Deepinder Goyal's Continue Research explores gravity's impact on ageing
Continue Research, the science project backed by Deepinder Goyal, found that ageing may be driven by gravity reducing blood flow to the brain. Its first hypothesis claims daily inversions can raise brain flow by 7%.
Eternal CEO Deepinder Goyal's latest science initiative, Continue Research, launched its first hypothesis on extending human life by exploring the gravity's impact on ageing. This comes a week after Goyal launched a $25 million fund through the initiative to back researchers and early-stage science startups.
"Newton gave us a word for it. Einstein said it bends spacetime. I am saying gravity shortens lifespan," shared Goyal in a post on X.
The entrepreneur says, according to the company's research, a big part of human ageing might be brain-first and gravity-driven, and not body-first.
The research cites clues across biology, physics and medicine, showcasing how bats live longer, why the majority of yoga postures involve the head being below the heart, why shorter people live longer than taller people, and how superagers' bodies maintain brain blood flow even as they grow old.
The core idea is to identify how blood flow to the brain is crucial to our health and longevity. Neurons in the hypothalamus and brainstem are highly metabolic and depend on tiny perforating blood vessels, which makes them very sensitive to even small changes in blood flow. These regions are responsible for controlling ageing by hormone regulation, inflammation, metabolism, autonomic balance, repair, etc, the research noted.
According to past research, cited by Continue, there is a steady decline of 0.7% of cerebral blood flow every year, starting as early as seven years of age.
What's the solution?
Since removing gravity would also come with a host of other negative effects, Continue says the solution to reversing the damage caused by gravity on our brain flow is inversion, i.e. hanging upside down.
According to the findings by the Gurugram-based fund, six weeks of using inversion tables for about 10 minutes every day leads to a baseline increase of 7% in our daily average brain blood circulation. It claims this can nullify 10 years of loss of brain flow with age.
The research also confirmed that existing healthy habits like regular exercise, good sleep and posture, as well as proper nutrition, can also increase brain flow.
Launched in 2024, Continue, incorporated as Upslope Advisors, lists Deepinder Goyal and ex-Zomato and Blinkit product executive Ashish Goel as directors.
Edited by Kanishk Singh