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[nancy_axel]

Lifestyle adjustment, Social Interaction etc?

Pharmacologically .. Deprenyl, etc?


I'm hoping my parents stay ticking hopefully until they are great grand parents ..

Appreciate the help! Just some bottom line effective strategies would be great

[Ben]

Lifestyle adjustment, Social Interaction etc?

Pharmacologically .. Deprenyl, etc?


I'm hoping my parents stay ticking hopefully until they are great grand parents ..

Appreciate the help! Just some bottom line effective strategies would be great

"bottom line effective strategies", not "standards of accountability"? Or "working to improve the lot of the everyday man"?

I remember reading something that showed that those who reach old age, and do so in acceptable health, tend to be more social than others.

[Mind]

Good diet (low in sugar and carbs), exercise, adequate sleep, remaining married. These are the things that have the most evidence for promoting longevity.

[VictorBjoerk]

Why not mention calorie restriction,isn't that the most probable way to achieve extremely old age?

[Lazarus Long]

All of the aforementioned methods are important and generally not mutually exclusive either but no one has said the magic word yet so I think I should: GENES.

Significant aspects of aging are at the very least epigenetic and essentially derivative of individual genetics. On top of that I think we need to remember the *luck* plays a disturbingly significant role as well.

Aging is not due to a specific gene or set of genes but the integration of multiple genetic systems, expression triggers and other factors we are still learning about.