Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Interestingly enough, lowering plasma insulin levels also tends to lower body temperature and increase DHEA levels (both anti-aging markers), indicating that lowering the insulin response (which Glucotor is now proven to do) may be a prime factor in slowing down the aging process.
Optimizing carbohydrate metabolism helps to offset aging in a way similar to a low calorie diet. Caloric Restriction is the only known dietary measure capable of extending maximum lifespan, as opposed to average lifespan. Put simply, when you can eliminate stress and damage related to food intake, you live longer. |
Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
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 As in the prevention of osteoporosis where we want to build our bones while we are young to help us preserve them longer through the aging process, the same is true for sarcopenia. We want to build our muscle mass now to prevent premature aging. As it is important to engage in dietary, lifestyle, and exercise strategies to ward off osteoporosis in our later years, we must do the same to ward off sarcopenia. |
David Brownstein M.D.
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 In older people, supplementation with natural, bioidentical hormones can reverse many of the signs of aging. Synthetic hormones do not provide the same anti-aging benefits as natural, bioidentical hormones.
My patients are familiar with the following question: "If it is found that you are low in a hormone, and you are given a choice of a natural, bioidentical hormone—one that closely mimics your own hormone chemically and structurally, versus a synthetic hormone—a man-made derivative of a hormone that has been structurally altered to become a patentable product, which one would you pick? |
Anne Harrington
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 In her comparative work on aging in Japan and North America, Margaret Lock found that when older women in Japan stop menstruating, they rarely experience the hot flashes and night sweats that are associated with menopause in North America. In fact, it turned out the Japanese have no word for a hot flash. Lock's view is that these vasomotor differences have their origins in the fact that female aging is not experienced as a sign of diminished status and worth in Japan in the same way as it is in North America. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Exercise increases Chromium losses twice over normal; a six mile run increases urinary losses five times; Carbo-loading and eating sugars can increase Chromium loss 3 times. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 A lot of people who say that chronic pain is related to aging are really confusing cause and effect. It's not related to aging, it's related to the number of years that they've stopped using their body.
For example, take a person who is a dancer or someone engaged in yoga, Pilates or flexibility well into their 80s or 90s, and they won't have joint pain. If aging causes joint pain, then how is it that these people have no pain? The answer is because they keep mobilizing those joints, they keep using their body. They engage in Tai Chi or other gentle body movements. And they are free from pain. |
Dawson Church
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 He cites studies that show that negative perceptions about aging can shorten our lives, while positive beliefs prolongs them: older people with positive attitudes about aging were found to live 772 years longer than those with negative attitudes. He also reminds us that optimism heals: 'A study of nearly 1,000 older adults followed for nine years concluded that people with high levels of optimism had a 23% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease and a 55% lower risk of death from all causes compared to their more pessimistic peers. |
Joseph E. Mario
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| Calorie restriction; Iron deficiency (in 10-25% of the population) leads to Fat malabsorption; 65% of Americans age 20-50 years old may be deficient according to the United Slates Department of Health; 95% of menstruating women are deficient; in pregnancy the baby will store 6 months supply if mother is not anemic (if she is, the baby may suffer impaired learning, stunted growth, or Brain damage). |
Devra Davis
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 Because cancer is a disease of aging, the only way to figure out whether there is a real increase in the disease is to adjust for the aging of the population. In a sense, each person dies alone, but the circumstances under which these signal events occur tell us a lot about the nature of the world in which we live. To make sense of the patterns of births and deaths and disease, epidemiologists have devised different ways of assembling information. We start out with simple things. What's the average age of the entire population? |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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 Reprinted with permission from Vitality and Aging: Implications of the Rectangular Curve.)
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Figure 21. If we are to shift the survival curve significantly to the right, for a rectangular survival curve, we need to overcome chronic diseases. (Reprinted with permission from Vitality and Aging: Implications of the Rectangular Curve.) those free of erectile dysfunction. Impotence, it turns out, is as robust a predictor of cardiovascular disease as elevated cholesterol, smoking, or a strong family history of the disease. |
Dawson Church
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| He cites studies that show that negative perceptions about aging can shorten our lives, while positive beliefs prolongs them: older people with positive attitudes about aging were found to live 772 years longer than those with negative attitudes. He also reminds us that optimism heals: 'A study of nearly 1,000 older adults followed for nine years concluded that people with high levels of optimism had a 23% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease and a 55% lower risk of death from all causes compared to their more pessimistic peers. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If you think about how we look at aging, we tend to think of it as contracting. Our shoulders start to sink in a little bit, we have less energy, we're tired, we don't think as clearly, we're not as energized mentally. These are the things we associate with aging. I don't think they go hand-in-hand with aging. I think Cordyceps can certainly be useful for that. Cordyceps increase SOD production, which is a naturally-occurring antioxidant in the body, in both the liver and the brain. It crosses the blood-brain barrier, so it is very protective for those systems. |
Michael J. Panzner
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 In June 2006, Standard & Poor's rating service noted: "Without concerted policy and fiscal reforms, the aging population would lead to intense pressure on the public finances and the ratings" of the United States. In fact, S&P suggested that by 2025, the U.S. sovereign credit rating could end up in the "junk" category if present circumstances continued.
Adding to the precariousness of the situation was the fact that the world was awash in dollars, with around two-thirds of global reserves held in American currency, according to International Monetary Fund data. |
| The onset of a long cycle of demographic-induced selling pressure, as aging Americans naturally seek safer havens for whatever savings or investments they have remaining, will also weigh on markets. So will a persistent and broadening shift away from risk toward safety. The combination of forced liquidations, asset reallocations, and a constant fear of losing money will feed a vicious cycle of selling that begets further selling, putting the final nail into the coffin of gratuitous bubble building. |
| Can we get more use out of aging appliances and other household items?" and "Must we have the latest gadgets?"
There will be little to gain and much to lose by cutting back on critical maintenance expenditures, however; doing so costs more in the long run, either because replacements are needed sooner than expected or because of needless accidents. Experience suggests, for example, that automobiles remain roadworthy for longer when the engine oil is changed regularly, while regular servicing of costly home heating and cooling systems can extend their useful lives. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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 By helping to relieve stress, kava thwarts all sorts of stress-related ailments and slows the aging process itself. I grow this herb in the Garden of Youth, but I don't harvest it. Every now and then, I'll chew on some of the leaves. On those rare occasions when stress gets me down, I take one to three capsules standardized to contain 75 milligrams of kavalactones. milk thistle (silybum marianum). Milk thistle is the best herb for safeguarding your liver against cirrhosis and hepatitis. |
Michael J. Panzner
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| Municipal finances will also feel the strain of an aging population. So will private-sector pension plans, especially in industries such as steel, autos, utilities, and airlines, which once employed hundreds of thousands of workers.
For many people, hardest to swallow will be the realization that American prosperity is no longer limitless. A number of safety-net commitments began when the United States and much of its industry were market leaders and world beaters. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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| In many ways, gardening itself helps slow—and sometimes even reverse—the aging process. It's good exercise, building strength, flexibility, and stamina. It's relaxing. It's an antidepressant. It provides plenty of fresh air (plants release oxygen) and sunshine (but be careful not to get too much). And it involves communion with nature and my favorite plants, the medicinal herbs, which I've found to always be good for the spirit.
Born to Garden
Being a botanist, I've gardened almost my entire life. |
| E Is for Exercise
Next to a nutritious diet, frequent (ideally, daily) moderate exercise is probably the most important factor in slowing the aging process and living a long, youthful life. I consider myself an active person; I've been gardening and hiking for years. But the older I get, the more valuable exercise becomes in keeping me healthy and young.
Sometimes when I'm writing or doing other desk work, I get so involved in the task at hand that I forget to stand up and move around. |
| It's followed a few months later by the winter-blooming Christmas rose, an age-old folk remedy for aging kidneys, head colds, and even menstrual problems. And, of course, there are lots of spring, summer, and fall flowers.
Most exciting to me are the flowers that herald the return of spring, especially the crocuses, which help stimulate digestion. They usually emerge around Groundhog Day, and they're quickly followed by the march of spring wildflowers—many medicinal, some edible, and all making oxygen. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Circulating glycotoxins and dietary advanced glycation endproducts: Two links to inflammatory response, oxidative stress, and aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci MedSci 2007 Apr; 62(4):427-33.
Van Dam et al. Coffee, caffeine, and risk of type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study in younger and middle-aged US women. Diabetes Care 2006; 29:398-403.
Vlassara et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2002 Nov 26; 99(24): 15596-601. von Schacky C et al. The effect of dietary omega-3 fatty acids on coronary atherosclerosis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-conttolled trial. Ann Intern Med 1999; 130:554-62. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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| To me, few things in life are more refreshing and rejuvenating than spending a crisp autumn day eating grapes right off the vine, taking in all of their antioxidants that may help prevent heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and other ailments of aging. The experts say that red wine is the way to go, but the research I've reviewed suggests that red grapes and grape juice are as effective, or nearly so.
Planting for All Seasons
After I gave up on grapes, I began referring to the forested area of my farmette as Phenology Valley. |
Devra Davis
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| The reasons customarily given for this rise—improved diagnosis and the aging of the population—do not entirely explain it. They provide no satisfactory answer to the fact that 7.5 percent of the known cancer deaths in 1944 occurred in age-groups under forty. There is evidence, moreover, that the disease is not an inevitable consequence of bodily degeneration due to age, although the changes of senescence under certain conditions may be contributing factors. It seems certain that there is a net increase in true cancer deaths, if only because fewer people die from other diseases than in the past. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 They apparendy reduce risks of diseases of aging. For example, the isoflavones in soy products may reduce the risk of heart disease, osteoporosis, and several types of cancer."99 Antioxidants found in grape skins may also fight cancer and reduce heart disease and the pigment in blueberries may revive the brain's neural communication system. "Plants make a very large variety of nutrients and antioxidants whose loss or reduction could have serious adverse consequences for human health. |
| AGEs are linked to cancer and "enhanced cancer progression,"82 diabetes, kidney disease, aging,83 and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.84 AGEs are also implicated in slower healing of wounds in diabetics85 as well as diabetes-related autoimmunity.86 AGEs may reduce nutritive value,87 as well as increase protein stability, and therefore allergenicity. Higher levels of AGEs are also detected in patients with Creuzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD), but it is not clear if they contribute to the disease. |
Devra Davis
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| He had read newspaper accounts of my work showing that cancer rates had increased above and beyond those which could be explained by smoking or aging alone. He thought I should have something he had been saving for more than thirty years.
When his package arrived, it contained a well-preserved copy of Life magazine from May 5, 1958. The cover (see page 2) showed a young, dark-haired woman, eyes shut, lying on a table. From above, what looks like a massive cannon pointed to her midsection. The decades-old headline read, "Fresh Hope on Cancer." It could have been written yesterday. |
| Once I had allowed for the effects of aging, I then had to make sure doctors were not simply counting more cases because they were getting better at finding them. We had to find out whether deaths that had in the past been attributed to tuberculosis had really been lung cancer in disguise. I needed some way to look at what was happening to cancer over time that took into account not only that more people were living longer but that we had better methods of finding the disease. |
| With support from Press, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and universities and research institutions in Europe and the United States, my colleagues and I had published a series of papers showing that cancer had actually increased and it couldn't all be explained by smoking, improved diagnoses or aging. Judged by this standard, the then two-decade-long war on cancer wasn't going well.3 Our work, released at conferences of Danish, Dutch, Swedish, German, British and American cancer researchers, made headlines. It felt like we had some serious scientific mojo. |
Ray D. Strand
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 Then, usually within a year or two, if no change in lifestyle occurs, full-blown diabetes mellitus will develop. The aging of the arteries then accelerates even faster as blood sugars begin to steadily rise.
What Is the Cause of Insulin Resistance?
Several theories suggest reasons why we become less and less sensitive to our insulin over the years. But I truly believe insulin resistance is the result of the Western diet. Though we focus heavily on cutting back on fats, our love affair with carbohydrates continues. |
| They are merely part of a progression that begins with the aging of the brain. When eventually enough brain cells are damaged, a disease manifests.
When a patient is first diagnosed as having Parkinson's disease, more than 80 percent of the brain cells in a particular part of the brain called the substantia nigra have already been destroyed. The same is true for someone who develops Alzheimer's dementia. These neurodegenerative diseases have actually been developing over a period of ten to twenty years."
Let's look at some of these diseases individually. |
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