I read it, and it seems like the core formula is ΔL ≈ ln(1 / HR) × 12.93 years (for U.S. males). It also gives you an easy way to approximate and interpret HR values from health studies, like an HR of 0.90 roughly translates to a little over a year of added life expectancy. Makes it easier to read those papers. Personally, I found it interesting. But what I'm curious about is this: are there any studies where the low…
> This person probably had the best diet in the world and received top tier care, so how did he end up with something like that?
If you lower your chances of dying of every common thing, your relative chance of dying of a rare or incurable disease goes up. If I cured every disease but cancer, my odds of eventually dying of cancer would be very high.