Stem Cells

Just the fact that we have to go through this exercise in order to be doing research we should have been doing for years is beyond me.  I still don't understand the reasoning behind not allowing the use of embryos that were frozen for IVF that are just going to be tossed.  At least maybe now we can catch up to other countries that have shot out in front of us in this area.

Interesting theory

http://anti-ageing.us/2005/09/anti-aging-theory-living-and-dying-for.html

An interesting theory. I would tend to believe this has some validity, based on the fact that the body seems to be designed to last until we have had time to reproduce (20's), and then starts to fall apart.

Fw: Good article on the general state of aging research

A Disease Technologists Are Getting Ready to Tackle

Things are starting to look promising on the awareness front.
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Status

Well, keeping track of every single thing I eat every day, and finding just the calorie information for it is just too big a pain in the ass.  I don't know how some people can do it.  I wasn't even putting the food into Dr. Walfords program, much less measuring everything out.  I'm not saying it's weird or anything, I just don't have the time or motivation for it.   I find it much easier to just get on the bathroom scale and see what I weigh (70 kilos, about 155 lbs at 185 cm or 6'1").  If my weight is up, I cut back a little that day, if it's down, I just maintain (I would still like to weight a bit less than I do now, but going any lower in calories is difficult, and I end up getting hungry at night, the perfectly wrong time to eat).  I guess to each their own on how much and how well they want to do CR.  I'm just not the hard-core type.  Hopefully I'll still live long enough to hit escape velocity.  I think I am still getting some of the benefits of CR, my body temp is low (97.3), and I haven't been sick in a over a year, which is quite a feat in a house with 6 kids 10 and under in it.  I suppose I'll still update this blog periodically on my progress overall, as I think it's your calorie intake over time that really matters, not exactly what you eat every day.  I agree with April that everyone is different, and anyone that practices CR has already been labeled as strange by society in general, we don't need to go calling our own weird.  I think I'll start putting links to interesting life extension articles and any CR info I find intersting in here as well.  I think in the long run that nanotechnology is going to play a big role in extending our lives as well, but that is somewhat off the topic of CR.