Accelerated Aging Risks

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A lot of Longevity Vault members have asked me over the years: “If I just drink more water and avoid spinach, am I safe from kidney stones?”Or: “Kidney stones run in my family—does that mean I’m stuck with them?” Short answer: those things matter. Longer answer: they only touch a small part of the problem. Most kidney stones—70-80%—are calcium oxalate. So if you’re thinking about prevention, oxalate is the main variable. That sets up the more useful question: Is “water + avoiding high-oxalate…

High cholesterol despite healthy diet: how to lower ApoB naturally so you can protect arteries, brain, and colon health before or alongside a statin decision. The Cholesterol-Handling Strategy Many Healthy Individuals Haven’t Utilized Conventional heart health optimization centers around lipid management and saturated fat restriction. While foundational, this approach overlooks how gut bacteria function as

How to Lower LDL Cholesterol Without Statins: A Gut-First Strategy How to turn an already strong lifestyle into lower LDL-C, reduced cardiovascular risk, and better long-term brain health by targeting gut microbes that support healthy aging. If you have LDL-C (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) or ApoB (apolipoprotein B, the count of atherogenic particles) higher than you

How to lower LDL cholesterol when you already eat healthy & What to check before telling yourself “my LDL-C is just genetic” ➤ A client asked recently “I just received my blood test results and am very surprised at the high LDL-C levels, because I consider myself fit and healthy and have been for years.

If you’ve passed a kidney stone, you already know the pain. What you may not know: ongoing oxalate exposure doesn’t just raise your risk of another stone—it may be damaging kidney tissue and accelerating kidney aging between episodes. If you’ve never had a stone but you recently saw “elevated urinary oxalate” on a lab panel,

Is Seafood Still Healthy in 2025? What Longevity Science Reveals One of the more controversial stances I’ve taken in the longevity world is this: I haven’t consumed anything from the ocean or freshwater sources in ~6 years. And it’s one of the decisions I believe is adding years to my life — despite what many