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This video was sponsored by Elysium health which produces a dietary supplement named basis
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That's clinically proven to increase NAD+ levels in the body and in collaboration with Miss Beauty file
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This is a picture of Jen Calma at the age of 22 in 1897 she was born in
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1876 the same here as the Battle of the Little Bighorn that saw the US Army defeated by Native American tribes on the western frontier
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The next year of her life saw Samurai revolt against the Japanese government and by the time
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She was 39 Archduke Franz Ferdinand had been assassinated sparking the first world war by the time
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she was 114 she witnessed the collapse of the Berlin Wall and by the time of her death in 1997 at the age of
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122 years she achieved the longest lifespan of a human ever recorded
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everybody has dreamt at some point of living a long life or even an infinite life and
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Science has helped with us through the last century with inventions like vaccines and antibiotics
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These have helped to dramatically raise humanity's life expectancy at birth across the world like in the United States
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where between
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1900 and 2010 life expectancy increased from just 47.3 years up to 78.7 years
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But further improvements in life expectancy have been slowing lately as medicine has struggled to find cures for more complicated diseases
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Because of overdoses, alcoholism, suicide and the opioid crisis
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2016 was the first year since 1993 that saw a decline in the American life expectancy
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Even still life expectancy in the long run is still increasing around the world and it's unknown currently how far the limit can be pushed
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scientists in search of increasing human lifespan point to other organisms with
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Dramatically longer lifespans than our own like some giant tortoises that can reach near 200 years and some small freshwater
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Animals of the genus Hydra that appear not to age at all one study from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine suggested that
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125 years is the maximum age limit that a human could ever reach.
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While other scientists like Aubrey de Grey believe the limit could be pushed much further up to even
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1,000 years all of these claims have been met with a fair amount of skepticism
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So it seems that nobody
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Really knows just how far human lifespan can be pushed because of this uncertainty what's become much more important lately
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to many scientists instead is
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focusing on an
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Individual's health span the part of your life where you're healthy there is data
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That suggests that most people alive now would be content with having the current expected lifespan
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But with an improved health span because chronic diseases become more common the older you get
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Increasing a person's lifespan alone likely won't do much to increase their quality of life
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Instead improving an individual's health span will add much more value to their life
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There are already several different products on the market right now targeting different
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Biological pathways that scientists are researching to determine if they can support healthspan
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It's important to understand however that all of this is new research
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And that these products are not interchangeable
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with that being said one of these products is metformin an FDA approved drug that treats type 2
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diabetes when used in trials on mice and roundworms the drug improved both their health spans and lifespans
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And it's currently undergoing human trials, but other ways supporting healthspan may not require medication at all though
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There are three interesting areas of research to highlight here first a recent study found that when mice were allowed to eat only at certain
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Times during the day their metabolisms became healthier when this fasting diet was applied to humans who only consumed between
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700 to 1100 calories for a period of time each month in lowered blood pressure and reduced the hormone igf-1
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Which is linked to both aging and disease.
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There's also the technology behind genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9
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Which is essentially capable of turning good genes on and bad ones off
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If your genes are like a school essay assignment then CRISPR-Cas9 is like the spell check that can edit and correct them.
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This technology could specifically target genes that are associated with aging
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Finally another method and hot topic for research is by improving NAD+ levels later in your life
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Nad is a coenzyme inside every cell of your body
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Which scientists believe is one of the most important factors for DNA health, energy creation, circadian rhytm regulation and hundreds of other vital functions.
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They can be found in every living cell
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But as you get older your levels naturally begin to decline further and further there are many
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preclinical and human trials being planned right now for the NAD+ pathway
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But in order to try improving health span in the future will need trials for additional methods as well
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We don't know how the limits are right now
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But I think that's a cause for optimism because the answer might only be limited by our imagination
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Everybody deserves to live as healthy a life as possible so if you're interested in learning more about the in-depth science going on behind
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Raising your NAD+ levels you can do so by visiting elysiumhealth.com and try their dietary supplement basis based on human clinical trials
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People that took the recommended dose of basis saw their nad levels increase by 40%
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Basis as a supplement designed for long-term use is
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Third-party tested for purity and is based on over 25 years worth of research
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NAD+ is essential to the health of your cells and basis will help increase
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NAD+ levels in your body by clicking the link in the description below
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You can order a single bottle with a month supply of pills or schedule routine monthly deliveries
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I'm incredibly grateful to have had Elysium sponsor this video
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There are perfect match of a hard science and research based product to have on this channel and video
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So if you'd like to support RealLifeLore and are curious to learn more I once again
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Strongly encourage you to click the link in the description to learn more at ElysiumHealth.com
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And please don't forget to check out the next part of this video by going over and checking out my friend miss Beauty files channel
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And her video here
