Life Extension Foundation
Encyclopedia
The Life Extension Foundation (LEF) is a non-profit research-based foundation headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
, established by co-founders Saul Kent
and William Faloon in 1980. Its primary purpose is to fund research and disseminate information on life extension
, preventive medicine, "anti-aging" and optimal health, with a focus on hormonal and nutritional supplementation, deriving much of its income from the sale of vitamins and supplements.
s. Part of the organization’s profits from the sale of supplements and membership dues is used to fund independent research aimed at discovering new therapies for slowing and reversing the aging process. Life Extension has provided financial support to help fund research on cryogenics
and anti-aging. The LEF is also a consumer advocacy organization that promotes public access to health products and information.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
, established by co-founders Saul Kent
Saul Kent
Saul Kent is a prominent life extension activist, and co-founder of the Life Extension Foundation, a major dietary supplement vendor and promoter of anti-aging research...
and William Faloon in 1980. Its primary purpose is to fund research and disseminate information on life extension
Life extension
Life extension science, also known as anti-aging medicine, experimental gerontology, and biomedical gerontology, is the study of slowing down or reversing the processes of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan...
, preventive medicine, "anti-aging" and optimal health, with a focus on hormonal and nutritional supplementation, deriving much of its income from the sale of vitamins and supplements.
Activities
The LEF publishes a magazine monthly entitled Life Extension that discusses health research and the use of dietary supplementDietary supplement
A dietary supplement, also known as food supplement or nutritional supplement, is a preparation intended to supplement the diet and provide nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, or amino acids, that may be missing or may not be consumed in sufficient quantities in a person's diet...
s. Part of the organization’s profits from the sale of supplements and membership dues is used to fund independent research aimed at discovering new therapies for slowing and reversing the aging process. Life Extension has provided financial support to help fund research on cryogenics
Cryogenics
In physics, cryogenics is the study of the production of very low temperature and the behavior of materials at those temperatures. A person who studies elements under extremely cold temperature is called a cryogenicist. Rather than the relative temperature scales of Celsius and Fahrenheit,...
and anti-aging. The LEF is also a consumer advocacy organization that promotes public access to health products and information.