Exercise is roughly the only equivalent of a fountain of youth that exists today, and its free to everyone. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
Exercise is roughly the only equivalent of a fountain of youth that exists today, and it's free to everyone. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Lifespan extension has never really been a goal of aging science, nor should it. — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
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 Image
