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"Pulmonary function is a strong predictor of overall longevity. Anxiety, stress, and exposure to various chemicals in the air contribute greatly to the deterioration of the lungs. Building up all of your biochemicals, particularly GABA, will have a great impact on lung longevity. Aerobic exercises can also help develop greater lung capacity. ADRENOPAUSE Between the ages of thirty and sixty, the adrenal glands' secretion of DHEA—which slows the growth of cancers and boosts immunity— declines. After age seventy, production of the stress hormone Cortisol soars." - Eric R. Braverman, The Edge Effect: Achieve Total Health and longevity with the Balanced Brain Advantage (Get the book.)

"LONGEVITY: Eating whole grains is associated with longevity and lower risk of many different types of disease in women. HEART HEALTH: Several studies show reduction in cholesterol and triglycerides when whole grains, as opposed to refined grains, are part of the diet. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A study of rheumatoid arthritis patients who were given a fermented wheat germ extract in addition to their steroid therapies found significant improvement compared to steroid use alone." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"By 2002, in a list of the longevity in thirty nations, sixty-five-year-old American women came in seventeenth. American men have also fallen in the international rankings of life expectancy. The average sixty-five-year-old American man can now expect a shorter life than a man his age living in Mexico. No one knows exactly why the United States is falling behind in the international rankings of longevity despite spending far more on medical care per person than any other country on the planet." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Building up all of your biochemicals, particularly GABA, will have a great impact on lung longevity. Aerobic exercises can also help develop greater lung capacity. ADRENOPAUSE Between the ages of thirty and sixty, the adrenal glands' secretion of DHEA—which slows the growth of cancers and boosts immunity— declines. After age seventy, production of the stress hormone Cortisol soars. Symptoms can include changes in memory and attention, depression, lack of energy, loss of libido, irritability, anxiety, panic attacks, paranoia, and increased appetite." - Eric R. Braverman, The Edge Effect: Achieve Total Health and longevity with the Balanced Brain Advantage (Get the book.)

"Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program That Improves your Mind and Memory by Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D. Khalsa, president of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation, was the first physician in the world to formulate a holistic medicine program for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and memory loss. Brain longevity has been translated into more than twelve languages. Clinics The Amen Clinics 4019 Westerly Place, Suite 100 Newport Beach, CA 92660 949.266.3700 (other locations around the country) www.brainplace." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"I cannot say it more plainly: sleep and relaxation behavior predict longevity. A serotonin imbalance produces sleep disorders, although sometimes GABA imbalances can cause disturbances as well. By building up your serotonin, not only will you sleep better, but you also allow your dopamine and acetylcholine to replenish. This increase can help get you to the Edge Effect: you will have more power and energy all day long. What's more, new research suggests that good sleep may be essential in maintaining a healthy immune system." - Eric R. Braverman, The Edge Effect: Achieve Total Health and longevity with the Balanced Brain Advantage (Get the book.)

"Leonard Guarente from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who in 1995 discovered a gene called SIR-2 in yeast that controlled longevity. David Sinclair, who authored one of the studies above, was his student. The SIRT-1 gene (which is what it is called in humans) or sirtuin family of genes works by protecting and improving the health of your mitochondria.24 I asked him how this master gene controlled longevity, the gene through which the effects of this grape compound, resveratrol, did its magic. His answer was quite simple really. Sugar!" - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.) "Finding the Gene Control Switch for Mitochondria At a conference on longevity and aging I had a chance to have a conversation with Dr. Leonard Guarente from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who in 1995 discovered a gene called SIR-2 in yeast that controlled longevity. David Sinclair, who authored one of the studies above, was his student. The SIRT-1 gene (which is what it is called in humans) or sirtuin family of genes works by protecting and improving the health of your mitochondria." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Brain longevity, by Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., and Cameron Stauth. The first book to document the success of the biomedical approach to cognitive impairment. Detailed but clear and readable. APPENDIX #3 CLINICAL SIGNS OF AUTISM AND ADHD Is Your Child on the Autism Spectrum? ? Does Your Child Have ADHD? This section contains the diagnostic criteria that establish the presence of the autism spectrum disorders, and also ADHD." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Metchnikoff noted the longevity of Bulgarian peasants who ate a lot of yogurt. He proposed that a link existed between better health and longer life and the consumption of lactic acid bacteria (probiotics) delivered to the intestine via yogurt. Dr. Metchnikoff s subsequent work on cellular immunity won him the Nobel prize in 1908. Meanwhile, around 1900, Dr. Henry Tissier discovered Bifidobacteria. Tissier recommended the administration of Bifidobacteria to infants suffering from diarrhea, claiming that Bifidobacteria gets rid of the pathogenic bacteria that cause the disease." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Elie Metchnikoff wrote the book The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies, in which he noted yogurt as being beneficial for the intestinal tract and the promotion of longevity. Recent research has found that yogurt enhances our immunity to disease,- may lower blood cholesterol levels, improve bone and oral health, treat immune-related diseases and have many other health benefits. Today, probiotics found in products are typically, but not always, chosen because they normally inhabit the human intestinal tract and are known to be safe." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Gary Young's Essential Oils Integrative Medical Guide: Building Immunity, Increasing longevity, and Enhancing Mental Performance with Therapeutic-Grade Essential Oils goes into more detail about which oils to use for specific health problems. Specific Health Disorders In Autism, Brain, and Environment, Richard Lathe attributes the recent increase in cases of autism to a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental toxins. This book is worth reading if you want to learn more about autism and what causes it." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Researchers at the University of Michigan found that giving actually promotes longevity. Receiving, by contrast, had no such effect. They reached this conclusion based on a ten-year follow-up of three thousand men. The individuals who did volunteer work just once a week were two and a half times less likely to die during that period than those who did not volunteer. Ninety-five percent of the volunteer group said that helping others on a regular, personal basis gave them a physical sensation or warmth, increased energy, and euphoria—the so-called helper's high. Helping others helps you." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "Faith Religious belief, affiliation, and practices are associated with better health, better health outcomes following illness, and longevity. As an example, researchers at Johns Hopkins University partnered with sixteen Baltimore churches to investigate the impact of various nutrition and physical activity strategies on African American women aged forty and over. The big winner, after a year, was the on-site program at churches. Compared to a self-help group that registered little gain, the church-based group made significant inroads in weight loss, blood pressure, and waist girth reduction." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "Research shows that marital status is a prime factor in the recovery and longevity of men following a heart attack. Those who fare the best and live longer tend to feel that their wives love them, while those with poorer survival records tend to feel unloved. The marital effect on men has been known for quite a while, but only recently did a group of researchers at San Diego State University find strong evidence that it's the same for women." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "Doing these screening procedures makes you an active participant in your own longevity and quality of life. You'll also help your doctor do good prevention. What about the Genetic Factor? Lp(a), homocysteine, and ferritin can be influenced by genetics. A predisposition to high blood pressure can be genetic. But we believe that many people use genetics as an excuse to do nothing. If you have a father who died of a heart attack at age forty-five, does that mean you are doomed to die of a heart attack? The answer is no." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Sixty should be your minimum daily requirement, but to maximize disease reversal and longevity you can do even better. That is why we have four phases, to get you gradually up to eating a diet that earns 80, 90 or even 100 nutrient points. The scores were designed to make 100 the ideal score, but it will be easier for a male eating more calories to reach this total and harder for women consuming fewer calories. Don't overeat to try to pump up the total. Try to get as high a score as you can without snacking or overeating. It is best to stop eating before you feel full or stuffed." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Do mind-body techniques increase longevity among terminal cancer patients? We don't know. Nor does Spiegel, at least not yet. What we do know are two things about medical science: first, clinical trials are complex imitations of reality; we must expect an array of findings, many of which contradict one another. It follows that scientific progress is rarely a straight road; rather the path to understanding is a crooked one. There is no substitute for replication and refinement—and some patience. Second, this is true for all clinical interventions, including those in more traditional modalities." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"The effect soybeans have on longevity is not restrained to laboratory animals, however. It is a known fact that the Japanese, who eat the highest daily amount of soybeans in the world, live longer lives than any other group of people on the planet. The Japanese consume about an ounce of soybeans per day— almost 30 times more than Americans—and they have far fewer cases of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and osteoporosis." - Ronald Klatz and Robert Goldman, Stopping the Clock: longevity for the New Millenium (Get the book.)

"But, as we've pointed out, the degree to which this person chooses to engage in the Brilliant Health practices can have an impact on how often he gets sick, how effectively the intact portions of the immune system respond, and perhaps, longevity. Meet Ellen, our first shining example of someone who capitalizes on Brilliant Health. Ellen is sixty-three, very active, eats well, and has never smoked." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"NOURISHING YOURSELF One of the best ways to change your diet to promote your health and longevity, is to listen closely to your body. Paying attention to your cravings and reactions, to the way things taste and feel inside your mouth, to your sense of hunger or satiety. Sometimes we keep eating long past the point of hunger, just out of habit, or from nervousness or anger. Listening to your body and your emotions can help ease this habit." - Ronald Klatz and Robert Goldman, Stopping the Clock: longevity for the New Millenium (Get the book.)

"The five spheres of wellness are a shorthand method to help you identify and master the longevity boosters and busters that impact so much in your life. Understanding their underpinnings—lifelong learning, active involvement, and hopefulness—undoubtedly aided you in putting the spheres into perspective. In the Introduction I promised to show you a life that was not just long but also filled with optimism and hope. I trust that I have done so." - Zorba Paster, M.D. and Susan Meltsner, The longevity Code: Your Personal Prescription for a Longer, Sweeter Life (Get the book.)

"For longevity (remember, diabetes is a form of accelerated aging), we recommend an Hb A level of less than 5 percent. Because of the lack of standardized measuring techniques among laboratories, you should have all your Hb A tests read by the same laboratory or always by labs that are standardized to the national DCCT reference method. This will not be an issue if you go to the same doctor or clinic, but if you move, change doctors, or go to a different clinic, you should ask for the name of the test-reacting laboratory to ensure it is the same one that read your previous tests." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "NEW WAYS TO LOOK AT DIABETES We want you to get used to several new ways of looking at diabetes, ways that we are almost certain you have not heard discussed but that are fundamental to understanding, preventing, and managing the disease, as well as enhancing quality of life and longevity in people with type 2 diabetes. Tame Your Gene Expression Foremost is an idea we mentioned previously: that you can dramatically influence how the genes involved in glucose metabolism are expressed. Although you can't change your genes, you can change the degree of expression of your genes." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Once you reach the threshold of the middle class—you have a little in the bank and spend within your means, with some extra for dinners out, entertainment, and vacations—ultimately your life is less stressful, and you have bought the basic longevity pie. For example, the difference between having a reliable car and no car or a car that barely works is a major difference. Having a reliable car gives you ease of life and mobility. But the difference between having a reliable car and an expensive reliable car is minimal." - Zorba Paster, M.D. and Susan Meltsner, The longevity Code: Your Personal Prescription for a Longer, Sweeter Life (Get the book.) "At present, the scientific data is too sketchy to make a firm statement on longevity. Still, the need for sexual and physical intimacy persists throughout our lives, although as we age sexual encounters tend to decline in number. In our society more than 50 percent of married men and women in their seventies are sexually active. More vacations, earlier retirement, and the continuing dedication to action-oriented lifestyles can play a positive role in sex and intimacy interactions. Should You Have Sex When Your Relationship Is in Trouble?" - Zorba Paster, M.D. and Susan Meltsner, The longevity Code: Your Personal Prescription for a Longer, Sweeter Life (Get the book.)

"EAT RIGHT FOR LONG LIFE Basically, the diet that will most support healthy longevity follows these principles: It's nontoxic. That means it contains hardly any preservatives, additives, pesticides, growth hormones (routinely given to livestock and poultry), antibiotics (likewise), food coloring, chemical flavoring, and other substances that tax your liver, your digestive system, and your heart. It contains enough nutrients and fuel to satisfy your daily needs." - Ronald Klatz and Robert Goldman, Stopping the Clock: longevity for the New Millenium (Get the book.)

"The myth of excellence is also sustained by the assumption that advances in medical care are responsible for most of the gains in health and longevity realized in the United States during the twentieth century. I admit that I was dubious when I first read that this was not the case. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Since 1900, the average lifespan of persons in the United States has lengthened by greater than 30 years; 25 years of this gain are attributable to advances in public health." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Most epidemiologists at the time attributed the Japanese's longevity to their low-fat diet, and the dietary theory was the starting point for Stallones's work. Would immigrant Japanese-Americans adopt a more high-fat, Western-style diet as they assimilated? And would such a transition affect Japanese-American rates of heart disease? Syme was interested in something else. He had done earlier research which indicated that men who had either recently moved or changed jobs were more likely to suffer a heart attack than men who had done neither." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.) "If Marmot's new findings were right, then perhaps it was necessary to rethink the then-accepted explanation for the longevity and good health of the Rosetans and traditional Japanese. Perhaps these people owed their good fortune less to the power of healing ties and more to the fact that they lived in communities where everyone was provided with a clear and secure social role, where overt displays of status were discouraged, and where conformity was encouraged. In Roseto, everyone ate pasta on the same days of the week." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

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