A nitrogen version of activated carbon makes rats live more than 40% longer. Is it possible to get the same benefit with less material bulk? Diaper absorbancy gel gathers more than 1000 times its mass in water. An enterosobent that expands could be a new longevity drug.
Develop a diaper absorbency gel with high surface area so it can function as a longevity enterosorbent. Perhaps bushier branched polymers (possibly with a nitrogen on them) would do it. A little like nylon gel.
Then, test it on rats for longevity effect. If it works it could be a 1 gram pill longevity "drug"-- beanangel, May 19 2018 longevity enterosorbents Some journal blurbs and a link to an actual paper http://www.longecit...-greater-longevity/ [beanangel, May 19 2018] So I take a pill, it then sucks all of the water out of my stomach? No thanks...-- RayfordSteele, May 19 2018 You have to wonder *how* sucking fluid out of a rat's digestive tract extends its life and improves its health.
To get the ball rolling, I offer this hypothesis:
Lab rats tend to die of boredom and insufficient exercise. Removing fluid (in moderation) from their insides is more like an attack than a therapy, but because it's a low-level attack it stimulates the little ratty metabolism to get its act together without doing any permanent harm, and thereby makes the rat stronger in a Nietzschean sort of way.
In those humans not yet living under controlled lab conditions, there might be better alternatives to this therapy, involving purposeful activity.-- pertinax, May 21 2018 Interesting. Two caveats though:
(a) The same research group seems to have published essentially the same paper twice, a few years apart; that tells me that they didn't make much progress.
(b) They seem to be the only group who have worked on this.
The whole thing looks a bit hokey to me, but interesting nevertheless.-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 22 2018 Most ambulances carry this and in much larger quantity (imagine drinking a charcoal slushy, do it). Used on patients that may have ingested a poisonous/toxic liquid. It's a much safer option and preferred method, for all parties involved, than having the person vomit.-- What Is the Answer and Why, May 22 2018 random, halfbakery