Dr. Hillary Lin & Livora Health The Long Game Hi Reader, When people ask me about longevity, the conversation often starts with the same question: Why would I want to live longer if it means spending those years sick, frail, or dependent on others? This week, I’m digging into the fascinating—and sometimes messy—reasons I believe in longevity medicine. What is it really? Is it just hype? A billionaires-only club? Or is it a necessary shift in how we approach health for individuals and society?...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Dr. Hillary Lin & Livora Health The Long Game Hi Reader, Happy Holidays! I've been around the globe and back, with additional family visit travel and a thought-provoking roundtable with Flare Capital since our last issue of The Long Game. Roundtable Where is Longevity Innovation Going? Is longevity a fad or a lasting trend? I am a big believer of the field, but it takes reinvention and dedication to disrupt the gnarly beast we call healthcare! I had the pleasure of participating in a...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Eat 40g of protein with every meal, ideally 4 hours apart. Fast every night for 12-18 hours. A vegan diet is the best way to improve your health. The best quality protein is animal protein. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. These are just some of the prescriptions for eternal youth and longevity you might have heard recently from your favorite podcast for YouTube channel. I'm not here to promote any of them, nor to counter any. Instead, I want to highlight the phenomenon we're...
10 months ago • 1 min read
The emerging field of longevity medicine might be just Wellness 2.0 with doctors. Or it could be the field that unlocks immortality. Everyone from tech bros to academics debate on the actual definition of what constitutes longevity medicine, with each player claiming a piece of the industry (while it's hot, anyways). In my view, longevity medicine is the pinnacle of functional, integrative, precision, preventive, and personalized healthcare. But while functional or precision medicine takes a...
10 months ago • 1 min read
Is the Longevity Revolution Just Wellness 2.0 for Billionaires? HILLARY LIN, MD MAY 13, 2024 Before COVID hit, the wellness industry was experiencing a revival. People were tired of experiencing sickness, discussing sickness, and spending on sickness. Instead, people wanted to focus on wellness with retreats, meditation, and spas. Wellness 1.0 was focused on self-care, nutrition, and supplements. Prevention rather than reaction was the message being shouted from every yoga studio and glamping...
11 months ago • 2 min read
Longevity Lifehacks by Hillary Lin, MD Fasting for Health and Longevity: Unlocking the Power of Metabolic Rejuvenation As a physician, I've counseled hundreds - perhaps thousands - of patients struggling with weight loss. With the advent of GLP-1 agonists, I started noticing a pattern emerge that differentiated the patients most successful - and it wasn’t simply taking the medications. It led me to consider the role of our insulin and sugar pathways, which brought me to the role of fasting....
12 months ago • 7 min read
by Hillary Lin, MD Boost Your Health and Lifespan: Part 3 of VO2 Max What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I just returned from a snowboarding trip where I suffered many painful but thankfully quickly recovering injuries (I can now sit on my bottom with only minimal pain). My physical pains include my sleep deficit going up by about 8 hours over the weekend. A future post will definitely that flavor of damage. This post follows Part 1 of VO2 max, where we learned why this measurement is...
12 months ago • 5 min read
by Hillary Lin, MD Trackers, Treadmills, & Masks: Measuring VO2 Max - Part 2 of the VO2 Max Series What is your body's engine capable of? We last discussed why VO2 max is all the rage for people who care about health and longevity. For those of you who didn't read the already very concise last post, the tldr is that VO2 max is a metric of your cardiovascular fitness that can be measured over time. Cardiovascular fitness (heart health) is the part of our longevity equation we can most control...
12 months ago • 9 min read
by Hillary Lin, MD Secret to Longevity? Part 1 of the VO2 Max Series Diving into scientific secrets of deep health and longevity. “I want to be sick for a long time and die young,” said no one ever. Absolutely every human wants to enjoy great health for as long as possible. But longevity is an area that contains extreme noise - competing only with the misinformation around how to cure cancer (and no, baking soda does not cure cancer). To start, I want to emphasize that I am a “normal” person...
12 months ago • 4 min read
