The good news is age doesn't have to mean forgetful days, heart attacks and brittle bones. As middle aged baby boomers approach the senior years, geriatric research is gaining momentum. We're learning how preventive health practices--exercise, diet,

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If at any time you feel unwell on the diet, consult a health professional. It may have nothing to do with the programme, or you may be applying the pattern wrongly in some way. The most likely readjustment you will sense is a change in energy pattern

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In the previous chapter I briefly touched on 'empty calories' and the way satiety (the feeling of wanting to stop eating because of the sensation of having 'had enough') is reached more rapidly when food is rich in nutrients. You can easily experimen

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Your 'set point' weight is a key number. It gives you a marker from which you can assess whether you are achieving successful modification of metabolic rate through calorie restriction, by keeping a check on weight loss, and it also allows you to mon

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The dietary restriction programme is not a weight-reducing approach as such. Its two aims are: health promotion (whether this be prevention of normal / common age-related health problems, or recovery from current ill health); and promotion of life ex

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Caution: To repeat the warnings in the last chapter: none of the methods that follow should be applied to people listed below, unless approved (and ideally supervised) by a medical expert in nutritional methods:   Children (or indeed an

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                        Salloum, Burton and Fuhrman as well as many other experts suggest that during a supervised long fast the

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            If serious symptoms occur on a long fast, such as a sudden drop in blood pressure, or a feeling of extreme cold which persists, or a prolonged, rapid and weak pulse, or extreme

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Awareness of the likely side-effects of fasting is important for both the person undertaking the fast and anyone supervising or looking after them. Such 'side-effects' are usually relatively mild and are rarely serious, and include:  

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    Emaciation. Fasting during pregnancy. Type l diabetics Infants Kidney failure Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (MCAD) Long fasts There are strong contraindications    

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There are a number of competing theories as to just what constitutes the mechanics of the aging process, but there is an increasing agreement that it is probably a combination of interacting elements - all happening at the same time. This was neatly

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Unlike the use of medication and much surgical intervention which impose solutions, or which makes forced alterations to particular situations, natural healing methods have a respect for the self-healing (homeostatic) potentials of the body. This is

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Fasting is arguably the most natural and effective health enhancing measure available - or at least it was. Lengthy fasts, up to 100 days, used to be carried out regularly with spectacular results and usually following a predictable pattern. Because

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The near-epidemic of osteoporosis affecting post-menopausal women deserves a special mention as it is largely preventable. A balanced restricted calorie diet provides adequate calcium, as shown in Chapter 13. However, as an added insurance measure it

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Even if you are not convinced of the need for antioxidant supplementation, it is still necessary to insist that any calorie restriction diet should be accompanied by the taking of one strong multimineral and one strong multivitamin capsule/tablet dai

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In their comprehensive survey of life extension methods, Pearson and Shaw (Life Extension, 1983) extol the virtues of using a number of artificial antioxidant substances, many of which are currently in use in food preservation. They point out that so

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This is a matter of personal choice. Many experts believe that supplementation adds a great deal to such a programme, especially in view of the degree of environmental toxicity to which we are exposed. On the other hand, there is only limited evidenc

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The pineal gland communicates with every cell of the body through its primary hormone, melatonin. Most hormones need a receptor on the cell membrane before they can enter the cell. Not so for melatonin. As the pineal gland releases melatonin, it quic

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In my introduction, I discussed the experiment by Maestroni and colleagues, published in 1988, that found an average 20% increase in longevity in middle-aged, male mice when they were given melatonin in their nightly drinking water. The researchers s

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This program is designed primarily for people over age 65, an age group that continues to increase in numbers in our society. An important point I would like to state early is that we need to care for ourselves in our younger years so that we can sta

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Physical activity has made its way into the new food pyramid. But it's not just about going to the gym. You can be active in many different ways. Walking, gardening, briskly pushing a baby stroller, climbing the stairs, playing soccer, or dancing t

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Reviewed By Charlotte Mathis, MD WebMD Public Information from the United States Department of Agriculture Vegetables are one of the main food groups in the new Food Pyramid. Here's the information you need to learn to start enjoying nutrient-p

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Reviewed By Michael Smith, MD WebMD Public Information from the United States Department of Agriculture The new Food Pyramid lists daily recommendations of fruits in terms of cups. In general, 1 cup of fruit or 100% fruit juice, or cup of dri

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Meat and beans make up one of the main food groups in the new Food Pyramid. But this group is about more than just meat and beans. What foods are included in the meat & beans group? All foods made from meat, poultry, fish, dry beans or peas, e

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One of the main food groups in the new food pyramid is milk, yogurt, and cheese. All liquid milk products and many foods made from milk that retain their calcium content are considered part of this food group. Foods made from milk that have little

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Will the real whole grain please stand up? Scan the bread aisle and virtually every package touts some kind of nutritional whole-grain goodness. But few of them actually are whole grain. We're surrounded by terms like multigrain, 100% wheat, cracke

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In this section, the basic process of physical and mental aging as it relates to many of the chronic degenerative, and sometimes fatal, diseases will be explored. This program can be used in conjunction with other programs, such as Immune Enhancement

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In the future, stress may come to be seen as the primary contributing cause of most disease. Research continues to link stress to more and more symptoms and diseases, both acute and chronic. Stress is inevitable in today’s world and, of course,

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It only takes five heart-healthy lifestyle habits to significantly reduce heart disease risk in middle-aged and older men, a new study shows. Even men being treated for high blood pressure or high cholesterol showed a reduced risk of heart disease w

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