Even Quote by S. Jay Olshansky

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lifespan extension has never really been a goal of aging science, nor should it.

— S. Jay Olshansky

Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.

— S. Jay Olshansky

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