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Reducing One Amino Acid Could Increase Lifespan

Posted by timothy on from the for-compulsive-food-sorters dept.

John Bryson writes "Eating less of one amino acid might lengthen your life. There have been lots of previous studies showing that many species live long on highly restricted calories, but a lot of this benefit may be possible by only restricting one amino acid. Amino acids that have shown this have been tryptophan and methionine. A recent study, published online December 2 in Nature, a highly respected journal, may help explain some of the health benefits of restricted-calorie diets."

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  1. Re:"A highly respected journal" by Beelzebud · · Score: 0, Troll

    Liberals founded America, nitwit...

  2. Re:"A highly respected journal" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe another problem is people who employ the logical fallacies of Appeal to Tradition and Appeal to Popularity to try to prop up a Politically Correct publication because it jibes with their science-corrupting left-wing political views.

  3. Re:Yes, but... by tabrnaker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe because how people feed their body is a reflection of how they interact with the world around themselves. Those who don't treat their body properly, nor care about learning how, to really shouldn't be living for very long.

  4. Re:Yes, but... by FooAtWFU · · Score: 0, Troll
    And then after it becomes socially acceptable, it becomes socially unacceptable to stick around and be "a drain on society" and people have the attitude "oh, why won't she just get herself killed already and spare us the trouble of her existence." (It's worse if you're rich and have heirs, presumably.) (Old people in Holland are already afraid of going to the doctors' one day and not coming back. But hey, their medical system saves a bundle on palliative care!)

    Myself, I think it's a rather dehumanizing notion that the life of an old person no longer has any dignity and the only value an individual has is his or her ability to perform Productive Work for Society, and extraordinarily selfish for us to be promoting it. (Even Communism recognizes something about "to each according to his needs".) I suppose the next step is open class warfare on the "less productive".

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  5. Re:Yes, but... by tabrnaker · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's not me who disapproves, it's nature.

  6. Wrong. by Beelzebud · · Score: 0, Troll

    The American Revolution was caused by Taxation Without Representation. Look up the term sometime. The first thing the founding fathers did was enlarge government, and institute their own tax system.

  7. Re:Yes, but... by tabrnaker · · Score: 0, Troll
    Wow, what's with all the crazy modders modding me down and troll when i'm just stating the obvious?

    I guess there are a lot of mods out there who want all the benefits of a good life without any of the hard work!