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"It usually occurs after the use of antibiotics. old age, presence of other serious illnesses and poor overall health may increase the risk of severe disease. Diagnosis of C. difficile disease can be done with a simple stool test and it is commonly treated with antibiotics. However, probiotics would be beneficial in this probiotic poor intestinal situation. C. difficile is spread by fecal-oral contaimination. Bacteria in the stool can contaminate surfaces such as toilets, handles, bedpans or commode chairs. Hand washing is vital to reducing the spread of this potentially deadly disease." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"At one point comprising dozens of members, most of these self-proclaimed "immortals" had died of old age. The survivors seemed unfazed. "We still think some of us will make it," Elect Philip, a cadaverously thin old man, told the Orange County Register in 1995. At that point, the seven people left in the group—all octogenarians and nonagenarians—still believed the apocalypse was imminent. 242 Making Contact with the Otherworld I tracked them down by calling Charna Walker, the owner of Date-land, a nearby town." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"The frailty we associate with old age is basically the loss of autonomy, the inability to withstand external pressures and perturbations. Aging includes both the positive and negative changes that occur. A gerontologist would define aging as the risk of dying. Irrespective of the presence of disease, there is, given this finiteness of a life span, a continuous risk of dying. In most cases this increases as our age increases. Other factors can change your risk of dying as well as aging, so it's not that aging alone is the determiner, but it is the overarching change." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.) "Toku got the Willcoxes thinking of two things: One, they wanted to see the real place that produced these long-lived people; and two, if an Okinawan living in freezing Canada could be healthy at the ripe old age of 105, what about the rest of us? Could Blue Zone behaviors travel? In Okinawa, the Willcox brothers met Dr. Makoto Suzuki, a demure Japanese medical doctor who had discovered this Okinawan Blue Zone. He took the young scientists under his wing. In 1975, Dr. Suzuki had been sent to the main island from Tokyo to help open Okinawa's first medical school." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.) "They've learned to be likable and to keep younger people in their company well into their old age. An American B ue Zone An A merican Blue Zone The Longevity Oasis in Southern California ARGE JETTON BARRELED DOWN THE San Bernardino Freeway in her rootbeer-col-ored Cadillac Seville. Peering from behind dark sunshades, her head barely cleared the steering wheel. She was late for one of the several volunteer commitments she had that day, and she calmly but firmly goosed the Caddy's throttle to move it along. It was early on a Friday morning, and Marge had already accomplished quite a lot." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"It's been said that you absorb the vast majority of the sun's damage to your skin by the time you reach the ripe old age of eighteen. Well, it has also been suggested that by the time you were six months old, you had already absorbed about 30 percent of your total lifetime toxic load of chemicals. Some of that chemical load is largely due to the combinations of vaccines children receive that also contain additives." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"The stigmatization and despair such Many years ago, a vigorous older patient of mine, a professional actress, told me that old age had been a source of empowerment for her. "Aging doesn't tame you," she said during one of her appointments. "It creates the opportunity to take more risk." the power of stories: a narrative approach to ending alzheimer's By changing the way we think about Alzheimer's, we change the story we tell about our aging brains. That matters because stories surround us, shape us, serve as the building blocks of our lives, and weave us into our human communities." - 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.) "AD was embraced by the neuroscientific community and formulated in a way that implied that cognitive deterioration and disability in old age were not the result of a natural process, but of a "disease." This marked the revival of the AD myth originated by Kraepelin in 1910. alzheimer's becomes a national institution In 1974 the National Institute on Aging (NIA) was born. Initially, President Richard Nixon vetoed the authorizing bill in an effort to reduce the size of the federal government." - 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.) "Alzheimer and others that cognitive decline was an inevitable effect of old age. Though not everyone was convinced, it became politically incorrect to express personal doubts about whether Alzheimer's disease was a specific form of brain aging. A uniform voice was required to trumpet AD as "abnormal aging" in order to convince politicians and financial backers that this was a disease that could be cured. Nuance was lost, sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. In private, most clinicians and scientists recognized, just as Dr." - 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.) "In consequence, millions of people approach old age expecting to become burdens to their families and to society as they "fade away" and "lose their selves" to a "disease." Sadly, this is becoming the dominant view of the aging process for millions of people around the world, particularly in countries influenced by the Western Enlightenment and dominated by concepts of autonomy and rationality. Eastern conceptions of enlightenment in the spiritual sense may offer us wiser perspectives of the aging process and the roles of elders." - 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.)

"The lens developers who were dealing with the public found a plus lens that would sharpen near vision—when you reached old age. 2. In addition, they found that young people with slightly blurry distance vision could instantly clear their distance vision with a minus lens. The theory of using a lens is based on the traditional understanding of responsibility and the desire for direct action. There has been very little improvement in this concept. The theory that develops after the fact is used to explain away these bad results." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.)

"After using statistical analysis to adjust all-cause-mortality for factors including renal failure, old age, and the severity of CHF, magnesium deficiency emerged as being a reliable predictor of mortality. This study clearly showed that patients with CHF—particularly those in the later stages of the disease or at an advanced age—require frequent serum magnesium determinations, as well as subsequent supplementation, when serum levels fall. High Blood Pressure Increased resistance in the peripheral blood vessels is fundamental to the development of hypertension." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Nor do you have to settle for a conven-rional ripe old age of measured progress. Using the methods in this book, you can easily unleash enough mental power to do both and live a long life of no limits. What do you want most out of life? Surprisingly few people ever ask themselves that question. You've had to answer it as you worked through the process in this book because the answer is integral to your story behind the story and to your health. You can use the methods in this book to expand your awareness." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"From birth to old age, the species and concentrations of probiotics found in your intestinal tract will change. Let's use Bifidobacteria as an example. In infants, the Bifidobacteria (B. infantis and B. breve) are the dominant probiotics. These are found less frequently in adults. Instead, an adult's intestinal tract tends to contain B. bifidum and B. longum. As we continue to age, more changes occur. After the age of 50, the concentration of Bifidobacteria starts to decline steadily. Meanwhile bad microbes, such as coliforms and Welch's bacilli, increase." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"When he comes to weakness—whether he come to weakness through old age or through disease—this person frees himself from these limbs just as a mango, or a fig, or a berry releases itself from its bond; and he hastens again, according to the en- 1 Bhagavad Gita, 10:20. trance and place of origin, back to life. As noblemen, policemen, chariot-drivers, village-heads wait with food, drink, and lodgings for a king who is coming, and cry: 'Here he comes! Here he comes!' so indeed do all things wait for him who has this knowledge and cry: 'Here is the Imperishable coming!" - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

"And so, by the time you reached the ripe old age of two, you had internalized your parents. You knew what they thought about you, whether you were good or bad, and they spoke their opinions to you even when they weren't around, from your internalized image of them. You no longer needed your physical ears to hear Mom say, "Don't drink in the living room" when you made a mess; you told yourself "You're a bad boy," perhaps in Mom's voice, because Mom had become alive inside you. You needed this internal critic in early life to keep you out of trouble." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

"Our Future Womanhood is complex and amazing, and it deserves an equally amazing old age. We are, most of us, going to be living well beyond our eighties, and we are destined to spend over half of our lives on the verge of menopause, in menopause, and beyond. Most of us are going to receive twenty extra years to watch our grandchildren and great-grandchildren grow—biblical life spans, bonus years, for at least one million people. We are the first generation of women who have the power and freedom to start second or third careers, and we won't be alone. Men are catching up with us." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "I hadn't fully comprehended that as we age, our adrenal health is vital to produce enough stress and sex hormones to ensure a happy, energetic old age. Understanding hormones and how they interact with one another made sense of both Western and Chinese medicine. I now understood how treating the Chinese kidney (really the adrenal glands) could enhance natural hormone production, and how using bioidentical hormones like a tonic could actually improve long-term health. In 1998 I attended a five-day natural hormone conference with Dr. Thierry Hertoghe, a leading anti-aging physician from Belgium." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "I like to think of these phases as the adolescence of old age. Do you recall how tough adolescence was? Well, in perimenopause it is happening all over again, only in reverse. Although hormonal decline is inevitable, it is not irreversible and it needn't be uncomfortable. We can ease it and even delay it. How hormones decline is individualized. It may be quite noticeable in some but not in others." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Some call perimenopause the adolescence of old age. Remember how your body changed in puberty? Well, now it's happening in reverse, and it can be just as difficult and confusing. Like puberty, hormone levels are changing rapidly. One day they are up and the next day they are down. One day you feel sexual and energetic, and another day you are sexless and can't get out of bed. Puberty is over in three years, but for most women the hormonal ups and downs leading to menopause can last anywhere from five to fifteen years." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"In the following chapters we share stories that illuminate Brilliant Health in different life circumstances: living through illness, living into a ripe old age, and living well at the end of life. TEN Living Through Illness in Brilliant Health ERICA'S STORY In a small apartment overlooking the Hong Kong harbor, a woman in her mid-fifties approaches the window and stands watching the late light of the evening over the water. She's tired. It's been a long day. She's spent most of it at the hospital, talking with patients suffering from serious illness." - 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.) "For some people, old age can be isolating and depressing. Lou's life could not be more different. She has served as a model of generosity for every generation of her family, and this spirit of giving has become a guiding star of her family's culture. Truth "I tell the truth," says Lou. "It's as simple as that." Her granddaughter confides to us that she's never been in doubt about what Lou is thinking or feeling. As competitive or excited or engaged as Lou may be in the moment, she is absolutely clear about her reactions. "Grandma comes from a generation where everything is hidden." - 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.) "And it's proof of something we've observed in our work for years: that we can change how we behave, enhance our health, and live increasingly richer lives into advanced old age. To our delight, there are repeated tidal surges of other fascinating research from the social sciences, medicine, and the physical sciences on the overall health benefits of positive affect. Most of these studies weren't available when we began our trek into the world of happiness, and it's all happening so quickly, we expect new research to emerge between the time we finish writing this book and its publication." - 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.) "In fact, 121 years after his death at a ripe old age, longevity researchers at the University of Michigan would prove just how important giving is. They found that older people who did not give practical or emotional support to others—helping with transportation, shopping, housework, errands, or child care—were more than twice as likely to die over a five year period as people who consistently helped spouses, friends, relatives, and neighbors. Even though none of the 423 couples in the study had yet been born, Mr." - 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.)

"Of course the lifetime risk for CHD is high once the age of 70 is reached; eventually hearts give out in people lucky enough to reach a ripe old age and otherwise in good health. And it's true that the Framingham study examined the relationship between increased cholesterol levels and the risk of heart disease at different ages. But, as mentioned before, the data showed exactly the opposite of what the guidelines imply: total cholesterol is not significantly related to mortality from coronary heart disease beyond the age of 60." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "Even if loss of bone mass is a naturally occurring part of aging, hip fractures in old age are still a serious threat. So how can older women reduce their risk of hip fractures? As we've just seen, there are no magic pills. But there are ways to significantly strengthen bones and reduce the risk of fracture at any age. Proper exercise and good nutrition are important through all stages of life to build and maintain strong bones. Reaching young adulthood with bones strengthened by routine exercise and a diet with adequate calcium makes future problems far less likely." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"The most prevalent health problems of old age are arthritis, osteoporosis, heart disease, cancer, and dementia, and all of these respond favorably to normalization of vitamin D levels and diet. The Vitamin D Cure goes beyond the mythical Fountain of Youth for seniors because it's a Fountain for Youth, too. Adequate vitamin D and an acid-base-balanced diet in the developing fetus and in growing children will: 184 ?ensure healthy brain development; ?reduce risk of infection; ?improve response to vaccines; ?build stronger bones and teeth; ?" - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Just because old age is a risk factor for heart disease, however, doesn't mean you are automatically a good candidate for a statin. One study that hasn't received much media attention (the PROSPER study, which I discuss later) showed that men over age seventy without heart disease had no heart disease-prevention benefit from statins. But the point system adds on a point for every five years over age forty-five up to age eighty." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"The intake of calcium is most important during the bone-building years of childhood through adolescence and in old age. During puberty, calcium is required for bone growth and for the achievement of maximal calcification. Postmenopausal women and men over 65 require a greater intake of calcium because absorption of calcium is less efficient, but the dietary intake of calcium is usually lower because of intolerance to dairy products or elimination of dairy products as part of a low-fat diet." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "A 1996 review of the literature on peak bone mass and exercise confirms these results and adds that exercise can maintain normal bones sufficiently strong until very old age and can strengthen weak bones when used in concert with adequate nutrition.170 The author of this review concludes—as is the case in many studies—that even small increases in initial bone mass grow to a substantial difference if the increased bone mass is maintained by a lifetime of regular exercise." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

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