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I’m in my early thirties now and I would like to think I am leading s comparably healthy life: no smoking, no alcohol, no drugs, resistance training 3 times a w

I’m in my early thirties now and I would like to think I am leading s comparably healthy life: no smoking, no alcohol, no drugs, resistance training 3 times a week, running 2-3 times a week maintaining a lean athletic physique, balanced vegetarian diet without sweets or salty snacks, good meaningful relationships, taking hyloraunic acid supplements and using Retinol cream on my skin while making sure to use sunscreen, regular mindfulness meditation sessions, proper sleep hygiene and challenging my brain regularly by learning new languages. Some of these factors I have only introduced in the last couple of years, some have been with me for more than a decade. I often get told that I look like I’m in my mid 20s. However most of those lifestyle choices I specifically and only made because I absolutely hate to age and it terrifies me. And yet over the years I can see (but still hide) the hair at my temples receed ever so slightly, some wrinkles on my forehead get a little more pronounced, I notice my energy levels are not what they used to be and my pace of learning has ever so slightly slowed down. When I think about it it frustrates me to no end that these things will probably only go down hill from here. Slowly but surely. And so if I could I would love to intervene even more. There are so many things to experience, so many things to learn, so many things to create, I feel like I could comfortably fill 200 years worth of stuff in my life simply based on my bucket list but most of them either require or are more fun in a young, healthy body. So for purely egotistical reasons I want research like that to succeed and be available to me rather sooner than later. It would probably be best for me to come to terms with the fact that aging just happens and make the best of it but this attitude feels impossible to adopt.

zemvpferreira 4y ago
You're certainly doing a good job of keeping young but maybe you could pick your battles instead of trying to win them all? I've been bald-ish since I turned 20. I'm nearing 40 now and baldness has had zero negative impact on my life as far as I can tell. It certainly has zero impact on my longevity or my ability to enjoy myself into midlife. The same can't be said of getting fat, or weak, or immobile. I'm fitter than 90% of my peers and that's been a great investment. So why not focus on the stuff that will make you last longer/better? Including mental health and acceptance ;)
- zkelvin 4y ago
  You can't pick your battles when you're trying to win the war
  - postalrat 4y ago
    Your strategy of winning every battle is going to fall apart after you lose a single battle.
  - hattar 4y ago
    One must pick their battles in order to win a war.
avgcorrection 4y ago
You seem to have built a whole fitter-happier-healthier lifestyle around the fear of aging. The fear itself could affect you. Or at least your mind. EDIT: Something tricky about this thing is that once we reach that magical cut-off where we are supposed to dread the Grim Reaper (26 years +) then any kind of deficiency can be attributed to Getting Old and something that can’t be remedied if you have already filled up your whole life with anti-Grim Reaper activities. But it could also be a temporary phase. Maybe one, for example, isn’t really getting slower mentally but might just need a little vacation?
Madmallard 4y ago
Try eating some meat. The carnitine will help you not age as fast. Same with the surplus of B vitamins.
nojs 4y ago
> using Retinol cream on my skin There’s a small chance it increases your chance of death [1] Results: The intervention was terminated 6 months early because of an excessive number of deaths in the tretinoin-treated group. Post hoc analysis of this difference revealed minor imbalances in age, comorbidity, and smoking status, all of which were important predictors of death. After adjusting for these imbalances, the difference in mortality between the randomized groups remained statistically significant. Conclusions: We observed an association of topical tretinoin therapy with death, but we do not infer a causal association that current evidence suggests is unlikely. 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19153339/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19153339/

zemvpferreira 4y ago

You're certainly doing a good job of keeping young but maybe you could pick your battles instead of trying to win them all? I've been bald-ish since I turned 20. I'm nearing 40 now and baldness has had zero negative impact on my life as far as I can tell. It certainly has zero impact on my longevity or my ability to enjoy myself into midlife. The same can't be said of getting fat, or weak, or immobile. I'm fitter than 90% of my peers and that's been a great investment. So why not focus on the stuff that will make you last longer/better? Including mental health and acceptance ;)

zkelvin 4y ago
You can't pick your battles when you're trying to win the war
- postalrat 4y ago
  Your strategy of winning every battle is going to fall apart after you lose a single battle.
- hattar 4y ago
  One must pick their battles in order to win a war.

avgcorrection 4y ago

You seem to have built a whole fitter-happier-healthier lifestyle around the fear of aging. The fear itself could affect you. Or at least your mind. EDIT: Something tricky about this thing is that once we reach that magical cut-off where we are supposed to dread the Grim Reaper (26 years +) then any kind of deficiency can be attributed to Getting Old and something that can’t be remedied if you have already filled up your whole life with anti-Grim Reaper activities. But it could also be a temporary phase. Maybe one, for example, isn’t really getting slower mentally but might just need a little vacation?

Madmallard 4y ago

Try eating some meat. The carnitine will help you not age as fast. Same with the surplus of B vitamins.

nojs 4y ago

> using Retinol cream on my skin There’s a small chance it increases your chance of death [1] Results: The intervention was terminated 6 months early because of an excessive number of deaths in the tretinoin-treated group. Post hoc analysis of this difference revealed minor imbalances in age, comorbidity, and smoking status, all of which were important predictors of death. After adjusting for these imbalances, the difference in mortality between the randomized groups remained statistically significant. Conclusions: We observed an association of topical tretinoin therapy with death, but we do not infer a causal association that current evidence suggests is unlikely. 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19153339/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19153339/