Welcome to this special podcast of the People's Pharmacy. Today Joe and I are talking with Aaron Chironi, entrepreneur and

co-founder of Juvisel. Aaron is also a master's degree candidate in biology at

Harvard University with a thesis focused on epigenetics.

Juvisel produces a multi-ingredient longevity supplement.

We have no financial interest in the company.

We thought you might like to listen to this interview in conjunction with our interviews on related topics with Dr David Sinclair and Dr. Terry Moffitt.

You'll find them in People's Pharmacy Show 1,263.

Welcome to the People's Pharmacy pharmacy Aaron Sharoni.

Thanks so much for having me on.

We're delighted to be able to talk to you, Aaron.

You know, I think a lot of people believe that their genes control their destiny.

You know, if dad lived to 63 and mom made it to 68, they don't expect to get much past 70. Why is that reasoning wrong?

Well, I'm assuming that many of your listeners who've heard all of the excellent guests that you've had on over the years might be familiar with this concept, but the environment really plays a bigger role in your lifespan destiny, so to speak,

than your genes alone.

And in fact, if folks are familiar with your epigenome,

the field of epigenetics is very popular now. So that's essentially the collection of chemical marks on your DNA that control the regulation or the expression of your genes.

And so the idea is that, you know, if the,

to use an analogy, if the genes or the gun,

the environment pulls the trigger, right?

So you might have something loaded that some people might think,

well, I've got a genetic mutation that may predispose me to a certain

disease or a certain trait but it's really the environmental factors that are

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