Good morning everyone. I’m just waking up back home from a hike by the lake in Germany. Nature + friends = so good. Hope you all had wholesome weekends.
In this newsletter:
70-year-old man builds skincare routine for WSJ.
Do you own ear plugs? Maybe you should.
Are wearables making us paranoid, or is that just anecdotal? (below paywall)
Which longevity idea will win $101M and change our lives? (below paywall)
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London now has its first longevity doctor. He calls himself The Longevity Doctor. I was worried when I started reading the article that most of his practice would be selling snake oil supplements. But it seems that it’s more of a 360 holistic health review, something that we should’ve been getting from healthcare practices in the first place. I’d schedule something like this in once every 3 years. I’m a fan. On that note, there is a $2B wellness district coming to London, focused on holistic and social wellbeing.
This 70-year old dude turned to women’s skincare routines for The Wall Street Journal. He set a limit of $400 per item. Have to say, the before and after close-ups (if they’re not altered) look great. You know what I would love? A third party app that scans your face and then lets AI give you a list of products for an AM + PM skincare routine. Just simple, clean and structured. There is just too much marketing at this point and even reviews are rigged. I’d pay good money for that.
Is staying away from modern society and healthcare the key to living longer? A piece of really interesting and potentially contentious scientific research published last month. Columbian researchers accidentally discovered that their centenarians disproportionately live in remote areas with limited access to modern healthcare and drugs. The goal of this article was to evaluate drug safety in healthy ageing. They call for an investigation into whether unsafe use of modern drugs is inadvertently a limiting factor in healthy ageing.
Incredible list of wellbeing and health hotels. Using this as a checklist.
Watch hearing become the next health focus. While the medical world is still trying to pin down the correlation and possible causational relationship between loss of hearing, dementia and depression, brands like Belgium’s Loop are sky-rocketing and partnering with Formula 1 and Coachella. I recently supervised exams and I noted at least 5 students wearing Loops. Can only commend. Our world is getting louder and busier, hearing health is the next frontier:
