3 Longevity Drugs I QUIT (And the 4 I Take Instead) : 1529

0:00There's about a dozen known causes of aging.

0:02There are plant compounds that'll kill you, there are animal compounds that'll kill you, and there's pharmaceuticals that'll probably kill you.

0:07My formin has the longest track record in anti-aging in 700 years in one form or another in medicine, and that's why people assume it's the safe default longevity choice.

0:17I just don't think so, because it blunts the regeneration that you need.

0:21It doesn't make a lot of sense to recommend statins for longevity when almost any supplement out there, including some like zinc, has better safety data and probably better protective data as well.

0:33And nystatin is something that I actually do recommend.

0:35It won't lower your cholesterol, but it'll stop something like Candida from causing systemic inflammation that makes you old and gives you brain fog.

0:41But here's the yes list.

0:43And this is a drug that I have been taking for about seven years every single night.

0:49And it is.

0:54You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey.