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Manifesto
FlyingHigh.org is a frequently-updated blog that focuses primarily on that steady stream of scientific advances in the fields of medicine, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and biogerontology that will one day allow us to affect human longevity for the lengthier. It highlights and provides commentary on the salient breakthroughs that increase our understanding of the complex and tangled web that is cellular and organismal aging.
Even more so, FlyingHigh.org focuses on the practical side of the quest to extend one’s own lifespan. The primary modalities through which I am personally pursuing these ends are diet, dietary supplementation, and physical exercise. Consequently, I will be focusing on how one can implement these and other concrete lifestyle changes to increase their chances of survival into the distant future.
The Strategies we will eventually use to Engineer Negligible Senescence still remain to be discovered; however, while a definitive effect on maximum lifespan in humans has not yet been proven, a range of anti-aging treatments that at the very least improve one’s chances of survival to a ripe old age are readily available.
Bearing in mind the small but significant likelihood that one will meet an untimely end, it’s crucial that the absolute most be made of life, however long it may be. Therefore, I believe that striving daily to improve one’s physical and mental status is paramount. Indeed, it was through an interest in fitness and cognition-enhancing supplements that I finally came round to the idea that life-extension is a worthwhile pursuit.
How does this blog contribute within the milieu of other life-extension blogs? Well, while I avidly read the irrepressible RSS stream of every like-minded blog out there, what I thought was missing is a true, full-spectrum approach to the challenge of being the best you can be and achieving complete personal satisfaction, ad infinitum.
One must do everything within their power to better themselves and not begrudge those who, by chance or hard work, just happen to be further along the path than they are. The dream is that one day we’ll all think Einstein’s achievements were quaint stepping stones akin to the stone-age invention of the wheel, that Arnie’s body circa 1974 was good ‘for the time’, and that the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show models are a bunch of plain Janes. What I’m saying is – look forward, not sideways (and definitely not backwards).
At the center of transhumanism is humanism, and I feel that the complete and perfect manifestation of humanity should be the focus of our transhumanist efforts. Of course, what it is to be human will change as we advance, but I think we all have built in an idea of human perfection, towards which we all strive. The ideas of perfect beauty, intellect, emotion, love, physical function, and so forth, particularly in terms of what these mean in a human sense, should be the goalposts toward which we orient our collective dreams.
Daily pharma/nutraceutical supplements
| Supplement | Daily dose | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Acetyl-L-carnitine | 2000 mg | |
| Na-R-alpha-lipoic acid | 400 mg | |
| Oxiracetam | 800 mg | Morning only |
| Choline bitartrate | 2000 mg | |
| Creatine monohydrate | 6000 mg | |
| N-acetyl cysteine | 600 mg | Morning only |
| L-tyrosine | 1000 mg | |
| Idebenone | 1000 mg | |
| Resveratrol | 300 mg | |
| Vitamin B complex | Variety | |
| Vitamin C | 2000 mg | |
| Vitamin D | 4000 IU | |
| Vitamin E | 1600 IU | |
| EGCg (green tea extract) | 800 mg | |
| EPA (from fish oil) | 1440 mg | |
| DHA (from fish oil) | 960 mg | |
| Melatonin | 3 mg | 1 hour before retiring |
| Selegiline (L-Deprenyl) | 2.5 mg | Morning only |
| Caffeine | 2 strong cups | |
| Beta-alanine | 800 mg | |
| Quercetin | 800 mg | Under review |
Occasional supplements
| Supplement | Daily dose | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Modafinil | 100 mg | Occasionally |
| Phenibut | 5000-6000 mg | Bolus dose on Saturday |
I currently purchase these supplements from Bulk Nutrition, Superior Nutraceuticals (Na-r-ala), and Elitenet Pharmacy (selegiline).
Exercise regimen
I currently perform a mixture of weight training and cardio 3-5x per week depending on how enthusiastic I’m feeling at the time. I also walk briskly for 1 hour 6x per week.