What the Decline in Firefly Populations Teaches Us About Sleep Loss and Human Lifespan, According to a Longevity Doctor

by Ingrid Yang | Sep 25, 2026 | Longevity, Outside Magazine, Press, Travel, Wellness

  Now that summer has officially come to a close, I’ve been reflecting on one of its highlights: the fireflies. Anyone who has ever chased a firefly remembers their first time. You are young, dusk has just fallen, and a light floats up out of the grass as the...

Business Insider: I’m a doctor who studies longevity. Here are 8 things I always put in my Trader Joe’s cart — and 4 I never buy.

by Ingrid Yang | Aug 10, 2026 | Business Insider, Longevity, Press, Wellness

As a physician studying longevity, I’m mindful when filling up my cart at Trader Joe’s. I buy a lot of fresh and frozen produce, plus fiber-packed legumes and lentils. Premade frozen entrées have too much sodium for me, and I prefer local produce over...

Outside Magazine: What Bryan Johnson’s Diagnosis Teaches Us About Living Longer, According to a Longevity Doctor

by Ingrid Yang | Jul 12, 2026 | Longevity, Outside Magazine, Press, Travel, Wellness

  Bryan Johnson, the tech millionaire who has spent a reported $2 million per year trying to reverse his own aging, announced on June 30, 2026, that he has been diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis. He described it, with the bravado that has made him famous: “My...

Wander Magazine: I Went to Bhutan for a Spiritual Reset. Turns Out, That Was My Own Baggage.

by Ingrid Yang | May 1, 2026 | Longevity, Press, Travel, Wander, Wellness, Yoga

  I arrived in Bhutan with a very specific idea of what spiritual travel looked like: thin mattresses, cold mornings, simple food eaten in silence. I grew up Buddhist, and somewhere along the way I had absorbed an unspoken certainty: that discomfort was the price...

San Diego Magazine: The Rise of Homes Designed as Wellness Retreats

by Ingrid Yang | Apr 13, 2026 | Longevity, Press, San Diego Magazine, Travel, Wellness, Yoga

Kelvins. If you’re anything like me, you probably haven’t thought about them since high school chemistry. Lately, though, they’ve become one of the more hotly debated measurements in interior design. Kelvins measure the color temperature of light, which is a technical...

Business Insider: I’m an American who got a full medical checkup in Japan.

by Ingrid Yang | Apr 13, 2026 | Business Insider, Longevity, Press, Travel, Wellness, Yoga

I arrived at the hospital in Tokyo on a clear December morning aware of two things: how far I was from home and how little Japanese I speak. Like many visitors to Japan, my vocabulary consists of pleasantries, menu items, and apologies, which is hardly the skill you...