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Yosarian2 comments on A Map of Currently Available Life Extension Methods - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: turchin 17 October 2015 12:10AM

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Comment author: Yosarian2 18 October 2015 05:15:34PM 2 points [-]

One minor nitpick; I'm not sure that there is a lot of evidence showing that avoiding spicy foods extends lifespan. In fact, there was recently a study in China that seemed to show a correlation between eating spicy foods and a longer lifespan.

http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3942

Of course that kind of study is only weak evidence, because of the problems with that kind of correlation; still, I don't think avoiding spicy foods is likely to be helpful.

Comment author: turchin 18 October 2015 06:33:00PM 1 point [-]

I think it strongly depends of type of spices. Curcumin (carry) is known to be benefitial, while peper is known to be cancerogenic. So someone could have beneficial spices

Comment author: compartmentalization 03 November 2015 11:48:45PM 0 points [-]

Short search for "black pepper carcinogenicity" doesn't turn up anything except a few studies on rats and mice, and one of them shows no adverse effect. Do you have anything better?

Comment author: turchin 04 November 2015 01:25:06PM 1 point [-]

Ok, replaced on "smoked products".