If you can show me he drinks two raw eggs everyday, I’m sold.
Published by Kyso Kisaen May 26th, 2008 in Punkass!, PoliticsDo you want to vote for John McCain, but are concerned about putting a 70+ year old in an office famous for rapidly aging its holders? Never fear, for Dr. Michael Roizen is here to tell you that even though John McCain is technically 71, according to the Real Age program of Dr. Roizen’s own devising, plus the no doubt fully-revealing medical records McCain chose to release, he’s anywhere between 1/2 and 10 years younger, depending on if all the youngifying factors of the Real Age assessment add up.
To Dr. Michael Roizen, co-author of “You: The Owner’s Manual,” the more relevant information is the candidate’s physical condition. After all, some 72-year-olds are fit for a marathon, while others are stuck in their easy chairs.
Roizen is the developer of the Real Age program, which uses an overall health evaluation to determine a person’s true biological age (in contrast with his or her actual age). Using McCain’s newly released medical records, Roizen walked NEWSWEEK through an assessment of McCain’s physical status. Though some of the information Roizen normally requires was not immediately available—including specifics on McCain’s diet and exercise habits and his resting pulse rate—the details at hand enabled him to make an initial assessment.
The Real Age assessment says McCain’s real age is tip top, through a rigorous procedure involving emphasizing all the good things about McCain’s records and ignoring what little bad came through.
McCain’s BMI works out to 24. The desirable range is 19 to 25, and the ideal is 22 to 24…The American Heart Association advises maintaining a blood pressure below 120 over 80, but Roizen says the ideal is 115 over 75…That said, he has lower blood pressure than most 71-year-olds, who average 145 over 89….McCain’s father died at 70 of cardiac-related problems. But his mother, 96, is still famously campaigning with her son. That shows a good genetic endowment. Effect: 1.5 years younger…McCain has had four cancerous lesions removed from his skin…he fact that he’s survived more than five years is a good sign, so his cancer history doesn’t add to his Real Age.
What can I say, I’m convinced. You?
Oh ,wait, there’s a page 2: turns out you add up the number of months you save from each catagory. How oddly convenient.
Bottom line: 8.1 years younger, or 63.7 years old.
Majikthise (love that name) is reporting that the “release” of the “records” was rather restricted. A hand-picked group of lay people reviewed the papers for a short period of time. No copies were allowed. My dictionary does not define this usage of “release.”
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2008/05/lets-not-and-sa.html
They were pushing the real age evaluations at my health club for a while. I ignored it. It’s complete BS designed to make aging boomers feel good about getting older. I prefer sexual relations with my partner. Inexpensive and it makes me feel so much better.
I haven’t looked into this real age thing too closely, but the math bothers me. Why is every good factor that cuts years off your age additive? How is it that one thing making you 1 year younger and something else that makes you 2 years younger for whatever reason, adds up to make you three years younger? Shouldn’t you at most be 2 years younger?