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Study shows $99 gummies can change how cells age

The study looks at supplements and cellular aging, and the headline's skin quote comes from the coverage, not from any measurement in it; so, grain of salt.

On air: Hank Ledger and Dale Bearman on The Bonk-o-Meter
Published 5:40 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

At a glance

First reported by New York Post: “Study shows $99 gummies can change how cells age: ‘Skin looks at least ten years younger’”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5:40 PM ET on The Bonk-o-Meter, by Hank Ledger and Dale Bearman.

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New York PostStudy shows $99 gummies can change how cells age: ‘Skin looks at least ten years younger’

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Post reports a study says ninety-nine dollar gummies can change how cells age, and one quote says skin looks at least ten years younger.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTen years younger. Measured by whom, against what, and was the before photo taken at a funeral?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe story doesn't say. It gives us the study, the price and a question about whether it tastes like candy.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe cells are supposedly doing the work, but the skin improvement claim is what they're really selling—it's all borrowed credibility.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNinety-nine dollars for a bag of coat.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd somebody will buy it, because it's shaped like a bear. I want the cover story, Hank, the first explanation they offered.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat it tastes like candy.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen it's Half Bonkers, because the cells may be real and the ten years is a sales pitch with sprinkles.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock's got the forecast, and apparently time isn't being kind to him.