Living To 150

Review of my exercise regime: My exercise regime a year ago was not great. I used to play racquetball once a week, and that had stopped. Now I had to make changes.

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A high level of sugar in the diet correlates with Metabolic Syndrome, diabetes, cancer and heart disease. So we ought to cut down dramaticallly – right? Well, I did – read more.

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I reduced the amount of food I cooked at high temperatures. This was to avoid glycation. For example, I substituted frying my salmon for poaching or steaming it.

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I am in Denver ready to meet with Dr Terry Grossman in two days at his anti-aging clinic.
I have signed up to a two day health assessment and series of consultations with Terry himself, his wife, a practitioner in nutrition and Chinese medicine, and others.
I want to build on the blood tests I had done [...]

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In just 17 years, life expectancy in the UK has risen by 4 years, meaning that a baby born today can expect to live to nearly 80 years old, on average.
This is due largely to better healthcare, meaning that some sick people are kept alive for longer.
With the rise in obesity and the [...]

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In the last post, I said that generalised inflammation is heavily implicated in causing or worsening the main degenerative diseases – cancer, heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.
After cutting down on Omega-6 in the diet, omega-3 supplementation is the top way for most people to reduce their level of generalised inflammation.
The reason for [...]

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Over the years there have been many changes of recommendation as to what types of fats are healthy for us. There is particular confusion over whether we need Omega-3 or Omega-6 fatty acids.
The truth is: we need Omega-3s.
We should generally shoot for a 1:1 balance of Omega-3 to Omega-6 in the diet. The problem [...]

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Patrick Holford – one of the UK’s foremost publicists for natural healthcare – has started a bandwagon rolling to make the population aware of metabolic syndrome. This is the syndrome focused around excessive sugar consumption which produces ‘insulin resistance’ of cells. Metabolic syndrome/insulin resistance probably kills most people in this country.
So it’s good [...]

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Calorie restriction or "CR" has been shown to extend lifespan in some animals and worm. By reducing intake, our bodies slow down our metabolism to cope with the reduced level of food eaten.
However, can we deal with the repeated hunger pangs? Should we incorporate CR – or partial CR – into our lifestyle [...]

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The latest "Statins Beat Heart Attack" headlines would be wryly funny if they weren’t so tragic.
Short sighted journalists are fooled by profit-hungry drug companies who, as often seems to be the case, are driving partisan research chemists.
"Statins Reduce Heart Attacks"
This is not news, and it is not even surprising. Anything which reduces general inflammation [...]

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