Sens foundation. Life Extension. Top Ten Life Extension Drugs. Members often ask us to tell them which life extension nutrients and drugs we consider most important. They ask us because of the vast number of nutrient and drug products available through The Foundation--a number that is constantly increasing as we come across exciting new products. Members want us to provide them with a list of these products in order of importance because they cannot afford to take everything of benefit to their health, or because they don't have the time to take everything they'd like to take. We published our top ten life extension nutrient list in the August 1993 issue of Life Extension Update. We had hoped to publish our top ten life extension drug list soon afterwards, but so many new findings were coming out that we simply didn't have the time to put together such a list.
Since the FDA calls natural hormones "drugs", we have included hormone replacement therapies in our top ten list. In evaluating these drugs, we considered several important criteria. Fight Aging. Anti-aging can be a difficult topic to address: a war is currently fought over the meaning of the term in research and medicine, and as a brand for products in an energetic and often fraudulent marketplace. Even mentioning anti-aging medicine is likely to prejudice many readers, but I will try to put this all into context. Defining Anti-Aging Anti-aging now has a number of quite different common meanings and connotations, each of which is championed by a particular group or loose coalition of interests. Advocates for these groups have a way of diving into the fray without defining their terms, and this tends to make reading about the surrounding debates somewhat confusing for a newcomer.
In the scientific community anti-aging research refers exclusively to slowing, preventing, or reversing the aging process. In the medical and reputable business community, anti-aging medicine means the early detection, prevention, and treatment of age-related diseases. Why Can't They All Just Get Along? Biogenesis AntiAging. Anti-Aging Life Extension.