A case for Powerlifting in increasing healthspan
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Benjamin Chan
- Oct 20
- 7 min
Deep Dive: How do genetic and toxin studies in animal models help us understand Parkinson’s disease?
According to the World Health Organisation, disability and mortality from Parkinson’s disease (PD) are increasing faster than for any...
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Benjamin Chan
- Sep 22
- 5 min
Neurohormonal regulation of appetite: Why is it so hard to eat less?
What are the hormones that regulate appetite and why is it so hard to eat less?
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Benjamin Chan
- Aug 25
- 9 min
Obesity - theories and mysteries: Are we really what we eat?
Deep Dive to Theories of Obesity
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Vince Vardhanabhuti
- Jul 1
- 8 min
Deep Dive: Muscle mass, quality, strength - which is more important?
As we age, there is no question that we lose muscle mass as well as muscle strength and function. Ways to mitigate against these changes...
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Vince Vardhanabhuti
- Jun 1
- 6 min
Neurodegenerative Disease - Forgotten Foe of Longevity?
Today, I want to talk about a set of conditions known as neurodegenerative diseases. Now why are we talking about this today? Well as we...
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Yan Yu
- May 4
- 5 min
Health Benefits of Cold Exposure
This may be an unusual topic at least from this part of the world in Asia, where usually we are quite used to the heat and the hot...
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Vince Vardhanabhuti
- Apr 5
- 5 min
Health Benefits of Meditation - Part II
Now previously we have discussed some benefits of meditation, in this blog post, we want to discuss some underlying concepts of...
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Yan Yu
- Mar 21
- 3 min
Health Benefits of Meditation - Part I
In this article, we discuss the health benefits of meditation (part I)
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Vince Vardhanabhuti
- Feb 2
- 8 min
Getting All the Essentials: Macronutrients, Calories, and Quality Proteins
In this blog post, I want to dive a little bit into nutrition, and more specifically about proteins. But before we go there let’s zoom...
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Yan Yu
- Jan 23
- 8 min
Inflammaging - What is it about and why is it important?
To tackle longevity effectively, we need to talk about a concept called inflammaging. This is a really important concept to be aware of...
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Vince Vardhanabhuti
- Oct 6, 2022
- 7 min
The interpretation of DEXA-derived body composition parameters and its implication
How do we interpret body composition data using DEXA scans?
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Vince Vardhanabhuti
- Oct 6, 2022
- 6 min
Wisdom of ageing: What can we learn from Centenarian genomes?
In pursuit of longevity, what can we learn from studying the genes of people who live past 100 years? Here are some of our thoughts.
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Vince Vardhanabhuti
- Jul 11, 2022
- 11 min
Body composition parameters and mortality
By Benjamin Chan and Dr Vince Vardhanabhuti Can DEXA scans predict our mortality risk in the clinic? Longevity – to live past the average...
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Vince Vardhanabhuti
- Jul 11, 2022
- 6 min
A case for DEXA scans in clinical measurement of body composition
By Benjamin Chan and Dr Vince Vardhanabhuti The one-size-fits-all approach of medicine is evolving into personalised medicine with custom...
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