5 supplements a doctor who says he’s reversed his age by 20 years takes every day

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5 supplements a doctor who says he’s reversed his age by 20 years takes every day

Dr. Michael Roizen is 78 but claims his biological age is 57.6.

Roizen, who has written about longevity, takes supplements every day.

They include multivitamins and aspirin.

A doctor who is 78 but claims he has a

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shared five of the supplements he takes daily.

As life expectancy has grown — the average ********* is expected to live until

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, up from 70.8 in 1970 — so has interest in

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Dr. Michael Roizen, an anesthesiologist and the chief wellness officer at Cleveland Clinic whose books include “The Great Age Reboot,” told Business Insider how he

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Although dietitians advise people to get their

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where possible, he also hopes taking the following five supplements will help boost his longevity.

Multivitamins

Roizen takes half a

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twice a day. Although his approach hasn’t been proven in clinical trials, he believes it will keep vitamin levels in the blood as stable as possible, as most of a water-soluble multivitamin is peed out.

Roizen said evidence suggests multivitamins could lower the risk of dementia and *******. Indeed, a 2022

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by researchers at Columbia University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that taking a multivitamin daily for three years appeared to improve older adults’ cognition and memory, although it was unclear why.

In participants with cardiovascular ********, a risk factor for

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, the authors said the micronutrients may have treated deficiencies linked to the condition.

However, the jury is still out on multivitamins. A 2022 review of studies by the US Preventive Services Task Force found no evidence that they prevent cardiovascular ******** or *******. In June, a study on 390,124 US adults by researchers at the National ******* Institute found no evidence that they boosted longevity.

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Dr. Roizen takes a multivitamin every day.MStudioImages/Getty Images

‘Baby’ aspirin

Roizen takes a low dose of

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(usually 81 milligrams), sometimes known as “baby aspirin,” twice a day in the hope it will

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and strokes. Taking aspirin regularly long-term carries risks because it can thin the blood so that the body can’t form clots when bleeding.

But Roizen believes it is safe for him to take as “someone over the age of 50 with a low risk of bleeding.”

However, the US Preventive Services Task Force

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adults over 60 take preventive aspirin.

CoQ10

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is a substance found in cells that helps convert food into energy. As an antioxidant, it has been linked to a reduction in the effects of aging on the skin and on a cellular level in humans and rodents. It’s also thought to prevent problems associated with free *********, which are DNA-damaging particles that move around the body.

Roizen said he takes the supplement alongside statins to

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, because statins decrease CoQ10 levels in the body.

However, a small 2022 study involving 37 participants published in Antioxidants found that the supplement didn’t the amount of CoQ10 in their muscles, where pain can occur in people who take statins.

And, according to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, there isn’t strong evidence that CoQ10 improves

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and heart ******** despite some claims.

****

**** stands for avocado-soybean unsaponifiables, which are vegetable extracts leftover from soap-making.

Roizen takes it to decrease the pain of osteoarthritis. There some evidence to suggest that **** could treat osteoarthritis because of its anti-inflammatory properties. However, researchers say more long-term studies in humans are needed.

Ergothioneine

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is present in most foods, but mushrooms are particularly rich in it. Roizen doesn’t take an ergothioneine supplement but regards the substance as a supplement to his diet.

Instead of taking a pill, he gets it from mushrooms. Five days a week, he has an “MLT” — a mushroom, lettuce, and tomato sandwich — for lunch.

Eating plenty of ergothioneine as part of a healthy diet was linked to a lower risk of coronary artery ******** in a 2020 study by researchers from Lund University, Sweden.

Meanwhile, studies on cells suggest that ergothioneine can help prevent DNA damage from UV exposure, according to a 2022 review of studies published in the journal Antioxidants & Redox Signaling.

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