General Health vs. Longevity
01 Introduction
It's essential to understand the difference between general health and longevity. While both share the fundamental aim of improving health outcomes, they operate on different timeframes and methods. In this newsletter, we’ll dive into the differences between these two approaches as well as their unique goals, scopes, and methods.
02 Diverse Approaches for Different Goals
Both general health and longevity aim to make us healthier, but they do it in different ways. General health tends to focus more on short-term health outcomes and considers aging to be immutable. Longevity health relies on the latest science, which proves aging can be slowed and targets the underlying causes of aging, disease, and mortality. It’s important to understand the differences between these two concepts in order to ensure that you focus on the correct approach to health for your needs.
03 What Ages Your Body?
To further understand the longevity approach to health, it is important to understand the causes of aging. The 12 hallmarks of aging give us a way to understand the complicated ways our bodies change as we get older. Even though these hallmarks are all connected, each one affects our health in its own way.
04 The Short-Sightedness of “Health”
Traditional medicine usually treats immediate health issues but doesn't adequately focus on preventing them or dealing with long-term effects. While the medical establishment is good at handling short-term illnesses, it has a poor track record for keeping you healthy in the long run. A longevity lifestyle, however, focuses on helping you maintain high performance and health throughout your long(er) life. Illness and infirmity are short-lived, with death being more sudden (ideal) at an older age than you would have otherwise lived.?
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Biological age clocks are paving the way for a more personalized approach to healthcare. They empower individuals to take charge of their health by making informed decisions about their lifestyle and wellness choices.
However, not all epigenetic clocks are the same. Currently, the best epigenetic clocks are the ones that are trained on direct markers of health (such as disease, lung function, blood pressure, grip strength, and brain size) and mortality while also looking at indirect markers (blood biomarkers like CRP, triglycerides, and cholesterol) and chronological age.
The best clocks are also based on blood – not saliva – are open for scientific scrutiny, have been used in dozens of scientific studies, and have the objectively highest precision levels. There is only one clock that meets all of these criteria: NOVOS Age.
06 Optimize Your Longevity with NOVOS
In the months and years ahead, there will be many pseudo-longevity companies entering the field that will carelessly advise extreme and unsustainable approaches to longevity based on poor interpretations of research, as well as antiquated health and wellness companies co-opting the term “longevity” by their marketing teams.
NOVOS is the first and most scientifically advanced longevity company on the market, introducing the concept of the hallmarks of aging to the consumer market and creating NOVOS Core, the only patent-pending formulation addressing all 12 hallmarks simultaneously. NOVOS delivers the most accurate and precise biological age test available and free educational content and tools as a Public Benefit Corporation.?
With NOVOS, you will maximize your longevity without a cost to your short-term health, performance, or lifestyle.