Book: The Long Tomorrow / discussion of Okinawans and CR

[Guest guest]

I'm in the middle of reading this book which is subtitled: " How advances in

Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Postpone Aging " . The author is

Rose, a researcher at the U of Cal at Irvine. I found this book at my local

public library.

On page 113 there's an interesting passage. The author discusses the

reasons why humans on CR will not live as long as lab animals on CR. Of

note he notices that the Okinawans only live slightly longer (He notes that

Okinawans should be living to 140 if they were following the lab animal

model). Okinawans only live a year or two longer than mainland Japanese,

for example.

Rodney has several times noted this about the Okinawans and questioned it on

the board. We have never been able to figure out the answer.

Rose's conclusion: although reducing calories (whether through eating or

some as yet undiscovered pill or mechanism) is " start " to the question of

extending life, it is not a panacea and will be only a part of a more

complicated approach as we learn more about the complexities of aging

As I finish the book, I'll post any more interesting passages.

Hot fudge sundae anyone :-?