On: Metformin decelerates aging clock in male monkeys

[mahin]

So just like all the life saving drugs being prescribed now?

[Teever → mahin]

Or the vitamins that we fortify our bread and milk with.

[BizarroLand → Teever]

Or the iodide we added to salt.

Prior to Iodized salt, Switzerland was suffering from a rash of people with Goiter, which is disfiguring and decreases your quality of life, and also a large population with cretinism which causes stunted growth and mental retardation.

Then, they introduced iodized salt, and those issues which used to be somewhat prevalent only 100 years ago are practically nonexistent now.

https://swissfederalism.ch/en/100-years-salt-iodination-swit...

[canucker2016 → BizarroLand]

Or thiamine added to white rice.

The hard way of finding out how bad polished white rice is for you - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rice-disease-mystery-e...