Forever Young

Forever Young

Sharing the science of longevity with a healthy dose of humanism. Helping you cut through the noise and explore our species' deepest fears, greatest hopes, and wildest dreams. foreveryoungfilm.substack.com

  1. This Simple, Free Practice Could Add Years to Your Life

    29/11/2025

    This Simple, Free Practice Could Add Years to Your Life

    What if we told you there’s an intervention that reduces inflammation, improves cardiovascular function, and costs nothing? No prescription. No side effects. Available to everyone. Here’s what the research tells us about gratitude—and why it matters for longevity: Gratitude is measurable biology, not just a feeling. According to research published in Psychosomatic Medicine, gratitude is associated with lower levels of endothelial dysfunction—a key marker of cardiovascular aging. Heart patients who reported higher gratitude showed better vascular function, independent of depression or anxiety levels. (DOI) A six-week gratitude practice reduced inflammation by 27%. A workplace study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that employees who engaged in daily gratitude exercises for just six weeks saw a 27% reduction in C-reactive protein (a marker of chronic inflammation) and improvements in blood sugar regulation. (DOI) Chronic inflammation, as we cover in several of our posts, is one of the hallmarks of aging. Anything that reduces it is worth paying attention to. The connection between gratitude and longevity runs deeper than we thought. We now know that 93% of how you age is determined by lifestyle—not genetics. What we’re learning now is that how you think is an essential part of that lifestyle equation. Inspired by this article and video? Share it with a friend or family member. Want more from Dr. Thomas Lewis? Here’s one of our popular posts: We are now posting new videos and articles almost DAILY. Click below to gain FULL ACCESS to our growing library, engage directly with longevity experts in subscriber chats and Q&As, and more! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com/subscribe

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  2. Why Your Brain Can’t Imagine Its Own Death

    23/11/2025

    Why Your Brain Can’t Imagine Its Own Death

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit foreveryoungfilm.substack.com We live in a culture that has mastered the art of avoiding death.We don’t see it, we don’t talk about it, and we certainly don’t allow room for the fear of it — not in polite conversation, not in our friendships, not even in our family lives. But Dr. Thomas Lewis makes something uncomfortably clear:Our silence hasn’t made death easier. It has made us more afraid. Why? Because the human brain is a prediction machine.It can model anything — danger, possibility, love, loss — but it cannot model its own non-existence.It literally cannot imagine a world without “you” in it.So it defaults to a kind of illusion: death is something that happens to other people. And that illusion works… until it doesn’t. In earlier centuries, death was woven into the fabric of life.People died at home, surrounded by family.Children grew up watching life end, not in horror, but as part of the natural rhythm of being human. Today, you can go an entire lifetime without seeing a body.Death has been sterilized, outsourced, hidden behind hospital curtains.And when something disappears from view, it becomes mysterious… and then frightening… and then taboo. The result is a quiet epidemic of unspoken fear.People aren’t just afraid of dying —they’re afraid of admitting they’re afraid. But here’s the part that gives this conversation its power: Anxiety grows in silence.Anxiety shrinks when shared. And a little less afraid. More from Dr. Thomas Lewis:

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Sharing the science of longevity with a healthy dose of humanism. Helping you cut through the noise and explore our species' deepest fears, greatest hopes, and wildest dreams. foreveryoungfilm.substack.com