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A longevity supplement label describes a mechanism, not an outcome. How to read the hallmarks of ageing, what human trials show, and the safety basics.

Longevity

Oct 12, 202612 min read

Spermidine: why the longevity interest?

Spermidine's autophagy story, what food studies and supplement trials found, food versus capsule, safety and EU rules.

Longevity

Oct 12, 2026

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Fisetin and quercetin: what does senolytic mean?

What 'senolytic' means, what mice and the first human trials showed, and why fisetin and quercetin have separate evidence.

Longevity

Oct 12, 202612 min read

Resveratrol: the ingredient behind the headlines

Where the resveratrol headlines came from, what mice and people actually showed, and what to check on a label.

Longevity

Oct 12, 202614 min read

CoQ10 and calcium AKG: two different longevity conversations

CoQ10 has decades of heart and statin trials; calcium AKG has mouse studies and very little human data. Here is what each one actually shows.

Functional mushrooms and adaptogens

Oct 12, 202611 min read

Shilajit: resin, labels and the research

A tub of tar with a pedigree: what shilajit is, what small trials measured, what labs found in samples and which label questions help (8 October 2026).

Truffles and microdosing

Oct 12, 202613 min read

Microdosing: the idea, the research and the reality

What placebo-controlled psilocybin microdosing studies measured, why expectation muddies results, what is unknown on safety, and how Dutch law sees the product.