Resveratrol/NAD (was: Re: What is Caloric Restriction?)

[Guest guest]

Hi JW:

Hayflick, apparently, doesn't even recognize the effects of CR in

mice.

Rodney.

--- In , " jwwright " <jwwright@e...>

wrote:

> Not meant to be derogatory to Hayflick,

> Just to point out his view doesn't seem to agree with the

telomerase idea.

> regards.

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Dowling

>

> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 1:13 PM

> Subject: Re: [ ] Resveratrol/NAD (was: Re: What is

Caloric Restriction?)

>

>

> I might choose another term for Hayflick's pronouncements.

>

>

> >From: " jwwright " <jwwright@e...>

> >Reply-

> >< >

> >Subject: Re: [ ] Resveratrol/NAD (was: Re: What is

Caloric

> >Restriction?)

> >Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:49:33 -0500

> >

> >Just some more stuff:

> >

> > J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2004 Jun;59(6):B573-8.

> >

> >

> > " Anti-aging " is an oxymoron.

> >

> >Hayflick L.

> >

> >Professor of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, University of

California, San

> >Francisco, School of Medicine, P.O. Box 89, The Sea Ranch, CA

95497, USA.

> >len@g...

> >

> >No intervention will slow, stop, or reverse the aging process in

humans.

> >Whether anti-aging medicine is, or is not, a legitimate science

is

> >completely dependent upon the definition of key terms that

define the

> >finitude of life: longevity determination, aging, and age-

associated

> >diseases. Only intervention in the latter by humans has been

shown to

> >affect life expectancy. When it becomes possible to slow, stop,

or reverse

> >the aging process in the simpler molecules that compose

inanimate objects,

> >such as machines, then that prospect may become tenable for the

complex

> >molecules that compose life forms. Most of the resources

available under

> >the rubric " aging research " are not used for that purpose at

all, thus

> >making the likelihood of intervention in the process even more

remote. If

> >age changes are the greatest risk factor for age-associated

diseases (an

> >almost universal belief), then why is the study of aging

virtually

> >neglected?

> >

> >PMID: 15215267

>

>

>

>