[ RadSafe ] Meat and two neutrons -- the key to a longer life...

[Earley, Jack N]

Wouldn't it be easier to eat fewer calories and take a DHEA supplement.
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Jack Earley
Health Physicist
509.372.9532

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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Meat and two neutrons -- the key to a longer
life...

General comment: nematode worms are not humans. 
Studies conducted in animals do not always reflect the response in
humans.  Only about 10% of studies in biomedical research translate to
the same effect in humans.

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>   Public release date: 25-Mar-2007
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>   Meat and two neutrons -- the key to a longer life Long-life isotopes

> of a different variety  Indulging in an isotope-enhanced steak or 
> chicken fillet every now and again could add as much as 10 years to 
> your life. Scientists have shown for the first time that food enriched

> with natural isotopes builds bodily components that are more resistant

> to the processes of ageing. The concept has been demonstrated in worms

> and researchers hope that the same concept can help extend human life 
> and reduce the risk of cancer and other diseases of ageing, reports 
> Marina Murphy in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.
>   A team led by Mikhail Shchepinov, formerly of Oxford University, fed

> nematode worms nutrients reinforced with natural isotopes (naturally 
> occurring atomic variations of elements). In initial experiments, 
> worms' life spans were extended by 10%, which, with humans expected to

> routinely coast close to the centenary, could add a further 10 years 
> to human life.
>   Food enhanced with isotopes is thought to produce bodily 
> constituents and DNA more resistant to detrimental processes, like 
> free radical attack. The isotopes replace atoms in susceptible bonds 
> making these bonds stronger. 'Because these bonds are so much more 
> stable, it should be possible to slow down the process of oxidation 
> and ageing,' Shchepinov says.
>   The isotopes could be used in animal feed so that humans could get 
> the "age-defying" isotopes indirectly in steaks or chicken fillets, 
> for example, rather than eating chemically enhanced products 
> themselves. Shchepinov says an occasional top-up would be sufficient 
> to have a beneficial effect.
>   Ageing experts are impressed with the isotopic approach. Aubrey de 
> Grey, the Cambridge-based gerontologist, says it could be very 
> relevant to the rates of several chemical and enzymatic processes 
> relevant to ageing 'It is a highly novel idea,' he says. 'But it 
> remains to be seen whether it can be the source of practicable 
> therapies, but it is a prospect that certainly cannot be ruled out.'
>   Charles Cantor, a professor of biomechanical engineering at Boston 
> University, said: 'Preliminary data indicates that this approach can 
> potentially increase lifespan without adverse side effects. If this is

> borne out by further experiments the implications are profound.'
>   Isotopes could also be used in pet food or as a means to protect 
> workers or soldiers from radiation.
> Deuterium, a natural isotope of hydrogen (with 2 protons rather than 
> one) could be used routinely.
>   Previous successes in extending lifespan have involved withdrawing 
> food to the point of near starvation, a process called caloric 
> restriction.
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