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Depends which parts gets prolonged - if you are at 80 deteriorated +-same as somebody who dies at 80, and they just keep fixing the next thing that is going to
by saiya-jin 6y ago
Depends which parts gets prolonged - if you are at 80 deteriorated +-same as somebody who dies at 80, and they just keep fixing the next thing that is going to kill ya, then yes, that's a pure physical misery and spiral down progressive dementia (almost all old folks suffer from some form of it).
Now if we would be 40-like in our 60s and so on, that's another story. But first thing that would probably change is retirement age.
- rantwasp 6y agoyes, the longevity "movement" actually talks about this. nobody want to live to be 130 if it sucks. but if you have the same quality of life like a 40yo all of a sudden people are waaay more open to living longer (I have also observed a huge pushback against living longer from most people I've chatted about this - it's so ingrained in our way of thinking that saying you want to live to be 130 is heresy)
- zemvpferreira 6y agoIs being 40 and not being able to play tennis or go on long walks because you're too calorie-deprived that different from being 80?
- koheripbal 6y agoThat isn't the outcome though. Those on these strict diets are not lethargic.
- zemvpferreira 6y agoFrom my own experience doing extreme diets I highly disagree. As soon as your own bodyfat starts getting low, being on a ~1500 calorie diet as an adult male is extremely exhausting by itself. No chance of enjoying physical activity whatsoever.