{"id":2932,"date":"2024-10-25T18:24:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T16:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dyetstore.com\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2025-02-05T01:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T00:17:40","slug":"a-harvard-genetics-professor-who-only-sleeps-6-hours-a-night-and-doesnt-exercise-every-day-swears-3-habits-helped-reverse-his-biological-age-by-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dyetstore.com\/en\/a-harvard-genetics-professor-who-only-sleeps-6-hours-a-night-and-doesnt-exercise-every-day-swears-3-habits-helped-reverse-his-biological-age-by-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"A Harvard genetics professor who only sleeps 6 hours a night and doesn\u2019t exercise every day swears 3 habits helped reverse his biological age by a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Sinclair keeps a relatively strict daily schedule to stay healthy, which includes\u00a0green matcha tea<\/a>, polyphenols in a couple of spoonfuls of yogurt in the morning, and an occasional bite of 80% dark chocolate.<\/h2>\n
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But Sinclair, a 54-year-old professor in the Department of Genetics and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research at Harvard Medical School, isn\u2019t rigid about everything.<\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t exercise every day nor sleep more than six hours a night usually, he tells\u00a0GQ\u00a0<\/em><\/a>in a recent interview (standard guidelines recommend between seven to nine hours of\u00a0sleep<\/a>\u00a0each night and 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week).<\/p>\n

Still, he says his regimen has helped him stay biologically 10 years younger than his age\u2014underscoring a modern phenomenon called reverse aging by combating age-related disease and decline.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of us think that when you\u2019re in your twenties, you\u2019re impervious to aging and illness, and what we now know is that the epigenetic clock starts ticking from birth and that what we do in our twenties does affect our ultimate longevity,\u201d Sinclair tells\u00a0GQ.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

While research on delaying and reversing aging is relatively new, experts say it concerns your\u00a0epigenetics<\/a>. Longevity experts have outlined the 12\u00a0hallmarks of aging<\/a>, including epigenetic alterations, cellular senescence, and chronic inflammation. Lifestyle factors and other interventions targeting one or more of these hallmarks may delay the aging process.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiological age is a much better representation of health status than birthday candles,\u201d Sinclair previously\u00a0told\u00a0Fortune<\/em><\/a>. \u201cBirthday candles don\u2019t tell you how well you\u2019ve been living and they certainly don\u2019t tell you how many years you\u2019ve got left.\u201d<\/p>\n

He believes that we\u2019ll one day be able to turn ourselves back 20 years. \u201cI don\u2019t see any reason why that won\u2019t be possible,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s just a question of when.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what is Sinclair\u2019s secret to aging well and staying young? He began working on it in his early thirties. Here are the three ways the longevity researcher got started:<\/p>\n

Taking resveratrol<\/h3>\n

Sinclair swears by resveratrol, a polyphenol or natural antioxidant commonly found in berries, peanuts, and red wine. He consumes it in a supplement form each morning with \u201ca couple of mouthfuls of yogurt.\u201d Along with the yogurt, Sinclair has green matcha tea\u2014full of polyphenols such as ECGC catechins.<\/p>\n

Research suggests\u00a0polyphenols<\/a>\u2019 antioxidant properties help strengthen the gut microbiome, decrease the risk of tissue damage, improve mood, and increase heart strength.<\/p>\n

Sinclair takes the micronutrient as a supplement, which, if taken in high dosages, poses a risk for side effects like nausea and vomiting. According to the\u00a0Cleveland Clinic<\/a>, you\u2019re more likely to benefit from the whole food source rather than the micronutrient in supplement form.<\/p>\n

Sinclair tells\u00a0GQ<\/em>\u00a0he\u2019s prioritized his morning polyphenols for roughly 15 years.<\/p>\n

Skipping breakfast<\/h3>\n

Sinclair skips breakfast, and intermittent-fasts by waiting between 16 and 18 hours between large meals\u2014a trend championed by many in the\u00a0C-suite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s basically having a very late lunch or large dinner,\u201d he tells\u00a0GQ,<\/em>\u00a0although he says starting this regimen younger can be risky and cautions against malnutrition and starvation.<\/p>\n

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