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Quixote1818

(29,865 posts) Wed Jul 10, 2024, 07:13 PM Jul 10

Science Found Way To Slow Aging & It Appears To Really Work?

Rapamycin is the main suplement he is talking about. It's only avalable by perscription currently. You can probably get the same effect by doing a water fast one day a week.

Not sure I want to live a long time if Trump fucks everything up.

Rapamycin, the only drug that has been consistently demonstrated to increase mammalian longevity. An update
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556523000876

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Science Found Way To Slow Aging & It Appears To Really Work? (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jul 10 OP

I have a bridge for sale... Ford_Prefect Jul 10 #1

It's based on peer review science. There is really no push back that it doesn't have some age slowing benifits. Quixote1818 Jul 11 #2

Ford_Prefect

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1. I have a bridge for sale...

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Wed Jul 10, 2024, 11:38 PM

Jul 10

Quixote1818

(29,865 posts)

2. It's based on peer review science. There is really no push back that it doesn't have some age slowing benifits.

Reply to Ford_Prefect (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 11, 2024, 12:57 PM

Jul 11

It remains to be seen how many years it might add. Probably not many but things like exercise and eating right also help people live longer.

See some of the study results here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556523000876

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