You may have heard of Bryan Johnson – a tech entrepreneur who spends $2M annually on testing and a protocol to optimize his health and slow his pace of aging.
Bryan’s name came up in a newsletter article I was reading from Nick Urban – Outliyr.
Nick is a biohacker – but he really knows his stuff.
His newsletter is definitely worth checking out.
In the article, he was talking about a company – Novos Labs (I have no affiliation with them) that developed and markets a patent pending supplement formulation which they claim will slow down the pace of aging – and they provide good scientific references to justify the inclusion of each ingredient.
I have been following the Anti-Aging research community for over 20 years and as a product formulator and health care practitioner I am constantly researching and reviewing nutritional ingredients and supplement formulations from all over the world.
So I was intrigued to review the ingredients they included in their formulation.
Obviously we all want to optimize our health and slow down the pace of aging – both for ourselves and for our patients.
I would suggest that the most effective way to do this is with Regenerative Medicine modalities which many of you will be familiar with, such as PRP, stem cells and exosomes which I will cover in a future article.
Here is a list of the ingredients that Novos Labs includes in their formulation:
From their website:
Product Description
NOVOS Core is the first, most studied, and scientifically validated solution that tackles the 12 root causes of aging. The patent-pending formulation is designed to slow down your pace of aging.
Scientifically tested and developed by our team of the world’s best longevity scientists and medical doctors, it is the most powerful longevity mix available.
- 6.9 grams of a proprietary, patent-pending, blend of 12 comprehensively studied longevity ingredients. Each sachet contains up to 10 times more actives than other longevity solutions, precisely dosed.
- Backed by the world’s top aging experts from Harvard Medical School, MIT, and other top institutions
- Based on 400+ studies, NOVOS Core demonstrates efficacy in independent 3rd-party research studies
- Targets 12 root causes of aging to slow down the pace of aging
- Improves energy levels, skin health, mood, and cognition over time
- Calcium Alpha-Ketoglutarate
- Fisetin
- Magnesium
- Glycine
- Glucosamine Sulfate
- Pterostilbene
- Hyaluronic Acid
- Rhodiola Rosea
- L-Theanine
- Microdosed Lithium
- Vitamin C
- Malate
- Ginger
Now I would think – like myself you currently take some of these ingredients and recommend some of them to your patients – you can certainly make a case for doing so based upon some of the published research and Novos Labs includes on their website some of this key research.
However I would suggest that there are some glaring omissions in this list.
A couple of key ones that stand out:
GlyNAC – which I have talked about before – the combination of Glycine and NAC: GlyNAC has been shown to target key mechanisms of the aging process and in published research showed that this combination would revert aging biomarkers in a older cohort back to equivalent levels compared to young adults in just a few months!
This formulation includes glycine – but not NAC.
Also I would argue that THE top ingredient for healthy aging is L-Ergothionine – an amino acid which provides more benefits than anything on the market that I am aware of.
And there are more ingredients that they have left out but I will leave it at that.
But for sure they have come with an intriguing formulation – backed by some good research so this may provide you with some ideas for your own health journey – and that of your patients.
