Fig.3.

10X healthspan/lifespan strategy #3. Identify flywheels that preserve our body’s energy. Engines work by gas injected into its cylinders on regular intervals being ignited by a sparkplug spark. The gas is volatilized and expands, driving the piston, which then turns the crankshaft. The crankshaft is attached to a flywheel and the wheels. The flywheel has a large moment of inertia which maintains its rotation in between the time interval where the sparkplug fires. Therefore, the flywheel both maximizes the energy derived from the gas and smoothens the ride. It is currently unclear whether any biomolecules or non-molecular factors function as a flywheel to modulate human aging.