I am 84 years old now and when I walk into my greenhouse in the morning, I still smell the earth as strongly as when I was 20. To me, the truffles I harvest there are not a product but living friends. They grow, they breathe, they carry secrets inside them that are older than all of us. And sometimes, looking at the dew with a hot cup of tea, I feel they tell me something about time. About how to grow old, and yet stay young.
Science runs after nature
I was sitting on the veranda in the evening sun the other day with my tablet in hand, browsing the internet. Then I read something new that made my heart beat faster. Scientists discovered that psilocin, the converted form of psilocybin in the body, extends the lifespan of human skin and lung cells by more than 50 per cent. And they saw that old mice, at about the age that humans are sixty, had increased survival, their fur looked fuller again, their hair less grey. Signs that ageing was slowed down.
There are more voices hearing the same thing. An article on Medical News Today writes that cells in the laboratory age more slowly, suffer less damage and take better care of their DNA. Popular science media report that telomeres are better preserved, oxidative stress decreases and molecules like Sirt1 light up like little fires of youth in the body. And there is also the psilocybin telomere hypothesis that has been going around for years. Which says that conscious ingestion of psilocybin can protect the length of telomeres. Telomeres are like the ends of laces of our DNA, they wear out and get shorter over time. If you can protect them, you will stay young longer.
And today I came across this video.
I think: this almost fits as if nature was already telling me what these scientists are only now measuring. Everything I feel and see in the greenhouse, the power of the truffle, the vitality that remains... science is starting to capture it with numbers, pictures and experiments. And the best part is that this is not something for far in the future. This evidence is there now, in cells, in mice, even if treatment starts late.
The wisdom of the truffle
When I was young, I learnt from nature that everything is cyclical. A tree drops its leaves and blossoms again. A mushroom appears, disappears and returns. It's the same with our bodies. We lose, we get back, and nature helps us in that rhythm.
The truffle is not a chemical pill. It is a conglomeration of substances, an orchestra of nature. Psilocybin, psilocin, baeocystin, but also thousands of tiny compounds working together. It is this interplay that not only gives our bodies a journey inwards, but also a gentle hand as we age.
Growing old with truffles
I am not a doctor, not a professor. I am an old man who puts his hands in the earth every day. And I find that the truffles keep me supple, in head and body. My memory is clear, my nights are peaceful, my days full of energy. Of course I have gone grey, and of course I feel my bones creak sometimes. But there has also remained a youth in me. A curiosity, a spark that does not extinguish.
And now I read that it literally makes mice younger, that cells live longer, that ageing itself slows down. Then I think: nature doesn't lie. This is not magic, this is cooperation. Us and the truffle, a pact that is centuries old.
What does this mean for you
Maybe you're still young and think that's something for later. But getting older starts today. Every choice you make, every breath you take. And the truffle can be a companion on that path. Sometimes in small steps, like microdosing. Sometimes in larger journeys, in which you feel your soul breathing.
Whether you use it for your mind, your heart or perhaps soon for your body. Remember that you are working with a creature of nature. Truffles are not a drug to take, but an ally to honour.
An invitation
As a grower, I have watched thousands of truffles grow. And I feel gratitude for being able to share them. Want to experience for yourself what microdosing can do for you, Then check out the outlets on Microdosing XP. There you will find truffles grown with love, and a community that learns, grows and ages together but never really ages.
