Comments on: Iron the primary driver of aging? https://www.isegoria.net/2015/12/iron-the-primary-driver-of-aging/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: LL https://www.isegoria.net/2015/12/iron-the-primary-driver-of-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-2440831 LL Thu, 03 Dec 2015 03:05:23 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39326#comment-2440831 I am not convinced about fasting. Is there any evidence? There are several kinds of people that fast, many for religious reasons, so the signal should exist.

]]> By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2015/12/iron-the-primary-driver-of-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-2440709 Bruce Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:18:36 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39326#comment-2440709 I’d say the cause of aging is that we shrivel up and die. Why? We are bags of blood, which is wet, in air which is less wet. Thus, we dry out and die. I’ve thought this since I read Methuselah’s Children forty years ago. We should do a skunk works proof of concept on some old folks home — just refill the oldies until they balloon back up from their present, shriveled state. Millions would volunteer.

Best case, geriatrics would become what acne doctoring is now — the patient never dies, and he never gets well — so he’s always paying you!

]]> By: Grurray https://www.isegoria.net/2015/12/iron-the-primary-driver-of-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-2440660 Grurray Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:17:49 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39326#comment-2440660 The ultimate cause of aging could be that human evolution has selected lifespans according to available environmental resources and reproductive pressures. We develop clogged arteries and diabetes from eating certain crappy foods because our bodies are getting signaled that there’s a shortage of nutrient dense foods, and to correct for it we need to activate auto-destruct to preserve the greater population at-large.

The classic study is the female octopus, which normally dies shortly after giving birth. When her optic gland is removed, she stays alive and can reproduce again, suggesting that is the source of a chemical signal telling her to check out.

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