[extropy-chat] Lifeline Nutraceuticals and CereMedix

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Found via Longevity Meme: An article in the Denver Post sheds some more
light on what Lifeline Nutraceuticals and CereMedix have been up to with
their new antioxidant supplement. There is talk of a human trial next year,
which would be the first step towards the needed widespread scientific
confirmation of their claims. This article is also a telling insight into
the damage that the snake oil "anti-aging" industry has done to the
prospects of any legitimate product. We all have to be skeptical (of
Lifeline as well) because so many hucksters, frauds and suave marketing
departments make millions by selling worthless junk.
As the body ages, it produces more and more free radicals and its own
antioxidants are unable to fight this process, causing eroding vitality and
death. One would have to eat more than 30 pounds of fruits a day for the
body to absorb enough vitamins to fend off disease. The only other way to
slow the body's own suicide clock lies deep inside our genetic material,
according to Dr. S. Jay Olshansky, an expert on aging and mortality at the
University of Illinois at Chicago. CereMedix's peptide stimulates the body's
production of three antioxidants that work together to eliminate free
radicals. Olshansky is an outspoken critic of scams in the anti-aging
marketplace. He would not comment directly on Lifeline's supplement, but
said, "If they can up-regulate the body's own production of free-radical
scavengers, they may be onto something."
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