HoustonChronicle.com - Want to live 350 years? Experts say it's doable "Catapulted by advances in biotechnology, scores of researchers have begun to pinpoint genes that may prolong human life while delaying its late-stage diseases, frailties and maybe even gray hair and wrinkles. Their successes in laboratory animals -- like worms that live four times longer than normal -- have already germinated several drug companies. They hope to develop compounds to stretch healthy lifetimes beyond limits once presumed to be fixed."
I remember seeing the show on PBS hosted by Alan Alda that was all about how eating 30% less prolonged the lives of rats significantly. If I had a cook, that could prepare the proper diet for me, or I lived in a situation where I could prepare food for myself in such a manner, I could probably eat like the one guy Alda had interviewed. I probably wouldn't even mind that much. Give me enough spices, and I could eat sparsely. But in our society, in the life I have to lead... it'd be rough. However, I can imagine that if you could take a pill and get the same results, I'm sure everyone would be able to do it, provided they could afford it...
I'm envisioning a future where 50 year old sons of the rich still live with their parents and play tennis at the club all day. heh.
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