Dear Readers,
We are all going to die.
Sorry to be so blunt in the opening line, but it’s true!
Obviously, most people are interested in living longer, healthier lives. We all know the conventional wisdom—eat healthy, exercise, get enough sleep, minimize vices like alcohol and smoking, yada yada yada.
For some people, that’s not enough, and they desperately seek any possible means to fight—or even reverse—aging. This desire is an ancient one, going back to Ponce de Leon’s search for the Fountain of Youth and even the medieval legend of the Holy Grail that grants eternal life, infamously depicted in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: “He chose…poorly” 💀
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