INTERVIEW
The secret to
eternal youth The scientific director of Palazzo Fiuggi explains the secrets of anti-aging. By Luciano Tancredi
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avid Della Morte Canosci is an anti-aging guru, in whose skilled hands we can all become like Benjamin Button. His mission is to slow down the aging clock and every day, thanks to his untiring research, he gets nearer to achieving his goal. Not only is Della Morte the scientific and Medical Director of Palazzo Fiuggi, he is also associate at the Department of Neurology of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, associate of Internal Medicine at the Department of Systems Medicine of the University of Tor Vergata, Rome and collaborator of the IRCCS and of the San Raffaele University of Rome. He deals with basic and clinical science in the field of senescence, metabolic, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The research he is working on focuses on clarifying the pathological pathways that link metabolic and cognitive diseases with the aging process. He is currently also engaged in genetic studies aimed at identifying the factors that influence vascular and cognitive aging.
Professor, is aging a natural and unstoppable process or a disease to be treated? Aging should not be considered as an unstoppable process, much less as a disease. Aging is, in fact, a physiological process determined by the reduction or loss of our defense mechanisms against aggressive factors to our body, both
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external and internal. Consequently, by reducing these aggression factors and increasing our defenses, which are lost with increasing age, we may be able to slow down and reverse the aging processes. The main factors on which to concentrate to implement these anti-aging strategies are protection against inflammation and oxidative stress — the main threats to our organs — and the prevention of chronic diseases.
Can we live longer, but also well? Of course. The goal is precisely this, to live as many years as possible free from chronic disease and therefore to enjoy a good quality of life. These diseases are now most frequent in Western countries and the age at which they manifest themselves, unfortunately, is getting lower and lower. These include cardiovascular, neurological and neurodegenerative metabolic diseases, such as diabetes and cancer. Fundamentally, a correct and accurate prevention can only be achieved by integrating a holistic picture of the whole health of the subject.
What are the protocols you have devised for Palazzo Fiuggi? In line with my beliefs, that is, with the goal of living a long, healthy life free from chronic diseases, we have created health and wellness protocols at the Palazzo Fiuggi by
palazzofiuggi.com
