Omega-3 supplements slow biological ageing

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Clinician-scientist Heike Bischoff-Ferrari and geroscientist Steve Horvath take omega-3 and vitamin D supplements every day to prevent ageing-related health issues. “I do this every morning with my coffee,” says Horvath, who is based at biotechnology company Altos Labs in Cambridge, UK. “I practise what we publish.”

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00355-1

H. A. Bischoff-Ferrari et al. Nature Aging https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-024-00793-y (2025).

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