Oprah's Episode - Extreme Life Extension

**MomToTwoBoys** · 03-25-2009, 01:38 PM

Did anyone else watch it? It was aaaaaamazing! Calorie restriction dieting, growing new body parts, etc...

I was so intrigued. It made me want to find out how to get a new heart.

**Michelle** · 03-25-2009, 01:41 PM

Wasn't that amazing??

**MomToTwoBoys** · 03-25-2009, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Michelle

Wasn't that amazing??

I think the one part that really got me was the old man with the finger and how that powder helped regrow his fingertip.

**Michelle** · 03-25-2009, 02:01 PM

Yeah that was pretty freaky.

One of the things I liked best was that they can grow them from your own organs, so the chance of rejection is removed from the equation (like if you had someone else's donated vs. using your cells to grow your own).

I can already think of two items I'd love to grow to help my body

**MomToTwoBoys** · 03-25-2009, 02:33 PM

I can see a huge medical debate, though, with people saying it's a matter of playing God and the medical ethics violations behind it. The way that I look at it is this:

It's my body and it should be my choice whether I have a new heart, liver, stomach, etc implanted into my body to allow me to live longer.