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Ask HN: Longevity for your parents, what to do?

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Re: Ask HN: Longevity for your parents, what to do?

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Post by moravak1984 »

allisdust wrote: post #38
moravak1984 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just let them die, as they should. Why we should all suffer from the Prince Charles's Effect?

May be because people (at least some) love their parents and miss them when they are gone?

Fair enough, but at some point it is worth asking if their longevity is on their best interest and not on yours. Many old people just want to die since they are not able to take care of themselves, and want to go away with dignity. Their descendants sometimes insist on keeping them chugging along as a weird kind of pet. That is weird and wrong. Just let them go, we are all going the same way anyway.

Re: Ask HN: Longevity for your parents, what to do?

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Post by MarkPNeyer »

Totally feel you on the desire to help your parents take better care of themselves. Both my parents are much further along the aging process than they ought to be; my dad is 67 and in a memory unit. My mom is in bad shape as well.

The main thing I’ve found from trying to help them be healthier: trying to change other people is generally a recipe for increasing your own stress without accomplishing much else.

Instead of trying to change them, I’ve been focusing on trying to enjoy what time I have left with them. It’s bittersweet for sure, but I’m finding that knowing where this is all going accentuates the sweetness of being able to love my parents while they are still around.

Best of luck to you and yours.

Re: Ask HN: Longevity for your parents, what to do?

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Post by DiabloD3 »

MichaelRazum wrote: post #20
DiabloD3 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Metformin did pan out, but the research seems to indicate One Meal A Day would have to be employed with it, as Metformin seems to interfere with autophagy. Lack of autophagy seems to be the biggest cause of the effects of old age, as the Western Diet pounds 3 meals a day, which means our insulin levels never drop to the autophagy activation level. If you want that "one weird trick that doctors hate", OMAD alone is al…

No chance to convince my parents to do OMAD. But would like to try it myself. How big are your meals if I may ask? Actually would like to start going to gym again and gain weight/muscle mass, so would be really interesting to hear if that could work with OMAD.

They're approximately 3 times bigger. I eat my ~2000 calories in one go.

It's also a lot easier to track macros and "eat like it's your job".

Re: Ask HN: Longevity for your parents, what to do?

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Post by Brian_K_White »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #18
dhsysusbsjsi wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m interested to know more about how NMN/Metformin/Resveritrol didn’t pan out in humans as all the mice studies seemed quite promising.

Metformin did pan out, but the research seems to indicate One Meal A Day would have to be employed with it, as Metformin seems to interfere with autophagy. Lack of autophagy seems to be the biggest cause of the effects of old age, as the Western Diet pounds 3 meals a day, which means our insulin levels never drop to the autophagy activation level. If you want that "one weird trick that doctors hate", OMAD alone is al…

This is interesting. I've been eating only once per day ever since I started feeding myself, but not because of a conscious plan. I just can't handle any more, unless I also engage in very physical activity. To answer the other comment, the size of that one meal is the same as anyone else's ordinary dinner, not larger.

And I do indeed seem to be enjoying better overall health than a lot of people my age or even 10 years younger. They're all starting to complain about their knees and backs and they're on various medications and I have none of that yet.

Of course you can't read much into that by itself, and I'm not going to write my entire life's details here, but still it doesn't conflict with the theory either.

I'm also very thin. Thinner than most people probably want to be, especially males, at least Americans.

Re: Ask HN: Longevity for your parents, what to do?

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Post by pwinwood »

konart wrote: post #29

My mother (59 years old, so not so old yet) frequents the gym (at least 2 times a week). Typically for some active stretching, body-pump and body-combat group exercises. Diet helps too. She has a moderate heart\vessels condition so she intakes some pills prescribed. D3 is the only addition to this I thing.

Currently a Back end C# Dev here, 65 year old, so not old yet, I also exercise regularly 2 * Body Pump, 3 * Body Combat, 2 * Sh'bam, 1 * Body Balance. I find the group exercise classes keep me sharp for work too.

Re: Ask HN: Longevity for your parents, what to do?

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Post by ramphastidae »

moravak1984 wrote: post #48

Longevity is wrong for the economy and for politics. Ask Prince Charles if you don't trust me. Just let them go, we are all going the same way anyway. Very little of value comes out of one's mind after a certain age.

This is a sad comment.
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