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

[howard long]

Human life extension is discussed in great detail by Art Robinson, once Linus Pauling's partner, in his Access to Energy at www.oism.org and will be at the Aug 3-5 meeting of DDP, the program for which should be on that website under DDP soon..
   
  Howard Long

John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Jack,
That has not been demonstrated in humans. Restricted
calories does extend the life of mice. Nevertheless,
as noted in
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/08/050830065729.htm

'"With mice, if you restrict their caloric intake by
10 percent, they live longer than if they have
unlimited access to food," Phelan said. "If you
restrict their intake by 20 percent, they live even
longer, and restrict them to 50 percent, they live
longer still; but restrict their intake by 60 percent
and they starve to death."'

Certainly, obese humans have many more health
problems, but restricting your calorie intake about
2000 calories appears to improve health but not how
long you will live. 
http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongnutrition/p/calorierestrict.htm

If you are looking for a magic pill or program that
will allow you to live to be 100, I would first look
at how long your parents lived and what is your
current lifestyle. 

--- "Earley, Jack N" wrote:

> Wouldn't it be easier to eat fewer calories and take
> a DHEA supplement.
> . . ?
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> --- ROY HERREN wrote:
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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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