On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 10:36:33 -0700, Dianne Heins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


>Agreed.  Life stages aren't diseases to be treated.  It's one thing to give
>a 25 yo hormones so she doesn't look and feel like a 65 yo... it's quite
>another to give a 65 yo hormones so she can look and feel like a 25 yo
>(yeah, extreme--you get what I mean, though :).  But I can imagine that in
>a lot of the more harried practises, the allure of a quick-fix pill must be
>very strong...

There is nothing wrong a priori in using technology (drugs, etc.)
making a 65 year old look and feel like a 25 year old; or providing
the opportunity for a much longer youthful life. There may be other
arguments against it, but there is no argument
from "nature".

Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com