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"Melatonin controls a gene responsible for inducing normal cell death; low blood melatonin reduces that gene's activity, which in turn causes cells to live much longer than their normal lifespan. These uncontrolled cells become cancerous. Antidepressants upset the most fundamental functions in the body, including the digestion of food and cell metabolism. Patients given the popular antidepressant paraoxetine (Paxil), for example, may suddenly feel much hungrier than usual and not feel full after eating. Thus, they eat more and more, a sure way to gain weight and become obese." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Some researchers believe that genetics only account for 5 to 15 percent of the factors that determine lifespan.) In actuality, our health and the length of our life are primarily determined by the availability of metabolic energy. Though this availability is partially attributed to what we inherit genetically, the factors include how we live, where we live, what we eat, how much we eat, how much we exercise, and what we do for work, to name a few." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"In a front-page article appearing on August 31,2006, Gina Kolata of The New York Times nicely summarized the vacillating scientific view on the role of genetics in aging: The scientific view of what determines a lifespan or how a person ages has swung back and forth. First, a couple decades ago, the emphasis was on environment, eating right, exercising, getting good medical care. Then the view switched to genes, the idea that you either inherit the right combination of genes that will let you eat fatty steaks and smoke cigars and live to be a hundred or you do not." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"To advocate otherwise, including measures purporting to increase the lifespan beyond eighty-five, is to harbor delusions of immortality. Heroic efforts on behalf of the highly functioning octogenarians will accomplish little of substance. We can, perhaps, alter the proximate cause of death ?that is, the diagnosis on the death certificate ?but I am aware of no data to support the premise that we can alter the date of death. This is not to advocate therapeutic nihilism. It is the invoking of the age-old ethic of medicine to contend with the reality of our aging and our mortality." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"A majority of the fatty fish consumed are smaller with a shorter lifespan and thus have lower mercury concentrations than larger, longer-lived fish such as shark and swordfish [102]. It is also important to note that high consumption of certain lean fish high in mercury plays an important role in increased mercury accumulation in humans [123]. Therefore, emphasis on high omega-3 fatty acid fish (that is low in mercury) is recommended." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Vitamin D across the lifespan and dietary sources of vitamin D are described in the chapter devoted to vitamin D (Chapter 43). Dietary sources of vitamin D are limited and mostly consumed as fortified foods, especially milk. A summary of studies on vitamin D status in children and adolescents worldwide was recently compiled by El-Hajj Fuleihan [ 107]. The range in mean serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (the best status indicator for vitamin D) was large: 13-142 nmol/liter." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"HISTORY Several large epidemiological studies reveal lower incidences of heart attack, cancer, and other conditions and an increased lifespan when compared to the general population in people who consume large amounts of fish. For example, the Inuit (Eskimo) people of Greenland, who ate a high fat diet of whale, WSK/KKK/Kb seal and salmon, experienced less coronary heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus and psoriasis than Europeans. This was attributed to a higher consumption of omega-3s. 1^ In the 1950s German scientist Johanna Budwig, w jBL m Ph.D." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Calorie restriction has repeatedly been shown to slow aging and prolong lifespan in animals, and some researchers believe it is the single strongest link between a change in the diet and the prevention of cancer. Put simply: Overeating promotes cell division, and promotes it most dramatically in cancer cells; cutting back on calories slows cell division. It also stifles the production of free radicals, curbs inflammation, and reduces the risk of most of the Western diseases." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"CF Patient Registry demonstrated that patients with pancreatic sufficiency (PS) have an approximately 20-year longer lifespan than PI patients [57]. Specific mutations of the CFTR gene are associated with PS in a dominant fashion. Possessing an allele from this group (mostly "mild" mutations that belong to class IV or V; see Fig. 1) offers phenotypic protection even in combination with an allele normally associated with PI [57]. Therefore, the survival advantage associated with PS is likely due not only to better nutrient absorption but also to "mild" CF mutations." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"He was able to dramatically increase the lifespan of mice in his lab at UCLA by reducing the daily requirement of digestive energy. He did this by restricting the calorie intake of the mice (see appendix D). This is why I prefer the terms "energy potential" ov "lifepotential" to "enzymepotential!' PRIMARY ENZYME CATEGORIES Researchers have been able to identify and name more than five thousand enzymes that our bodies manufacture and use, but there are likely far more, perhaps tens of thousands of different enzymes within the body. Why are there so many?" - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Death genes are there to make sure cells die at the end of their normal lifespan and are replaced with new ones. If the body is designed to live and not to destroy itself, why then would it suddenly allow the growth of extra cell tissue and kill itself? This does not make any sense at all. The main obstacle to finding real cures for cancer is that modern cancer treatment is rooted in the false assumption that the body sometimes tries to destroy itself." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Good responders (n=47), who had various cancers, including leukemia, lung, liver, and pancreas; had an average lifespan of 72 months (6 years) or a 1200% improvement in lifespan. -Good female responders (n=32), with involvement of reproductive areas (breast, cervix, ovary, uterus); had an average lifespan of over 10 years, or a 2100% improvement in lifespan. Many were still alive at the end of the study. Does Therapeutic Nutrition Help Cancer Patients?" - Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS, Beating Cancer with Nutrition (Get the book.)

"WHAT IS THE AVERAGE tures, and other oral problems AMERICAN lifespan? can make chewing painful and j^. j imagine ^ may sometimes even lead to orv n j L ' a 30-year-old person today has a reaeatins disorders. Be sure to 111 ri- ?j j- ?sonable chance or living—depending make regular dental visits and , , on whether a man or a woman—to brushing and flossing a prior- . . . . . c his or her late 70s or early 80s. 11 you ity to keep your smile healthy." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.) "If you live the average American lifestyle, you may never reach your potential maximum lifespan. You might even fall short by as much as a decade. But what if you could follow a simple program that could help you feel younger, lose weight, maximize your mental sharpness, and keep your body working as long as possible? Indeed, what if you could get back that extra decade of healthy life that you may unknowingly be squandering? This chapter presents the "Power Nine"—the lessons from the Blue Zones, a cross-cultural distillation of the worlds best practices in health and longevity." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"In animal studies, eating less frequently results in increased lifespan. 4) The digestive tract needs adequate rest to build up digestive enzymes for proper digestion. 5) Detoxification and cellular repair occur more efficiently when the body is not digesting. 6) The healthier you eat, the faster you will diminish the desire to eat between meals and the symptoms of toxic hunger. Some helpful hints to combat snacking are: • Eat a salad or raw vegetables with a dip to start both lunch and dinner. • Keep lots of frozen fruits and vegetables and pre-washed fresh items in your home." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Schauss explains, "In morbid obesity—when people are so significantly overweight that it could shorten their lifespan or increase their risk of disease—there is an inverse relationship between the level of obesity and the level of zinc. The more obese they are, the less zinc they have in their body. We don't know yet whether this is cause and effect, but it's a very important observation because at the other end of the continuum, with anorexia nervosa, self-induced starvation, people are always zinc deficient." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Looker [102] compiled calcium recommendations and intakes across the lifespan for 20 countries. The percent of adolescents meeting country-specific recommendations was just over 60% for males and approximately 50% for females. Most children over age 8 years in the United States have calcium intakes below recommended levels. Only 6% of girls and 28% of boys aged 9 to 13 years and 9% of girls and 31% of boys aged 14 to 18 years have calcium intakes above the recommended intakes [103]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Autoimmune diseases are the eighth leading cause of death among women, shortening the average patient's lifespan by fifteen years. Not surprisingly, the economic burden is staggering: autoimmune diseases represent a yearly health-care burden of more than $120 billion, compared to the yearly health-care burden of $70 billion for direct medical costs for cancer. To underscore these numbers, consider: while 2.2 million women are living with breast cancer and 7.2 million women have coronary disease, an estimated 9." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Roy Walford discovered that by reducing caloric intake by about 30%, one might extend his middle years by up to 40% toward the longest possible lifespan. He wrote about this in Maximum Life Span. Since the publishing of that book, his rat research and conclusions have been duplicated on primates. One's diet must not only be restricted in calories, but also rich in nutrients. Thus Walford recommended nutritional supplements." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "Chronic excess insulin released into the bloodstream contributes to a number of pathological developments: sustained food cravings, blood pressure and cholesterol elevation, cancer cell proliferation, osteoporosis, adult onset diabetes and a shortened lifespan. Another problem presented by grain consumption is that grains are high in yeast/fungus/mold. Commercially stored grains ferment in 90 days, during which time mycotoxins are produced. Grains that are not stored for long periods in grain elevators ?spelt, amaranth, quinoa, millet, buckwheat and wild rice ?" - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "There is only a certain amount of pesticide deposition that a person can retain in his tissues without observably ill effects in a lifespan of seventy-five years. One study showed that in North America, most one-year-old babies have already acquired that seventy-five year maximum ("Can environmental estrogens cause breast cancer?" Scientific American, October 1995, Vol. 273, Issue 4, pp. 167-172, PubMed ID 7481720)." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "In the innate wisdom of its DNA, the mind senses that its lifespan is in danger of being foreshortened. Inordinate amounts of stress triggering this instinctive survival mechanism often manifest as deviant sexual behavior in both animals and humans. This extreme reproductive compulsion has also been observed in plants and animals stressed beyond normal ranges. Don't worry about any weight loss. This is normal. If your body appears to lose too much weight too rapidly, it will be only temporary. Your body will regain weight as it rebuilds new healthier tissues." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"This is quite amazing, considering the fact that a chicken's normal lifespan is about seven years. What we learn from this is that if cells are cleansed and fed on a continuous basis, they can live for a very, very long time. The trick is to get good water into and around the cells. Water Structure Is the Key Dr. Mu Shik Jhon was considered an expert in the field of statistical liquid mechanics. He researched the qualities of water for over 40 years. Dr." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"They talk about a lifespan of 120 and more. Anti-aging enthusiasts talk about cell research, manipulating atoms and molecules, and again and again about hormones. They talk about an allegedly GOLDEN AGE we will enter and they point to the fact that we already have 70,000 centenarians121 in the USA that will increase to 160,000 in 2010. The fact that a lot of those reasons are the cause for people living longer today is not mentioned by those (paid) optimists." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"One particular compound, kolavenol, was twice as effective at increasing the lifespan in mice with carcinomas (by 98 percent) as the standard chemotherapy drug, 5-Fluorouacil (5-FU).18 The natural resin also increased lifespan by 82 percent— which was still higher than 5-FU (which increased lifespan by 46 percent). Interestingly, the in vivo tests provided better anti-tumor effects than in previous test-tube studies. The Spanish team of researchers that documented copaiba's antimicrobial effects in 2002 also tested for in vitro anti-tumor effects." - Leslie Taylor, ND, The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs: A Guide to Understanding and Using Herbal Medicinals (Get the book.)

"A 1984 study assessed the carotenoid content (including beta-carotene) of mammals, with the goal of evaluating if these compounds could extend lifespan. Since cancer and aging share a number of similar features, the researchers felt that the anticancer effects of carotenoids might also extend lifespan. They concluded that evolution appears to favor mammals that absorb carotenoids non-selectively (or more easily) from dietary sources." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.) "This non-selective absorption allows for higher concentrations of carotenoids to be stored in tissues of mammals, with human beings having the greatest capacity and thus the greatest potential to have an increase in lifespan. In other words, an optimal intake of beta-carotene and other carotenoids should not only prevent cancer, but should also extend lifespan. By 1989 six studies on cancer of the esophagus showed there was a positive relationship, eight studies on stomach cancer were positive, and five studies out of 10 on colon cancer showed the same connection." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"Rather, the 'verrey parfit practisour' was one 'grounded in astro no mye'; one who could tell the very hours of each patient's lifespan by 'magik naturel'.10 They rarely, if ever, touch the bodies of their patients, diagnosing instead on the basis of astrological charts, visual examination of the patient's blood and urine, and close attention to the patient's spoken testimony and social position (see Figures 1 and 2). Surgery is only performed as a desperate last resort, since few survive its rigours and none opt for its agonies readily in a world without antiseptics and anaesthesia." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"These drugs can cost six figures a year for the average person, and yet typically offer little or no benefit in terms of lifespan or quality of life. But they are heavily marketed. The drug manufacturers heavily influence doctors to keep pushing these onto patients. And as a result, most chemotherapy patients eventually give in to conventional medicine and end up generating these stratospheric profits for pharmaceutical companies that manufacture chemotherapy agents. Diabetes is caused (and reversed) by food choice Diabetes is another disease that is primarily caused by dietary factors." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.) "If you were to take two dogs that were genetically very similar (from the same litter, for example), and you brought them into your house from the time they were very young then fed one dog all the processed foods that human beings eat, while feeding the other dog outstanding nutrition from the more expensive dog food formulas, you would see a tremendous difference in the health and lifespan of these two dogs." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

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