Hi Tom, Life Extension seems to have a doctor or more on board who signs off on the order just so that has a check mark by it. After you place the order they email you a requisition. It will tell you any special requirements (mostly fasting or not) and you just take the requisition to any LabCorp a...

Background to question: I am a 69 year old asymptomatic (I think) 4/4 male. I only recently found out I was 4/4 via 23 and me, and thus have not really had much time to experiment with diet etc, although I think I have a reasonable diet. My self sense of cognition seems fine, although my brain seems...

You can easily get many but not all of the tests out of pocket from LifeExtension.com (I have no connection to them other than being a customer). Circ, I looked at the lifeextension site, and it is not clear once you order a test, how one goes about getting the blood drawn and sent to them. Can you...

Hey, thanks folks, I just read the Longo article cited, and intend to watch the you tubes/TED talks etc. You all are amazing, thank you for the immediate responses to my questions on fasting. Here are some of my favorite quotes from the Longo paper: "Severe fasting results in decrease of the si...

Hey tomjef, I think the diet is meant to be implemented for five consecutive days. learn more here. Woo hoo, Ron! Ketones in the house :D. How do you feel? Interesting. The rep reiterated 5 days per month under close questioning, and the Prolon site mentions the scientific article backing their app...

I went to the IFM Reversing Cognitive Decline featuring Dr. Bredesen this last weekend in Dallas. At the non-CME lunch one of the products mentioned and discussed was Prolon. The advertising reps were promoting the product as a solution to once or twice a week fasting, for 5 days per month, in other...

Tincup and TeresaB, thanks for the info and references. In particular, the American Journal of clinical Nutrition article from 1990 seems to be the source. Here are two abstracts from the journal (unfortunately the full article is behind a paywall). Am J Clin Nutr. 1990 Jun;51(6):1020-7. Effects of ...

I am still perplexed by the shellfish recommendation for apoe. I searched the thread, and read Gundry's book, and I still see no evidence presented for the recommendation. Any help out there? I'm not interested in theories (there was one submitted in this long thread by a poster), just whether Gundr...

Ten patients and 3 month followup, but I guess you have to start somewhere!