Peter Attia· MD
my view of the literature that's out there is that metformin probably has modest effects but they're not gonna be 20% increase in lifespan and rejuvenation of heart function and immune function
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
my view of the literature that's out there is that metformin probably has modest effects but they're not gonna be 20% increase in lifespan and rejuvenation of heart function and immune function
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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are there better ways to inhibit Ross if you want to hammer the Ross chain probably there's clearly better ways to inhibit mTOR if that's all you want to do are there better ways to modulate H DAC yes I'm sure there are but it might be that may be part of met Foreman's beauty is it does so many things at a B+ level never it's an A student but it's not a D student and it's never you know I mean I'm sort of thinking about this sort of in a tongue-in-cheek way but it's it seems to do so many things reasonably well