I’m surprised this article wasn’t about Metformin, something gwern has written about[0] and has some popularity in the entire nootropic circle of people that I know.<p>[0] <a href="https://gwern.net/longevity#metformin" rel="nofollow">https://gwern.net/longevity#metformin</a>
Radiolab did a story on it. It's really bizarre how it was discovered and popularized<p><a href="https://radiolab.org/podcast/dirty-drug-and-ice-cream-tub" rel="nofollow">https://radiolab.org/podcast/dirty-drug-and-ice-cream-tub</a>
I wouldn't say Rapa is cheap. Even if you can source the cheapest indian brand (which is challenging if you don't know how to navigate that market), it will cost you $10/week. And it's something that you do consistently, over years and decades.
Jack LaLanne, exercise guru and healthy-eating aficionado lived to 96. His brother Norman, who did none of the things his brother did to the same level, lived to either 96 or 97.
"Longevity enthusiasts" sound like people who spend like 1/10 of their time on Earth desperately searching for ways to live several weeks longer.
Oh god, I've already had to hear Peter Attia talk about this for years and now newsspam sites are catching on?<p>Spoiler: pound it all you want, everyone still dying of chronic illness, diabetes, cancer, heart failure, etc. Eat clean and exercise it's your only chance.