Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-dcd!hpfclp!marysue From: marysue@hpfclp.UUCP (marysue) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Life Extension Message-ID: <9900002@hpfclp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Jul-84 17:40:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpfclp.9900002 Posted: Fri Jul 13 17:40:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 03:01:00 EDT References: <-24000@iuvax.UUCP> Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:iuvax:2400001:hpfclp:9900002:000:1005 Nf-From: hpfclp!marysue Jul 30 13:40:00 1984 Getting back to the original question, that of reviewing the Life Extension Book... I have not read it cover-to-cover, but have skimmed certain chapters. I was not very impressed with what I saw. The best way to extend your life is by eating properly, getting exercise, and trying to enjoy life (i.e. stress management). I'm not an expert, but these authors are telling you that it's ok to smoke, drink, and not exercise, as long as you take the right drugs to counteract the effects. I can't believe that taking certain hormones (or whatever the biological activity of the drugs they were advocating) will be a substitute for exercise. I believe strongly in supplements to an already-balanced diet, but NEVER in supplements to substitute what we know to be a goot diet. I could be oversimplifying (it's hard not to in 100 words or less), but my impression of the book was that they were promising you cake and eating it too, which never seems to work in practice. Mary Sue Rowan hpfcla!marysue