Longevity Session Ames Grossman
<p>Nov 26, 2008 9:17 PM
 
Chris Peterson mentions that Chris Heward of the the directors of the Kronos Science Labs, has been dx with
Stage 4 terminal esophag cancer.
 
Bruce AMES is at CHORI...  Childrens Hosp Oakland Res Instit.
 
he studies mitochrial decay...
Juvenon...  alll his stock is in a foundation... he does not profit from it.
 
very inter in micronutrients.
get magnesium from green leafy veggies;  plates of spinach
lot of USA is short of Mag.   if short of micronutr u age faster.
 
Terry Grossman  Anti-Aging doc
 
Aubrey de Gray  SENS... engin neglig senescence
 
his targets are the organs that are damaged by life-long consequences of stuff...
ef athroscl or  Alzherimers plaque.
 
interested in cleaning up disease as it happens  (may be easier than finding a dure).
 
Christine P. asks a great question... suppose an audience member had 5,000 per year to spend
on this stuff... what should they do...
 
Bruce...  1) improve diet,  add multi-vits,  fish oil
Terry G  eat healthy  (eg organic... Bruce says NO... organic makes no diff.....  traces of compounds
won't hurt u.  Terry G like  Red Rice Yeast.
reduce calories... eat less  (like the Okinowans...  HARI HACHI BU  is a Japanese expression meaning eat only
until you are 80% full.  OKINAWA...   greatest % of centenarians.
Fish oil,  vit D,  get Cor Calcium scan.
 
Bruce Ames joke....  my wife told me I needed to get more exercise ... so I told her...
 
ok...  I'm going to RUN more experiments in the lab,  I'll SKIP controls,  and JUMP to conclusions.
 
No SUGAR.
 
People are fascinated by naked mole rat ...  Greg Benford...
KEITH HENSON  suggests studying them and finding out their secret.  (Keith is from
Great Mambo Chicken).   I met and chatted with Keith... very intelligent.
 
BRUCE:  PLACENTA has every stem cell you want... keep it for spare parts.
put Placenta in liquid N2.
 
Zinc defic. leads to ? accum of H2O2 lead to DNA dmage.
 
Bruce will be 80 in December.
 
he likes Linus Pauling website;  fruits and veggies;  40 micronutrients;  need Mg, Ca, K.
 
 
 
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