Max Lugavere

And the company that I work with creates, it creates a version of astaxanthin that's unique because it's a powder.

So most astaxanthin on the market is,

is like liquid so it's it's um you know solvent in like uh in in fat but the powder is cool because i mix it basically i can like give like delilah like a tiny bit of it um i could dose it out and i give her like i think like a milligram a day or something like that and it's like a longevity nutrient it activates longevity pathways in the body and you know it's one of the few nutrients that was actually identified in the nih's um

interventions testing program that extended mammalian life specifically in male mice.

But nonetheless, I mean, this was super exciting.

It extended the life of male mice by 10 percent and it was perfectly safe.

So there are other compounds that have been shown to boost lifespan, but not with the same safety profile as astaxanthin.

So I give a little bit to my cat and I take it every day.

Mouthwash might have downstream consequences on the brain when used chronically and specific kinds of mouthwash like antiseptic mouthwash because they can boost blood pressure.

Antiseptic mouthwash indiscriminately kills bacteria in the mouth that are really important when it comes to synthesizing nitrite, which is a crucial ingredient.

compound as part of the nitric oxide pathway in our bodies that is really important for helping to normalize blood pressure and boost blood flow.

And so when you eat a bowl of dark leafy greens that are rich in nitrates, inorganic nitrates,

You have bacteria in your mouth that convert these nitrates to nitrite, which then, you know, it's this long, complicated pathway, but basically boosts nitric oxide, which is a gas created in our endothelium that helps to relax blood vessels and boost blood flow and lower blood pressure.

When you frequently swish with antiseptic mouthwash every day, you're killing the bacteria in your mouth that are responsible for that conversion process.

So there have been observational studies

that have linked frequent use of mouthwash to doubling of risk for hypertension and increasing risk by 50% for type two diabetes.

These are observational studies, you know, more research needs to be done, you know, all the necessary caveats, but mechanistically we know that, you know, that oral bacteria are really important.

And if you're just like nuking them twice a day with antiseptic mouthwash, and especially pharmaceutical grade mouthwash, like chlorhexidine, it's not doing your blood pressure any favors.

Good brain health.

Yeah.