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Facts About Living Longer.

Birthdays appear to be good for your health.

Statistics show that, on average, the more birthdays one has, the longer one lives.
 
Huntsman, while I must say that your groundbreaking new theory will surely net a nobel prize, and that I am confident you have done a lot of thorough research on this matter (including making a lot of peer-reviewed experiments), I just have to ask this little question, which probably is nothing:

Don't we have to eat as well?
 
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It helps to have good genes...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061226095440.htm

and diet and exercise help:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070719143457.htm
http://www.upi.com/Health_Business/Analysis/2007/07/20/analysis_insulinsignaling_longevity_key/5368/
http://www.fightaging.org/archives/001240.php

There appears to be a lot of problems with poor glucose control... it seems to be related to a diet high in fructose/sucrose... and a major factor in American Obesity.

(it seems especially important to control insulin levels in the brain)--

Also, I've heard that people who feel needed (pet owners, those active in the community, active grandparents, those who have something to live for...) live longer. Having a sense of control and being useful are important.

Of course, when you're dead, I suspect you don't miss "life", but while you have it... it's a lot better if you are healthy enough to enjoy it.
 
Actual life extension tecniques, that is, tecniques to extend a life span as opposed to making the most of a normal one through things like healthy habits, are the holy grail of longetivity research but have been quite hard to come by. The only one that seems to hold any promise currently is calorie restriction, that would be restriction beyond what would be necessary to maintain a healthy weight, but of course not enough to cause malnutrition. It has been demonstrated in animals, humans will be tough. Personally, I am holding out for telomere extension , it is a pipe dream right now, and could in fact encourage cancer if successful, but you never know.
 
articulett said:
There appears to be a lot of problems with poor glucose control... it seems to be related to a diet high in fructose/sucrose...
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Then why is there an established link between obesity and Type II diabetes, but no such established link between sugar intake and Type II diabetes?
 
I've been researching this, and so far as I can document, every single person who hasn't died is still alive.

Therefore, don't die.

Hope this helps.
 
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