Joe Betts-Lacroix | Whose Lives Are We Extending? @ Longevity Frontiers Workshop 2023

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[@SteveRichfield]

I have been working in the opposite direction - taking individuals having "age related" conditions, digging to the bottom of what ails them, and finding a solution. For example, one lady had clogging arteries and two abdominal aneurisms. Literature pointed the way to unspectacular treatments, so I focused on WHY they were unspectacular, and found that arterial plaques are laid down in layers, so any treatment could ONLY affect the topmost layer. To eliminate entire plaques required treatments to eliminate all 3 types of layers (calcium, fats, and dead blood cells). This worked spectacularly well, and now years later her with clear arteries, her doctors reject this story - even though it is detailed in her medical record by her previous vascular specialist.
One third of all death is caused by clogged arteries - and here is an entire class of effective treatments available from Super Supplements - yet NO ONE seems interested. It is scientifically uninteresting because it is so obvious and its components have already been researched. There doesn't seem to be any way to make vast fortunes from this. And, leaving this problem UNcorrected will leave human healthspan rather short, regardless of other research being undertaken.
So here is the conundrum - do you join the misguided souls who are trying to develop mass profit-making ventures to help vast populations, or join the misguided souls (like me) who effectively extend people's lives one-by-one, but whose work is ignored by everyone else? Here, we have made opposite choices - but having similar results. Sadly, this seems to be a societal rather than a scientific problem.
Steve

[@lynnjohnson2371]

What do you mean by "Super Supplements"? Do you have a website? Tell us more! (At least I am interested!)

[@yonierbusnelli]

Mhhhh…

[@ShpanMan]

Terrible nothing-burger talk. Don't waste your time.