AN ALTERNATIVE TO HRT: Take a walk
We all know that fatty fish and supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids can help prevent a second, and perhaps fatal, heart attack - but researchers have now found that the same diet can also help healthy people live longer too.
A long and healthy life does not just depend on your genes, but also on good habits. Indeed, the US National Institute on Aging has sent a group of demographic researchers to places where people live significantly longer than the rest of us, and...
Given perfect conditions, human beings are thought to be capable of living a healthy 125 years. Indeed, the oldest recorded human being was a French woman who lived to be 122 years of age (JAMA, 1 ...
Body temperature reflects metabolic rate (the amount of food burned per day per unit of body weight). Some advocates of natural life extension believe reducing an individual's core temperature and ...
Women aren’t living longer than menWomen are no longer enjoying longer lives than men. Their greater longevity is being eroded by adopting a lifestyle that is more like men’s, especially by drinking more heavily. As a result, women are beginning to...
DIABETES: It's more common than we think, and it might all start when
We all age, but the deterioration associated with aging (called, senescence) is partly under our control. Senescence is speeded up by toxicity and our bodies' response to it. The human body has many natural defenses against environmental toxicity...
Let’s discuss the relationship of exercise on longevity in a logical manner. I’ve always sensed that the healthier one is, the longer that person should live. Comparatively speaking, if one is weak and out-of-shape, and is prone to pain, illness...
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...
