by Martin Ettington | May 16, 2014 | Aging, antioxidants, Diet, Healthy Aging, Lifestyle, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article |
By: Greg Marshall With the growing popularity of green tea, you might dismiss this tasty brew as just another fad. The truth of the matter is that there is scientific evidence that green tea actually does help prevent cardiovascular disease and slow the progression of...
by Martin Ettington | May 15, 2014 | Aging, Diet, Healthy Aging, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Recipes |
In November, the Mediterranean diet became one of the first nutritional regimes to be recognized as “intangible heritage” by the United Nations. Italy, Spain, Greece and Morocco successfully campaigned to have their traditional Mediterranean foods classified by...
by Martin Ettington | May 12, 2014 | Aging, Anti-Aging, Diet, Healthy Aging, Lifestyle, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
ANI | May 6, 2014, 12.00 AM IST A landmark study of thousands of members of a retirement community in Southern California is revealing factors that may contribute to living longer.Some of the findings are no surprise- smoking led to shorter lifespans, while those who...
by Martin Ettington | May 9, 2014 | Anti-Aging, Biology, Cells, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, proteins, Science Research |
More progress with GDF 11, anti-aging protein Date: May 4, 2014 Source: Harvard University Summary: Scientists have shown that a protein they previously demonstrated can make the failing hearts in aging mice appear more like those of young health mice, similarly...
by Martin Ettington | May 7, 2014 | Aging, Anti-Aging, Biology, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
A transfusion of youthful blood may halt or even reverse the ageing process as two studies find that the chemical make-up of younger blood has surprising health benefits Transfusions of young blood could hold the key to reversing the signs of ageing, scientists...
by Martin Ettington | May 6, 2014 | Aging, Anti-Aging, Healthy Aging, Lifestyle, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Meditation, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Health |
Dr Janni Lloyd I feel what we call ‘ageing’ is actually a chronic dis-ease that we have simply accepted. Because we believed “physical death was inevitable” we created a way of fading out of life slowly – “ageing”. If we liken our life force to a fully open stream of...
by Martin Ettington | May 6, 2014 | Aging, Exercise, Healthy Aging, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Doing aerobic exercise twice a week for 26 weeks significantly increased the volume of older women’s hippocampi—the region of the brain associated with memory. 79-year-old Hideko Kurihara lifts wooden dumbbells during Japan’s “Respect for the Aged...
by Martin Ettington | May 5, 2014 | Aging, Exercise, Healthy Aging, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Road to fountain of youth paved with fast food … and sneakers? Date: April 28, 2014 Source: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Summary: Unhealthy lifestyle habits can accelerate the process of senescence (cell death) and the...
by Martin Ettington | May 4, 2014 | Business, Longevity |
My sincere thanks to all of our readers who have helped us get to this point ! This last week marked a milestone in our Longevity Blog since we have now published over 500 posts on longevity. My research tells me that we now have more articles on longevity–from...
by Martin Ettington | May 3, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Cell Regeneration, Cells, Longevity, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Date: May 1, 2014 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: Scientists have identified a key chemical that can repair the damage to cells which causes a rare but devastating disease involving accelerated aging. As well as offering a promising new way of treating the...
by Martin Ettington | May 2, 2014 | Aging, Healthy Aging, Lifestyle, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Psychology, Science Research |
When asked how old they felt, on average the centenarians surveyed said “83 years old,” and the 65-year-old baby boomers on average said they felt “55 years old.” The United States is home to around 55,000 centenarians, and 40 million people...
by Martin Ettington | May 1, 2014 | Aging, Exercise, Science Research, Weight Loss |
By T. Jared Bunch, MD Published Apr 30, 2014 One of my colleagues and I have had an ongoing discussion regarding the “obesity paradox” – weight and how it influences our lifespan. He is over six feet tall and near 170 pounds. He has a strict whole food diet, exercises...
