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Inflammation Part 8: Neurohormesis, neuroinflammatory diseases, and their treatment by mushroom substances (Section 2 of this discussion) Can a mushroom play an important role in the health and anti-aging picture? Recent research says Yes, and this blog entry tells another part of the story.

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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS RELATED TO NEUROINFLAMMATION: REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES, MITOCHONDRIAL FACTORS, INFLAMMASOMES, PPARs, METBOLIC PATHWAYS, SIRTs, DNA DAMAGE AND ROLES OF NRF2 AND NF-KB, AND ANOTHER MAGIC MUSHROOM, YUN-ZHI Continue reading

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Inflammation Part 7: Neurohormesis, neuroinflammatory diseases, and their treatment by mushroom substances (Section 1)

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Can a mushroom play an important role in the health and anti-aging picture?  Recent research says Yes, and this blog entry tells the story Current medical treatments for age-related neurological brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s remain largely ineffective, despite … Continue reading

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THE HORMESIS BARS

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A collection of stories and explanations by Jim Watson and Vince Giuliano The stories are fantasies about new kinds of bars that could possibly exist in the future.  The Hormesis Bars are ones where all the drinks produce stresses.  According … Continue reading

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Multifactorial hormesis II – Powerpoint presentation

This blog entry contains the PowerPoint presentation I gave in Honolulu at the Hawaii Institute for Molecular Education Symposium Investigating the Future of Medicine which was Webcast on March 16, 2013.  The presentation is more graphical and less technical than the … Continue reading

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Multifactorial hormesis – the theory and practice of maintaining health and longevity

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By Vince Giuliano and James P Watson This blog entry generalizes on the concept of hormesis, discusses the multiple pathways through which hormesis takes place, and suggests a myriad of ways that ordinary people can take advantage of hormesis to … Continue reading

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Mitohormesis

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By Vince Giuliano This blog is about Mitohormesis, a different form of hormesis than that discussed in the previous blog entry Radiation Hormesis.  Mitohormesis has to do with cell metabolic pathways and oxidative stress, topics I have discussed in many … Continue reading

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Radiation hormesis

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By Vince Giuliano Small doses of radiation, such as from occasional X-rays or living at a high altitude, may actually be good for you according to the radiation hormesis hypothesis discussed here.  Although this hypothesis is about 30 years old … Continue reading

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SIRT1, the hypoxic response, autophagy and hormesis

In the recent blog entry SIRT1, mTOR, NF-kappaB and resveratrol, I pointed out how “three different theories of longevity seem to be collapsing into one: 1. suppression of mTOR signaling, 2. activation of SIRT1, and 3. inhibition of expression of … Continue reading

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Hormesis and age retardation

An important approach to retarding aging that I have not discussed explicitly so far is hormesis, challenging cells and body systems by mild stress resulting in them becoming stronger and resistant to aging(ref).  The stress can be physical, chemical and … Continue reading

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Unlocking Longevity

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By Vince Giuliano 9-27 -2023 Preface and a personal note In April of this year, I experienced a breakthrough in understanding human aging.  This was a key event for me, coming after 15 years of full-time study and writing 600 … Continue reading

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