Book · 2019
Lifespan
The Revolutionary Science of Why We Ageand Why We Don't Have to
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And many of the accessible lifestyle factors that everybody listening now can use to live a longer, happier, healthier life for them and their loved ones. And I highly recommend people go and get your book.
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- Talks about resveratrol“talks about resveratrol and its benefits”2
The best things said about it
Lifespan which is basically argues that aging is a disease yes and like in like any disease it's actually preventable if you do the right things.
Keith Rabois This Week in Startups · May 2020 The book Lifespan highlights I think a lot of his research and findings.
David Friedberg All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Mar 2021 A great primer to read in conjunction with David Sinclair's fantastic book, Lifespan.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Mar 2022 David Sinclair in Lifespan talks about resveratrol and its benefits for healthy aging.
On page 102 of your book, you talk about how there's a CDC-funded study that found people who exercise regularly, about 30 minutes of jogging 5 days a week, have telomeres that look 10 years younger than sedentary people.
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Why people recommend it
Lifespan by David A. Sinclair and Matthew D. LaPlante is a prominent longevity book that frames aging as a preventable disease and offers actionable lifestyle strategies to extend human health and vitality. Steven Bartlett recommended the book on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, praising its accessibility and valuable advice, and later referenced a specific study on page 102 regarding exercise and telomere length during an interview with the author. Peter Diamandis cited the work on The Rich Roll Podcast while breaking down cellular systems like sirtuins, prompting Rich Roll to endorse the book as a fantastic primer on longevity. David Friedberg recommended the text on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg to discuss Harvard research surrounding life extension. Keith Rabois mentioned the volume on This Week in Startups, noting its argument that aging can be prevented through proactive measures like taking metformin. Joe Rogan similarly recommended the book at the conclusion of his interview with Sinclair on The Joe Rogan Experience, while Modern Wisdom's host noted how compellingly the book presents practices like intermittent fasting. Across these appearances, the book was consistently celebrated as a groundbreaking roadmap for understanding the biological mechanisms of aging.
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David Friedberg on this one i would point folks to read the book lifespan by david sinclair who's a researcher at harvard a… 2
“on this one i would point folks to read the book lifespan by david sinclair who's a researcher at harvard and he's done a lot of kind of leading work on on basically calling aging a disease and life extension so the book lifespan highlights i think a lot of his research and findings”
“David Sinclair who wrote the book lifespan and as a Harvard biochemists has highlighted that there's basically a gene”
Steven Bartlett And many of the the accessible lifestyle factors that everybody listening now can can use to live a longer,… 2
“On page 102 of your book, you talk about how there's a CDC-funded study that found people who exercise regularly, about 30 minutes of jogging 5 days a week, have telomeres that look 10 years younger than sedentary people”
“And many of the the accessible lifestyle factors that everybody listening now can can use to live a longer, happier, healthier life for them and their loved ones. And I highly recommend people go and get your book.”
Joe Rogan thank you and your book people can find out all this stuff in detail much more detailed you can get a two-a… 1
“thank you and your book people can find out all this stuff in detail much more detailed you can get a two-and-a-half hour conversation life span why we age and why we don't have to David a Sinclair PhD”
Keith Rabois I've read recently a great book by David Sinclair out of Harvard entitled lifespan which is basically argue… 1
“I've read recently a great book by David Sinclair out of Harvard entitled lifespan which is basically argues that aging is a disease yes and like in like any disease it's actually preventable if you do the right things one of the things he highly endorses is taking metformin so that alone has remote evaded me Sarah seriously considering all”
Peter Diamandis And he then goes on and talk about what a system called a Sirtuin systems, right? There are seven Sirtuin g… 1
“And he then goes on and talk about what a system called a Sirtuin systems, right? There are seven Sirtuin genes...”
Rich Roll A great primer to read in conjunction with David Sinclair's fantastic book, "Lifespan." 1
“A great primer to read in conjunction with David Sinclair's fantastic book, "Lifespan."”
Andrew Huberman The title of that book, is 'Lifespan: Why We Age And Why We Don't Have To.' 2
“The title of that book, is 'Lifespan: Why We Age And Why We Don't Have To.'”
“Today's episode gets into discussion about many aspects of aging and tools to combat aging that have not been discussed on any other podcasts or in the book lifespan.”
Dr Will Bulsiewicz An example of one is resveratrol. So you hear about resveratrol, you know, resveratrol is capable of actual… 2
“An example of one is resveratrol. So you hear about resveratrol, you know, resveratrol is capable of actually changing the microbiome by itself. You know, David Sinclair in "Lifespan" talks about resveratrol and its benefits for healthy aging.”
“david sinclair in lifespan talks about resveratrol and its benefits for healthy aging”
Aubrey de Grey Even David... David is probably the person out of my colleagues who pushes the envelope as much as possible… 1
“Even David... David is probably the person out of my colleagues who pushes the envelope as much as possible out of people who have regular faculty positions But you know he's just written a book which I see you have on yourself and called you know why we age and why we don't have to He could not have written”
Shaan Puri So there's this book on longevity. I believe it's called lifespan. I'm I'm going to I'm thinking about read… 1
“So there's this book on longevity. I believe it's called lifespan. I'm I'm going to I'm thinking about reading it. I'm very fascinated by this too.”
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“Yes on that podcast book if you haven't listened to it already it's it's really interesting and if you've ever considered going to start doing intermittent fasting like he sells the dream”
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“So, in in my book, Lifespan, it's a little dated now, but you might remember I chose a CD as the analogy. The epiggenome is the reader of the music and the DNA is the music itself.”
“Um, and I proposed this in my book and uh, even put it on the back cover and it was a lot of people were telling me that that's crazy. Don't say that, David. It's going to be scandalous.”
“Well, actually what I've been saying uh actually on on my podcast for now what four years uh it hasn't changed and my book lifespan which came out we were talking about when we first met in 2019 it nothing in that book I've had to revise.”
“It's called one. If anyone's read my book, they know what one is. Certulates the epiggenome, slows down the changes to the software.”
“So in the morning and if you go to page uh what is it 304 of lifespan it's still still there. Uh and I still do that uh rverrol it's been back and forth controversial.”
“I put it in my book lifespan because uh I was told by the editor that that would be interesting, but I was hesitant because there was such little data on sauners and and nothing on ice bs really.”
“Also, the the book that I wrote, which you first had me on to promote, has done so well and it's really because of you. And the book Lifespan became a bestseller not Not just that, but it's now been read millions of times around the world.”
“And there's this particular book here called Now We Are Six. It is Anyone who's read my book uh Lifespan knows that this book is very important to me.”
“So, if you're listening and you're skeptical, I'm not some hack. I am a Harvard professor who is telling the world and has written a book about it and every day spends my life researching with a team of the best scientists”
“Though, I will say that the the disaster scenario that often comes to mind when I talk about this, and which I covered in in the last part of my book, Lifespan, it's actually economically hugely advantageous to slow aging and prevent diseases.”
“Spermidine? Yeah. And the quantities are either on the screen or in my book if you want to know exactly.”
“professor of genetics at Medical School co-director the Paul Glenn Center of biology and aging research author of lifespan why we age and why we don't have to”
“so this information Theory of Aging uh it's in my book lifespan I actually put it in my book before I published it in the scientific literature”
“Additionally, he has written a popular book that became a New York Times bestseller, titled 'Lifespan: Why We Age And Why We Don't Have To.' He is also very active in public efforts to educate people about the biology of aging and strategies for slowing the aging process.”
“Today's episode covers numerous aspects of aging and counteracting tools that haven't been discussed on any other podcasts or in the book 'Lifespan.' Before we begin, I want to emphasize that this podcast is separate from my teaching and research roles at Stanford.”
“If you've read I think you've read, but if anyone has read Lifespan or actually more importantly listen to it Matt and I kid around in between the chapters and you can get a sense uh of of what we're like.”
“I can speak from my own experience that I sat down for 2 years to write Lifespan, the book. By the end of it, I couldn't walk properly.”
“Um I write about it in Lifespan if you want to look up the references and all of that.”
“Yeah, well, actually, it hasn't changed since I wrote uh Lifespan 18 months ago. So, page 304, see the list.”
“Um and the number of people who have now read my book, which is it's going to be close to a million by now across the world in 20 languages, which is really mind-blowing that that happened.”
“what i think and as i wrote about in in my book is that this biological clock which is literally chemical changes to your dna over time is the real number telomeres are out there”
“he's the author of the book lifespan and co-founder of several biotech companies”
“he's a professor in the department of genetics at harvard and co-director of the paul f glenn center for the biology of aging at harvard medical school he's the author of the book lifespan and co-founder of several biotech companies”
“i wrote about it um in life span the book and pictured a future where you would be monitored constantly so that you wouldn't suddenly have a heart attack”
“David Sinclair's book "Lifespan." David, as many of you know, is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School. "Lifespan" is this terrific book about aging as a disease and the future and present of longevity treatments. Very interesting book.”
“David Sinclair's book, "Lifespan," many of you probably know that David Sinclair, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, is a real pioneer in the aging and longevity field, his book "Lifespan" is terrific, I've read the full-length book, I've listened to it, and I've listened to it on Blinkist, and so it really captures a lot of the essential”
“And anyway, all of this stuff's laid out in his books, and it supports a lot of the research that's being done. Obviously, fasting and exercise also trigger this gene expression and enable measures of longevity to kind of be showing up biologically.”
“David Sinclair lifespan why we age and why we don't have to”
“David Sinclair lifespan why we age and why we don't have to I'm so happy there are people like you out there because I don't want to age”
“and some of the technology that I talk about in my book we think could turn the clock back by a decade or more”
“and that is a theme that I have in my book and in my research and that is we don't want to be doing everything every day”
“we are the agent why we don't have to it is natural of course”
“and one of the things I address in the book is what really will happen if you do the calculations if you look at human history that is not going to happen”
“but there are a few types I go through them in my book so because oh we won't have time to go through all of it”
“there's some other little tidbits that I put in my book which it's a laundry list of things that I found work for me but those are the main things we've covered”
“so yeah again I've got number of pages in the book on that so it's it's all laid out”
“what we think is that as we get older that and it's it's detailed a lot more in my book so if people read it they'll understand a lot more what I'm saying”
“finally he is the author of a new upcoming book entitled lifespan the revolutionary science of why we age and why we don't have to which comes out September 10 and is currently available for pre-order”
“it's called lifespan a lifespan so we're we're I'm just finishing it up it's an illustrated book it's got some beautiful drawings illustrations from one of the best illustrators in the country”
“and don't forget to pre-order his new book lifespan the revolutionary science of why we age and why we don't have to which hits bookstores on September 10th”
“but I've also poured everything that's in my brain into a book that's coming out later this year in the US that's coming out in September or early September it'll be out in the UK and then globally it's called lifespan the revolutionary science of why we age and why we don't have to”
“but I've also poured everything that's in my brain into a book that's coming out later this year in the US that's coming out in September or early September it'll be out in the UK and then globally it's called lifespan the revolutionary science of why we age and why we don't have to I'm pretty excited about it because”





