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So I Threw Myself Into My Work...
Taking a break from studying how aging works in humans
And instead turning all my attention to dogs
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Investigating every new study and piece of anti-aging research that surfaced
Which is what ultimately led me to the discovery I want to share with you right now:
About the ONE single factor that can rapidly accelerate the aging process in our dogs
Even when they’re still very young
And it’s vital you pay attention to this next part
No matter what age your dog is right now
Because this could significantly extend the number of years they live in good health
What Is This Discovery?
It has to do with something called methylation...
And while you may not have heard that term before
Methylation is a biochemical process that controls how cells in the body function
The way it works
Is that up to a billion times per second
Tiny organic compounds, called methyls, travel throughout the body of animals (including dogs and humans)
Telling their cells, and even their DNA, how to act
In other words
These methyls act like floating “instruction manuals” for your cells
And when these instruction manuals become “messed u p ”
Which can happen for a variety of reasons that I’ll talk more about in a second
It means that your cells start receiving “bad directions”...
Which causes them to stop functioning properly
Or even, sometimes, to become destroyed
It’s For This Reason That The World’s Leading Anti-Aging Scientists Have All Become Obsessed With Methylation...
Because they’ve realized that by looking at how well methylation is working inside the body




It gives them a much clearer picture of how old an individual actually is
Compared to just counting that individual’s age in years
And intuitively, you can probably understand why this is true...
Because we all know two humans who are the same “age”
Yet who are at very different levels of health
And the same thing is true for canines too:
You can have two dogs that are the same breed and the same age
Yet one of them will be full of energy and appear perfectly healthy
While the other has already begun to slow down...
And while you might think that it’s a stretch for me to be talking about this methylation process in dogs
Surprisingly, it has become one of the hottest areas in all of anti-aging research
For example, in 2022
Dr Steve Horvath and a team of scientists from UCLA and the National Institutes of Health looked
Trying to understand why some dogs live so much longer than others
And they found that while things like average height and weight weren’t good predictors for how at 93 different dog breeds long a dog was likely to live
One thing that could predict their lifespan was methylation 1
It makes sense
Because remember what methylation means:
It means that a billion times per second
Tiny floating instruction manuals are sent to the cells in your dog’s body
And when these instruction manuals have the wrong information:
Fur cells, skin cells, organ cells, joint cells, bone cells, brain cells - none of these things function like they should
Which can lead to your dog’s health breaking down in a hurry.
And that study from Dr Horvath is just one of several big pieces of research now emerging
Because an all star team of scientists from UC San Diego, UC Davis, and the University of
Pittsburgh recently found the same thing to be true
They looked at methylation levels in 104 Labrador retrievers who ranged from a few weeks to 16 years old
And not only did the research team find that when methylation gets screwed up, your dog’s health gets worse
They also realized that in general
Methylation goes haywire earlier in the lives of dogs when compared to humans 2
So while we humans age slowly over a long-period of time
By your dog’s second birthday
The cells in their joints, skin, organs, and bones can begin to rapidly age
And that’s why puppies tend to slow down between the ages of 12 and 24 months
It’s not just that your dog is “maturing”
But because the “instruction manuals” your dog’s cells need to be healthy are starting to contain the wrong information
So after the age of two...
It’s Almost As If A “Tragic Countdown Timer” Gets Set Inside Your Dog’s Body...
And that’s why it really is so important that ALL dog owners get this information
Because if you want a real chance at slowing down the visible signs of aging in your dog
Helping them to act and feel younger for as many years as possible
Then you need to take action right now
And this is true regardless of if your pup is currently a healthy 18 month old
Or they’re already 8, 10, or 12+ years-old.
Okay, so how do you take action...
Giving your dog the BEST chance to enjoy optimal health both today and for many years into the future?

It Turns Out That There’s ONE Single Step That You Can Take Today...
And it’s something that’s very easy and inexpensive to do
What is it?
It has to do with a vitamin that researchers have continuously found to support a healthy methylation process in our dogs...
Which means that when your dog gets enough of this vitamin in their diet...
It helps the cells in your dogs bones, joints, fur, skin, and vital organs all function optimally
So that your dog is able to thrive