[VOA]

...in middle age, we begin to lose myelin — the fatty sheath of
"insulation" that coats our nerve axons and allows for fast signaling
bursts in our brains.

Given how some UCLA researchers promote caloric reduction to
increase lifespan...
one wonders if the concurrent reduction in consumption of fats
usually implicit in that approach...
just means the researchers at UCLA want us all to live longer lives
as progressively clumsier/slower geezers!

[decimon]

Given how some UCLA researchers promote caloric reduction to increase lifespan... one wonders if the concurrent reduction in consumption of fats usually implicit in that approach... just means the researchers at UCLA want us all to live longer lives as progressively clumsier/slower geezers!

"Cholesterol is good!"

[AlexW]

Most of what we are is in our genes, and there is damn little that we can do about it.