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From: apl@world.std.com (Tony Lawrence)
Subject: Re: THE INCREASING HUMAN LIFE SPAN
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Benjamin J. Tilly (Benjamin.J.Tilly@dartmouth.edu) wrote:

: Yes, I am WAY behind on my reading, but I thought that I would respond
: to this. FWIW it has been known for quite a few years now that a wide
: variety of short-lived species (ranging from lizards to chickens to
: mice) will live about 50% longer if they are constantly underfed
: (although not drastically undernourished). For obvious reasons tests
: have not been performed for longer-lived animals as yet. However since
: the species for which this has been demonstrated are not very closely
: related, there is reason to believe that the same holds for homo
: sapiens.

Yet it seems that most old folks are on the slim side.

But this could just be health issues.  Excessive fat is not
healthy.


--
Tony
Taint Anthony the Astonished                BAAWA!

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