Our Bodies are an extraordinary mix of complexity, durability and restoration with recuperation. The human body can actually fix itself if it has not been too badly damaged and the restoration process go on for about one hundred twenty years if we amongst the genetic elite. This life span is not an arbitrary number, but [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 21, 2010
In China there is a proverb that goes something like – a daily cup of tea keeps you out of the pharmacy. That may be pushing it somewhat but I am about to discuss the amazing health benefits you can achieve when drinking tea. Not just any tea mind you, oolong tea to be specific. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 14, 2010
The average individual who thinks about these things would be happy with an average life expectancy and maybe more if it is in the cards or better still – their genes. Should we expect to live beyond average longevity? What about maximum longevity? Some interesting things are being researched these days concerning life extension – [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 8, 2010
Finally, Americans are smoking less, but they are eating more. A research says that the number of smokers in America has dropped by 20 percent over the last 15 years. However, the volume of obese Americans has almost doubled. Unfortunately, if the trend persists, the potential danger of obesity will exceed the public gains of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 7, 2010
In the Chinese tradition and some other far eastern societies those people of age have been highly revered and taken care of. The people of the Igabo tribe from Nigeria understand the significance of their elders and see to it that they take part in the child rearing responsibility as well as tribal administration. In [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 1, 2010
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You may have heard the phrases “old age is cruel” or “aging is akin to regretting” and it is unfortunate but also true that there are many elderly people who feel regret and are in fact living with the cruel reality that is old age. These people have reached their elder years with nothing more [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 24, 2010
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It happens to everyone. We forget where we put our car keys, cannot place a name with a face, these are natural memory lapses that happen to us all as we get older. They begin to occur more frequently the older we get and when it becomes worrisome we should speak to our physician, no [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 18, 2010
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Life expectancy is rising around the world, yet the average American life expectancy of seventy eight years continues to remain below that of the Okinawa population, which is eighty one years old and above. The average life expectancy worldwide is sixty seven years of age. As for Okinawa versus the United States, experts know exactly [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 12, 2010
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Experts are saying that Britain’s ageing population is happier and healthier than previous generations. The number of old-aged people who live to their 80s or 90s has increased extensively over the recent years. Life for Britain’s senior citizens is improving day-by-day. The earlier notions of old-aged as a being decrepit, assailed by memory problems and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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The value we place on our cars is sometimes more than we give our brains – proof of this is riding a motor cycle without a helmet. That is a different topic however. What I am discussing here is keeping our cognitive ability well after we are old enough to get a discount everywhere we [...]
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