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Sugar is the new tobacco.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: New Sugar Tobacco

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A big tree seemed even more beautiful to me when I imagined thousands of tiny photosynthesis machines inside every leaf. So I went to MIT and worked on bacteria because that's where people knew the most about these switches, how to control the genetics.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: About Bacteria Beautiful Because Big Control Even Every Genetics How Imagined Inside Knew Leaf Machines Me Mit More Most People Seemed Thousands Tiny Tree Where Worked

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It was like stepping on to an escalator; I could do anything. I was just made for science.

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Topics: Anything Could Escalator Just Like Made Science Stepping

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Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: Aging Change Could Down Experiment Extend Gene Genes Imagine Maybe Slow You

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Age is the single largest risk factor for an enormous number of diseases. So if you can essentially postpone aging, then you can have beneficial effects on a whole wide range of disease.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: Age Aging Beneficial Disease Diseases Effects Enormous Essentially Factor Largest Number Postpone Range Risk Single Then Whole Wide Wide Range You

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Carbohydrates, and especially refined ones like sugar, make you produce lots of extra insulin. I've been keeping my intake really low ever since I discovered this. I've cut out all starch such as potatoes, noodles, rice, bread and pasta.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: Been Bread Carbohydrates Cut Discovered Ever Extra Insulin Intake Keeping Like Lots Low Make Noodles Out Pasta Potatoes Produce Really Refined Rice Since Sugar You

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Life's too short to not be around nice people.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: Around Life Nice Nice People People Short Too

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One thing that's likely: How you look as you age is hereditary. Some of my family members, for example, look younger than their real age. And people have mistaken me for 30, even 25.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: Age Even Example Family Family Members For Example Hereditary How Likely Look Me Members Mistaken One Thing People Real Some Than Thing You Younger

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It's possible that we could change a human gene and double our life span. I don't know if that's true, but we can't rule that out.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: Change Could Double Gene Human Know Life Life Span Our Out Possible Rule Span True

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You would think that UV just causes mutations, but it doesn't; you need a gene to be active for it.

~Cynthia Kenyon

Topics: Active Causes Gene Just Mutations Need Think Would You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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