X-Message-Number: 8980
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 20:48:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: 19'th update on fly longevity experiments

    This is the nineteenth update of my fly experiments. There was a delay
 in starting the 7'th run, since my breeding stock unexpectedly almost
 died out. I restarted some more breeding bottles and the flies seem to be
 doing well now.
    Onion 4X did a good job of "squaring the survival curve" in run #6. No
 onion 4X flies outlived the longest lived control flies, so no antiaging
 effect could be detected. I suspect that high doses of onion powder may
 be acting as a non-toxic bactericide, something I have been searching for
 a long time. This stimulated me to test combinations of onion 4X and some
 other supplements in the 7'th run.
    The trouble with my experiments up till now, is that early mortality
 is so high, that no antiaging supplement can be expected to significantly
 increase life span, unless it also acts against early mortality as well.
 Since I am assuming that early deaths are due partly to pathogens, then
 antiaging supplements, which do not also act as a bactericides, may not
 increase life span significantly. It is this dual action (bactericidal &
 antiaging) that may account for the good results with paprika, sage and
 sumac in the 6'th run.
    For the sixth run I used cool water that had been boiled. In the
 seventh run, except for a few control bottles, I am adding water that is
 still boiling, so as to help sterilize the fly food/supplement powder
 mixtures. We'll see if this makes a difference.

 Sixth Run                               SURVIVAL ON DAY
 BB# Supplement            #10  #14 #18 #26 #36 #41 #45 #52 #57 #62 #65
  1  cntl 1                 93% 87% 80% 47% 20% 20%  7%  7%  0%  -   -
  1  cntl 1 +yeast          90  85  70  45  20   5   5   5   0   -   -
  1  B complex              94  82  71  47  12  12   6   0   -   -   -
  1  B complex 4X           83  78  67  44   6   0   -   -   -   -   -
  1  chitosan               86  79  64  36   7   0   -   -   -   -   -
  1  chitosan 4X            83  83  83  75  42  33  25   8   8   0   -
  1  chondroitin sulfate    89  83  83  78  56  33  11   0   -   -   -
  1  chondroitin sulfate 4X 88  82  65  65  24  12   6   0   -   -   -
  1  chromium picolinate    75  65  60  50  25  10   5   5   5   0   -
  1  chromium picolinate 4X 92  88  83  79  58  33  21  13   4   0   -
  1  cinnamon               90  85  85  75  55  50  35  10   0   -   -
  1  cinnamon 4X            93  87  80  40  33  20  13   7   0   -   -
  1  DMAE bitartrate        85  62  62  46  31  15  15   0   -   -   -
  1  DMAE bitartrate 4X     78  78  78  56  44  22   6   0   -   -   -
  2  cntl 2                 89  82  67  37  15   7   4   0   -   -   -
  2  cntl 2 +yeast          82  82  64  18   5   5   5   5   0   -   -
  2  french mushroom        80  72  56  40   8   0   -   -   -   -   -
  2  french mushroom 4X     74  43  43  26   4   4   4   0   -   -   -
  2  kava kava              79  67  54  38  25   0   -   -   -   -   -
  2  kava kava 4X           83  75  64  56  22  11   6   3   0   -   -
  2  onion                  77  73  68  32  18   9   9   0   -   -   -
  2  onion 4X               81  75  75  63  56  56  50  25   0   -   -
  2  paprika, spanish       84  76  60  48  20  24  12   4   4   4   4
  2  paprika, spanish 4X    94  82  76  59  24  12  12   6   0   -   -
  2  l-proline              73  60  53  33  20  20  13   7   0   -   -
  2  l-proline 4X           94  81  75  59  34  19   9   6   3   0   -
  2  sage                   95  68  63  32  16  16   5   0   -   -   -
  2  sage 4X                95  90  90  85  60  35  30  20  15  10   0
  2  sodium citrate         62  46  46  38  15   8   8   8   0   -   -
  2  sodium citrate 4X      89  83  61  33  28  11  11   6   6   0   -

  3  cntl 3                 77  68  64  59  18  14   5   5   0   -   -
  3  cntl 3 +yeast          92  85  62  15   0   -   -   -   -   -   -
  3  St John's Wort         85  75  70  40  15  10   0   -   -   -   -
  3  St John's Wort 4X      72  50  39   0   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  3  sumac                  43  43  43  36  14   7   7   0   -   -   -
  3  sumac 4X               79  71  57  36  29  21  21  21   7   7   0
  3  wild yam               50  42  25  25   8   8   0   -   -   -   -
  3  wild yam 4X            82  55  50  32  14   5   5   0   -   -   -


 Seventh Run
 BB# Supplement
  1  cntl 1
  1  hot cntl 1 (boiling water used - same as with supplement bottles)
  1  creatine: 1/16'th T (teaspoon)
  1  creatine 4X: 1/4 T
  1  fennel: 1/16 T
  1  fennel 4X: 1/4 T
  1  gaba: 1/16 T
  1  gaba 4X: 1/4 T
  1  garam masala: 1/16 T
  1  garam masala 4X: 1/4 T
  1  guggulipid: 1/4 capsule, 62.5 mg (1.56 mg guggulsterone)
  1  guggulipid 4X: 1 capsule, 250 mg (6.25 mg guggulsterone)
  1  hawthorn: 1/4 capsule, 125 mg
  1  hawthorn 4X: 1 capsule, 500 mg
  1  lemon peel: 1/16 T
  1  lemon peel 4X: 1/4 T
  1  l-lysine: 1/4 capsule, 125 mg
  1  l-lysine 4X: 1 capsule 500 mg
  1  l-ornithine: 1/4 capsule, 125 mg
  1  l-ornithine 4X: 1 capsule, 500 mg

  2  cntl 2
  2  hot cntl 2
  2  onion 4X: 1/4 T
  2  onion 4X/chitosan 4X: 1 capsule, 300 mg
  2  onion 4X/chitosan 8X: 2 capsules, 600 mg
  2  onion 4X/chromium picolinate 4X: 1 capsule, 500 mcg
  2  onion 4X/chromium picolinate 8X: 2 capsules, 1000 mcg
  2  onion 4X/cinnamon: 1/16 T
  2  onion 4X/cinnamon/chitosan 4X
  2  onion 4X/paprika: 1/16 T
  2  onion 4X/paprika/chitosan 4X
  2  onion 4X/sage 4X: 1/4 T
  2  onion 4X/sage 4X/chitosan 4X

  3  cntl 3
  3  hot cntl 3
  3  shark cartilage: 1/4 capsule, 187.5 mg
  3  shark cartilage 4X: 1 capsule, 750 mg
  3  silymarin: 1 capsule, 50 mg
  3  silymarin 4X: 4 capsules, 200 mg
  3  thiodiproprionic acid: 1/16 T
  3  thiodiproprionic acid 4X: 1/4 T
  3  trimethylglycine: 125 mg (also called betaine)
  3  trimethylglycine 4X: 500 mg
  3  l-tyrosine: 1/4 capsule, 125 mg
  3  l-tyrosine 4X: 1 capsule, 500 mg

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