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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Please elaborate/link, I'd be very interested to read about this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm piling up here, with the same request, link OP!

[โ€“] focusforte 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So it prolonges lifespan in cats with kidney disease.

Good for the cats but it's not prolonging a healthy cats lifespan it seems.

[โ€“] focusforte 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Most cats do die of kidney related issues, so by addressing that very common cause of death with cats, you're effectively doubling the average lifespan still.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Fair enough. A shame it doesn't transpose to the human condition.