I now have to decide on my initial treatment for longevity, based on my blood test results.
I have taken Life Extension Foundation’s Life Extension Mix (a very special multi-mineral/vitamin mix) for around 6 months. I did this on purpose prior to taking the blood tests. This may well have boosted levels of certain blood components [...]
Entries from June 2008
Aims Of Treatment For Longevity
June 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Blood sugar, Blood tests, C-reactive protein, Cholesterol, longevity
Tags: Aging·Blood sugar·Blood tests·C-reactive protein·Cholesterol·CRP·longevity
Results Of My Blood Tests For Longevity
June 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Blood sugar, Blood tests, Cholesterol, health, longevity
From my blood tests for longevity, the overall test results I have received are good.
Kidney and liver show no malfunction. There are good to very good signs that cancer, heart disease and arthritic tendencies are not present. Prostate signs are good.
Thyroid indications are good. Vitamins B12 and D are good. Glycation level is good. (If [...]
Tags: Aging·Blood sugar·Blood tests·Cholesterol·health·longevity
Blood Tests For Longevity - Details Of Mine
June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Blood tests, health, longevity
I plan to interpret my own blood tests, using my studies of anatomy and some biochemistry in my career, LEF (Life Extension Foundation) advice line; the books I have, particularly by Philip Miller (Life Extension Revolution), Internet searches; and advice from a knowledgeable friend in the UK. I am not an expert in blood test [...]
Tags: Aging·Blood tests·life extension·longevity
Why Excellent Blood Tests Are So Important
June 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Blood tests, health, longevity
As an indication of why excellent blood tests are so important to longevity, I like this quote from Philip Miller’s ‘Life Extension Revolution’:
…we know that the key to beating disease is to respond to early signs of cellular dysfunction, long before the first sign or symptom appears. While full-blown disease is often unstoppable, the cellular [...]
Tags: Aging·Blood tests·early warning·longevity
Good Blood Tests are Vital
June 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Blood tests, health, longevity
A series of good blood tests are essential if you want to know what is going on inside your body. As mentioned previously, you can pay fortunes for blood tests; or the cost can be quite modest.
Life Extension Foundation (LEF) in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, offer very reasonable prices for blood tests. In addition, every [...]
Tags: Blood tests·lef·longevity
Longevity: Staying Healthy While Aging Is One Thing; But Living To 150….?
June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Glycation, Homocysteine, health, longevity
Longevity is easier to achieve today than it has ever been. We are killing ourselves a little bit every day in ways that are not that hard to address. We just need the knowledge, and the will to do so.
4 of the main ways we are slowly killing ourselves are:
By allowing blood homocysteine to [...]
Tags: Aging·Glycation·Homocysteine·inflammation·longevity·oxidation
Immune System - Key to Aging?
June 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, Books, health, longevity
An overactive immune system is the main cause of degenerative disease and aging, according to Mark Liponis, a Director of Canyon Ranch health resorts. He puts forward this theory in this new book.
He points out that white blood cells are closely involved in arteriosclerosis, cancer, arthritis and Alzheimer’s Disease, for example.
He also has [...]
Tags: Aging·canyon ranch·liponis·longevity
Sophisticated Health Tests Help You Live Longer
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Blood tests, longevity
There are blood tests available today which makes regular blood tests from the doctor look just so-o-o-o old fashioned.
The latest research has pinpointed blood markers which can predict such ailments as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, many cancers, and a whole raft of degenerative diseases, a decade or more before they take hold. Preventive methods are [...]
Tags: Blood tests·longevity
Living to 150
June 8th, 2008 · No Comments · longevity
Live to 150? What is this guy talking about?
The response of most people is: "I don’t want to be weak, diseased, frail - AND 100…" (let alone 150).
Fair enough.
But this assumes you CAN’T get to that age and still be vibrant, vigorous and healthy. My aim is to prove that that assumption is wrong.
I [...]