Can ageing be delayed, stopped or even reversed? BBC News

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  • Is ageing a disease? One that can be 'cured'? BBC's Gabriela Torres meets the self-experimenters and scientists who are trying to dramatically extend our lives.
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  • @annborges9088
    @annborges9088 Před 3 lety +263

    I exercise every day at a gym ,walk my dog, and eat a nutritious diet. I think I'm doing everything I can. I would prefer to be healthy now than live for ever. I'm 77

    • @1BestCookie
      @1BestCookie Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah what they are trying to do is keep ppl healthy not just live longer

    • @MrMcCawber
      @MrMcCawber Před 3 lety +7

      I'm 78 and I put my cunning plan to live forever on hold some time ago.
      Mainly because I suffer from a couple of untreatable conditions. Why untreatable? Because they're not covid!

    • @alexanderinsubordinate1861
      @alexanderinsubordinate1861 Před 3 lety +2

      I respect you Ann Borges

    • @fredgalaxy7632
      @fredgalaxy7632 Před 3 lety +11

      Using the internet at the age of 77, is a testament of your lifestyle choices. Which indicates that you are still mentally young, healthy and active.

    • @fredgalaxy7632
      @fredgalaxy7632 Před 3 lety +2

      @@MrMcCawber have you considered what will happen after that final breath you breathe out ?
      Do you ever ponder about the purpose of your existence? Why something as powerful as the sun, does not move an inch or do as it pleases?
      It is positioned to serve a purpose and does not move its positionz despite its size and power to destroy our planet, shoud it move closer to the earth.

  • @chantem175
    @chantem175 Před 5 lety +852

    Some people will want this. Some won’t. I used to volunteer with the elderly for years I will never forget a woman of whom I spent a great deal of time. She was 97 years old. Fit and still of sound mind. She’d take a puff of her cigarette and tell me, “God is cruel. Everyday I wake up is like a cruel laugh to the face. My time on this earth is over. I’ve done everything and I’m ready to go now.”
    I’m serious everyday I’d see her she wished she were dead because she felt as though her life was complete and there was nothing more for her to do. She’d tell me all these wonderful stories of her life experiences. She’d tell me she lived a fulfilling life. Some people come to a point in their lives in which they feel as though they have lived a fulfilling life and they just want to go.
    In my own observation those who feel unfulfilled always wish for more time to be fulfilled.
    Nothing is wrong with either. Just an interesting observation.

    • @benjamin16ful
      @benjamin16ful Před 5 lety +46

      Thank you for sharing. Personally, I just want to live about an avergae length of time here on earth and at the end have a feeling of fulfillment, knowing Ive done my part.

    • @gillianm9185
      @gillianm9185 Před 5 lety +11

      Yes totally agree with you

    • @kingwillie206
      @kingwillie206 Před 5 lety +82

      At 97 years old and beaten up by the impact of time aging her body, why would she want to go on? All she can do is reflect on her life until she goes because she is certain she will die soon. I doubt she would think that way if she were biologically 35 and chronologically 97.

    • @kingwillie206
      @kingwillie206 Před 5 lety +21

      Oh, and by the way, there is no such thing as a “fit” 97 year old human.

    • @eddiepryor3119
      @eddiepryor3119 Před 5 lety +48

      She felt that way because she was weak, unenergized and most of all old..Put her in a 20 years old body and she would be far from ready ''to go''. I mean go where? Exactly !

  • @alexq.8696
    @alexq.8696 Před 3 lety +28

    I don't really mind looking old, but the elimination of certain diseases that happens in advanced aging is what makes me hopeful about these kind of stuff.

  • @jeanine9
    @jeanine9 Před 3 lety +59

    My grandma is 101. She has Alzheimer’s and my parents who are both 80 take care of her with very little help. My sister and I help when we can but we are both married.
    It has been hard on the whole family. I hope that there will be a cure for Alzheimer’s within my lifetime.

    • @CJ-ft9yo
      @CJ-ft9yo Před 3 lety +3

      Yes by all means eradicate diseases but living longer? That would be a Crime against Humanity, this planet cannot support the people on it already.

    • @jakubjanata4283
      @jakubjanata4283 Před 3 lety +2

      Well there is not a cure for Alzheimer, but there is prevention that reduces the risk of getting the disease substantially. Healthy diet full of omega-3 fatty acids, sport, no alcohol...

    • @xalthzdornier4805
      @xalthzdornier4805 Před 2 lety

      Aduhelm is already available

    • @mendingwall3823
      @mendingwall3823 Před 2 lety +3

      @@CJ-ft9yo eradicating disease would automatically lead to people living longer. I think that would be great. The world is over populated, that is true but we can't stop trying to live longer because of others

    • @ultraviolav9626
      @ultraviolav9626 Před 2 lety +6

      and if you are married, that's an excuse to help out around your elderly? They raised you and your sister so you owe them the time and energy back. No matter how hard it is.

  • @InvokingTheLight
    @InvokingTheLight Před 6 lety +72

    It's true what he says toward the end of the video about exercise. I have worked out at least three days a week since the age of 21. In 2006, at 49 years of age, I got "carded" not once but twice! I have always believed that regular exercise is the true fountain of youth.

    • @lucifervalentine275
      @lucifervalentine275 Před rokem +2

      What how

    • @AnnaSzabo
      @AnnaSzabo Před rokem +2

      I’m 40 and get carded too because I fast regularly so my skin is gorgeous and my size is zero

    • @johncostello3174
      @johncostello3174 Před rokem +2

      @@AnnaSzabo Carded. What does that mean ?

    • @whitneyanders5945
      @whitneyanders5945 Před rokem

      Get asked for ID to shoe you are either older than 18 or 21

    • @Eric-kn4yn
      @Eric-kn4yn Před rokem +1

      ​​​@@AnnaSzabo tell these gatekeepers to get eyes tested 40yo no matter looks older than 30 yo. Females especially many dont want to Lift weights or if they do üse too lite afraid of muscular look naive as that doesnt happen overnite without gut busting effort pain sweat and determination. Menopause is the deciding fact with F.

  • @92trdman
    @92trdman Před 4 lety +322

    Human obsession with eternal youth never disappears...

    • @tn5074
      @tn5074 Před 3 lety +27

      People would go mad if they lived to 1000. You could see yourself become a villian

    • @stevleb
      @stevleb Před 3 lety +11

      Yes, you often see trout pout, doll faces and freak shows with the rich.

    • @ReflectedMiles
      @ReflectedMiles Před 3 lety +6

      The subject of the video looks rather old for her age, I thought. Ironic.

    • @JEAMillennial13
      @JEAMillennial13 Před 3 lety +15

      I want my Teen youth back forever.

    • @Goodbyeeveryonehere
      @Goodbyeeveryonehere Před 3 lety +2

      @@ReflectedMiles youth that she is talking about is internal youth. No aging of internal cells etc. This video is about health not physical beauty

  • @st.jude3181
    @st.jude3181 Před 3 lety +216

    People don’t want to live longer. They want to look better and feel better.

    • @canyoutu
      @canyoutu Před 3 lety +22

      Actually, they want all of them!

    • @IVIasterKush
      @IVIasterKush Před 3 lety +11

      ... for longer

    • @David.L291
      @David.L291 Před 3 lety +3

      it was only just recently my legs fell off and I had to order a new pair but it was a run off the old block

    • @deepblue188
      @deepblue188 Před 2 lety +7

      I want to live longer, feel better and look better. I am so ambitious. I want it all!!!

    • @km8233
      @km8233 Před 2 lety

      P

  • @alanpup1
    @alanpup1 Před rokem +5

    I don't see aging as a disease, and with a society as we have, such traitement will cost millions and be available just for the bourgeoise, separating more and more the poor from the rich. It will just be identical to the Love, Death and Robots series/tv show.

  • @shaynelahmed6323
    @shaynelahmed6323 Před 6 lety +350

    Ali said it best.... Don't count the days...make the days count....

    • @vladimirkarasek3797
      @vladimirkarasek3797 Před 5 lety +2

      Very smart, but again, saying nothing new.

    • @mikeg90
      @mikeg90 Před 5 lety +7

      Shaynel Ahmed that's an old Sikh saying from the holy Granth

    • @MyLongevityExperiment
      @MyLongevityExperiment Před 5 lety

      @@vladimirkarasek3797 check out the work that David Sinclair is doing now.

    • @petrosvouloukos1280
      @petrosvouloukos1280 Před 5 lety +2

      Excellent! Well said! Live well today, and let tomorrow worry for itself.

    • @mysticvibez8408
      @mysticvibez8408 Před 5 lety

      @@mikeg90 yeahhh👍

  • @atishmahadik3054
    @atishmahadik3054 Před 3 lety +177

    Quality of life is more important than length of life

    • @Supremepikachu
      @Supremepikachu Před 3 lety +11

      Nah, both.

    • @jakubjanata4283
      @jakubjanata4283 Před 3 lety +5

      That'd imply that you would rather live 5 years of beautiful childhood than 80 year of slightly-above-average life. Both matter, and it is their combination that matter at the end.

    • @Freefire66734
      @Freefire66734 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes, but why we should die if we have enjoyed the life. Some natural laws make us sad like death but if we will stop death nobody will be sad

    • @John_Cole
      @John_Cole Před 2 lety +1

      @@Supremepikachu Correct. Scientists Is Now Develop The Cures Against Cancer, Heart Attacks, Types of Brain Damages And Memories Loss. But Last But Not Least Bacterias Cause Some of The Symptoms Or Worse.

    • @teenforever16.idontwanttob53
      @teenforever16.idontwanttob53 Před 2 lety +1

      @John Cole and aging

  • @lehuyen427
    @lehuyen427 Před 3 lety +12

    If I died at the age of 100 , in the appearance of 30, I would follow all they say

  • @haiderraad8043
    @haiderraad8043 Před 3 lety +5

    I really appreciate such an incredible efforts

  • @TheStewieGriffinShow
    @TheStewieGriffinShow Před 5 lety +94

    Studies show that exercise increases the length of telomeres.

    • @YogaBlissDance
      @YogaBlissDance Před 4 lety +1

      I know rather than using techniques that we know work on cells in positive ways and works on hormones like yoga and meditation, why not study those and then use those findings.

    • @echo-trip-1
      @echo-trip-1 Před 4 lety

      mrbobbilly - Hello Troll

    • @jonnythelegs2597
      @jonnythelegs2597 Před 4 lety +1

      Use it or lose it.

    • @Sssssssslf
      @Sssssssslf Před 3 lety +2

      For real or no?

    • @TheStewieGriffinShow
      @TheStewieGriffinShow Před 3 lety +3

      @SupremeMystique How does it feel to be a loser?
      www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170510115211.htm

  • @MaScErRaDe95
    @MaScErRaDe95 Před 6 lety +732

    *and as i watched this video i aged 30minutes...MAKE IT STOP*

  • @alvingemira9829
    @alvingemira9829 Před 3 lety +55

    Rich people : reverse aging
    Poor ones : rather die than suffer consequences !

  • @jordanong5114
    @jordanong5114 Před 3 lety +35

    Yes. It can be stopped. There is no honor for aging. It pains me to see poor elderly stuck in retirement home. I can't let that happen!

    • @franciscoprazzio225prazzio
      @franciscoprazzio225prazzio Před 2 lety +11

      I don't want to happen to me either, The world is youth dominated by people under 25, I would love to live forever, and keep the phyiscal apperence, and the body of a 23 year old in biological terms.

    • @Saadking47
      @Saadking47 Před rokem

      @@franciscoprazzio225prazzio which world are u livin?? The youth are the slaves of the great company’s. Is Rothschild 25 years old? Or other billionaires?

  • @louisewatson3129
    @louisewatson3129 Před 5 lety +10

    I work in aged care and god, no one should get old, it is utterly 100% hideous on every level!!!!! really is a curse

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 Před 5 lety +2

      Louise Watson thank you for saying that, I feel the same way

  • @MsMiiyaa
    @MsMiiyaa Před 5 lety +110

    Now imagine having a neighbor who was born in 1860... That would literally freak me out.

    • @puurrrr
      @puurrrr Před 5 lety

      Soumiya B 😂😂

    • @ladytee4269
      @ladytee4269 Před 5 lety

      🤣😂🤣😂

    • @jelka392
      @jelka392 Před 4 lety +7

      I think it will freak me out even more when another one would tell me: I remember that neighbor from his childhood..

    • @FabioTheGreat
      @FabioTheGreat Před 3 lety +2

      Soumiya Benchikh Imagine if that person was the Queen of England.

    • @willardchi2571
      @willardchi2571 Před 3 lety +2

      My grandfather was born in 1870 and died when I was a senior in high school.

  • @glorifythyname7777
    @glorifythyname7777 Před 3 lety +4

    Fasting increases the release of human growth hormone from the pituitary gland which can slow the aging process

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      @Bensongiftedgmailcom Před 3 lety +1

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  • @finessegod2
    @finessegod2 Před 8 měsíci +2

    My grandfather was basically a shell of the man he once was after my grandmother died. He died at 86 of leukemia and honestly I don't think he would've wanted to keep living. That woman was his world.

  • @anaroserambo2995
    @anaroserambo2995 Před 5 lety +9

    After watching this, I still want to die fast and painless.

  • @PrinceOfOpinion
    @PrinceOfOpinion Před 6 lety +27

    I'm really glad BBC decided to give exposure to such an important field.

  • @coolvids7480
    @coolvids7480 Před 3 lety +6

    ¨My jewelry is in the inside" Wow, fantastic remark!

  • @oliversakanyi7238
    @oliversakanyi7238 Před 3 lety

    Fantastic reporting!

  • @dennisfink2619
    @dennisfink2619 Před 6 lety +5

    Great job Mary, always a pleasure to listen to Liz and other aging researchers! I think a lot of people will be surprised when some of us hit escape velocity in a few years but we won't realize we have till a few years later!

  • @skyhope5105
    @skyhope5105 Před 6 lety +15

    I like the whole idea of staying young (young soul). Just because you are getting old doesn't mean you have to give up taking of yourself or your appearance leading to a more fulfilling life.
    But getting older or growing older has always good things too.
    So taking a good care of yourself + life experience = amazing person.

  • @RishiPurkayastha-it4jz
    @RishiPurkayastha-it4jz Před 4 lety +1

    I glossed over the speech and listened to the music. It is so relaxing. What is the name of the song?

  • @eeslamco1593
    @eeslamco1593 Před 3 lety +6

    Age is just a number, and it depends on what we think about ourselves. Age is what you make it, if you think that you are old you already old if you think you are young, congratulation, you are young at heart.

  • @meryamle6270
    @meryamle6270 Před 6 lety +6

    Incredible !! Thanks a lot for this documentary 😍😍

  • @VanlifewithAlan
    @VanlifewithAlan Před 6 lety +761

    I would like to warn viewers about anti aging creams. I got some for my birthday last year. I used it every day. Imagine my disappointment when my birthday came around this year and I was exactly one year older - exactly what I would have been had I not used the stuff!

    • @SoapinTrucker
      @SoapinTrucker Před 6 lety +15

      :) lolololol

    • @ezatabbassi4887
      @ezatabbassi4887 Před 6 lety +16

      Thank very much for your warning. I have seen a lot of documentaries about products for healthy life but I couldn’t count on it at all, because I knew it was fake products. These factories will only earn money on it.

    • @eatmeatandliftweights5754
      @eatmeatandliftweights5754 Před 6 lety +30

      Yeah most cosmetics are bullshit, the $20 ones are no different from the $200 ones, avoiding sun, smoking is best for your skin.

    • @RobynShorrock
      @RobynShorrock Před 6 lety +1

      :-D ROLFL

    • @vuvuvu6291
      @vuvuvu6291 Před 6 lety +3

      Sue that company !!!!

  • @plightn
    @plightn Před 3 lety +10

    Seems they all got little pieces of the puzzle. That was 2018, curious to see an update.

  • @yolag8872
    @yolag8872 Před 4 lety +198

    Ask queen Elizabeth, 😂. It is fun to be alive for wealthy people.

    • @dianeodify
      @dianeodify Před 4 lety +40

      Elizabeth Windsor has worked all her life for her country, her days began at 5am and lasted till she'd read the last of the despatches, and she has served her country better and longer than any corporate CEO, earning her income and providing work for hundreds of people. But mostly, she genuinely cares and is not there only for the bucks as most politicians are. I say this as a Quaker of anarchistic inclination - I do not respect the title, but the woman has earned the respect of any fair-minded person (at least as far as her actions within England go).

    • @UnknownUser-kp4nb
      @UnknownUser-kp4nb Před 4 lety +1

      @@dianeodify diana

    • @ravenrisby
      @ravenrisby Před 4 lety +7

      She's not human

    • @dianeodify
      @dianeodify Před 4 lety +4

      @JO My word Jo you are the most perfect example of how total lack of knowledge and fact is no hindrance to fine fantasy fiction-writing.

    • @michaelheery6303
      @michaelheery6303 Před 3 lety

      @@dianeodify DALI LAMA AS WELL

  • @mihaifrancu
    @mihaifrancu Před 5 lety +115

    4:01 the window cleaners must really hate that woman

    • @jrelevates1574
      @jrelevates1574 Před 4 lety +2

      that makes me want to write on my windows! LOL

    • @jofx4051
      @jofx4051 Před 3 lety +1

      That channel has tickmark

    • @ernapiantari1677
      @ernapiantari1677 Před 3 lety +1

      What i am thinking also

    • @edelquinn6848
      @edelquinn6848 Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you for making me smile that was my one and only laugh today

    • @blowny69
      @blowny69 Před 3 lety +1

      It’s not funny . I DON’T LAUGH.

  • @gregkelley7416
    @gregkelley7416 Před 6 lety +53

    Longevity is the key to solving problems that span many current generations. When people can see themselves in the far future they will care about the long term effects of their actions today.

  • @cityplanconsultores2188
    @cityplanconsultores2188 Před 3 lety +2

    amazing theme!!! go on

  • @shanekeogh4740
    @shanekeogh4740 Před 3 lety +1

    I am very interested in this topic!

  • @grandgamingexhilarating
    @grandgamingexhilarating Před 6 lety +4

    I want to meet people like Cynthia and Nathaniel in the near future to help my parents and grandparents and cure their aging problems for good. I love the work these people are doing. Nice informative documentary BBC. I hope I get lucky.

  • @sarah21968
    @sarah21968 Před 5 lety +59

    I just wanted healthy ageing.

  • @weewee6
    @weewee6 Před 4 lety +10

    love way she just explains it on a glass window...thought we had whiteboards in this day of age lol

    • @Eric-kn4yn
      @Eric-kn4yn Před rokem

      Shes being creative do you know what that is

  • @xyanzymihu1701
    @xyanzymihu1701 Před 3 lety +3

    Amazing and inspiring

  • @user-ok7nw3hd4k
    @user-ok7nw3hd4k Před 6 lety +22

    She is so right, to risk her own life and make this sacrifice is a very small price if it can mean the end of so much suffering and death for so many, especially if she feels her thinking is sound and the results significant enough to warrant this risk. Good for you Liz for doing this for the potential benefit of so many, I commend you!

    • @definitelymaybe97
      @definitelymaybe97 Před rokem

      you have to have permission from IRB for ethics of the human experiment. I doubt she did. As such she is an unethical scientist.

  • @MarkHarrierT99Music
    @MarkHarrierT99Music Před 5 lety +6

    I'm one of those believers. I hate aging.

  • @SilverFan21k
    @SilverFan21k Před 4 měsíci +1

    Awesome video. Ty BBC

  • @PandaPowerable
    @PandaPowerable Před 4 lety +76

    Mother Nature will always find a way to re-balance over-population!

    • @SuperTonyony
      @SuperTonyony Před 3 lety +12

      Yeah, it's called "extinction", and we're practically begging for it.

    • @Gold-cb2pq
      @Gold-cb2pq Před 3 lety +2

      We don't have to worry about that, that's within our control, not mother natures.

    • @tomosko2669
      @tomosko2669 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah I completely agree with @Gold. We got out of mature nature's grasp a long time ago. We no longer live as a part of ecosystem. We created our own. Natural overpopulation rebalancing happens only in the wilderness. Now, if we manage to not destroy ourselves, we can safely live forever. And colonizing other planets will take care of overpopulation. Or we take care of it other way. After all, we are intelligent species.

    • @tita7284
      @tita7284 Před 3 lety +1

      If not the politicians will 😝😝😝

    • @sleepsmartsmashstress740
      @sleepsmartsmashstress740 Před 3 lety

      She seems to be failing with that at the moment But with the full blown attack of climate change human population might crash down to a billion or two.

  • @AlanWattResistance
    @AlanWattResistance Před 6 lety +299

    Nothing wrong with wanting to live as healthily and as long as possible, but some of these people just seem to fear the inevitable.

    • @alexalex-op1vh
      @alexalex-op1vh Před 6 lety +28

      AWResistance
      You fear it so much that you are too paralyzed to even try and do something about it. They are way more courageous than you and most of the society who prefers to embrace the pro-aging trance instead of fighting it.

    • @AlanWattResistance
      @AlanWattResistance Před 6 lety +22

      I prepare for death almost every day by worshipping my Creator. There isn't anything to be done except accepting our inevitable demise. It's where we spend eternity that really matters. Don't get too comfortable in this mortal realm.

    • @tahneethompson6012
      @tahneethompson6012 Před 6 lety +18

      nah I just want to live long enough to see humans colonize another galaxy

    • @AlanWattResistance
      @AlanWattResistance Před 6 lety +16

      We can't even house the homeless, so i think you'll be waiting a while for any meaningful space race.

    • @alexalex-op1vh
      @alexalex-op1vh Před 6 lety +15

      AWResistance
      Well since you're religious you could look at combating ageing from a charitable point of view. Ageing brings lots of suffering to the ones that have it, and that usually gets worst and worst the more it advances. Old people have to go trough decades of suffering till they one day die due to the advanced decaying of the body.

  • @ekaterinavalinakova2643
    @ekaterinavalinakova2643 Před 6 lety +8

    I fully support the mission to get aging under medical control. I want my family, myself, and anyone else who wants it to be free from horrible age related diseases, disabilities and ill health which include: Alzhiemer's disease, other forms of dementia, loss of bone, muscle and lung function as well as weakened immune system. I look forward to a future where people have the ability to decide whether they will grow old and die from it, or stay youlthful.

  • @TrueReview704
    @TrueReview704 Před 2 lety

    Nice documentary 👍🏻

  • @alfalfred8722
    @alfalfred8722 Před 3 lety +1

    Every thought that's expressed will definitely get collaborators....that's what keeps life moving!

  • @bibekd
    @bibekd Před 6 lety +99

    The reason chromosomes have telomeres which shorten is to prevent the prolongation of old cells which have acquired DNA damage and hence are at risk of developing tumours. Preventing this process may inhibit ageing but will promote the development of cancer cells.

    • @NoMoreAdulting
      @NoMoreAdulting Před 6 lety +6

      infinitejest, sad but true.

    • @digiryde
      @digiryde Před 6 lety +11

      @infinitejest. While that is true, the shortening of telomeres is only one of many defenses against damaged cells. It is a last ditch defense. For cells to ge to the point where a telomere is the executioner, many other processes must have already failed. Also, there are many processes inside cells to fix damage to DNA.
      While it is true that we will not live forever (there are so many external causes of death and biological damage), it is possible to extend the part of life where we are in much better health, so that we might have a good biological life for 80 years instead of 50.
      Of course, most of the "anti-aging" market is snake oil. lol

    • @ocara50000
      @ocara50000 Před 6 lety +3

      That blonde woman will most likely die of cancer... But hopefully she'll gather us a lot of information

    • @digiryde
      @digiryde Před 6 lety +1

      @scotty3861 - you might want to let the person you are asking a citation from know by putting their handle at the start of your post.

    • @airdev3386
      @airdev3386 Před 6 lety +8

      not true, sperm cells maintain telomere length through telomerase and don't become cancerous. That's why your children, that come from your older cells, are born younger than you are. There are also animals that maintain telomere length and are negligibly senescent, like Lobsters and Alligators for example.

  • @awaisrajput2905
    @awaisrajput2905 Před 6 lety +6

    really appreciable! Great work. Nothing is impossible if we do keep on trying.

  • @greccoante8711
    @greccoante8711 Před 3 lety

    Do you have a follow-up docu on this, @BBC News?

  • @heidismith8970
    @heidismith8970 Před 4 lety +1

    What did she use in the iv drip? Was it NAD?

  • @slimwillo
    @slimwillo Před 5 lety +10

    i aged watching this

  • @woox200sx
    @woox200sx Před 6 lety +568

    I’m going to live forever, or die trying.

  • @tescoprimark1299
    @tescoprimark1299 Před 4 lety +1

    update ?

  • @kr-sd3ni
    @kr-sd3ni Před 2 lety

    even if you could, how would you implement it to a vast amount of different specialised cells and the new cells that will be born?

  • @WHOABUBBAvideos
    @WHOABUBBAvideos Před 6 lety +381

    Talk about a mid life crisis

    • @asmitachatterjee5146
      @asmitachatterjee5146 Před 6 lety +3

      WHOABUBBAvideos lol best reply ever! 😂

    • @devochkadee
      @devochkadee Před 6 lety +10

      5 min in and I can't watch anymore of this bs XD

    • @ildisiri
      @ildisiri Před 6 lety +13

      Nah I have it too, im 23. You are just religious or something moronic like that, to be able to comment that piece of shit.

    • @ildisiri
      @ildisiri Před 6 lety +11

      I mean I started by 'Nah" so I doubt I agreed I have a midlife crisis. On the other hand staying healthy and away from cancer and Alzheimers seems really nice, since I have personal experience of these diseases in my family. Also, the thought of death kinda scares me since im not religious or believe in any unproven shit like that, so I don't think I would call that midlife crisis but a general avertion towards sickness and death sounds more like it.

    • @iclaimthisname9767
      @iclaimthisname9767 Před 6 lety +5

      ildisiri I am not religious either, but I don't call it "shit" just because I don't believe in it. If you are actually 23, like you say you are, I would expect you to have at least a little bit of decency.

  • @frostytokes7427
    @frostytokes7427 Před 5 lety +55

    this actually makes me sad, seeing old people trying to be young again.

    • @PardeepSingh-wt7gi
      @PardeepSingh-wt7gi Před 4 lety +20

      Human beings are ever curious, ever exploring, ever pushing the boundaries...if it wasn't for that ; there would have been no computer or airplane.

    • @unknowntouristplaces2520
      @unknowntouristplaces2520 Před 4 lety +18

      you will be old some day and this comment will haunt you 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @mollyfoxxx
      @mollyfoxxx Před 4 lety +2

      frostytokes why does it make you sad? What’s sad is the thought of being 80 and knowing your time is coming to an end any day now. It must be terrifying and if something can give them hope without tricking a vulnerable group of people into spending money on snake oil, then I see no issue.

    • @danechatani347
      @danechatani347 Před 3 lety +1

      frostytokes that’s a very naive response

    • @frostytokes7427
      @frostytokes7427 Před 3 lety

      @@danechatani347 not that its embarrassing in or anything, its great that theyre trying to look/feel young again. But just knowing that you can never be physically young, and seeing them trying so hard to accomplish that makes me feel sad.

  • @cynthiaelesevandyke-melcho1864

    Thanks

  • @luiscarlosdacruz2655
    @luiscarlosdacruz2655 Před 4 lety +2

    You look great Liz!!!! Thank you for such for a lovely program and all the searching and researching!!!! Thanks BBC

  • @philrabe910
    @philrabe910 Před 5 lety +3

    In the Sci Fi story "Cities in Flight" the characters were able to explore the stars due to their extended lifespan. It took a combination of therapies to massively extend people's age. To around 800 years. Interesting.

  • @mmatthes
    @mmatthes Před 6 lety +6

    I think the secret to longevity is simply based on what you eat the levels of stress and toxicity that you are exposed to. Everything in your body regenerates. It only depends on whether or not you give it the appropriate conditions to regenerate properly. The idea of living longer by simply taking a pill will have other consequences in my opinion proper sleep and exercise is very important as well

  • @MM-pj4bl
    @MM-pj4bl Před 3 lety

    I suggest reading Cicero’s “On Old Age.”

  • @ss-mx2ob
    @ss-mx2ob Před 2 lety +4

    This's a great show. I'd really love to live longer with young and healthy body and mind. There's also a documentary on this subject by professor Michio Kaku, 'Life time'. Highly recommended!

  • @George-sc4yh
    @George-sc4yh Před 6 lety +304

    I can't think of anything theoretically worse than living forever.

    • @jamesgrey785
      @jamesgrey785 Před 6 lety +35

      sex with Donald J Trumpf

    • @pingu4238
      @pingu4238 Před 6 lety +5

      Well, an infinite life would pretty much require reversing entropy anyway.

    • @tahneethompson6012
      @tahneethompson6012 Před 6 lety +2

      Pingu 42 good thing us humans have trillions of years to figure out a way

    • @stardolphin2
      @stardolphin2 Před 6 lety +15

      I can. Not having a *choice* about living forever...
      Besides, this is about only aging, and the infirmities that come with it.. No one is 'death-proof.' You should still wear a seat belt, and try to avoid homicidal people...just as you might do right now.

    • @stardolphin2
      @stardolphin2 Před 6 lety +9

      If somehow, in some form, I'm around long enough to see the last supermassive black hole evaporate, and know that from here on, the Universe will have a lot of nothing going on, it's still not literal 'immortality,' but I'll consider that a pretty good run...

  • @ramona4913
    @ramona4913 Před 6 lety +13

    How does the anti-aging therapy affect the offspring of the mice? This is a very important question.

  • @rodgedodge19
    @rodgedodge19 Před 4 lety

    I will try it

  • @lilamayoral1031
    @lilamayoral1031 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm sorry for people who can't see the beauty of aging.. since I was little girl I love being around old people.. I have been working with elderly people since 02, and by what I see it give me hope for the future... The Sades think I have seen young disabled people living in Nursing Homes.. That's Sad !

  • @marianagodinezsansores1014
    @marianagodinezsansores1014 Před 5 lety +10

    I think aging is somehow beautiful up to some point where you start to develop problems because of that, but aging shows experience, emotions, it shows part of who you are and how has life shaped you some might even have the luck to age and look better than when they were young, more sophisticated even.
    What is the real beauty in looking 20 all your life besides the outside, if what you have inside is all rotten?
    Age can bring also sometimes respect from the youngsters, it is something that should not be looked at as horrible, stopping the process at some point may be beneficial for the health but the appearance is not to be considered the whole purpose.

  • @liveinms9949
    @liveinms9949 Před 6 lety +3

    I see this and I think of my great grandmother. She was a wonderful woman and Im greatful that she lived long enough for me to know her. she was almost 100. The sad thing was she out lived her siblings, 4 of her 5 children, 2 grandchildren. she said how awfull it was to out live all her peers

  • @serhiivasylevskyi810
    @serhiivasylevskyi810 Před 3 lety +10

    Terrifying this video, I feel strange after watching this, even I would say frightened about the future.

    • @andshewas296
      @andshewas296 Před 3 lety +1

      That creepy music in the background didn't help matters any!

    • @MGyoutube307
      @MGyoutube307 Před 2 lety +1

      I wouldn't worry about it... Each year tons of new unknown disease cause chemicals enter our environment. Not to mention new viruses. Watching climate change science documentaries is much more frightening. Sometimes things seem to be getting worse as the years go on and one must ask themselves, why live longer? The quality of items, foods, human interaction, natures wonders of the world is all going downhill and getting worse each year.

    • @jimny786
      @jimny786 Před 2 lety

      @@MGyoutube307 correct sounds like a punishment from the Lord above. As we have left him for our own man made laws and excepted slavery our masters are the bankers. We all in trouble

  • @JoJo-oi6dy
    @JoJo-oi6dy Před 3 lety

    Any subtitles?

  • @_MusikDigger
    @_MusikDigger Před 5 lety +22

    /Satisfaction of your life shouldn't be
    measured by the number of years you
    lived/

    • @ME-ex3yz
      @ME-ex3yz Před 4 lety +1

      ironically, it's the people who think it should be that don't how to live.

  • @hamburger-fries
    @hamburger-fries Před 6 lety +19

    okay....regardless of how awesome this new technologies are the BEST way to prevent ageing is by removing inflammation foods in the diet AND to fast 16 hours a day.

    • @markrobertmurphysr
      @markrobertmurphysr Před 6 lety

      gmo' grains-..heres ah self induced fact--i switched to ' no more proccesed grain/bread - store bought' - pucchased organic cerial [store brand ORGANIC ceterfied cherio verision honey almond]..tus 12 weeks lost 14 lbs'wyith my routine of moderate daily xssirsize[ trucking ]',,,,i conjoir my wght loss to elimination of prossed bread ahnd organic [ non gmo ] cerial.........MRMM

    • @peeweecoco
      @peeweecoco Před 5 lety

      You are absolutely RIGHT Matt Lawson!!!!!!!!

    • @eddiepryor3119
      @eddiepryor3119 Před 5 lety

      I agree. Imagine doing that AND gene therapy in the future that actually works. Now that's a combination for a life full of longevity.

  • @Kelvostrass
    @Kelvostrass Před 3 lety +13

    The kind of people who want to live forever are the kind of people who really shouldn't.

  • @MrJosephLG
    @MrJosephLG Před 2 lety

    How could i contact you? I offer myself for experiment too. Please!

  • @richardobrien5510
    @richardobrien5510 Před 6 lety +10

    The film Death Becomes Her, springs to mind! Hahaha

  • @em0potatoe
    @em0potatoe Před 6 lety +184

    Aging, and ultimately death, is the great equalizer that subjects even the billionaires of the world.

    • @conor987
      @conor987 Před 6 lety +12

      Time waits for no man

    • @generalnikkerson
      @generalnikkerson Před 6 lety +12

      I am sure with enough research and effort ( just look at what Alphabet is doing with Calisto) They will be able to make it wait a while longer for some, but I am sure that it will be expensive and thus only for the rich, thus making an unjust world even more so.

    • @alexalex-op1vh
      @alexalex-op1vh Před 6 lety +4

      em0potatoe
      Yes, that's the right attitude, don't try to achieve something great in life, it's easier to bring down to your level the ones who did. It's people just like you that keeps humanity from achieving it's full potential. If we all were equally mediocre, you would't have a more confortable lifestyle than kings and queens did hundreds of years ago. You would be a miserable paysan working the fields, but at least you would be equal to the other miserable paysans, by the way with a life expectancy of 30 years or less. People like you know only to complain and envy others, all that while being too lazy to build their own success. Pathetic.

    • @iChristianGurl
      @iChristianGurl Před 6 lety

      em0potatoe
      God is working

    • @sumanthkris777
      @sumanthkris777 Před 6 lety +1

      Absolute!

  • @Belinda99
    @Belinda99 Před 4 lety

    also they say ppl who meditate have increased the length of their telomeres and i do meditate a lot and im 48 and been told i look 34 but who knows

  • @MrRobertFarr
    @MrRobertFarr Před rokem +2

    I am interested.

  • @trotx7896
    @trotx7896 Před 6 lety +38

    it's not the years in your life ,it's the quality of those years.

    • @PrinceOfOpinion
      @PrinceOfOpinion Před 6 lety +9

      Trotx It's not 1 or the other. It's both.

    • @slimboyfat9409
      @slimboyfat9409 Před 6 lety +1

      It's not the years in your life,it's the life in your years!
      Live every day as if it's your last!
      (one day you'll be right!)

    • @louloutre
      @louloutre Před 6 lety +6

      Oh please.... what quality? most of us waste our life working to only be able to enjoy life when our body is broken.

    • @germanicus8342
      @germanicus8342 Před 6 lety +2

      Its both, in equal measure. Being dead tends to have a negative impact on quality of life being experienced.

    • @vladimirkarasek3797
      @vladimirkarasek3797 Před 5 lety

      And the quality really depends on you!

  • @Walkingtalkingflesh
    @Walkingtalkingflesh Před 5 lety +65

    I'd want to/rather die early instead of living forever in this foresaken damaged and corrupted world my own species made worse.

    • @pendragonexpeditions2889
      @pendragonexpeditions2889 Před 5 lety +13

      Ask somebody with a terminal disease if they have your point of view.

    • @abyssjeno8273
      @abyssjeno8273 Před 3 lety

      U r poor bro.. work hard n once u made in wealth this forsaken world will be like heaven like ....

    • @Walkingtalkingflesh
      @Walkingtalkingflesh Před 3 lety +1

      @@abyssjeno8273
      Whether I'm rich, poor or In-between the world would still be shit.

    • @Walkingtalkingflesh
      @Walkingtalkingflesh Před 3 lety +1

      @@pendragonexpeditions2889
      Sorry, it's been a year.
      If I could I'd trade my health to someone who's suffer who'll use their new found time to the fullest.
      Same way with fertility. Since I don't want kids I'd rather give it to someone who wants kids, is prepared and will actually raise their kids correctly.
      I don't mean any harm. Sorry if I offended you or anyone else in any way.

    • @samank8628
      @samank8628 Před 3 lety +1

      I’d not want to die early but not want to live forever either. You are scared of death when you have regrets and a young family.

  • @edmundprice5276
    @edmundprice5276 Před 3 lety

    what about using a retrovirus to re-write cells

  • @denilsonrodrigues5717
    @denilsonrodrigues5717 Před rokem +2

    There are two projects that I would live all behind to be part on, the Sword Art online, Matrix and USS Calister device on the second place, but becoming a non-aging person will be the first one.
    There is nothing more valueble then time on our existance,It doesn't matter where you are, the most of the people wants more time, so the research will keep going till it will be reached.
    Every power aspect has the rich/poor duality but I prefer to live on a world with the immortality possibility, and throw myself on a black hole when I become tired to live, and regret possibily this thought during the journey.
    I already have more to live then my time allows, so why not have illimited time.
    Travel for the space and create life on anothers planet, it will take some time.

  • @brynstarkiller7419
    @brynstarkiller7419 Před 5 lety +6

    I am scared of dying but not as scared of not dying .Its comforting that this will be over one day

    • @emiliogonzales5399
      @emiliogonzales5399 Před 3 lety

      you are dying, every day is one day closer, to your due date.

    • @jimny786
      @jimny786 Před 2 lety

      @@emiliogonzales5399 man's desires end 6ft under until he meets the creator

    • @emiliogonzales5399
      @emiliogonzales5399 Před 2 lety

      @@jimny786, Yes, but there are plenty of people who want delay the process, its okay, let try.

    • @emiliogonzales5399
      @emiliogonzales5399 Před 2 lety

      I too, would like to delay the process

    • @emiliogonzales5399
      @emiliogonzales5399 Před 2 lety

      I think, we’re actually there with the answers to live longer

  • @finderskeepers1325
    @finderskeepers1325 Před 6 lety +26

    Nathaniel David does look way younger, for someone who is 50 years old. Im sure he has experimented on himself.

  • @peterfitzgerald53
    @peterfitzgerald53 Před 3 lety +4

    Even if I didn't beleive in an afterlife ,I would rather choose death than this

  • @nunitchagucci3047
    @nunitchagucci3047 Před 4 lety +20

    Omg! I’m a scientist and I can say BBC do a great job on this documentary. I love how they tide the story from telomeres, epigenegics,hormone, and c. Elegans together. It is very informative and easy to understand! Thank you!!! ❤️❤️😊

  • @soonny002
    @soonny002 Před 5 lety +58

    I can see why people are afraid of 'living forever', especially when it is involuntary. I don't think anybody is suggesting that we subject all humans to a kind of compulsory treatment that extends our lives indefinitely. Instead, the idea is to develop a treatment to prevent, slow, or reverse ageing, when and if a person wants to.
    You can choose to die at 100 if you want to, some may want to live longer, some may not.
    I see the real problem here as 'choice'. Sooner or later, human technology will stumble upon the fountain of youth but this will make people conflicted because now they are forced to decide on the most fundamental and arguably the biggest decision of their existence. Our lives were given to us by our parents, but now we have to decide if we want to take it away.
    Imagine hating your mother for dying because she didn't 'choose' to live longer. Or, imagine your children hating you for living longer because they won't get your inheritance. In the past, we could blame death on ageing which takes individual choices out of the equation, but in the future, this may change.
    Personally, I think people should be given a choice to extend their lives or die a natural death. I don't like the notion of 'not thinking about something' just because it is too hard. That's silly, and that's just avoiding reality. These are questions that everybody needs to think about and reflect on because it is what truly gives meaning to our lives.
    "What am I living for?"
    "Why do I do this?"
    "Who will miss me when/if I'm gone?"
    "Was I such a terrible person that nobody will miss me when I'm gone?"
    If you think these questions are too hard and therefore you don't want to think about it, then you can choose to let ageing take you. But for those who need more time on this Earth to figure out the mysteries of life, they can choose to extend their lives.

    • @vanillaoverdosed7398
      @vanillaoverdosed7398 Před 5 lety +1

      This.

    • @kissazoto8125
      @kissazoto8125 Před 5 lety +2

      Exactly...well said my dear

    • @dream1430
      @dream1430 Před 5 lety +2

      Nice , wish more people thought like u

    • @rocren6246
      @rocren6246 Před 5 lety

      Apparently we live for the service of the God. Whether it exists or not.

    • @juliocorredor46
      @juliocorredor46 Před 4 lety

      Nobody will answer those questions, its not up to you to decide if you deserve to live longer. This will cause more trouble, and is not necessary

  • @higreentj
    @higreentj Před 6 lety +26

    It is accumulated damage that causes ageing. We can intervene to end ageing and the suffering it causes. Senescent cells and mitochondria cause a lot of damage. We will see therapies emerge, over the next twenty years, targeting the diseases of ageing. Longer lifespans will be a side effect of this intervention.

    • @nickl5658
      @nickl5658 Před 5 lety +1

      With genetic engineering you can improve upon the cell's ability to repair its DNA, fix it telomeres, and make tissue that is resist the spread of cancer cells.
      Such work has been done in mice, and has lead to mice that live 2x longer than normal and are highly resistant to cancer.

    • @MyLongevityExperiment
      @MyLongevityExperiment Před 5 lety +1

      @@nickl5658 Yup, Dr David Sinclair is doing great work on this, check him out on Joe Rogan.

    • @LetsGoGetThem
      @LetsGoGetThem Před 4 lety +1

      @@nickl5658 Must be a good time to be a mouse.

  • @popybarua3216
    @popybarua3216 Před 2 lety +3

    I am 45, and I've lived a full on beautiful life so far, I take every day as Bonus now if I look nice, feel good and stay healthy. Satisfaction is the best version of peace and happiness to me. Nah, not interested in stressing so hard just to look younger! But yes I would like to find a way to die as healthy as possible. 🙊 I hate suffering and feel terrible when especially children suffer before even living a life. 🧡

  • @ockertoustesizem1234
    @ockertoustesizem1234 Před 2 lety

    its cool to see that the field of longevity is becoming more main stream. of course there are haters but they will also be the first ones in line when longevity treatments come out

  • @whatshisname3304
    @whatshisname3304 Před 6 lety +17

    i m 573 years old and i m feeling great.

    • @slimboyfat9409
      @slimboyfat9409 Před 6 lety +1

      robert smith
      You're 73 and have had Alzheimer's for 5 years.
      (your carer told me)

    • @whatshisname3304
      @whatshisname3304 Před 6 lety

      you young folk, that bloody carer, always blabbing, but i am really old , age is just a number, just as well i can only count to five.

    • @slimboyfat9409
      @slimboyfat9409 Před 6 lety

      Pesky Alzheimer's.
      You've forgotten you have ten fingers!

    • @whatshisname3304
      @whatshisname3304 Před 6 lety

      what s ten mean? what are fingers?

    • @slimboyfat9409
      @slimboyfat9409 Před 6 lety

      No worries.Soon you'll only count to four.
      Ciao.

  • @michealcurrie8272
    @michealcurrie8272 Před 5 lety +16

    I was born old...now I live my life backwards. Growing young so, basically by the time you reach your 90's you could easily be arrested like a 17year old....

    • @nadimahmed8485
      @nadimahmed8485 Před 4 lety

      Micheal Currie Quran 36.68 “And whoever We grant a long life, We reverse them in development. Will they not then understand?”

    • @michealcurrie8272
      @michealcurrie8272 Před 4 lety

      @@nadimahmed8485Inshallah. Blessed be apoun him.

    • @anthonyrodgers6613
      @anthonyrodgers6613 Před 3 lety

      Curious case of Benjamin button

    • @michealcurrie8272
      @michealcurrie8272 Před 3 lety

      @@anthonyrodgers6613 "Once in future king.

  • @linedallaire6637
    @linedallaire6637 Před 3 lety +1

    I spent my whole life reaching about heath and stopping the aging process

  • @swalexander6218
    @swalexander6218 Před 4 lety +1

    I believe much more would be accomplished if people could live without inflammation, the indicator for many illnesses and pain.

  • @bakarybjammeh6514
    @bakarybjammeh6514 Před 5 lety +6

    Very, very interesting and deductive...Scientists are my mentors, indeed they are.

  • @kokopelli314
    @kokopelli314 Před 5 lety +25

    Don't waste time on Metformin!
    Stop eating sugars and starch.

    • @jamlzs
      @jamlzs Před 4 lety +2

      Good out-of-the-box thinking/point that's constructive!

    • @mysterymaverick1982
      @mysterymaverick1982 Před 4 lety

      So true but so hard to actually do. Well atleast for a self confessed sugar addict like me 😊.

    • @YogaBlissDance
      @YogaBlissDance Před 4 lety

      I Know and exercise, esp yoga and meditation, eat healthy and like some pockets on teh planet you age well, until very old and die fast. Not chronic health problems.

    • @jacquelinemullan4900
      @jacquelinemullan4900 Před 3 lety

      Apparently white bread ages you I believe because it's bleached.

    • @kokopelli314
      @kokopelli314 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jacquelinemullan4900 eating daily bread will age people to varying degrees due to fermentation.
      Best to consume it occasionally if at all.

  • @julietewulum4401
    @julietewulum4401 Před 2 lety

    Good inventory.....nice

  • @anthonyrodgers6613
    @anthonyrodgers6613 Před 3 lety +2

    If we dont die it doesnt give us drive and ambition and appreciation...the nature of death is more important then u think...