Facts About Living Longer.

tracer said:
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?
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There's a link between high fructose corn syrup and obesity which is associated with Type II diabetes.

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/5/774?ijkey=cJSxz0rjkfs9s&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/003182.html
http://www.sfms.org/AM/Template.cfm...y.cfm&CONTENTID=2296&SECTION=Article_Archives
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/head...fat_diet_at_improving_metabolic_syndrome.html

Having good genes is the most important factor in longevity and good health--but cutting the transfats and fructose and walking daily can really help those who don't have lucky genes.
 
For only 19.95$ you TOO can get ahold of my wondrously life prolonging ring!

(fact: Married people live longer)
 
Dabljuh said:
For only 19.95$ you TOO can get ahold of my wondrously life prolonging ring!

(fact: Married people live longer)
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I always wonder about religious people who seem eager to prolong life. It seems like they might be suspicious that there is no happy land for eternity... or maybe
they are afraid they might not go there. I would imagine that if you really believed you should be eager to die before you do some unforgivable sin...

And yet, somehow, I bet they such types are the most likely to buy life prolonging magic rings and the like.
 
I've read that calorie restriction seems to prolong life, but of course few people have the discipline to maintain such a diet. If you volunteered to live under controlled conditions, and didn't mind being hungry for the rest of your life, maybe you could live longer.

Calorie restriction or Caloric restriction (CR) is the practice of limiting dietary energy intake in the hope that it will improve health and retard aging. In human subjects, CR has been shown to lower cholesterol, fasting glucose, and blood pressure. Some consider these to be biomarkers of aging, since there is a correlation between these markers and risk of diseases associated with aging. Except for houseflies (below), animal species tested with CR so far, including primates, rats, mice, spiders, Drosophila, C. elegans and rotifers, have shown lifespan extension. CR is the only known dietary measure capable of extending maximum lifespan, as opposed to average lifespan. In CR, energy intake is minimized, but sufficient quantities of vitamins, minerals and other important nutrients must be eaten. To emphasize the difference between CR and mere "FR" (food restriction), CR is often referred to by a plethora of other names such as CRON or CRAN (calorie restriction with optimal/adequate nutrition), or the "high-low diet" (high in all nutrients aside from calories, in which it is "low"). Other names for the diet emphasize the goal of the diet, such as CRL (calorie restriction for longevity), or simply The Longevity Diet, as in a recently published book by that name.
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I thought it was all about free radicals and anti-oxidants?

Eliminate all free randicals!

(My last typo is so good I'm going to leave it in:D)
 
So CRAN diets can lengthen MAXIMUM life , not but not average life spans. And no studies in humans are cited.

I can't weight* for full knowledge of genes. One day a drop of blood will tell us what each individual should eat, and what to avoid. Until full individualization of health care evolves, I 'd like to order one of those rings for $19.95, it will do as much good.

*pun intended
 
casebro said:
So CRAN diets can lengthen MAXIMUM life , not but not average life spans. And no studies in humans are cited.
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I got a call for volunteer subjects for one such study. It'd be an ultra-low-cal diet for 2 years. Obviously that's not enough to do longevity measures with, but they're planning to measure a bunch of associated stuff (cholesterol and so on).

Trouble is, if you've got to be nearly starving to live a super long life, what's the point of living a super long life?

(I am NOT going to participate in the study.)
 
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Long-Lived Worms May Offer Clues for Boosting Longevity in Humans

There is a 35 year experiment on CRAN with primates that is taking place, they say the results so far are promising, but we have to wait a while until it is complete.

There is also some research going on with Resveratrol, a substance found in red wine, that has produced results similar to calorie restriction in rodents.

As for living a better quality of life, exercise. Go for a daily walk. Include some weight lifting to build muscle and keep up bone density. It also produces BDNF which can help keep your brain in shape.
 
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JoeTheJuggler said:
I got a call for volunteer subjects for one such study. It'd be an ultra-low-cal diet for 2 years. Obviously that's not enough to do longevity measures with, but they're planning to measure a bunch of associated stuff (cholesterol and so on).

Trouble is, if you've got to be nearly starving to live a super long life, what's the point of living a super long life?

(I am NOT going to participate in the study.)
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Maybe you can get in on the red wine study?
 
JoeTheJuggler said:
I got a call for volunteer subjects for one such study. It'd be an ultra-low-cal diet for 2 years. Obviously that's not enough to do longevity measures with, but they're planning to measure a bunch of associated stuff (cholesterol and so on).

Trouble is, if you've got to be nearly starving to live a super long life, what's the point of living a super long life?

(I am NOT going to participate in the study.)
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Anybody else see problems with that study? I bet it will show that those who CAN stay on a perpetual diet live longer the rest of us. You can lock monkeys in a cage and feed them however you want. You can't do that with people.
 
articulett said:
Maybe you can get in on the red wine study?
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Oddly enough, I don't drink.
However, I do things like
<-----this
for a living, which assures me of two things:
1) I'll never have much money set aside for retirement
2) that probably won't matter (speaking of longevity, or lack thereof).
 
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