Posted on 02/11/2010 12:41:05 PM PST by decimon
Oh my gosh!
I believe they've been right all along in general, but the specifics still haven't been nailed down. And I doubt this study has nailed down the specifics. It'll still be a few more decades, IMHO, before we have the nutritional knowledge to keep the body healthy and going well beyond current life expectancies.
I’m telling you mice are immortal. We have developed cures for every disease that might possibly kill them, and now we are eliminating old age as a cause of death. Long live the mighty mouse.
I had to sit and listen to a very nice Indian (dot) clinician extol the virtues of drinking your own...ugh...urine for about 45 minutes.
I discovered the boundary of my politeness when I did a dry-heave.
I hope you don’t mind this ping but, from our recent conversations, I thought you might find this interesting.
Jus’ don git hit by truck
I began my life extension experiment in 1978. There were studies showing that antioxidants such as BHT and BHA could extend lab rat lifespans by over 50% vs. the control group. Furthermore, the rats stayed very healthy up until death.
For the past 32 years I have researched life extension and redesigned my program many times. Reading two journals per month I have probably consulted several thousand research papers. I take over 90 pills per day including meds such as metformin and hydergine. Vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and various synthetic antioxidants (BHT, BHA, etc.) are part of the program.
Most people guess my age at 10-15 years younger than my chronological age. If I was lucky and the effect is linear, in the past 30 years I should only have aged about 20 years physically.
Recently I read Ray Kurzweil’s book, The Singularity is Near. While I am not as optimistic as he, I will do my best to survive unti the Singularity.
Interesting, a doctor once told me to take Q10 & something else which I now forget & I would stay young looking. I take Q10 & so far it is working alright.
Didn’t he try to peddle the same potion in back in 1992, 1976, 1951, 1944, 1929 and 1917?
I take CoQ10....but, I don’t think it’s helping me LOOK young.....although I did have some stranger walk up to me at a street fair last summer and marvel at my face.....It was kinda weird....I told her it was the Cod Liver Oil I take!
LOL! That one never gets old!
Thanks. :)
Me too. All except the 3 gin’s and the cod liver oil (but also some things that aren’t on that list).
Resveratrol is also looking very promising. And also the combination of alpha-lipoic acid and carnitine.
It could be that too. I wish I could remember it. I know I have it somewhere around here. I have no wrinkles at all. I don’t look like I am 51 yrs old & have hair to my rear end that is full & healthy although hair dye hides the gray lol. I think much of it is because I don’t feel anywhere near my age, nor act it. I also don’t really dwell on age or how I look. Jeans, boots & a black shirt are just what I wear.
Thanks for the info!
Thank you Tiger, for the ping. Interesting article. No problem with the ingredients listed, though I might leave the asprin out of the equation. The cod liver oil provides A, D and omega 3’s - not sure that the flax seed oil is a necessary addition. The omega 3 in the flax seed oil would oxidize quickly on exposure to air, unless it is protected with some E (true for the cod liver oil omega 3’s too).
I would agree with all of that. Aspirin is serious medicine for bad times, in small doses, for me. I’ve never done the flax seed thing but I’ve heard it’s best to grind it fresh. No more than two or three day’s worth kept in the fridge.
So . . . cod liver oil, a balanced diet, flax seed . . . and the rest we can’t trust.
Sigh.
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