Striving For a Healthy Long Life

[Naperville]

Since the arrival of COVID life expectancy has fallen. There are a number of factors: COVID; people not going to their doctors and getting checkups; cancer; cardiovascular heat disease(CVD).

Please check your BMI using a FREE web interface. All that you do is put in your height and weight. If your BMI reveals that you are overweight or obese then get to work on losing weight. CVD is probably still the #1 killer and weight and diabetes are the major factors.

FREE BMI Interface
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educat ... micalc.htm

What doctors wish patients knew about falling U.S. life expectancy
https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-car ... ffort+code

[Naperville]

According to Google Maps I just walked ~2.2 miles, 5425+ steps. Goal is to hit ~5 miles 3x a week, 1+ miles 3x a week.

[Naperville]

Matt Kaeberlein on the Rapamycin Master Series - Lessons learned from two decades of Rapamycin research

https://youtu.be/PFKuxj5T6GA

[James Y]

"He is 86; Here's His Secret"

Props to this man! Amazing! Part of it is probably genetics, but I think the majority of it is his ATTITUDE in life. Interestingly, he doesn't follow any particular diet.

For myself: There are things I can no longer do that I once did, but that's because of an injury. I still train about 90 minutes a day, not including walking. Not as much training or exercise as in my younger years, when i had fewer responsibilities, but I still train every day. I eat well, don't drink alcohol, and never smoked or did drugs. And at 60, I'm building a new business. Mentally, ive never been sharper, both long and short-term memory. I still feel much younger than most guys my age, and I can pass for 40-something, even with my graying beard, and even younger if I shave it off (which I dont want to do).

I've seen lots of people post online that they're getting old, when they're only in their 30s. Some of whom post as if they're already approaching death's door. And I've seen others post that everything will go to **** in a handbasket once you reach 50. And with that attitude, they'll probably get their wish.

Then there's people like this man:

https://youtu.be/TkkB3IXo5QI

Jim

[Naperville]

"He is 86; Here's His Secret"

Props to this man! Amazing! Part of it is probably genetics, but I think the majority of it is his ATTITUDE in life. Interestingly, he doesn't follow any particular diet.

For myself: There are things I can no longer do that I once did, but that's because of an injury. I still train about 90 minutes a day, not including walking. Not as much training or exercise as in my younger years, when i had fewer responsibilities, but I still train every day. I eat well, don't drink alcohol, and never smoked or did drugs. And at 60, I'm building a new business. Mentally, ive never been sharper, both long and short-term memory. I still feel much younger than most guys my age, and I can pass for 40-something, even with my graying beard, and even younger if I shave it off (which I dont want to do).

I've seen lots of people post online that they're getting old, when they're only in their 30s. Some of whom post as if they're already approaching death's door. And I've seen others post that everything will go to **** in a handbasket once you reach 50. And with that attitude, they'll probably get their wish.

You're right you know. You have to keep a positive mental outlook, one based in reality, but positive.

KEEP GOING JAMES!!!

I've been taking these supplements for 2 months now. Dishing out 25+ pills 2 times a day, and 10 pills near noon is not fun at all. It's a total drag, so I'm going to buy some pill containers for $15 next month, and I'll set myself up once a week! For a couple of weeks if you can believe it, I felt bad over having to draw out those pills every day and then I said to myself, "You better quit feeling sorry for yourself. Millions of people do not have an opportunity like this to see if they can increase their healthspan!"

Then there's people like this man:

https://youtu.be/TkkB3IXo5QI

Jim

Guys like that are my role model. I have a lot of work to do to catch up to the fitness he has created with mind and daily devotion. I hope that he never looses his spirit!

[Naperville]

That guy taught me something too.

I shaved twice over the last 4 months. I have a little stubble now. Next time that I grow out a beard I am going to dye it "silver" or white. When it grows out, most of it is silver, but it looks better all silver.

[Naperville]

EDITED!

The best way to increase life and healthspan by walking is to walk 3 to 4mph for ~7,500 steps(that is what I read, and then I googled it and that may not have been true). What you are trying to do is to get your heart rate up for a given amount of time, 3 to 4 times per week. I think the amount the American Heat Assoc wants you to walk is 2.5hrs per week at around 3.5mph. I walk when I don't have anything else to do for a couple of hours.


I'm using Google Maps and Samsung Health App to measure all of this.

05/14/2023 - walked 1 mile
05/16/2023 - walked 1 mile
05/21/2023 - walked 2.1 miles according to Google Maps, 5425 steps
05/24/2023 - walked 4.1 miles according to Google Maps, 2.8mph, 9,888 steps, 1170 calories burned

ANYWHO.... THE RESEARCH IS:

Each increase of 1,000 steps taken daily by the studies' participants was associated with a 22% lower chance of dying from all causes, the researchers calculated. Each 500-step increment was linked to a 7% drop in cardiovascular-related deaths.

When researchers looked at the median number of step counts, walking more – especially a lot more – seemed to have a greater connection to reduced death rates.

Compared with a group of people logging almost 4,000 steps daily, risk of death from any cause was reduced by:
– 49% for 5,500 steps;
– 55% for 7,400 steps; and
– 67% for 11,500 steps a day.

For deaths from cardiovascular causes, compared with about 2,350 steps a day, risk fell by:
– 16% for 4,000 steps;
– 49% for 6,700; and
– 67% for 10,400 steps a day.

Data from this links:
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2022/11/0 ... -life-span
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161 ... pl_1.15520

[Naperville]

WALKING FOR CARDIO BENEFIT

Link for the data here:
https://www.livestrong.com/article/3081 ... -exercise/

"Heart Rate Monitoring: You can also use your heart rate to monitor intensity by calculating your max heart rate (220 minus your age) and using a heart-rate monitor or taking your pulse. Moderate intensity walking would be 50 to 70 percent of your max heart rate, and vigorous will be 70 to 85 percent, according to the Mayo Clinic."

Link for the data here:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-life ... t-20046887

Aerobic activity. Get at least 150 minutes a week of moderate aerobic activity — such as brisk walking, swimming or mowing the lawn — or 75 minutes a week of vigorous aerobic activity — such as running or aerobic dancing. You can also do a combination of moderate and vigorous activity. It's best to do this over the course of a week. You can achieve more health benefits if you ramp up your exercise to 300 minutes or more of moderate aerobic activity a week.

Even small amounts of physical activity are helpful, and accumulated activity throughout the day adds up to provide health benefits.

Strength training. Do strength training for all major muscle groups at least twice a week. Consider free weights, weight machines or activities that use your own body weight — such as rock climbing or heavy gardening. Or try squats, planks or lunges. Aim to do a single set of each exercise, using a weight or resistance level heavy enough to tire your muscles after about 12 to 15 repetitions.

Your exercise intensity must generally be at a moderate or vigorous level for maximum benefit. For weight loss, the more intense or longer your activity, the more calories you burn.

[TkoK83Spy]

I wouldn't look too deeply into BMI. For athletes or people who strength train, it's very inaccurate. Someone my height at 5-10 is supposed to weigh around 160lbs I believe, or else their considered overweight!? I strength train around 4 days a week and weigh 190lbs...I can assure I'm much healthier and physically fit than I would be 30lbs lighter! I'd be a bean pole with zero muscular tone.

[Naperville]

I wouldn't look too deeply into BMI. For athletes or people who strength train, it's very inaccurate. Someone my height at 5-10 is supposed to weigh around 160lbs I believe, or else their considered overweight!? I strength train around 4 days a week and weigh 190lbs...I can assure I'm much healthier and physically fit than I would be 30lbs lighter! I'd be a bean pole with zero muscular tone.

Fitness has varying aspects. What is fit for a particular human depends on frame type, and overall health. I had open heart surgery for a new aortic valve and a 3-way bypass in late 2017. To extend the length of time between valve replacements, I need to drop down to around 170lbs for my frame.

BMI is for a particular frame. I was 5ft-8in and 210lbs, less than 6% body fat according to several caliper tests performed on me in college. I was doing 70 sets every other day in double sessions. I also bike raced in the Iowa Games time trial and road race. But according to my BMI, I WAS OBESE. I've been considered obese since I was 24 years old.

I'm at right around 200lbs right now and I am considered OBESE according to my BMI. I was at 235lbs at the beginning of 2022. I lost 35lbs in 2022. I plan to lose another 30lbs in 2023. My target is 170lbs.

I need a lot of help to get there. My Dr is not proscribing ozembic either no matter how many times I ask. He refuses to put me on acarbose, and he wants to take me off of jardiance. I was declared diabetic less than 2yrs ago. I may look for another Dr.

[Naperville]

The National Institute of Health has a division called the NIA, the National Institute on Aging, which supports the testing of drugs and supplements on aging.

"The Interventions Testing Program (ITP) tests potential agents that may delay aging as measured by lifespan extension and/or delayed onset/severity of late life pathologies. The ITP is funded by four NIA cooperative agreement grants — three U01s to the Jackson Laboratory, the University of Michigan, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to support testing; and one U24 to the Jackson Laboratory to support a Data Coordinating Center (DCC)."

NOTE: They are testing drugs and compounds mainly on mice bread with certain biomarkers. When they tested statins and aspirin for example they said that they did not extend healthspan or lifespan, but for myself, a cardiovascular patient, I take a statin and low dose aspirin as directed by my doctors. Tests on humans with cardiovascular issues do see significant increases in all modes of mortality when they take statins and low dose aspirin.

So, when reading the following web page, just note that they are not testing on humans in in THESE tests, they are testing on mice. Also note, many thousands of humans have begun testing the drugs and supplements on themselves.



THE RESULTS ARE HERE
https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/dab/in ... erventions

[kwakster]

Statins and aspirin can have a lot of side effects over time.
A safe alternative for both is nattokinase:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6043915/

Edit: i see that you're already taking this supplement :-)

My own experience with it so far after a little over a month taking 3 tablets daily: noticeable more physical and mental energy (already after one week), little age-related pains seem to disappear, especially noticeable when warming-up for a few physical exercises, plus i can suddenly race my mountain bike through the forest again like 30 years ago (where recently i used to be content with just peddling it rather slowly over asphalted bike lanes)
And i'm almost 58 years.

[Naperville]

Statins and aspirin can have a lot of side effects over time.
A safe alternative for both is nattokinase:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6043915/

Edit: i see that you're already taking this supplement :-)

My own experience with it so far after a little over a month taking 3 tablets daily: noticeable more physical and mental energy (already after one week), little age-related pains seem to disappear, especially noticeable when warming-up for a few physical exercises, plus i can suddenly race my mountain bike through the forest again like 30 years ago (where recently i used to be content with just peddling it rather slowly over asphalted bike lanes)
And i'm almost 58 years.

Yes, nattokinase is a good supplement!

It is also on the list of supplements/medications at the FLCCC website for removing spiked proteins from your body for COVID and COVID vaccines. I decided to start taking it to get the vaccines out of my body. For the most part COVID has diminished and I do not want the vaccine in my body.

I cannot 100% verify/validate but I think that the supplements that I am taking are the reason why my glucose and blood sugar readings are so low now that I am considered prediabetic and my Drs want to take me off of diabetes meds.

[Naperville]

She is very fit, and very fast!

Ottawa woman, 96, sets world record with blazing 5K race: 51 minutes and 9 seconds
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ottawa-w ... ng-5k-race

[Naperville]

I just wanted to let everyone know that I updated the first post in this thread.

I quit taking most of the supplements after I started to have a bad reaction and I could not figure out which supplement the problem was.

I started getting getting "itchy" as if I was having an allergic reaction to one of the supplements.

I am taking only the supplements that I was taking initially many months ago, some recommended by doctors and have ceased taking everything else.

[Naperville]

I am Thomas Ivers a 63-year-old who lives in Naperville, Illinois interviewed for the following article. My interview only lasted 5 minutes last month. I am toward the bottom of the article so I am lucky to have even a paragraph in the article.

All systems are good here and I feel fine, now I have to slowly get back on the supplements and find THE ONE that was the problem. I have a connection now for acarbose and rapamycin, so maybe next month I'll be starting those.


The Tech Messiahs Who Want to Deliver Us from Death
They see death as a software error—and they have a plan for fixing it. But should they?

By Suzy Weiss
May 24, 2023

https://www.thefp.com/p/tech-gods-immor ... um=reader2

[Naperville]

Saw 2 new doctors yesterday. I was there because I thought that I was having diverticulitis issues. They cleared me on the diverticulitis and the return to all of my supplements, so I'll go back to them around the 10th of next month....have to buy a few that I am out of and add one or two.

Will update as to what I am taking around the 10th of next month.

The doctors did not know me at all and I showed them the list of supplements that I had been taking and they discussed acarbose and rapamycin with me. They were pretty open minded and excited to be talking to someone who cared about their health rather than avoiding come what may. They commented on the fact that one of the other doctors on staff was reading my books on longevity, which discuss acarbose and rapamycin. The one Dr said there was no issue with me taking acarbose to reduce my glucose numbers other than it may make me gassy. I should have immediately asked for a prescription ...my mistake. I think I'll email that Dr and try to get a scrip for acarbose and give it a try!!!

I've read extensively about these supplements and yes acarbose does make you gassy for the first 14 days or so, until you properly modify your diet. The whole idea is to reduce spikes in blood sugar that hit your heart, brain, kidneys... right after you eat. By eating properly, AKA "having the right diet," you reduce glucose overall and stop depositing matter in your veins, reduce blood sugar counts, reduce gas, and live healthier for a longer time period.

Research that has been released to the public show that when acarbose(every meal) and rapamycin(every week or every two weeks) are taken together they increase the total lifespan of all living organisms by 35%. Now thousands of people are trying it on themselves.

ONWARD!

[Naperville]

I'll be updating the first post with the supplement stack that I am taking. Right now I am just restarting what I had been taking before. I'd like to add a few more supplements but I have to see if I can afford to do it. I'm on a fixed income and the supplements are very expensive.


Blueprint XX has been released
https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/

Longevity Doctor Reacts to Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint
https://youtu.be/kkpBy2oxC0s

[Naperville]

Interview with Bryan Johnson, the creator of Blueprint

https://youtu.be/j_AtQ6N4jQc

[The Meat man]

The Tech Messiahs Who Want to Deliver Us from Death
They see death as a software error—and they have a plan for fixing it. But should they?

By Suzy Weiss
May 24, 2023

https://www.thefp.com/p/tech-gods-immor ... um=reader2

Wow, that article is wild.
To me, there's actually something very sad about such people...they become so obsessed with not dying that they forget to really live. Does that young man from Utah really look happy? He looks miserable, and who wouldn't be, obsessing over death constantly and refusing to accept his own mortality! He will die someday, as we all will - and it's hard to think of a worse regret than looking back on a wasted life, spent flailing uselessly in childish obstinance against something which countless millions have faced with dignity, grace, and calm.

The other folks in the article - the Collinses - treating their children like lab experiments is disturbing, to say the least.

None of this is directed at you Naperville, of course, and we should do all we can within reason to live a healthy life. But the stuff in this article is way out there and I wouldn't want anyone to get pulled into that futile, depressing obsession.