and flavoring to compensate. And protein isolates aren't exactly nutrient dense...

Thank God there are their are scientists like Brenda Eskenazi who devote their lives to studies like these: youtu.be/nC27EnNwEcw

I gave a talk at a low-carb conference (gulp) and this is what happened: youtu.be/X8JQtwLNKXg

This is masterful. 👏 He could have done the viral social media thing of strutting his stuff with no shirt because he has serious 💪, but instead he used air-tight, clear, easy-to-verify facts that everyone can understand. youtu.be/mhPJ2i11nJI?...

The great thing about doing this as your expensive 🤑 retirement hobby, is you don't have to worry about what your institution or company thinks, or what it means for your popularity, or whatever. If you believe it's true, you can just say it. 😎 youtu.be/bqQnhq2nEN8?...

I thought this was a fascinating interview: youtu.be/p2u9CTqsGgo?...

My new favorite dietary guidelines: Spain. 🇪🇸 They took into account the environment, so 🥩 went off the plate.

Heh. We've been interviewing actual epidemiologists 🤓 (who does that?) and they're turning out to be very popular. Surprises me, since the Internet disses them. 🙃 youtu.be/V5DkVrYrNDU

the influencer-to-epidemiologist ratio is stressful

It seems to me ~10 influencers create ~80% of YouTube views about nutrition, and they're influenced by money & fame. Am I wrong? youtu.be/JJeoYQ6FaAw

Ha! Every time I hear Paul Simon's famous lyrics, "Lasers in the jungle somewhere", I think of modern skincare. Lasers on your face somewhere. Just me? youtu.be/CuEq8JVZNj8

Yet another popular podcaster pivoting to sensational misinformation to take views to the next level. 😔 youtu.be/Sj1fLPXXk2k?...

We asked scientists from Japan, Norway, Canada and the U.S. about their food guides. 🥙 Canada submitted their answers in writing, so we needed an authentic Canadian to represent them on Camera. Found one.

I asked the awesome @cgardnerphd.bsky.social to give this talk at TEDx Boston, and he nailed it. youtu.be/mhJDUqZ3ZKc?...

Austria's new dietary guidelines. Pretty. 💐

The American Dietary Guidelines Committee released their report yesterday. So much info in one table. ✍️ Seems in line with the >100 other country guidelines around the world: less 🥩, more 🫘🥬🍎.

The country with obesity <5% (Japan) just updated their dietary guidelines: 483 pages in Japanese 😯. They recommend moderating protein intake, with an upper tolerable limit of 20% of energy. I translated a section of their guidelines relevant to protein: drive.google.com/file/d/1naor...

MedCram doc @rogerseheult.bsky.social 's command of data and credible studies just...blows my mind. 🤯 I want to be him when I grow up. youtu.be/oEhp6UlYgOo

The happiest country on earth (Finland) just joined the parade of countries revising their food guidelines: less meat, more fruit & veggies. We interviewed a Norwegian scientist yesterday who helped revise their guidelines. She was fascinating, will post that interview next month.

My buddy Henry Blackburn is about to turn 100 and still plays in his band. 🎷 So far, he'll be the 3rd of his team of 17 nutrition scientists to live past 100. What are the odds? I asked that question to Google's AI. It did it's binomial distribution thing and came up with 1 in 10 Billion. 😲

I don't know what fried Elon Musk's formerly brilliant mind, but when he told Rogan "agriculture has no impact on global warming," I couldn't imagine what has happened to him. For anyone wanting actual data about ag, Vox & Al Jazeera know what's up: youtu.be/udsUNnHxjUs

This seems very important. 🤔 I am so very glad I don't have to monetize 💰 because even my little channel gets several sponsorship offers per week. youtu.be/0thkoCYhJnc

Ordered. I bet it’s great.

It's a start! Lemme know who I missed. go.bsky.app/Rb2TSVN

I think this is the best talk on the microbiome, fiber and probiotics I have ever heard. youtu.be/zib0MmDrHPg?...

This made me laugh. The final post of Austrian Airlines on X:

This checks out.

It gives me confidence to hear interviews by the CEO of Bluesky, who seems completely rational, compared to the X guy, who seems like his brain became fried somewhere along his journey. youtu.be/Xa-EvA95Eqw?...

Wow, MedCram doc Roger Seheult is a walking encyclopedia. I could listen to him for hours. Come to think of it, I have. youtu.be/Eg0Uh-WhsR8

Switzerland is one of the longest-lived countries with some of the best scientists, and they just revised their dietary guidelines. Where's the beef?

My 40-something son donated a slice of his liver to a dying baby girl. The once-desperate parents sent him a video to show that she's now thriving. The surgeon said he was thrilled to see that Mark's liver was smooth and dark red, "clearly from someone living a clean lifestyle."

This is a fascinating map. Look at China...

Finally! Some mainstream coverage an unsexy but amazing food. 😋 ❤️ fortune.com/well/article...

My wife gave a TEDx talk that I think gives a really key insight about nutrition that I have never heard anyone speak about before: youtu.be/6j2VeYBENwI

Fascinating!