Renowned clinician-scientist Heike Bischoff-Ferrari and geroscientist Steve Horvath are on a mission to combat age-related health challenges — and they’re leading by example. Every morning, Horvath, who works at the cutting-edge biotechnology company Altos Labs in Cambridge, UK, kicks off his day with a steaming cup of coffee, fortified by essential omega-3 and vitamin D supplements. “I practise what we publish,” he remarks, highlighting the importance of their findings.
In a groundbreaking study featured in Nature Aging today, Bischoff-Ferrari and Horvath reveal that their daily regimen—especially when paired with regular exercise—can slow biological ageing by three to four months over three years. This research is significant because biological ageing, assessed at a molecular level, shows that individuals of the same chronological age can experience vastly different age-related declines based on their health.
While three to four months may sound modest, this delay in biological ageing could wield substantial public health benefits. “It can lead to a noticeable decrease in the prevalence of certain age-related health conditions,” states Bischoff-Ferrari, who is based at the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their findings could genuinely influence the way we approach healthy ageing.
