Jon Lipsey

Jon Lipsey is the co-founder and Content Director of Unfiltered. The most successful UK editor in the history of Men's Fitness magazine, he has spent more than two decades working in health, fitness, longevity and human performance. He has interviewed leading figures in sport, politics and business, such as Pelé, Lord Coe and Bryan Johnson. He speaks at industry events including The Longevity Show and advises health brands on strategy and storytelling.

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HEALTH Investigation

Are peptides safe and legal? What the FDA ruling means in the US and UK

Updated 10 August 2026. Regulatory status current as of this date. Most approved peptide medicines are legal when prescribed appropriately. But wellness and lifestyle peptides such as BPC-157, TB-500 and MOTS-c remain unapproved and unproven; the FDA’s July 2026 advisory vote did not make them approved or immediately legal to compound. UK rules depend partly…

ByJon LipseyAugust 10, 20260Comments

HEALTH Vanguard

The longevity network that started in a pub, not a lab

Mo Elzek does not think that, in the coming years, you will be able to pop a magic pill and decide what age you want to be. He does, however, think that a cocktail of targeted rejuvenation therapies could have a profound impact on your healthspan and lifespan. That distinction, borne out of deep understanding…

ByJon LipseyAugust 7, 20260Comments

HEALTH Opinion

Christopher Snowdon: healthy lifestyles are a burden on taxpayers

If you work in health, Christopher Snowdon is supposed to be the enemy. He defends smokers, opposes minimum pricing on alcohol and argues against sugar taxes. He thinks the wellness industry is "mostly a force for bad" and that nutritional epidemiology, the science underpinning nearly everything you have ever been told about food, is a…

ByJon LipseyAugust 6, 20260Comments

HEALTH

Top longevity influencers and researchers to follow

Seven of the 100 people ranked in the Unfiltered Longevity 100 for 2026 publish regularly for a general audience, such as a podcast, a newsletter or both. They are Peter Diamandis, Mark Hyman, Bryan Johnson, Matt Kaeberlein, Andrew Huberman, David Sinclair and Phil Newman. Three of them are working scientists and four are not. Four…

ByJon LipseyAugust 5, 20260Comments

HEALTH

Who are the most credible voices in longevity?

The most credible voices in longevity are mostly not the most visible ones. Of the 100 people ranked in the Unfiltered Longevity 100 for 2026, 38 are working scientists whose standing rests on peer-reviewed output, institutional position and replication record rather than on audience. They are listed in full below. Credibility and reach are close…

ByJon LipseyAugust 5, 20260Comments

BUSINESS Explainer

Is the longevity industry legitimate, or is it hype?

Data as of mid-2026 The longevity industry is legitimate as a scientific field and simultaneously carries a consumer marketing layer that is not. As of 2026 it has FDA-cleared human trials, published clinical data and institutional capital from sovereign wealth funds and national research agencies. It also has no approved drug that targets ageing itself,…

ByJon LipseyAugust 3, 20260Comments

BUSINESS Investigation

The Unfiltered Longevity 100: the most powerful people in longevity in 2026

By Unfiltered · Published August 2026 · Updated annually · Data as of mid-2026 The Unfiltered Longevity 100 ranks the 100 most influential people shaping the longevity industry in 2026 — investors, founders, scientists and influencers — each scored out of 100 across five weighted criteria. No. 1 is Hal Barron, CEO of Altos Labs;…

ByJon LipseyAugust 3, 20260Comments

HEALTH Explainer

Who is Dr Dominik Nischwitz?

Dr Dominik Nischwitz is a German dentist based in Tübingen. He founded the Biodentistry Global Standard, a certification and training programme for what he calls biological dentistry 3.0, and he is among the most widely known international advocates of ceramic dental implants and of treating the mouth as an upstream factor in whole-body health. His…

ByJon LipseyAugust 2, 20260Comments

HEALTH

Biological dentistry treatments compared

Biological dentistry covers treatments with varying levels of evidence behind them. Metal-free fillings are ordinary restorative dentistry. Ceramic implants have clinical guideline recognition. Cavitation surgery has no professional body endorsement, though the research on the underlying condition has moved recently. The table below sets each treatment against its conventional equivalent. Treatment comparison TreatmentConventional equivalentWhat the…

ByJon LipseyAugust 2, 20260Comments

nicolas roberti european brain tech fund

BUSINESS

“Neurology is the new oncology” says brain tech fund founder

For a decade, the brain was where pharmaceutical money generally went to die. Too complex, too poorly understood, too many failed trials. Nicolas Roberti, co-founding partner of the European BrainTech Fund, calls it a graveyard. His argument is that the graveyard is about to reopen for business, and that the reason is not a single…

ByJon LipseyJuly 7, 20260Comments

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