LeClaire Institute

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What food is made of, down to molecules and elements: macronutrients, micronutrients and the non-nutrients in whole foods, a final review that reads real labels line by line, and the searchable Food Label Tree of over 1,000 label compounds.

5 modules · 16 lessons

  1. 1Macronutrients
  2. 2Micronutrients
  3. 3Non-Nutrients
  4. 4Final Review
  5. 5Food Label Tree
Open the course Nutrition 101 →

The human body as a marble statue you can peel back layer by layer: skin, muscles, bones, nerves, organs and circulation. Tap any part to zoom in, then follow each nutrient from your plate to where it is used or stored.

1 module · 1 lesson

  1. 1The Human Body
Open the course Anatomy →

How long populations live, and what a low average did and did not mean. Module 1 follows life expectancy at birth in England and the world from the sixteenth century to today, then bridges to the aging papers in the reading room. Module 2 is the mutation theory of aging. The course page lists the later theory modules, which are not written yet.

9 modules · 2 lessons

  1. 1Five Hundred Years
  2. 2Mutation Theory
  3. 3Telomeres
  4. 4Free Radicals
  5. 5Epigenetic Information
  6. 6Evolutionary Trade-offs
  7. 7Hyperfunction
  8. 8Inflammaging
  9. 9Proteostasis
Open the course Longevity →