Rapamycin: The unlucky history of the most powerful anti-aging drug

Re:Rapamycin: The unlucky history of the most powerful anti-... by ben7799 on Monday May 08, 2023 @03:12PM (#35865790)

I think the important thing is to concentrate on the diet and exercise and not sit around living an unhealthy lifestyle and hoping to get on one of these drugs that is possibly not that great anyway or has some serious side effects you could end up with.

It's pretty obvious older people who have kept their fitness (cardio & strength, not just one of the two) up and their weight down their entire lives have profoundly higher quality of life.

That requires a totally different lifestyle from the standard "geek lifestyle" though.

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Re:Rapamycin: The unlucky history of the most powerful anti-... by tysam_and on Monday May 08, 2023 @03:41PM (#35866101)

Very much so, I think it's about healthspan rather than lifespan for many people.

Hopefully we can improve that. Many people would be much more okay with feeling great up until an old age, have a few weeks of infirmity, and then pass away rather than the multiple decades of gradual decay that we have now.

Not that that's necessarily entirely realistic or possible, but it would be nice, if it is a possible thing indeedy.

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