Prevention and Early Intervention is the Path to Life Extension
Given the right tools, the human body has an amazing capacity to heal and care for itself. This means that nothing is more important than good nutrition - one’s basic diet, supplemented by what is deficient in the diet. If there are serious deficiencies, this will eventually result in dire consequences. Scurvy and pellagra are good examples. Nutraceuticals are non-toxic, highly specialized foods which can provide the body with the necessities to heal itself and thereby remain healthy as long as our individual genetics allow.
What has been learned from studies of Centenarians?
The centenarians and offspring had higher levels of the good cholesterol. But when the researchers looked at lipoprotein size, the centenarians stood out. Eighty percent of them were found to have an unusually high proportion of large LDL particles.
Living Longer and Larger: It's in the Size of Cholesterol-Carrying Molecules
Scientists trying to figure out why just 1 person in 10,000 lives to be 100 have found an important clue in the blood.
Centenarians, a new study shows, tend to have larger than average cholesterol-carrying molecules.
The study adds to an emerging collection of evidence that suggests the size of lipoproteins, both good and bad, may play a significant role in heart disease, diabetes and, consequently, longevity.
By Mary Duenwald, the New York Times October 15, 2003, JAMA. 2003 Oct 15;290(15):2030-40