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There is also the triage theory of aging where the idea is that when micronutrient levels are low (not low enough to cause acute symptoms but below the recommen
by godshatter 4y ago
There is also the triage theory of aging where the idea is that when micronutrient levels are low (not low enough to cause acute symptoms but below the recommended daily allowance), they are triaged and used where needed (such as ATP production) at the expense of being used normally. The theory is that this can cause long-term problems such as neural decay, cancer, and other signs of aging.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1693790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1693790/
- Py-o7 4y ago+1 for Bruce Ames. This idea profoundly shaped my thinking a few years ago. The one nit is I'm not sure how we'd go about testing it.
- reducesuffering 4y agoI wish him being alive at 94 was proof of something but afaik my smoking grandmother with no exercise doing nothing particularly healthy lived that long... However, she also wasn't doing novel research at age 86. Wow.