Posted on 11/18/2017 10:07:09 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I believe what’s going to be found is that it isn’t necessarily that simple. It will be like whack-a-mole. People might get more years, but then face worse exits at the end of them than they might otherwise. Like one doctor told me, if everybody lived long enough, everybody would get a cancer.
At which point people will be thinking euthanasia to head off that final worst battle, and we will lose all grounding in what being human is about.
Hello. This isn’t supposed to be about living forever on earth. That’s what the old refrain about “Thy kingdom come” is about. We welcome heaven on earth first, then we go to join it permanently, and it’s not such a bad trip after all because we understand where we’re going.
Nobody can afford to live forever while on a fixed income.......
The “devil food” of the day quite often turns out to be also an “angel” for a different purpose.
And certainly this is why a customization of diet that might work great for one group of people does not an entire population’s wise recommendation make. Our bodies all are subject to vagaries that vary from person to person. We should respect that, right down even to things like artificial sweeteners. Aspartame never caused me trouble but it has been alleged to make others black out. If people won’t even read modern food labels, they are needlessly sad sacks.
I for one would not take the cure. I will live out the life God has given me and move on ti his next plan of action.
Got the names off the voter rolls.
They forgot to take into consideration the “Hayflick” limit.
Aging and death, which were not part of Gods original plan, are a consequence of sin entering the world. But God is so merciful, he still gives us a way to have eternal life.
Eternal youth and life can not be found medically. It can only be found in Gods only son Jesus Christ. Admit you are a sinner, acknowledge that Jesus Christ suffered the penalty for all you sins on the cross, acceot Him as your savior and believe in your heart the God raised him from the dead and you will have eternal life in His perfect kingdom that is to come.
I always wondered about this, because scientists say that all of our cells are replaced on a regular schedule, about six months I believe.
God kicked mankind from Eden and then had the tree of life guarded by angels so man would not become eternal in our sin.
being eternal in a dead universe would make man in the image of Satan..
Why can’t we see, why can’t we learn to be one as reality..
It will take a rod of iron for those who do not have the laws written on their hearts..
thy rod and staff they comfort me..
“Aging is a disease” - be sure to tell the FDA that and get them fully agree...
Definitely. I hope it all hurries! The world looks very different when you see us as biomes! A lot of promise. Maybe a little less promiscuity once you start read by the risks of exposing yourself to OTHER biomes. Ha ha
Good for you. I actually hadn't even heard of “dietitians” telling people to stop eating potatoes. Sounds like either advice originally intended for certain diabetics or more fad diet nonsense.
By themselves potatoes are a very healthy food. It is when you load them up with oils, and other fats, and salt like in potato chips and French fries or mashed potatoes with tons of butter and sour cream that they can become problematic.
This is similar to people covering a healthy salad or other vegetables with a huge amount of dressing that is made with nearly 100% oil... and 120 calories per tablespoon. Many think that they are going to lose weight because they are eating a salad. I also think it is funny when people will eat nearly a pound of hamburger covered with bacon, cheese and mayonnaise but think they will lose weight if they leave the bun off.
Diet and exercise aside from genetics are the two most important factors in a persons health and longevity. Unfortunately, both areas have an incredible amount of misinformation associated with them. Who hasn't known an exercise fanatic that eats nearly a pound of “muscle building” soy protein everyday along with a hand full of testosterone boosting dietary supplements? And who hasn't known someone who weighs 300 or more pounds whose weight fluctuates constantly while they go from one high protein fad diet to another.
Maybe I have been exposed to this more because of my employment as a firefighter for many years? But I saw so many of my coworkers make so many bad choices and then pay the consequences. I also responded to so many people whose life style choices put them in an early grave.
Any hope for type 1 diabetics?
It isn’t currently of course so drugs would have to be marketed as a treatment for muscle degeneration or such. But scientists have a pipeline of anti aging compounds ready to test so our definitions of disease are going to have to be one of the first concepts to shift.
I need a 75 trillion year life span.
Now that would be cool! You’d get to see our Sun swell into a white dwarf and consume all the inner planets. Greatest show on (what used to be) earth!
then why do all animals on earth age; they all have the same “disease”? no.
cells do not replicate/reproduce perfectly
because of natural factors as well as years of accumulated cell/gene damage from environmental factors, “man made” and natural
it is not a disease
I see a terrible downside to this, being who is selected to live longer? Everyone? Those with a certain political affiliation? The rich? Celebs?
It certainly won’t be the common John or Jane Doe on the streets, they’ll be the ones “euthanized” to make room for the special ones.
God gave us term limits. Let’s just leave it alone.
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