[queensnake]

http://rockstarresearch.com/increase-longevity-and-intellige...

> It turns out that lots of people get their klotho levels increased as a side-effect of taking prescription forms of “activated” vitamin D (VDRAs) for chronic kidney disease (CKD). But there’s no reason to wait until you’re almost dying and need dialysis to start benefiting from this knowledge. Instead, this implies that taking something like 0.25 mcg/day of Calcitriol or 1 mcg/day of Paricalcitol right now for someone without the beneficial KL-VS variant of the KL gene might actually give a huge longevity and IQ boost.

Also, maybe exercise! http://mangans.blogspot.com/2014/07/klotho-increases-both-lo...

-- just reporting what I've read, I have no idea whether it works / is safe.

[fasteo]

Great comment.

You can never go wrong with exercise; that´s for sure.

But I wanted to comment in the activated Vitamin D. People with CKD get this form of vitamin D because their kidneys cannot build it (the last hydroxylation step occurs in the kidney). So, in theory, supplementing with regular Vitamin D3 could boost IQ and longevity.

[silentvoice]

Is this a proper excuse for me to enjoy the sun more every day?

[fasteo]

Sure it is. Not only for this IQ and longevity thing, but for a myriad of health benefits[1]

The sun has made life possible in this planet and our body has evolved to use it for its own benefit.

[1] http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/

[thewarrior]

Wow that sounds really promising.