#665

I certainly don’t want to get into organic vs non-organic food, But “And while organic foods have a reputation for being healthy and nutritious, studies show that there is actually very little difference in nutritional value between organic and conventional foods”

“Organic foods have been shown to have lower levels of toxic metabolites, including heavy metals such as cadmium, and synthetic fertilizer and pesticide residues [10,17]. Consumption of organic foods may also reduce exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria”

I have been eating mostly non-organic food for 82 yrs. Yes, if you read the meta-analysis below, organic food is PROBABLY better. It is not proven that it actually makes a difference.
The markets that I shop in do not typically charge a huge difference for organic, because most people including me will not pay a huge premium for organic foods. I do agree with those that organically grown foods generally taste better.

So if organically grown foods at the market are not significantly more expensive, I will buy organic.
My first choice is organic, but I am not a fanatic about it. No one has proven it has any real health benefits. The amount of pesticides, etc on washed produce is minimal. No one has proven that organically grown foods extend lifespan over regular foods.

A Systematic Review of Organic Versus Conventional Food Consumption: Is There a Measurable Benefit on Human Health? - PMC.

Is Organic Food Really Better for You?.

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#666

I dont have an issue with using synthetic fertiliser. Hence i dont necessarily buy organic foods. However sometimes too little care is taken with synthetic molecules.

#667

Americans would most likely benefit from eating all organic.

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#668

We have just a few choices of how to control the weeds in crops. There are some very new tech solutions that don’t apply here, but basically we can use chemicals or tillage. Tillage does terrible damage to the soil and causes erosion. Soil is held together by mycelium, mycorrhozae. Like miles of it per cc. I could look that up but didn’t, anyway it’s astonishing. The fungus and organic matter contribute to tilth in a way that holds it together in rain and wind. Tillage buries the organic matter and basically turns our most precious resource into pollution. I’ve been no till since before it was popular or profitable…pretty much 40 years and no tillage.

Herbicides are very poisonous to plants, people not so much. I see there are books now written about the evil Roundup, and I understand these are well founded and probably true. It doesn’t get into groundwater or persist like many other herbicides. Whatever you think your cumulative exposure is you would need to multiply that by at least 10000 to get what I’ve had. It’s much safer for you and cheaper too than tillage. Farming without chemicals would be like driving without gas.

I have no problem with farmers on flat ground doing tillage in a small way for a specific market if it works for them. A very hard working and smart local farmer here just went broke because he didn’t get paid what he needed to make up for the loss in yield. It wasn’t even close. I’m not trying to be preachy because it doesn’t matter to me, I’m just saying you have to pay a lot more to make it work. Trying to make it work on a large scale is just silly.

Also using manure on crops that are fed to humans exposes people to dangerous pathogens. Synthetic fertilizer is clean. Again, I use both and don’t care. I choose the cheapest.

And of course this has nothing to do with Bryan Johnson, sorry.

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#669

Bryan and @Oliver_Zolman_MD had a Q&A today in their discord, they will have them every now and then, maybe sometime before Christmas next, and I got many questions in, roughly writing what they responded. Thanks for the responses!

  1. Oliver says LDL and apoB as measurement is about the same, you can take apoB but it is a bit more expensive. He said you can target lower LDL than 70 but you don’t need to do it at a younger age, and need to check CAC basically. I disagree with the latter, but Bryan’s LDL is pretty good anyway.

  2. Bryan doesn’t seem aware of the Meclizine results or he missed that part of the question, but they are going for 12 mg Astaxathin in their protocol and I think in their supplement stack that is coming.

  3. Reason for changing Rapamycin from every two weeks, to the current protocol is to not keep the peak rapamycin level too high before the next dose.

  4. Age for starting longevity drugs (acarbose, rapamycin, etc), depends on risk tolerance, age 30, some rapamycin mice studies suggest age 70 works.

  5. Oliver says BioMin Toothpaste is better than stannous flouride Crest Pro.

  6. They will put the questions about testosterone and keeping it up during CR without testosterone patch in a FAQ as many ask it.

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#670

Did he provide a rationale for BioMin toothpaste over others?

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#671

No, but you shouldn’t use the flouride free version, that would probably not be good.
It seems to be available as a prescription in the US, but you might be able to order it from europe or uk:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-021-2714-8

You should probably try to order from official ones if you go for the flouride version like from canada:

It seems there is a ‘NovaMin’ which is a competitor available in the USA by Sensodyne, which some have also said Bryan uses.

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#672

Sensodyne toothpaste with ‘NOVAMIN’ (calcium sodium phosphosilicate) is also available in the UK, just look on side of packet for the ingredients list to make sure it includes NOVAMIN.

https://www.thejcdp.com/doi/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1905#:~:text=NovaMin%20is%20a%20synthetic%20mineral%20compound%20composed%20of%20calcium%2C%20sodium,high%20affinity%20to%20tooth%20enamel.

I use the Sensodyne ‘Repair & Protect’

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#673

BioMin is suggested to be better than NovaMin, it is at least newer.

#674

Pardon my ignorance but what about toothpaste, and how is it related to longevity?

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#675

Healthspan, infections/disease associated with dementia, etc.

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#676

To start the conversation;

“Chronic Exposure to Sodium Fluoride Triggers Oxidative Biochemistry Misbalance in Mice: Effects on Peripheral Blood Circulation”

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#677

Impacts of Fluoride Neurotoxicity and Mitochondrial Dysfunction on Cognition and Mental Health: A Literature Review

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#678

Might also be related to your oral microbiome which in turn has a lot of general health impact

Eg using certain mouthwashes can destroy/imbalance the oral microbiome

See eg Michael Lustgarden on this topic:

He uses Bristle for testing:

(he may have promotion code on his site)

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#679

As a mouth wash i use olive oil and swish for couple minutes, but been using regular toothpaste forever. would NOT have thought toothpaste can be so important to one’s overall health.
thanks for replies.

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#680

If you think flouride is bad for you, you can use flouride free BioMin. I would monitor the results at a dentist regularly though if going flouride free.

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#681

@anuser what do you think about Bryan Johnson/blueprints focus on foodmap and https://foodmarble.com

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#682

I didn’t know they focused on that, can you tell me more?

#683

So fruoride free paste is not good?

#684

I think they calibrated in his diet with it as one of the key tools. It was probably in one of the videos earlier this year.

On webpage I see they have this

Protocol Starter Guide at blueprint

Click on “Food intolerance testing”

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