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I guess Canada is a bit more like the United Federation of Planets (UFP ) where the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
And as a small country of 40M with low density, triaging health care is what works for us. Just compare per capita health spending between Canada and the US. And the overall results. I like to use the Alpha and Omega stats. The beginning, child birth mortality and the end, life span.
The biggest issue we are fighting right now is mis-management of the funding. The Federal Gov provides funding to the Provinces that then administer the Provincial health care budget, which is a combination of provincial and federal funding. The conservative provincial governments have diverted a significant amount of Federal funds out of the health care budget so they can force “private clinics” that cost way more to operate but enrich the conservative political donors.
No definitive studies of low-dose lithium orotate in humans. I take it primarily for its mood-altering benefits. Tends to make one “mellower,” reducing anger problems, etc.
Mechanism
Summary
Telomere Preservation
Lithium may preserve or lengthen telomeres, delaying cellular aging.
GSK-3 Inhibition
Reduces neuroinflammation and stress-linked aging pathways.
BDNF Support
Promotes brain-derived neurotrophic factor for neurogenesis.
Dementia Protection
Associated with lower Alzheimer’s risk in high-lithium water regions.
Mood Modulation
Modulates dopamine, glutamate, and GABA neurotransmission.
Thanks! Yes, I notice it also for mood. I am now taking 10mg LO at night, 5mg am. I have experimented with different amounts. This seems to be working well.
Was just puzzled because the comment I replied to sounded like it was relating Ted’s dementia to Lithium use.
I don’t know who he is, but 41 is very young. Cause of death isn’t given, but he was hospitalised with illness, and this was said:
During a Nascar Cup Series race on 10 May at Watkins Glen, Busch radioed in to his crew requesting medical aid from Dr Bill Heisel and a “shot” after the race. According to the TV broadcast, Busch had been struggling with a sinus cold that was exacerbated by the intense G-forces and elevation changes at the upstate New York road course.
Which almost never kills a 41 year old healthy person.
I mean sure COVID, Ebola, raw oysters but none start with this prodrome.
Brain abscess from a sinus infection but usually requires some degree of immunocompromise. I am curious. Excessive steroids trying to get back to racing would do it and that is my hypothesis at this point. “I need a shot” - spoken like someone who has had this before a bit too much.
My only guess is he was using steroids to make it to races but how someone wouldn’t also do antibiotics which should have afforded him some protection.
I chalk this up (without proof) of another rich famous person getting terrible medical care because they were rich and famous.
Tsk, tsk, these fitness celebrities are breaking all the wrong records in longevity. I guess exercise is not the miracle cure-all it’s constantly advertised as.
Remember folks, what gets you every time is your weakest link, and that weakest link can strike at any age. And, no, exercise will not fix it, just as it did not fix it for Jim Fixx.
“Although a cause was not disclosed, JLTV described Janklowicz’s death as a “sudden passing.””
That presumably is not cancer or infectious disease. This sounds more like a CVD event, an aneurism and the like. In any case, for the millionth time: exercise is not a guarantor of a long life. To the degree that you can, focus on your weakest link, whatever it might be.
Gilad Janklowicz Dies: ‘Bodies In Motion’ TV Fitness Pioneer Was 71
Let’s assume it was a CVD. Even if Gilad was a natural (free of hormones), he could have still been putting down plaque over the years from diet, genetics etc.
Variouis hormones can speed up that process.
So it’s probably best for people to do yearly blood work every 6-12 months to monitor important markers.
Nearly everyone at some point will need Rx help for cardiovascular health or other things.
Anways, there were a few bodybuilding deaths this past month.
Albert Beckles (bodybuilder), 95 years old. Though some people think he was younger, in his late 80’s. Does not say cause of death but could be CVD. Even if he passed in his late 80’s, this would be one of higher ages for an old school bodybuilder using hormones. No clue if he was taking other Rx for health. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Beckles
Bill Grant (bodybuilder), 79 or 80 years old from Google search. No cause of death but some people mentions pneumonia and dementia.
David Wilcox (writer) 53 years old. Suicide (gun). David was a popular name in the conspiracy/paranormal section.
It’s a cautionary tale here for people to believe various people pushing things online.
Especially science and medical type subjects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wilcock
Gabriel Ganley. Perhaps not “celebrity” but well known in the bodybuilding circles and had 2.4 million instagram followers. 22 years old. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, from performance enhancing drugs.
Me too. I am a Platonist. At my Catholic high school in Chicago, I was introduced to theology by a radical priest who had a profound effect on my 14-year-old mind. He subsequently left the church and married. I left it all behind myself, but I returned for the football championships, which have sustained me in my old age more than religion ever did.
Pistol Pete Maravich died at age 40 of a very odd congenital heart defect. His left coronary artery was completely missing; HIs right was greatly enlarged and had been compensating for the defect. It was amazing he played many years of NBA basket with something like that. Basically, was a ticking time bomb. Left a wife and two young some (8 and 5 yo).
I hadn’t heard this story before. It is tragic and also incredible that he could have played professional sport at that level without his left coronary artery.
Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett and all the currently alive American presidents are all hitting the 95-100 yo range. It really seems to me that if you are prudent, this is the new realistic life expectancy. If you add Rapamycin to the mix, I don’t see why the range shouldn’t be 100-105.
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