Anti Ageing Treatments

I have started to hear and read more about this in recent times.

Some time back, a friend of mine gave me a whole list of supplements that he was taking and recommended that I try them. All of them were for anti ageing. It was a long list and these supplements were not cheap when I checked the price. I spent time reading about each one of them and on paper they sound good. But does the theory translate into them working properly in the human body? Or are they snake oil treatments?

Another friend did a stem cell treatment. Again it is apparently to keep the body young and functioning well. It’s $35k a pop and you do it every 9 months. He has been doing it for 3 years now.

Another doctor friend was talking about gene therapy and how it can be used to get the body to produce more of the right things needed in the body.

How much of this is true and works I wonder? Also I read about these things either in the foreign newspapers and magazines but nothing in the local news media. Should there be a discussion on this so that one can hear from the experts, regulatory authorities and people who have tried these treatments with either positive results or no benefit whatsoever. If some basic supplements are beneficial, should they be provided to the masses because its obviously better for society if they remain healthy and don’t burden the health care system?

I have been told people have been doing stem cell therapy for a while. While it is recommended treatment for some limited types of cancer, does it work for anti ageing purposes? Shouldn’t there be some evidence of this by now?

Again people have been taking supplements such as NAD and metformin for some time. Aren’t there any studies reporting on the effects?

Is it because the treatments are expensive that it is best kept quiet so that only the ones who can afford it get these quietly and benefit? Better not to stir the masses with something they cannot afford?

If these treatments work, is there a benefit overall to society to subside this for the masses?f people live longer is it actually better for society?Would it be better because in an ageing society having healthier people work longer is better? Perhaps it is because if they were healthier there would be less reliance on caregivers? Or as Sir Humphrey Appleby put it in Yes Prime Minister, is it better to let the people die at the current rate because they would then be less of a burden on the health care system?

If people live longer is it better for society? Would it be better because in an ageing society having healthier people work longer is better? Perhaps it is because if they were healthier there would be less reliance on caregivers? Or as Sir Humphrey Appleby put it in Yes Prime Minister, is it better to let the people die at the current rate because they would then be less of a burden on the health care system?

These are the ones I read about in the Western media about western medical treatments and supplements. Surely the Chinese and Indians have their range of herbal products and treatments that might have a similar purpose?

Can we not talk about all this? I want to know.