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The idea of taking 250 supplements together, even if they were individually shown to do something positive, is just nuts. There’s no way anyone could possibly k
by qgin 5y ago
The idea of taking 250 supplements together, even if they were individually shown to do something positive, is just nuts. There’s no way anyone could possibly know the interactions that would come out of that kind of polypharmacy.
That said, there actually are drugs today (6, in fact) that reliably extend lifespan in model animals by 20%. Of course there hasn’t been enough time to show efficacy in humans but there’s at least a decent chance that even without new discoveries, the average lifespan could be pushed out to late 90s.
- nabla9 5y agoThat many supplements makes number of your liver if nothing else. Alkaline water is completely debunked. There no evidence or realistic way to have health effects. > reliably extend lifespan in model animals by 20%. This is true. The general rule of thumb seems to be that treatments increase the lifespan of animals inversely to their size. Several promising treatments suggest that if fruit fly and smaller have 2X - 3X lifespan increase, then mice have 20-30%, and finally monkeys and humans get just 3-5% Getting healthy lifespan close to 90 would be a major win even if absolute lifespan would not grow significantly.
- qgin 5y agoAnd if you were to talk about a 45 year old today living another 45 years… it’s not a crazy idea to think longevity interventions will improve during those 45 years, pushing things out even further.