[ExI] PaleoCRON?

[Jones Murphy]

I do agree re "maximum lifespan" not moving out very much, probably.
For most people, what matters is their individual life expectancy, and
"squaring the curve" is quite a big deal. Emotionally healthy humans
seem to have a very hard time doing severe CR. Anorexics, who do have
the self-discipline to practice quite severe CR, have terrible body
image problems. None that I know of have yet been convinced to follow
a CRON program in an organized way. I doubt we'll get much data on
severe CR in humans before alternative anti-aging therapies are
developed which trump CR. I've pondered conducting such studies in
very poor countries where people are starving and malnourished anyway
and CR would be an improvement, but there are obvious ethical problems
with that.

2011/4/26 Max More <max at maxmore.com>:
> I was talking about extension to *maximum* life span (as were Aubrey and
> Michael). Yes, no doubt for some people with health issues, moderate CR
> could produce a substantial book in life expectancy. If CR is done too
> strongly, I think the results will look worse for humans than for animals,
> since it makes you less robust in case of disease, accident, or other
> trauma. We don't live in cages in laboratories.
>
>
> --- Max
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Jones Murphy <morphy at alumni.caltech.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> It's already clear that CR will produce a boost of decades for those
>> prone to diabetes and cardiovascular problems, so Aubrey and Michael
>> are already just flat out wrong on those types. The remainder are
>> those prone to cancer and other causes of death, maybe 50% of humans.
>> Again on cancer, CR is looking good but the numbers are not yet in in
>> the way that they are for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases of
>> various kinds. It's not looking so great for the remainder, so
>> something like 25% may only get the modest boost. So I'd say a boost
>> of decades is very likely overall. [snip]
>
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