And according to one of those publications at the supermarket checkout stand, Elvis was recently seen celebrating his 90th birthday at a secret location together with a visiting Alien. Both had a coke laced chocolate cake. In the end I have no doubt it will be Elvis who breaks all records, when heâll hit 150 years old according to some future sighting reported by residents of a remote village. Heâll be having avocado toast.
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Nick1
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Speaking of shorter stature, it might be correlated with certain longevity benefits, including:
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Lower IGF-1 levels: Shorter people may have lower levels of insulin-like growth factor 1, a hormone associated with aging and cancer risk.
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Lower calorie needs: They generally require fewer calories.
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Lower risk of some chronic diseases: Some studies suggest shorter individuals may have a lower risk of certain age-related diseases, possibly due to lower oxidative stress or metabolic rate.
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Following the combination of supplements approach proven here, I think Iâll try some coca leaf, avocado and opium on whole wheat sourdough toast.
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Nick1
#5
Paraphrasing Nir Barzilai from Albert Einstein Medical Center (who follows largest cohort of Centenarians), once you hit 8th decade of life, only the genetically endowed make it to 9th decade and beyond!
Nature vs Nurture balance gets tilted in favor of Nature.
That is not intended to discourage people from nurture piece though.
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The nurture part so far only included the boring stuff like diet which barely moves the needle in terms of longevity.
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José
#7
Importing coca leaves is not a good idea.
In the USAâŠ
You are assured to receive a visit from DEAâŠ
It would cost you much less to relocate to the Countries where coca leaves can be purchased and use them in that Country.
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Whatâs interesting, are those folks who are in their 90âs, but have never been to the doctorâs or been only once, when theyâve broken a leg or such. Can you imagine? And here we go to docs, take drugs, get tests up the wazoo, and honestly how many of us going to be in as good a shape in our 90âs and into the 100+.
Eternal Life? The secrets of the centenarians
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I went to the doctors and dentists almost all my life and it all only got worse. Now I avoid them like the plague and I feel better and better, even the teeth do better without them âfixingâ anything anymore.
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All in the interest of health research, of course:
https://jaguarhealth.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/jaguar-health-announces-import-coca-leaf-peru-joint-venture-0
As far as the DEA is concerned, Iâm happy to be retired now and donât have to give them $888 anymore for a license.
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José
#11
From the article / PR posted;
âThis is the second import of coca leaf into Canada that Magdalena has completed. It was authorized by the Peruvian Health Authority, DirecciĂłn General de Medicamentos Insumos y Drogas (DIGEMID), and acquired from the Empresa Nacional de la Coca (ENACO), the only company in Peru authorized to distribute coca leaf.â
Small traded company, PR release.
Someone try this in the USA, see how far you will get.
It is interesting that larger species tend to live longer, but within species the smaller members tend to live longer
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A_User
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I donât think this is accurate.
If you didnât have access to pharmaceuticals, diet and lifestyle could get you most of the way.
- low SFA and possibly cholesterol diet (low apoB)
- low salt diet (low risk of HBP)
- low or normal calories (lower risk of multiple diseases).
Iâd say in a magical world where food wasnât ultra processed and palatable and was low sodium, and everyone forgot it existed, eating some form of a magical sweet potato, most disease wouldnât happen thatâs happening today. But now we have pharmaceuticals that mimic most of these effects.
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DrT
#14
Interesting story. I donât believe for a minute that he was born in 1900. A Govt-issued ID like that card is not proof. Poor guy probably never had a birth certificate issued. Might show up in census records if they had them.
But at 4 feet 3 inches Iâd say thereâs a good chance he has a GH deficiency OR a GH receptor mutation (ie; analogous to a Laron dwarf.) In other words, he may be the human equivalent of an Ames dwarf mouseâŠand very long lived.
His life of isolation (unmarried; no close family) also suggests the âclose relationshipsâ suggested by many studies as helpful to attain old age might be either unnecessary or overshadowed by genetic factors.
All just IMO.
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No man has ever been verified to live beyond 116 years, so this guy (or his environment) could have officially claimed the record for longevity since 2017. They havenât⊠iâm guessing because his case canât be proven, since in rural peru of 1900 there were no records, not of him nor of his parents dying when he was just 7.
At the same time there are, at this point in science, no biomarkers that can show a person chronological age with a precision of 10 years!
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Per GPT, this is due to animals that evolve to be larger also evolve additional defenses to let them live longer, while larger animals of the same species only have the growth turned up without those additional defenses.
Larger animals evolve those additional defenses in part because being larger is a defense against predators and so there is less evolutionary pressure from predators and more on internally driven disease.
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Yah, I doubt anyone knows this guyâs real age (including the guy himself). Looks like a happy old dude, though, so good for him 
On a similar topic: I remember reading somewhere that shorter soldiers have a better chance of surviving wars (being smaller makes them less likely to get hit by arrows/spears/bullets/bombs). Not sure if itâs true, but seems logical.
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