A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
We know in the field of aging that some people tend to senesce, or grow older, more rapidly than others, and some… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
People pushing the idea that everyone can live to be 100 are perpetuating a myth that goes all the way back to… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesnt… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
Researchers have been looking for biomarkers of age for a long time and have failed. People sell tests out there to measure… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
When you hit your 40s, you begin to take notice of the effects of aging because people that you know begin to… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesn't… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
Our concepts of aging really should be blurring because there are plenty of people who make it to older ages who aren't… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
The last thing you ever want to do is extend the period of frailty and disability and make people unhealthy for a… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
Just because someone looks old doesn't mean he or she is. The skin of some people who spend a lot of time… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
The modern rise of Alzheimer's Disease in the twentieth century is not a sign of failure. It's a sign of success. Success in living… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
As soon as a handful of scientists come up with an intervention shown to influence aging in other species, they begin selling it as… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as they are… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
Ageing is very rare. We only see it in humans and laboratory animals and in zoo animals and in our pets. Basically, organisms that… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
People pushing the idea that everyone can live to be 100 are perpetuating a myth that goes all the way back to the Bible. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
Lifespan extension has never really been a goal of aging science, nor should it. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
We're not trying to make us live forever; we're not trying to even make us live significantly longer. What we're trying to do is… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
The Faustian trade of the 20th century was, we got 30 years of additional life, but in return we got heart disease, cancer, stroke,… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share
