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I AM VERY ANGRY ABOUT THIS

By Barbara Morris, RPh

I'm VERY angry about this article:

The Longevity Paradox: Medicine Meets Silicon Valley

Here's the opening of the article written by Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA.

"Last year, Bryan Johnson, a 46-year-old tech founder, spent 2 million dollars on a regimen that included monthly plasma transfusions from his teenage son. Why? Well, we live in an age when the wealthy inject themselves with young blood, undergo elaborate hormone replacement protocols, get infusions of NAD+, and gobble Metformin pill-packs to optimize their biological age. The sell is seductive: Death is inevitable. Aging is curable. And with enough money, one can live to be old and healthy."

What an insufferable statement. Yes, I suppose some wealthy longevity advocates receive young blood transfusions, but I am not aware of anyone, regardless of their wealth, who undergoes this procedure. Yes, anti-agers use nutritional IVs, which help us feel better. Yes, anti-agers take NAD. If you are curious about NAD, read this.

His claim that anti-agers "gobble" metformin for anti-aging effects is arrogant and uninformed. Anti-agers have used metformin, an anti-diabetic drug, but most no longer use it because there are more effective alternatives. Furthermore, Anti-agers don't "gobble" anything.

One thing he did  say that was accurate was that "with enough money, one can live to be old and healthy." It's true. It's costly to eat truly nutritious food because it can be expensive. However, more people could afford to eat better, but prefer to spend their money on junk food, such as sodas, chips, nutritionally bankrupt, sugar-dense "breakfast cereals," and a lot of greasy fast food.

He mentions rapamycin, a drug given to transplant patients to prevent organ rejection. Anti-agers take it for its longevity benefits. He speaks about rapamycin as being a "top seller today." That's not true. Rapamycin is available by prescription ONLY, and it's not easy to find a doctor who is familiar with the drug, let alone prescribe it for its longevity benefits. I've been taking rapamycin (generic name sirolimus) for about a year, and it took me almost a year to find a doctor who knew what it was and would prescribe it for me.  I first heard about rapamycin from my friend, Dr. Ross Pelton, who wrote a book about it. (See below)

There is so much in this biased, uninformed, and misleading diatribe that is just plain snarky and unprofessional. Those who care about their health and their healthy longevity will want to read it and respond to it.

Get a copy of Dr. Ross Pelton's book from Amazon. The title is "Rapamycin: The Most Promising Life Extension Drug. Here is the Amazon link. It's easy to read and understand.

Here is the link to the article I've written about:

The Longevity Paradox: Medicine Meets Silicon Valley

 

 

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