But she can blink with her knees!
Posted on 05/02/2007 9:55:12 AM PDT by Froufrou
The day when humans could enjoy at least a partial “elixir of life”, a pill extending lifespan by up to 40 per cent, moves closer today with the discovery of a “longevity gene”.
Researchers in America studying worms believe they have provided a key insight into the only proven way to live longer.
Scientists have discovered from 70 years studying creatures such as dogs, mice, yeast, fruit flies and nematode worms, that a reduction in calorie intake by 60 per cent of normal, while maintaining a healthy diet of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, consistently prolongs life by up to 40 per cent.
That regime also reduces the risk of cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, while staving off age-related degeneration of the brain and nervous system.
Although some people are already imposing this strict diet on themselves, and primate experiments appear to back this longevity effect, it is still too early tell whether calorie restriction will have the same effect in humans.
Many scientists also joke that the reduction in calories is so drastic that it only feels like you are living longer.
But now researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, have identified a critical gene in nematode worms that specifically links eating fewer calories to living longer.
They think it provides a crucial clue as to why persistent hunger promotes long life.
Identifying this “longevity pathway” opens the door to the development of drugs that mimic the effects of calorie restriction and might allow people to reap health benefits without adhering to an austere regime that only the toughest ascetics can endure.
Me, too, but I dang sure can’t climb up there!
Heavens, don’t let Joan Rivers hear about this. She’ll come back from the dead.
Eating one small meal a day is some “elixir”
You get to deny yourself all the fun when your young and get to extend your “diaper years” by at least 15 years, I won’t be signing on to this magic “elixir”.
(let's not talk about her furrowed brow in polite company)
If she shows up with a goatee, we’ll know where that came from.
You are baaaaaad! It took me a minute to realize you weren’t beating around the bush...
you’re not shabby yourself.
beating around the bush...LOL.
When she opens mouth, foot is already there?
You’re killing me, girl.
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