Longevity

Brand new: Kirin, Nestle, Yili and more in the spotlight

Brand new: Kirin, Nestle, Yili and more in the spotlight

By Tingmin Koe

See new developments from health and nutrition brands across Asia-Pacific, including Kirin’s R&D plans for tackling cellular senescence, Nestle expanding its maternal health supplement range, Yili growing its healthy aging range and more.

NutraCast: The hidden epidemic of unapproved research peptides

NutraCast: The hidden epidemic of unapproved research peptides

By Danielle Masterson

Banned Substances Control Group’s Oliver Catlin recently partnered with the Associated Press to expose something shocking: research peptides marketed as “laboratory chemicals” are flooding mainstream platforms like Amazon and Alibaba.

How science is tackling the aging crisis

How science is tackling the aging crisis

By Danielle Masterson

During the recent Nutra Healthspan Summit, Professor David Weinkove revealed that what most people truly care about isn’t their biological age—it’s whether they can still walk, dance and enjoy life.

In data we trust: Elysium on building credibility in the longevity market

In data we trust: Elysium on building credibility in the longevity market

By Danielle Masterson

In the world of longevity products, there’s a fundamental problem: You can’t actually feel whether they’re working. Elysium Health’s Dan Alminana tackles this trust gap head-on, arguing that advanced diagnostics like RNA sequencing and DNA methylation...

Are SIRT1, SIRT3 and SIRT6 the skin’s anti-aging trinity?

Are SIRT1, SIRT3 and SIRT6 the skin’s anti-aging trinity?

By Cassandra Stern

Sirtuins are a type of enzyme that regulate crucial cellular functions like DNA repair, metabolism and aging, and new research from Estée Lauder Companies demonstrates just how important they can be for skin longevity.

Buck Institute expert on the challenges of aging research

Buck Institute expert on the challenges of aging research

By Stephen Daniells

There is huge excitement from the nutrition industry and consumers around healthspan and longevity, but clinical trials to study aging can be challenging because of the number of participants and durations needed. And don’t forget the troublesome...

Entrenching ergothioneine as longevity vitamin

Entrenching ergothioneine as longevity vitamin

By Asia Sherman

Emerging research continues to position ergothioneine—which up until recently was a fairly obscure dietary compound—as a longevity vitamin, one that is not required for short-term survival but perhaps essential for long-term health.

Science shorts: Collagen, NMN, longevity in this research round-up

Science shorts: Collagen, NMN, longevity in this research round-up

By Tingmin Koe

In this round-up, we bring you the latest research findings on health and nutrition, including new findings on collagen for wrinkles and knee pain reduction, nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) increasing hair length growth at the anagen phase and more.

NAD+ market analysis: From hype to reality check

Guest column

NAD+ market analysis: From hype to reality check

By Afif Ghannoum, CEO, CPG Radar

The NAD+ supplement market is experiencing a dramatic transformation that reveals a fundamental shift in consumer behavior. While scientific curiosity about NAD+ has surged 133% since early 2024, actual purchase intent has collapsed by nearly half.