[FRIAM] The case for vegetarianism
Russ Abbott
russ.abbott at gmail.com
Sun Jun 13 09:33:27 EDT 2021
Just so that you don't feel to bad about it, here's a skeptical article
about Sinclair:
https://khn.org/news/a-fountain-of-youth-pill-sure-if-youre-a-mouse/.
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021, 1:09 AM Pieter Steenekamp <pieters at randcontrols.co.za>
wrote:
> Russ, I know I should really do that, but I have not yet started to take
> NMN and Resveratrol. NMN is not available in South Africa over the counter
> and maybe 2-3 years ago I asked my then GP for a prescription for NMN and
> she would not give it to me. I've since changed my GP and it is on my
> agenda to ask him about it soon.
>
> For now my wife and I are following David Sinclair's 5 living habits for
> longevity:
> 1 don't smoke,
> 2 don't eat too much and practice intermittend fasting,
> 3 do high intensity training,
> 4 eat mainly the right type of foods and
> 5 manage your stress and have enough sleep.
>
> Pieter
>
> On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 at 22:40, Russ Abbott <russ.abbott at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Pieter,
>>
>> Thanks for the links. I hadn't been following David Sinclair. Sounds
>> like interesting work. In one of the videos Sinclair says he is 50.
>> he looks more like 30!
>>
>> Have you followed up and started to take NMN and Resveratrol? If so,
>> which brands did you select and why?
>>
>> -- Russ Abbott
>> Professor, Computer Science
>> California State University, Los Angeles
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 12:25 PM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "eat food, mostly plants, not too much" - Michael Pollan
>>>
>>> https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20090323/7-rules-for-eating
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/12/21 7:40 AM, Pieter Steenekamp wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know the members of Friam personally, but I get the impression
>>> it's not exactly a youth club and maybe some might be interested in living
>>> healthier longer? (Compared to most others in our culture). I've been
>>> following the longevity work of David Sinclair and just maybe one of you
>>> might find it interesting?. I quote:
>>> "David A. Sinclair, Ph.D., A.O. is a Professor in the Department of
>>> Genetics and co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging
>>> Research at Harvard Medical School".
>>> https://sinclair.hms.harvard.edu/people/david-sinclair
>>> If you navigate the site you'll find a list of his publications.
>>>
>>> A short video clip from an interview with David where he discusses
>>> plant- vs meat-diets. His conclusion is that to live healthier longer (as
>>> opposed to merely living longer) one should (amongst many other things) not
>>> eat meat, especially not read meat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmRzeD4_41M
>>>
>>> Disclaimer: according to David, vegetarianism is not the most important
>>> factor in living healthier longer, it's probably relatively low on the
>>> list, so die-hard carnivores (like myself) can still eat moderate amounts
>>> of red meat and still live healthier longer.
>>>
>>> To conclude, a short presentation by David about his work on longevity
>>> in general: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V-IaeVCHlw
>>>
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