Their posts are valid answers to what I asked in the original post in the thread.
Let me attempt to explain.
I've been interested in the anti-aging and longevity category of supplements for many years and have watched this category evolve and take shape. I remember a time when this category was mostly considered to be natural test boosters for men and hair/skin/anti-wrinkle type products for women. As the terms 'anti-aging' and 'longevity' evolved, it started to encompass many more types of products and people's definition of what an anti-aging or longevity product was varied a lot from person to person; there were no right or wrong answers, because it meant to an individual what it meant to them personally.
I did a thread about anti-aging and longevity supplements back in 2021 and that was something I emphasized then was that in our yearly Tell Us What You Want from Us threads, people had started asking us to do an anti-aging and longevity type supplement, but when I asked what they were thinking, the terms meant different things to different people, so I had started the thread back then about it.
Over the last few years, the anti-aging and longevity supplement category has became mostly known for products related to mitochondrial health, senolytics, autophagy, and telomeres.
^^^^ That is what the anti-aging and longevity category is viewed as now and by the people that are interested in those things and look up and research the category; which is something that both you and I are interested in.
However, its extremely important to note that for the average person/general consumer, the terms anti-aging and longevity mean whatever it means to them, and 95%, maybe even 99% of the general population doesn't even know what autophagy, senescence, or telomeres even are or mean.
For those people, the terms anti-aging and longevity are very personalized and mean to them whatever they mean to them.
A few examples:
- To some women, anti-aging may be associated mostly with health & beauty needs; especially since many skin care and cosmetic products use the term anti-aging to indicate skin health, minimizing wrinkles, etc.
- To some men, anti-aging and longevity may mean having more energy, feeling younger, having a better libido, etc.
- To people with a family history of cardiovascular issues, they may think of longevity in the sense of potentially extending their lives to be a cardiovascular type supplement since they may worry about that as a big hereditary or lifestyle factor.
This can be evidenced by in the threads where we have been asked to do an anti-aging/longevity supplement, all of the above ideas have been mentioned as ideas. That's why I mentioned in post #3 of this thread that as a company, we already offer a lot of products that have crossovers with what some people's definition of anti-aging and longevity are and quite a few more in the works.
From a supplement company perspective, it's very important to us to know what types of products that people view as anti-aging and longevity type products, and there's no right or wrong answers because the terms mean whatever they mean to them.
That's why in the beginning post, I had asked a couple questions, which were:
- Are there any single ingredient product options or simple combination products that you would like to see from us in this category?
- What type of supplements (or ingredients) would you like to see from us in the anti-aging & longevity supplement space?
- Would you rather see us do a series or set of products - such as a Telomere formula, a Mitochondria formula, & a Senescence Formula as separate stackable products OR would you rather see us done one incredibly comprehensive formula that covers a lot of it all in one formula, even in the price would wind up being pretty high (but extremely cost effective compared to other current products on the market in terms of getting the most for your money)? Or possibly both options and do one very comprehensive formula but then do smaller less expensive separate formulas under the Health Series.
I hope that all makes sense.
I'm of course interested in ideas for products for the way that the category is currently viewed (telomere, mitochondrial, senolytic, and autophagy) but I'm also open to any other good product ideas that may come out of it.
I do appreciate your and anyone's input on those types of ingredients, but I don't want to discourage anyone else from posting ideas about what the category means to them, because we're open to doing those as well.