Yes we can. Calorie restriction is well known slowing biological aging process. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie_restriction
I swear most HN users have some form of orthorexia.
Give something to hack to geeks...
With greater longevity, the quest to avoid infirmities of aging is more urgent
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Re: With greater longevity, the quest to avoid infirmities of aging is more urgent
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Well, we've had some wonderful crackpots through the ages. Tesla comes to mind. Whatever you think about his idea of escape velocity you can't doubt the engineering approach he advocates makes sense. Solve these 7 problems [1] and there will be no reason the organism should die. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey#The_seven_types...
okay thats great but how do i solve these problems? I don't have encyclopaedic knowledge on all things that can cause mutations and cell damage.
It's important enough a "discovery" in and of itself to come up with the definitive list. You can't solve a problem if you don't know what it is.
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You don’t need a gym membership. For cardio you can go to any park for running or biking. It’s way more fun. For strength training you can do bodyweight strength training at home with no equipment required (calisthenics). Most people fall into the trap of paying for a gym membership, but then they never use it, because let’s face it, going to the gym wastes time and is uncomfortable. If you train at home by using the…
Can you suggest some good pointers on how to get started with that type of routine? Edit: thanks for the responses, awesome.
I’ve heard that https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/ is a great resource!
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I wonder if you would enjoy it as much as you imagine.
Sure, why not? Then I could study all of mathematics, physics, computer science, or whatnot at my leisure! Right now, I can only experience the smallest of glimpses into incredibly interesting fields.
Ok, so you are assuming that you would be immortal and free to pursue intellectual endeavors forever. This implies that all of your problems would be solved.
You would be forever chasing the dopamine hit of understanding more of the fields that interest you. Or you could just shoot heroin. Without mortality or problems to confront, all meaning would be lost. Math, heroin, sex, all the same. Consider the dissolution of meaning, and the fact that infinity is a very very long time.
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Or get a gym membership, actually use it and eat less crap. This may only give you a few years, but chances that it'll actually work are much higher.
You don’t need a gym membership. For cardio you can go to any park for running or biking. It’s way more fun. For strength training you can do bodyweight strength training at home with no equipment required (calisthenics). Most people fall into the trap of paying for a gym membership, but then they never use it, because let’s face it, going to the gym wastes time and is uncomfortable. If you train at home by using the…
Biking is fun, but running? It's the most boring activity I've ever tried.
A gym membership you don't use is useless of course, but having set appointments for sport, getting called on it when you don't show, and getting encouraged when you do, is far easier than trying to work up the self-discipline to do it at home. When you don't go to the gym on your own, what makes you think you'll do your exercises at home?
I started doing crossfit half a year ago, and now I usually go 3 times a week, far more than the maximum of once a week I did for previous sport/exercise attempts. And I manage to keep it up at least partially thanks to the positive and encouraging atmosphere, and the fact that I do it together. I'd never be able to get these results on my own at home.
Re: With greater longevity, the quest to avoid infirmities of aging is more urgent
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
You don’t need a gym membership. For cardio you can go to any park for running or biking. It’s way more fun. For strength training you can do bodyweight strength training at home with no equipment required (calisthenics). Most people fall into the trap of paying for a gym membership, but then they never use it, because let’s face it, going to the gym wastes time and is uncomfortable. If you train at home by using the…
Can you suggest some good pointers on how to get started with that type of routine? Edit: thanks for the responses, awesome.
The "recommended routine" at r/bodyweightfitness
https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommend...
I've been doing it for about a year and it's excellent. The only "equipment" I bought are some wooden gymnastics rings.
Re: With greater longevity, the quest to avoid infirmities of aging is more urgent
#58I wish we lived little less, resulting in, less knowledge transfer, less technology, less of the destruction caused by humans on nature.
We live longer than most of the creatures of our size, and we have larger brain. That's the reason of the damage we create to the earth like swarms of locusts do to the green grass fields [1].
And still we wish more life! Sad!
On a serious note, the most intriguing thing I found in the article, is that, If you design & sell items specifically to elderly, they wont buy it. Because they don't want the product to remind that they are old.
So the solution is to design a product which suits to the elderly but seems like its designed for young generation.
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#59So many people think anti-aging science is just about living more years, but that's missing half the picture.
Anti-aging science is not just about living more years, it's about being able to live healthy and fulfilling lives both physically and mentally even as you age. Way too many people are broken by age before they die, to prevent that would be fantastic.
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I swear most HN users have some form of orthorexia.
I had never heard of that term but now that I know what it is, I think you’re right. There are so many very strong opinions about diet here and very little quality data to back it up (because for the most part it doesn’t exist).
Eat the shark before it eats you.