Low-dose lithium — a life-long partner in longevity journey

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Why should you be excited about lithium?

It is well documented that lithium can promote significant lifespan increase in different species, for example, a 46% median lifespan increase in worms, a 16% median lifespan increase in flies, and yeast. As a skeptic, you should rightly ask — will these results translate to humans?

Well, in the past 10 years, several important studies on lithium came out. For example, two studies looked at large cohorts of population (in Japan [2011] and Texas [2018]) and found that trace amounts of lithium in drinking water are associated with a lower all-cause mortality after adjustment for suicide mortality (which is decreased by lithium as shown by many studies across the world — more details below in this article) and socioeconomic status…