Walk into any drugstore in America and youll find dozens of so-called anti-aging products, from beauty creams and under-eye serums to face masks and hair dyes. Of course, none of these things will actually stop aging. They just appeal to human vanity. In reality, if youre truly concerned about what will happen to you as you grow older, you should worry less about reducing signs of aging on the outside and pay more attention to aging better on the inside. Thats why a groundbreaking company called Elysium Health created two incredibly advanced products specifically designed to support the healthy cellular aging process.

Founded by Dr. Leo Guarente, director of the Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research at MIT, Elysium Health has a scientific advisory board that includes eight Nobel Laureates. Their goal is to use the latest scientific advancements in the field of cellular aging to create products that can actually improve peoples lives today.

Elysiums flagship products, Elysium Basis and Elysium Indexare based on two major discoveries about how we age at the cellular level.

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The first major breakthrough in cellular aging concerns the role played by a molecule called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or NAD+. This molecule performs two essential jobs in the human body without which life would not be possible. First, NAD+ plays a key role in metabolism by helping to turn nutrients into cellular energy. Second, it functions as a helper molecule for special proteins called sirtuins. Sometimes called the guardians of the genome, sirtuins play a vital role in overall health, but they can only do their job with the help of NAD+.

Unfortunately, scientists have discovered that natural levels of NAD+ decline as we get older, which is the primary cause of cellular aging. However, scientists have also discovered that NAD+ levels can be increased through supplementation of nicotinamide riboside (a highly efficient precursor to NAD+) and pterostilbene (a powerful polyphenol created by plants).

Thats where Elysium Basis comes in.

To address the problem of declining NAD+ levels, Elysiums team of all-star scientists developed Basis, a patent-pending formulation of crystalline nicotinamide riboside, which the human body converts into NAD+, and pterostilbene.

In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, Basis was shown to increase NAD+ levels by an average of 40 percent safely and sustainably. These elevated NAD+ levels help support cellular energy and metabolism, maintain healthy DNA, activate sirtuins, and support healthy cellular aging.

Each bottle of Basis has 60 capsules. Elysium Health recommends two capsules every morning, with or without food.

The second major breakthrough in the field of cellular aging concerns the field of epigenetics, which is the study of changes in organisms caused by the modification of gene expression. As we age, chemical compounds get attached to our genes, altering how they are expressed. When epigenetic compounds attach to DNA, they are said to have marked the genome. These marks do not change the sequence of the DNA, but they do change the way cells read the DNAs instructions.

One of the most common epigenetic marks is called DNA methylation. In 2018 Dr. Morgan Levine, a professor at Yale School of Medicine and Elysiums Bioinformatics Advisor, developed a process that calculates biological age by looking at specific sites along the genome to see what proportion of cells are marked by DNA methylation.

That brings us to Elysium Index.

To help people better understand how fast they are aging, scientists at Elysium Health developed the Index biological age test, which analyzes over 100,000 sites of DNA methylation to calculate your biological age.

When you order the Index biological age test, Elysium sends you a simple at-home saliva collection kit. Once you send your sample back, Elysium extracts your DNA, loads it onto a specially designed DNA sequencing chip, and analyzes it using next-generation technology called Algorithmic Platform for Epigenetic Examination, or APEX. This sophisticated system scans your epigenome for DNA methylation biomarkers, which it then uses to calculate your biological age.

Once the analysis process is complete, Elysium sends you a complete report, which includes specific health, diet, and lifestyle recommendations designed to help you age better.

Nothing can stop the cellular aging process. But thanks to scientists at Elysium Health, we can be proactive and provide support for healthy cellular aging. And right now, when you subscribe to a one year supply of Basis, you can get 40-percent off the Index biological age test. So dont let this opportunity to take control of your cellular health pass you by. Click here to see what Elysium Health has to offer.

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