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[osris]

57 year old man looks 25

 

 

 

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61 year old man looks 38

 

 

 

 

 

[Mind]

I am kind-of sad that I do about 80% of what these guys do and I am getting no where near the same results. The last time I measured my biological age, it was only about 5 years younger than my chronological age.

[osris]

My guess is that to look like those guys you would need to start doing what they did at an early age. It may be too late to get as much of a dramatic result if you are over 35 when you start out. I think longevity supplements can only prevent you looking older than you were when you first started taking them. So if you started taking them when you were 30 you would look around 30 to 34 when you were in your 60s. I started to late, I was already in my early 50s. I'm 60 now and don't look any younger. But I live in hope.

 

But I think the 57 year old guy is probably a hoax. I would like to see his birth certificate.

[Werper]

As always, genetics plays a role.  I have a friend who coems from a big family.  They don't do anything unusual,  vitamins etc,  they just have really good genetics and they ALL look about 20 years younger than their age.

[osris]

Below is a photo of the man (Chuando Tan) with his father in 1983. The father looks like he is in his late forties or early fifties, which indicates that he is aging normally. So I don't think it is necessarily genetic in Chuando's case.

 

But for people who do have genetics that make them look young, I wonder why genetics works selectively in those people... in a Darwinian sense, I mean? What adaptive value does it have for some people to look young and not all people? 

 

 

 

Edited by osris, 13 April 2024 - 12:46 PM.

[Matt]

My guess is that to look like those guys you would need to start doing what they did at an early age. It may be too late to get as much of a dramatic result if you are over 35 when you start out. I think longevity supplements can only prevent you looking older than you were when you first started taking them. So if you started taking them when you were 30 you would look around 30 to 34 when you were in your 60s. I started to late, I was already in my early 50s. I'm 60 now and don't look any younger. But I live in hope.

 

But I think the 57 year old guy is probably a hoax. I would like to see his birth certificate.

I've grown more skeptical over time about supplements and them being able to significantly impact the rate of aging.

 

One needs to start everything from a young age (before you notice outward signs of aging). This means a good plant-based diet, protection from sun damage, good sleep, no alcohol or smoking, and good stress management. Having a good skincare regimen also helps, too.

 

I feel fortunate to have started all of this a long time ago when I was 18-years-old. I had already begun eating healthy at 18 and had started the process of reducing calories from cutting out bad foods. And then did very strict CR when I turned 20. 

 

It's scary to think that I will be turning 40-years-old this year, but people like Chuando, Lure Hsu, Jared Leto, Lenny Kravitz, and even one of our forum members here, Paul Roe, give me some hope that it's not fast down hill from here! 

 

Just a few weeks ago, someone thought I was the same age as my niece, who turned 22-years-old! (I've gotten this often over the years). I frequently have people thinking I am only about 20 when talking on the phone as well. I think I might be a bit fortunate as well with decent genetics, as my sister also looks young for her age (she is almost 38 but looks and sounds mid to late 20s). My dad is also doing really well for being 69. Seems quite a bit younger than his age.

 

I did have a bit of a hiccup from late 2022 with a UTI. A bit of bad luck as it occured shortly after having a Td/IPV vaccine and taking amoxicillin. Effectively went off strict CR for 1 year and gained 10 lbs, which I am now losing again now since getting the chronic UTI under control from using phage therapy. So I had one year off strict CR in around 20 years. Still eating mostly healthy, but larger servings of certain foods and snacking a bit.

 

So anyway, I do think that we will see more people in the next 10 years that looks exceptionally young for their age. It seems that the idea of trying to slow aging whether it be through diet, supplement, medications or any other way is getting more popular lately. And more people are starting from a younger age as well. Whereas years ago, it seemed that most people never even started to think about this until they were around 40 or older.

Edited by Matt, 19 May 2024 - 01:14 PM.

[QuestforLife]

No one under 40 should be congratulating themselves on looking young for their age. Ageing isn't linear and seems to kick in during certain periods of life. I looked no different from 25-35. But the period of late 30s to mid 40s the body does some serious economising in terms of its rate of repair. I have heard that there are other periods of 'downgrading' later in life too, 60s and 80s perhaps.  

[osris]

I agree. I didn't begin to look older until in my mid-forties. Up till then, I could pass for a 35 year-old. But then after 45, I aged at a quicker rate than previously. Maybe the speed of aging increases with each year after 40?

 

 

Edited by osris, 03 June 2024 - 04:51 PM.

[QuestforLife]

I think it is more a case of the body maintaining a stable equilibrium (of health). At a certain point in time it can't or doesn't want to (inset complex evolutionary argument here) maintain the body in the state it has until that point, but it can at some less well maintained (higher chance of mortality) state. Hence you get these descending series of (health) plateaus as you get older.

 

Often what happens with highly conscientious people is that when their body downregulates maintenance in their 40s, they alter their formerly hedonistic lifestyle to eat more healthily, drink less alcohol, do more exercise, etc., and this helps improve their state enough that they don't feel too bad about ageing - and in some limited ways they are in better shape than before (like weight), although in reality they have still aged down onto the next plateau. 

 

All just theory really, but it fits the facts.  

[davidmike07123]

Wow, it's amazing how a 57-year-old man can look 25! It's a true testament to great genetics, a healthy lifestyle, or maybe even a bit of both. Whatever the secret is, it's incredibly impressive and inspiring!

[osris]

I wonder why David Sinclair hasn't researched these Peter Pans?

[osris]

Here are two photos of William Shatner. The one on the left is from 1978 when he was 47. The one on the right is from 2011 when he was 80. He looks much younger at 80 than at 47. Though not as dramatic as Chuando Tan, he does seem to have reduced in age-appearance significantly. I have not been able to find out what his diet consists of or if he takes supplements.

 

 

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