The business world promotes anti aging remedies that are a sore spot for the scientific world. The business world makes claims of slowing down the affects of aging by offering to the consumer creams, serums, diets, and a host of other cures for aging affects. Some anti-commercial proponents of anti aging remedies equate commercial claims with that of the "snake oil salesmen" of days gone by. The difference is today the businesses have the infomercials, and the internet.  Scientists agree to one thing about the business promotion of anti aging remedies, they make people feel better and look more refreshed.

Scientists feel the businesses are making claims about anti aging that are misinforming the consumer. Scientists feel the business world is depriving the world of the true elements that actually fight aging affects. For example, getting funding for age related heart disease is a challenge because of the word anti-aging. Heart disease and weight gain are associated with aging. A scientists that attempts to acquire funding for research that help  cure age related heart diseases  will lessen chances of receiving funding if the word anti-aging is taken in the same context as commercial definition of anti-aging. Proof of scientific cures for age related illnesses can stand the tests of scrutiny but commercial claims for anti-aging creams and etc. can not stand up to any tests that their claims make. As a result, people are dying because the word anti-aging confuses the true meaning of the word as it should be used in the scientific world. More funding could be acquired by scientists if the stigma of using the word anti aging were not associated with anti-aging claims of the business world.