Michael Giberson
The dramatic finish to an article in The Economist:
If inherited epigenetic changes were causing daughter rotifers to produce more catalase, it would raise the question of whether a similar thing happens in other species and, if so, whether it might be induced artificially, without all the tedious business of a lifetime’s starvation.
Maybe that makes more sense if you read the full article.
In any case, yes, a lifetime of starvation (or less dramatically, “caloric restriction”) seems like a high price to pay for extending lifespan a bit. If we can brew something up in a tea, or better yet create a syrup to pour over ice cream, I’m in favor.