Longevity researchers share 9 of the best anti-aging hacks — and a few that are total scams

Hilary BrueckMay 5, 2023, 16:23 IST

David Sinclair has been researching the biology of aging for many years. Much of his research has been performed on mice and on yeast.Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images

There are several science-backed reasons that some people live a longer, healthier life than others.
There are also a lot of scams out there claiming that they promote "anti-aging" when they do not.

YES: Genetics

Chinese twins Cao Xiaoqiao and Cao Daqiao were 104 when this picture was taken in 2009.REUTERS/Stringer

YES: Exercise

106 year old French cyclist Robert Marchand at an indoor velodrome on October 26, 2018.Christian Hartmann/Reuters

YES: A healthy diet

Amina Fedollo, 93, cooking fish in southern Italy. The town of Acciaroli has a disproportionately high number of centenarians.Salvatore Laporta/LightRocket via Getty Images

YES: Sleep

Sleep is essential to hitting your diet and exercise goals, research suggests.LaylaBird/Getty Images

YES: Strong relationships

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LIKELY: Keeping your teeth clean

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LIKELY: How much you eat

Healthy meal prep containers.Shutterstock/Julia Mikhaylova

LIKELY: An old diabetes drug

Metformin was first derived from compounds found in French lilacs (Galega officinalis).iStock / Getty Images Plus

LIKELY: An anti-fungal medication

Rapamycin was first discovered in soil collected from the island of Rapa Nui (also called Easter Island) in the 1960s.Gregory Boissy/AFP/Getty Images

MAYBE: Supplements that boost your metabolism

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MAYBE: Turning blood young again

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NO: Testosterone

Testosterone decreases naturally as we age, but that doesn't mean boosting it is going to make us young.Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman/Getty Images

NO: Red wine

Red wine may be tasty, but it isn't an anti-aging elixir.Getty

NO: A cold plunge

Cold therapy can help stimulate your vagus nerve.Halfpoint/Getty Images

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Longevity researchers share 9 of the best anti-aging hacks &mdash; and a few that are total scams