tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post676539589756836852..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: Listening to ResveratrolDeric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-77433361774520257872008-09-11T09:32:00.000-05:002008-09-11T09:32:00.000-05:00I'm not sure what point he's making here, "The rec...I'm not sure what point he's making here, "The rectangularization of the mortality curve implies that life-prolonging therapies will add years only at the end of life." Is he saying that society would be frailer as a result of life-prolonging treatments? That doesn't seem to be supported by the figure. Or is he just making the more mundane point that living longer adds years to... the end of one's life?<BR/><BR/>As it turns out, calorie restriction (in animal models, at least) prolongs life, but it also prolongs the quality of life. Animals stay healthy longer, and they often stay healthy until the end of life. Presuming that resveratrol does the same (I believe that there is some mouse data to suggest this), it would make people much healthier overall. Even until the end of their lives. Which might mean that we'd have an older but much healthier population. I'm not saying that this will happen (the animal models might not hold...), but it's a pretty exciting possibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com