Cautionary Tales in Longevity Medicine (Longevity Clinic Roundtable)

#41

Hi @Beth

Before rapamycin I tried gynnostemma pentaphyllum tea.

When in combination with time restricted feeding I lost more visceral fat from that. than I have done with any other natural products, including berberine. Fat loss due to berberine, was more evenly distributed over my body than the fat loss I got from gynnostemma tea.

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#42

If you @Beth decide to try the tea, make it really strong and drink at least 500 ml of strong tea each day.

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#43

I’ve heard good things about gynostemma. Something I’ve been thinking about in regards to herbal medicine is we should really be breaking down which phytonutrients within these herbs are causing the most benefit.

For instance I did a breakdown of cabbage and here is what I found:

Cabbage phytonutrients that had positive results from DrugAge database:

  • Gallic acid
  • Chlorogenic acid
  • Procyanidins
  • Myricetin
  • Isorhamnetin
  • Caffeic acid
  • p-Coumaric acid
  • Protocatechuic acid
  • Sulforaphane

Cabbage Phytonutrients that have no data in DrugAge database:

  • Sinigrin
  • Glucoraphanin
  • Glucobrassicin
  • 4-Methoxyglucobrassicin
  • 4-Hydroxyglucobrassicin
  • Neoglucobrassicin
  • Glucoiberin
  • Glucoiberverin
  • Glucoalyssin
  • Glucoerucin
  • Progoitrin
  • Gluconapin
  • Glucobrassicanapin
  • Ferulic acid
  • Sinapic acid
  • Vanillic acid
  • Syringic acid
  • p-Hydroxybenzoic acid
  • Zeaxanthin
  • Violaxanthin
  • Neoxanthin
  • Indole-3-carbinol
  • 3,3′-Diindolylmethane
  • Allyl-isothiocyanate
  • S-Methyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide

There are a lot of interesting things out there still to discover.

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