# Are you younger than you think? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2005, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960 "2005-07-18T09:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/21 "2005-07-18T23:47:17Z")
Holy Cow. Due to recent changes in my lifestyle, I retook the test, which I had taken about a year ago… my chronological age was 27, my Real Age was 31.4… Today: Chronological Age: 27.1 Real Age: 23.1 And I feel it, too. 😛 I think the biggest change was the stress level, and frequency of exercising. The diet part is brand new, and didn’t look like it reflected much on my overall score, especially since my weight, BMI, etc hasn’t changed yet… cripes, what happens when the weight comes off? I’ll be 8! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/22 "2005-07-18T23:56:02Z")
Calendar age: 24.5 Real age: 23.3 Woohoo! In your face, Death! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/23 "2005-07-19T01:11:48Z")
Calendar age: 28.3 Real age: 27.2 How much do they add on for being a care-giver and having a seriously ill parent in the past year? I ask because the last time I did this the gap was about -3 years… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/24 "2005-07-19T01:14:15Z")
This site is supposed to work, right? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/25 "2005-07-19T01:20:49Z")
The thing said I’m 24.3. Of course, it also said my real age is 27, so I don’t know how much I trust it. (I’m 26. I’ll be 27 in a couple weeks, but _still_.) Also, I noticed it seemed far more interested in my allergies than my back pain, the root cause of which is currently totally screwing up my plans to go into the Peace Corps. It didn’t ask me how fast it took me to use up my allotted chiropractor appointments (40 appointments in three months). It didn’t ask any questions that would have gone into this incredibly stupid, yet extremely painful problem I am having with my jaw at the moment. Okay, I’m done whining. Suffice to say, I feel like I’m falling apart and this thing thinks I’m doing great because I don’t smoke? Lame. ---
**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/26 "2005-07-19T08:58:42Z")
Damn **Maeglin** , does that mean you’re too young to drink now? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/27 "2005-07-19T09:09:26Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Also, I noticed it seemed far more interested in my allergies than my back pain Let’s all admit it now… we were duped. It’s all a sham where they try to get you onto various mailing lists. I’m sure we were all smart enough to click NO for everything on the first page? It said something like "which of these highly marketable subjects are you and/or your family interested in? (weight loss, making money, bigger dick) Mods should probably slice the links. ---
**Author:** ![PETERFI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PETERFI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PETERFI)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/28 "2005-07-19T09:15:09Z")
UM, I think I’m in trouble… ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/29 "2005-07-19T09:37:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Thanks for visiting the Are You Younger site. We’re sorry, but due to technical difficulties beyond our control the test is unavailable at the moment. We hope to have it back again soon. Thanks for your patience. I think we broke it. ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/30 "2005-07-19T09:42:42Z")
Did anyone see the advice for keeping young? > [@](#): > > Thomas McSorley > My leg was amputated below the knee in 1948 while doing my National Service in Italy .it has been a challenge every day since but it has kept my mind and body young . **Not reccommended for all I have to admit** ,but it has kept me young I think /as every day is a challenge There you go. Tips for staying younger. Join the army. Go to Italy. Have one leg sawn off. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/31 "2005-07-19T09:53:55Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > Let’s all admit it now… we were duped. > > It’s all a sham where they try to get you onto various mailing lists. > > I’m sure we were all smart enough to click NO for everything on the first page? It said something like "which of these highly marketable subjects are you and/or your family interested in? (weight loss, making money, bigger dick) > Mods should probably slice the links. Which of the links is that? The BBC link (which I used) never even had the temerity to **suggest** that I supply an e-mail address (or any other potentially identifying data other than D.o.B, gender and where I am in Britain… I said Scotland :D) – to all those who said it’s broken, BTW, it seems to be back up. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/32 "2005-07-19T11:34:02Z")
Have you EVER had a heart attack (coronary thrombosis, etc)? Yes, an anterior heart attack Yes, an inferior heart attack Yes, not sure what kind No **I have angina** I didn’t know these correlated. Real age: 21 “Real age”: 21.9 ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/33 "2005-07-19T12:00:20Z")
Chronological Age - 35.5 “Real Age” - 34.1 Not bad, but it told me I could do better. I need to lose weight and excercise more and eat more fruit and veg. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/34 "2005-07-19T12:15:19Z")
I don’t think I like the BBC one as much. Not only because it only thought I was one year younger (as opposed to 10), but it told me I needed to lose weight due to my BMI rating. If I lost another 5 lbs, I’d look like Skeletor. Then it told me I should exercise more, even though I already exercise an hour a day, 6 days a week. ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/35 "2005-07-19T12:39:51Z")
I’m 21.3 and the test says I’m really 21.3, that’s… not very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/36 "2005-07-19T13:25:09Z")
> [@auRa](#): > > Have you EVER had a heart attack (coronary thrombosis, etc)? > Yes, an anterior heart attack > Yes, an inferior heart attack > Yes, not sure what kind > No > **I have angina** Must admit halfway through I was expecting a question “Are you dead?” -5 ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/37 "2005-07-19T13:35:43Z")
Last time I checked was 4 years ago and it told me my real age was 4 years older than I was. This time it says I am 1.5 years Younger than I am. I’m going in the right direction at least. I know that part of the changes are from having gotten married, and our moving and being unemployed now. (Fast food costs money while fruits and veggies are cheap, so you can guess what I’ve been eating lots of and not having a 3 hour commute every day sure cut back on my driving time and stress.) But there are clearly some things wrong with this test… or at least that need to be tweaked by the user to get an accurate calculation… I may be poly, but I am polymono, I don’t ‘sleep around indiscriminatly’, so I went back and said that I was monogamous with one partner. I just moved away from my friends and family, but I stay in close contact with them via phone and e-mails. … actually I talk to them more often now than I did when I lived near them, so I also changed how many of them I ‘see’ at least once per month from none to 6-9. Those two changes alone lowered my real age by part of a year. As for the suggestions it makes at the end… “Your RealAge is slightly older because you consume less than the average amount of unsaturated fats (mono- and polyunsaturated) in your diet.” They certainly didn’t ask any questions about what type of oils we use in our kitchen, because they reccomend using olive or canola oil… exactly what we do use! “FLOSS EVERY DAY” Yeah, yeah… As I tell my dentist every time she mentions it… T’aint happening doc. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/38 "2005-07-19T16:01:20Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > Let’s all admit it now… we were duped. > > It’s all a sham where they try to get you onto various mailing lists. > > I’m sure we were all smart enough to click NO for everything on the first page? It said something like "which of these highly marketable subjects are you and/or your family interested in? (weight loss, making money, bigger dick) > Mods should probably slice the links. Eh, I’ve been a member of RealAge for forever and haven’t been aggressively marketed. I am signed up for some health updates but that’s all I get from them. I wouldn’t worry about it. BTW, actual age 38.3, RealAge 34.2. It seems awfully hung up on me consuming 400 IU of vitamin E when the RDA is only 30… ---
**Author:** ![Severiane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@Severiane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severiane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/39 "2005-07-19T16:31:05Z")
Cool, now I’ve taken the BBC test (which seemed to me more “serious”(?) than the other one) My age : 27,6 Real age : 26,9 Better. But for the advices : sleep more, get more social… Easy to say, hard to do ! :rolleyes: (eat less meat ; that I could do. but I love meat… and not so much fish) ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960/40 "2005-07-19T16:43:39Z")
Age now: 29.6 Real Age: 32.8 Well … at least I’m not in my Real Forties. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-younger-than-you-think/312960.md?page=3)