Can Metformin Fight Aging?

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • As you get older, your chances of getting sick and developing diseases get higher. But what if aging itself is the condition we should be treating? Scientific studies indicate that the diabetes drug, metformin, may be the anti-aging drug that medicine has long sought.
    Dr. Nir Barzilai is the founding director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the world’s leading expert on metformin. Here, he joins host and Medcan CEO Shaun Francis to discuss the potential of metformin to fight aging, and other potential gerotherapeutics, like rapamycin and SGLT-2 inhibitors.
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  • @robertstancliffsr9575
    @robertstancliffsr9575 2 роки тому +40

    I"m going to consider this to be true because I have been taking 2X1000 mgs of metformin for over 25 years for type 2 diabetes. No negative side effects, no liver or kidney damage, vitamin B-12 level is normal.....and metformin is cheap. I have no proof that metformin can extend my lifespan, but I am 78 now, 79 in a couple of months and that is 5 years older than the second longest lived person in my immediate family. The best thing is, metformin has allowed me to eat at least some of what I like, while still maintaining my A1C in the normal range for a non-diabetic. Highly recommended by me, and there is IMO, a huge pile of BS being spread on the internet about metformin, and it being harmful..........

    • @MedcanLiveWell
      @MedcanLiveWell  Рік тому +2

      Metformin is proven to provide results, unfortunately sometimes the message gets lost through the internet.

    • @scarlett7991
      @scarlett7991 Рік тому +2

      Thanks for sharing real experience with metformin

    • @robertstancliffsr9575
      @robertstancliffsr9575 11 місяців тому +1

      Update, I'm 80 now and still taking 2X1000mgs of metformin daily. No problems, B-12 level (recently taken) still in middle of desired range. Kidneys are fine, and I still get the metformin free with my insurance. I don't plan to stop taking it because I think I am having a side effect, it appears that side effect is.......longevity. That is a side effect I can live with...

    • @laschell59
      @laschell59 6 місяців тому

      agree. unless a patient has had heart disease . and i found a dr. on here that said it even is great for NAFLD Myson was born with it as his dad was in VN and had agent orange!

    • @benjamindoerrmann9356
      @benjamindoerrmann9356 3 місяці тому +1

      same here, Robert. I will be 70 in November....diabetic 20 years, have had no problem with Metformin....hang in there, buddy!!!!

  • @earnest8899
    @earnest8899 2 роки тому +24

    I don't mind being chronologically old, I just don't want to LOOK old.

  • @rdavidmurphy1
    @rdavidmurphy1 Рік тому +1

    I cannot believe the comments about veganism, get up to date with the science

  • @marisolvalez4719
    @marisolvalez4719 Рік тому

    Don't do it plz do your research...

    • @NikoHL
      @NikoHL Рік тому +4

      Your research is obviously better than a Professor in the field.

    • @laschell59
      @laschell59 6 місяців тому

      ive lost over 5 lbs in 4 days yep!

  • @robynhope219
    @robynhope219 2 місяці тому +1

    David Sinclair says YES, and i hope to hell he is right bc i have metabolic dysfunctions and in my 70s.

  • @robynhope219
    @robynhope219 2 місяці тому +2

    I only take 500mg a day bc of constipation and lack of appetite. Is this enough?

    • @robynhope219
      @robynhope219 26 днів тому

      I have stopped taking it.😮

  • @robynhope219
    @robynhope219 2 місяці тому +1

    What about Rapamycin? Peter Attia takes it.

  • @robynhope219
    @robynhope219 2 місяці тому

    In AGE LATER he doesnt say how many mgs he takes...should be more specific. I digress...Hypoxic training (the Buteyko technique), offers HUGE benefits. It boosts red blood cells, allowing you to carry more oxygen and produce more energy with each breath. It is ANTI AGING!

  • @robynhope219
    @robynhope219 26 днів тому

    What do u mean "safe drug"?? No drug with this many side effects is safe...worst being Alzheimer's risk😮

  • @robynhope219
    @robynhope219 2 місяці тому

    Please someone ask dr Nir if 500mg/day is adequate for anti-aging... bc due to miserable side effects, I can't take higher dose...thanks a lot!

  • @sealifett8395
    @sealifett8395 5 місяців тому +2

    Whats the recommended dosage?

    • @robynhope219
      @robynhope219 2 місяці тому

      1,500 mg/d which alas, I can't tolerate. I'm on 500/d.

  • @thomascorbett2936
    @thomascorbett2936 Рік тому +3

    This is very old news I read this in the book Life Extension 45 years ago by Derk Pearson and Sandy Shaw .

  • @robynhope219
    @robynhope219 26 днів тому

    He sounds south african, but ik he is from israel.

  • @beatrizkessler7475
    @beatrizkessler7475 Рік тому +3

    Thanks so much for important information and gadbles 🤩

  • @sc5829
    @sc5829 2 роки тому +7

    I wonder what dosage he's taking for prevention...

    • @MedcanLiveWell
      @MedcanLiveWell  Рік тому

      That is a great question.

    • @NikoHL
      @NikoHL Рік тому +2

      Didn't he say 1500mgs ? I take 500mgs.

    • @sealifett8395
      @sealifett8395 5 місяців тому +1

      @@NikoHL Any noticeable effects with the low dosage?

    • @johntillett4259
      @johntillett4259 5 місяців тому

      He says 1500mg

    • @sealifett8395
      @sealifett8395 5 місяців тому

      @@johntillett4259 I take 500mg only when i eat a large meal...dont know if that makes a difference

  • @patiencense5581
    @patiencense5581 2 роки тому +4

    Good news ever...😍😍😍😍😘😘😘😘

  • @NikoHL
    @NikoHL Рік тому +1

    Metformin can be easily obtained online..

  • @katiefountain2407
    @katiefountain2407 2 роки тому +4

    Interesting video

  • @robynhope219
    @robynhope219 Місяць тому

    There really should be a spokesperson who answers our questions.

  • @joshiabhinav
    @joshiabhinav 5 місяців тому

    do we have any further update on this trial

  • @chickensandw1tch
    @chickensandw1tch 8 місяців тому

    5:55 I believe aging does not happen to jellyfishes

  • @anastasiachang3310
    @anastasiachang3310 2 роки тому +4

    This topic and comments are the exact information from Dr. David Sinclair book

  • @elizabethk3238
    @elizabethk3238 2 роки тому +3

    METFORMIN made me constipated. 😅

    • @robertstancliffsr9575
      @robertstancliffsr9575 2 роки тому +4

      Opposite of the most common side effect of metformin, but that can certainly happen.......

    • @MedcanLiveWell
      @MedcanLiveWell  Рік тому +3

      It can definitely happen and we are sorry to hear that!

    • @ConniePRusso
      @ConniePRusso Рік тому

      Take enough magnesium in the evening and you won’t have a problem

    • @gtracer6629
      @gtracer6629 Рік тому +1

      Because of other medications I have had diarrhea for almost a year. A little constipation would be a relief.

    • @laschell59
      @laschell59 6 місяців тому

      man ive been in it 4 days and took Phillips milk magnesium for constipatation and og my i believe between both they hit me and I've been in the bathroom all day. wooooo🙊💯