The Health Diaries

How This Anti-Aging Scientist Turns His Findings Into a Lifestyle

‘I practice what I discover.’

There are many ways to live a healthy life. The Health Diaries is a weekly series about the habits that keep notable people living well.

David Sinclair is one of the world’s renowned longevity researchers. He believes that one day — sooner rather than later — scientists will be able to treat and even reverse aging. He’s spent the bulk of his career researching the pathways that control aging in the body. Sinclair, a geneticist and professor at Harvard Medical School, has helped identify the role of molecules that are potentially important for longevity, including resveratrol — found in small concentrations in the skin of grapes — and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), a compound found naturally in the body that declines as we age but may be replenished through supplements.

Sinclair is also a co-founder of Life Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical company that is investigating and commercializing treatments for aging. It’s the largest company addressing the eight pathways of what Life Biosciences refers to as age-related decline (ARD). Sinclair and his colleagues want to treat aging as a systemic breakdown of the body, rather than treating symptoms or specific conditions…