Re: Dr. Walford's condition

July 14, 2002

> On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Francesca Skelton <fskelton@...> wrote:

>

>> : this has been previously discussed. Dr W blames his condition on

>> toxic gases in the biosphere (pre CR). But even so, he's just " one mouse "

>> - therefore not meaningful.

>

> IAN: Biosphere was not pre-CR. Everyone in the Biosphere was

> doing CR and were subjects of one of the few human-CR studies.

> Leafing through his book I can't find the exact quote, but I

> recall reading Walford say he was at his lowest weight during

> Biosphere. But that Biosphere was not pre-CR is without question,

> and thus the subtle onset of his condition during Biosphere cannot

> be dismissed as unrelated to CR. In fact, if what I recall is true,

> that his CR was very strong then, CR seems all the more implicated.

>

> But it's true that Walford's condition is like anecdotal evidence.

> It can only have real meaning as a subset of a statistical analysis

> of a cohort of subjects. Nevertheless, given that we are to a large

> degree in the dark about what might be down the road for us, it's

> not a bad idea to examine the possibility of a CR link to any

> unusual deterioration experienced by practitioners of CR.

Ahhh but it seems that DR W. was not CONCIOUSLY doing CR, but was doing it

out of the conditions imposed by being in the biospher . Being much older

than the other Biospherians, could he have harmed himself by too much too

fast? You say above that he was at his lowest weight during the biosphere

esperiment which implies more extreme CR than he is doing now.

At any rate, we can only surmise and may never know what his current

neurological condition is from.

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