Can Metformin Fight Aging?

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.

[robertstancliffsr]

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 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

[earnest]

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

[robynhope]

There really should be a spokesperson who answers our questions.

[thomascorbett]

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

[beatrizkessler]

Thanks so much for important information and gadbles 🤩

[joshiabhinav]

do we have any further update on this trial

[robynhope]

What about Rapamycin? Peter Attia takes it.

[NikoHL]

Metformin can be easily obtained online..

[robynhope]

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!

[sc]

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

[robynhope]

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

[robynhope]

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

[anastasiachang]

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

[robynhope]

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!

[chickensandwtch]

5:55 I believe aging does not happen to jellyfishes

[rdavidmurphy]

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

[robynhope]

What do u mean "safe drug"?? No drug with this many side effects is safe.

[marisolvalez]

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