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This is one of those things that feels relative, in that we keep pushing the age of "good health" further and further as we, well, get healthier. What's if when you're 90 and healthy that you say, "it'd be nice if I could just take a pill and live to 150"?



I mean, sure, great.

But you can't enjoy years 90-150 without first surviving years 30-90.

Humans are statistically bad at doing the simple things that would help us live longer, like eating right, exercising regularly, and getting enough sleep. Most of us aren't going to make it to 90, and it's about half-and-half cancer versus heart disease what will kill us along the way.

Sure, I could exercise regularly, etc, and maybe reduce my chance of dying before 90, but as a statistical American there's an 80% chance I'm not gonna, and a 40% chance it will kill me.

Hence, I'd be much more excited if they could fix that with a pill. Fixing the dying of "old age" as my cellular machinery slowly degrads, also good, but I've got to survive long enough for that to be a problem first.


Past of the problem is that it is unclear what eating healthy means. Exercise seems to be good though, as far as we can tell.


Just in case you wasn't aware of this book and his research and studies: https://www.amazon.com/Longevity-Diet-Discover-Activation-Re...


It's a choice that people make to _not_ exercise and eat healthy.




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