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How to live a long time

kclo4 - 23-7-2007 at 15:38

Ok, other then eating right and exercising. what are some ways you can do to live long?
or what have you heard, I've heard that sleeping less and eating significantly less can help you live longer

do you know if that is true, along with any thing els?

Sandmeyer - 23-7-2007 at 16:10

Stay away from stimulants, and women...

halogen - 23-7-2007 at 16:27

What yu really need to do is unblock your orgone energies; I've heard wonderful things about the Q-Ray and 'Ionised Water'. If your short on that, Colloidal silver worked miracles on my friend Vlad and I can also testify to the wonders of Bonnore's Electro Magnetic Bathing Fluid. Also it helps to replace all of your olive, canola and other oils with good old fashion Viper-Oil. Look for some with a 3% EPA rating. (Not EPA as in animal protection, I mean Eicosapentaenoic acid).

:P
For me, it's not a question of how long you can live; It's a question of how much you can live. Sleeping less of course benefits neither. Im a solid 8-9 hour heavy sleeper. And eating less doesn't seem like such a great idea... Just eat when you're hungry - no more, no less. Whats wrong with people, that should be obvious!
Also, to live a little longer there is one very definite thing you can do: NEVER walk on stilts. When you travel, crawl instead of walk. Live in your basement or cellar, and only use the attic and upper/main floors for storage; rarely go there! Instead of skydiving or parasailing, why not go diving! If you ever think about going to visit a skyscraper, rather, contemplate visiting an underground bunker. And travel by train instead of aircraft whenever possible. But NEVER walk on stilts... or go mountaineering (especially with a tourguide with double vision)!
Also, since this is mainly a chemical forum, if you want a reaction to progress a bit faster, don't risk a catastrophy and heat it, simply elevate it! It helps if you perform all of your experiments on a roof or in an attic. But make sure to wait in the basement or lie on the ground lest the difference be lost on you.

:P:P:P;);)

bio2 - 23-7-2007 at 20:48

According to some Hindu Yogi philosophies the
length of life is determined by the number of breaths taken
each day, 21,600 daily breaths are alloted for a normal lifespan of hundred years.

This comes out to one breath every 4 seconds and it is said
that taking less breaths per minute the life is proportionally longer.

It's easy to lengthen breaths to say one every 8 seconds.
One breath every 16 seconds is fairly deep meditation.

kclo4 - 23-7-2007 at 23:52

Hmmm ok
practical ways and i think the philosophical stuff isnt true no reason for it to be

also the eating less then you normally would can make you live longer

longer you live, the more you can live :D

kclo4 - 23-7-2007 at 23:57

http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/07/09/calorie...



http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2002/02_08_Kripke.html

see!
now... any more ideas along with eating and sleeping less?

JohnWW - 24-7-2007 at 13:45

Castration should help you live much longer. The castrati singers of the 16th to early 20th centuries demonstrated this. Testosterone (along with cholesterol and similar non-aromatic steroids) catalyses the deposition of fatty deposits in the arteries, ultimately leading to arterosclerosis, aneurisms, coronary occlusions, and myocardial infarctions. Besides, testosterone induces violent and risk-taking behavior, liable to lead to early violent or accidental death.

bio2 - 24-7-2007 at 14:03

Sorry John but it's probably too late, lol.

This from Wikipedia was news to me.

.................Castration before puberty (or in its early stages) prevents a boy's larynx from being transformed by the normal physiological events of puberty. As a result, the vocal range of prepubescence (shared by both sexes) is largely retained, and the voice develops into adulthood in a unique way. As the castrato's body grew, his lack of testosterone meant that his epiphyses (bone-joints) did not harden in the normal manner. Thus the limbs of the castrati often grew unusually long, as did the bones of their ribs. This, combined with intensive training, gave them unrivalled lung-power and breath capacity. Operating through small, child-sized vocal cords, their voices were also extraordinarily flexible, and quite different from the equivalent adult female voice, as well as higher vocal ranges of the uncastrated adult male (...................

transformer - 24-7-2007 at 16:53

If drinking that healthy ionized water of vlad will make you last for another 50 years and by that time the world is still in 1 piece and we found a solution for all our current world problems say before the end of 2012, then maybe the medical science has become so far advanced that they can fix any failing bodypart and regenerate destroyed braincells.

Pyrovus - 25-7-2007 at 02:54

There is some evidence that resveratrol can slow the aging process:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol

JohnWW - 25-7-2007 at 05:36

For further information about the castrati, (including some modern ones like Michael Maniaci, Radu Marian, Matthew Miller, Ghio Nannini, and Paolo Nascimento, who can be searched for by name), see these sites yielded by Google:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrato
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Velluti_(castrato)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Moreschi
http://www.cix.co.uk/~velluti/cast.htm
http://www.velluti.org/
http://www.compulink.co.uk/~velluti/Welcome.htm
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/singers/counter.html
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/singers/castrato-unnatural.html
http://wa.essortment.com/castratihistory_rzna.htm
http://users.bigpond.net.au/bstone/eunuchs_and_castrati.htm
http://www.usrf.org/news/010308-jenkins_lancet.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A590348
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4853432.stm
http://www.webspawner.com/users/castrati/
http://www.amazon.com/Moreschi-Last-Castrato-Life-Times/dp/1...
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/cds/opa9823.htm
http://www.archive.org/details/AlessandroMoreschi
http://www.usrf.org/news/010308-castrato_recording.html
http://www.usrf.org/news/010308-castrati.html
http://www.trrill.com/archives/music/opera/the_last_castra/
http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/farinelli/about/fcastra...
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~dmh8/EPSRC-SMF/castrato.htm
http://www.haendel.it/interpreti/old/moreschi.htm
http://www.glbtq.com/arts/castrati.html
http://musicmoz.org/Resources/Reference/History/Castrati/Lin...
http://www.opera-gems.com/reflections/castrati.htm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Farinelli-Il-Castrato-Stefano-Dionis...
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2006/06/castrato_in_sea.ph...
http://www.txoriherri.com/castrato.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbV6PGAWaIU

Don't get on Roscoe's bad side

franklyn - 26-7-2007 at 20:31

:D

YT2095 - 27-7-2007 at 03:16

anti-oxidants are also supposed to help a little too, Vit C, A and E as well as Selenium.

they act as free radical scavengers.

UnintentionalChaos - 27-7-2007 at 10:46

Selenium carries the unfortunate risk of selenium poisoning with it. One of the richest sources of selenium are Brazil Nuts, but supposedly eating three a day puts you at risk for poisoning. Vitamin C and A (as beta-carotene) carry no such risks. Any fruits which are dark blue or purple are high in anti-oxidants. The real effects of eating x amount of anti-oxidants is always significantly less than labratory tests though.

Generally, a mad-chemistry hobby is not a way to increase your life span, what with heavy metal accumulation, carcinogens, explosives, and the like. If you want to live longer, go exercise, eat healthy, sleep more, and generally make anyone who can't tolerate that monotony insane. I prefer the mad-science with potentially shortened lifespan.

YT2095 - 27-7-2007 at 11:17

Quote:
Originally posted by UnintentionalChaos

Generally, a mad-chemistry hobby is not a way to increase your life span, what with heavy metal accumulation, carcinogens, explosives, and the like.


unless you`re an advocate of Hormesis!

oh yeah, and you forgot Radiation ;)

Elawr - 27-7-2007 at 12:45

Caloric restriction is confirmed in several mammalian species to extend life up to 30%. Retrospective studies of isolated communities with a prevalence of extreme longevity suggest it works in humans too, but the mechanism is still anyone's guess.