Dr. Betty Murray explains that fat tissue uniquely increases its stem cells with age, yet secretes over 50 harmful hormones that drive atherosclerosis, joint damage, and cognitive decline. Fat is 17 times more likely to become senescent than other tissues, making fat loss critical for longevity.
And I have long said that God has got a sense of humor. The reason that we aren't laughing is we are the joke. He has arranged things so that the human tissue that has— the only human tissue, in fact, that actually increases the number of stem cells as we age is fat. Fat for God, why? Why fat? You know, this is a tissue that produces over 50 different destructive hormones, enzymes, peptides, that these adipokines, they cause atherosclerosis, degeneration in our joints. They damp down our immune system. They slow our brain. They cause tissues to die sooner. We don't need that. So, you know, A, we want to get as little fat in the system as possible, but B, fat is 17 times more likely to become senescent than any other tissue in the body.
