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Bottom Line's Power Aging by Gary Null The Revolutionary Program to Control the Symptoms of Aging Naturally by Gary Null, PhD Publishedby arrangementwith New American Library, a divisionof PenguinGroup (USA) Inc. O 2003Gary Null's Anti-Aging Center All rights reserved Additional recipesexclusiveto the Bottom Line. Booksedition courtesyof Gary Null Associates. O 2005Gary Null's Anti-Aging Center. International Edition printed by International Marketing Solutions,LLC. (Baltimore,Maryland, USA) with the permissionof Boardroom@Inc. Printed in the United Statesof America Without limiting the rights under copyright reservedabove,no part of this publicationmay be reproduced,storedin or introduced into a retrievalsystem,or transmitted,in any form, or by any means(electronic,mechanical,photocopfing, recording, or otherwise),without the prior written permissionof both ihe copyright owner and the abovepublisherof this book. PUBLISHER'S NOTE Every effort has beenmade to ensurethat the information containedin this book is completeand accurate.However,neither the publishernor the author is engagedin renderingprofessionaladviceor servicesto the individual reader.The ideas,procedures,and suggestionscontainedin this book are not intended as a substitutefor consulting with your physician.All matters regardingyour health require medical supervision.Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsiblefor any' lossor damageallegedlyarising from any information or suggestionin this book. Addresses, telephonenumbersand Web siteslistedin this book are accurateat the time of publicationbut they are subjectto frequent change. rsBN 0-88723-391-0 2006,First Printing 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Bottom Linee Booksis a registeredtrademarkof BoardroomBInc. 281 TresserBoulevard.Stamford.CT 06901US-{.

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The materials presented in Bottom Line's Power Aging by Gary Null are designed to present information in support of a healthy lifestyle, but they do not guarantee a life free of illness. The information is presented for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat illness, diseaseor any other medical condition. Before acting on any of the information contained in Bottom Line's PowerAging,,the reader agreesthat it is his or her sole responsibility to consult with a licensed medical professional (a) to determine whether such information is suitable for the reader; (b) to review any special health concerns, risk factors, or medical conditions, especiallyif the reader is pregnant or lactating; and (c) to determine whether each of the foods, phytochemicals,supplements, nutrients, herbs, products, appliances, physical exercises,or other actions recommended or presented in Bottom Line's PowerAging is appropriate in the specified amounts or is contraindicated for the reader basedon any medications that the reader is taking or any other causeor condition relating to the reader, as may be stated in the most recent version of Physicians' Desk Reference or other applicablemedical authorities.

AbouttheAuthor

Gary Null, PhD, has written over seventy books, including the best-selling CompleteEncyclopediaof It{atural Healing. A highly sought after lecturer and educator,Null is the host of America's longest running daily health program, the Gary Null Show-the highest-ratedInternet program. He appearsregularly on public television, and has been featured in numerous publications including Time, Fitnessand J{atural Health. He lives in New York City.

Author'sDedication To peopleof any age who Aren't afi'aid to mnke conscious choicesto be the bestthat the-ycan be and get the bestfromothers.

Tableof Contents

PART l: BEGINNING THE PROCESS CHAPTER 1: AN ANTIAGING OVERVIEW / 3 What We're Up Against, and How We Can Beat lt New Millennium, New Mind-set / 3 ((Old" Ideas/ 4 Updating BabyBoomersDo It Again / 5 What's Here / 8 CHAPTER 2: IT'S T HE E NV I RO N M EN T ,ST U PID ! / 1 O How the Environment Affects Our Health No, You'reNot Stupid, but the Environment 1sAll-Important / l0 A Trip Back in Time / 11 The Move to the Cities / 12 A "Growing" Problem/ 12 Messingwith Mother Nature / 14 The Environmentand Your Bodv / 15 Every BreathYou Take / 16 Indoor Pollution / l6 The Good Earth / 18 What's Wrong with Artificial Fertilizer?/ 19 We'reEating What?/ 20 The Problemswith Pesticides/ 20 Our Overly Processed Food / 2l Irradiatedand GeneticallyModified Foods/ 23 The Dangerin Sugar/ 25 More Bad News aboutthe SweetSnff / 26

Our Water / 28 ...And What About Your Emotional Environment?/ 28 Let's Ask Qrestions / 29

CHAPTER 3: WHYDOWEAGE?/ 31 The BiologicalProcessesof Aging What TelomeresTell Us / 3l Free Radicals/ 32 OxidativeStress/ 33 Chronic Inflammation/ 33 Hormone Imbalances/ 35 DI\[A Mutations / 37 Immune SystemDysfunction/ 38 Glycosylation/ 38 MethylationDeficit / 38 MitochondrialEnergyDepletion / 38 Excessive Calcification/ 39 Fatty Acid Imbalance/ 39 DigestiveEnzyme Deficit / 39 NondigestiveEnzymeImbalances/ 39 Excitotoxicity / 39 Circulatory Deficit / 40 Aging'sa "Thought Thing" Too / 40 PART ll: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW CHAPTER 4: H OR MON A L K E Y S TO H E A LTH / 45

How Our HormonesAffect the Aging Process How Doesthe Hormonal SystemWork?/ 45 vll

What Causesthe Hormonal Systemto BreakDownl / 46 DIIEA / 47 DHEA Suppresses Inflammatory Cytokines/ 47 DHElt's AntiagingProperties/ 48 DHEA and the Brain / 49 DHEA and Immune Function / 49 DHEA and Women/ 50 Testosterone/ 50 Aging Men and EstrogenOverload/ 51 The Critical Need for Free Testosterone / 5l Medical TestingIs Required/ 52 Why Testosterone LevelsDecline / 53 Testosterone and l,ibido / 53 Testosterone and the ProstateGland / 54 Testosterone and Depression/ 56 Testosterone and Mental Decline / 57 Hormone Imbalanceand Obesity/ 57 Causesof the Estrogen-Testosterone Imbalancein Men / 57 SomeNatural Solutionsto Male Hormone Imbalances/ 58 Insulin / 60 Melatonin / 61 Growth Hormone / 62 Thyroid Hormone / 62 Hypothyroidism(UnderactiveThyroid Gland) / 62 Causesof Hypothyroidism/ 63 Treatmentfor Hypothyroidism/ 64 Hyperthyroidism(OveractiveThyroid Gland) / 64 Causesof Hyperthyroidism/ 64 Treatmentof Hyperthyroidism/ 65

ProtectingAgainstFibrinogen-Induced Heart Attack / 70 DetoxifyingHomocysteine/ 7l ControllingC-ReactiveProtein / 72 Lowering Your StrokeProfile / 73 Blood TestsRecommended for Cardiovascular Care/ 73 How ExcessInsulin CausesHeart httacks / 74 Testosterone and Your Heart / 75 The Right Diet Is Crucial... / 75 ...And So Is Exercise/ 77 What You Can Do: Three SpecificProtocolsfor Heart Health / 78 A Cardiovascular Protocol,/ 78 Supplements/ 78 Mineral for the Heart / 80 Herbs for Heart Health / 80 IntravenousTreatmentsfor Cardiovascular Health / 8l A Protocolto Lower Cholesterol/ 8I Supplementsthat Lower Cholesterol/ Bl Herbs that Lower Cholesterol/ 82 Mineral that Lowers Cholesterol/ 82 Phytochemicals that Lower Cholesterol/ 82 Exerciseto Lower Cholesterol/ 82 A Protocolto Lower High Blood Pressure (H,vpertension) / 82 Supplementsto ReduceHigh Blood Pressure/ 82 Phytochemicals to ReduceHigh Blood Pressure/ 83 StressManagementfor LoweringBlood Pressure/ 83 CHAPTER 6: PREVENTING OR FACING CANCER / 85

Strategiesfor ProtectingOurselves CHAPTER 5: THE HEART OF THE MATTER / 67

U n d e r s t a n d i n ga n d R e v e r s i n g C a r d i o v a s c lua r D i s e a s e Heart Disease Is a Process / 6l A Fresh Approach to Heart Disease / 67 Chronic Inflammatory Syndrome / 69 Correcting Inflammatory Risk Factors / 70 viii

The Long Dark Roadto Cancer/ 85 CancerIs Causedby Chemicals/ 87 What CausesGenesto Mutate?/ 87 Free Radicals/ 87 Diet and Cancer/ 88 Sugarand Cancer/ 89 Carcinogensin the Water / 90 Dioxin and Cancer/ 9l

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Pesticidesand Lymphoma / 92 The Politicsof Cancer/ 92 PrescriptionDrugs and Cancer/ 93 BreastImplantsand Cancer/ 95 Hormones and Cancer/ 96 Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and Cancer/ 97 Tamoxifenand Cancer/ 98 Arrestingthe CancerProcess/ 100 Avoid Known Cancer-Causine Sources/ l0l Do SomethingConstructiveAbout Cancer/ 102 ComplementaryTherapiesfor Cancer/ I03 PreventingGeneMutation / 104 Vitamins / 105 Minerals / 105 EssentialFats / 106 Herbs and Foods/ 106 Researchon Diet for Cancer/ 107 AlternativeMedicineand Cancer/ 109 Herbs for Cancer/ ll0 Calcium/ Il2 Garlic / ll2 Conclusion/ Il2

GHAPTER 7: STAYING MENTALLY SHARP AS WE AGE I 113

S t r a t e g i e sf o r F i g h t i n gA l z h e i m e r ' s , P a r k i n s o n ' sa, n d D e p r e s s i o n What Causesthe Brain to Age Prematurely?/ II4 FreeRadicalsand Antioxidants/ ll4 What Your Brain Needs/ ll7 Vitamins/ ll7 Acetyl-L-carnitineand Lipoic Acid / 120 A Word about Mitochondria / l2l CoenzymeQJt0/ 12l Cholineand Lecithin / 123 EssentialFatty Acids / I24 Vinpocetin / I24 Ginkgo Biloba / 125 Phosphatidylserine (PS) / 125 Garlic / 126 Melatonin / 126

Target:Parkinson'sDisease/ I27 Nutrients for teating Parkinson's Disease/ 129 The AlexanderTechnique/ 130 Exerciseand Parkinson'sDisease/ 130 Target:Alzheimer'sl)isease/ l3l Nutrients for TreatingAlzheimer's Disease/ I3I Depression/ 134 CHAPTER 8: THE ANTIAGING ARSENAL / 136

What's New, What's Tried and True Cutting-edgeSupplements/ 136 Brain Boostersfor Memory and Intelligence/ 138 ProvenAge-Busters/ 113 The AntioxidantArmy and Major Supportive Nutrients / I43 Chrono-Forte:The AntiagingFormula / 153 Bone-EnhancingNutrients for Women/ I53 Natural ProstateHelpersfor Men / 154 HerbalAids / 155 PART lll: PUTTING lT ALL TOGETHERFOR YOU! CHAPTER 9: GARY'S NON-DIET DlET' NO.EXERCISE EXERCISE PROGRAM / 163

C r e a t i n gt h e P l a nT h a t ' s R i g h tf o r Y o u DetoxFirst / 163 Life-EnhancementProtocols/ 16+ Life-EnhancementResults/ 165 Don't Be a Statistic/ 166 You Are What You Eat / 166 Give the Body the Right Building Blocks/ 167 The PowerAging Approach/ 167 Getting the Gist of OrganicJuicing / 167 Imbibing the Juice/ 168 How to Begin / 169 How to Eat Right Without Dieting / 170 What to Substitute/ 170 Substitutesfor Animal Protein / 17l Substitutesfor Dair1,/ 17l Substitutesfor Caffeineand Alcohol / 171 lx

Substitutesfor Sugarsand Artificial Sweeteners / 17l Substitutesfor Carbonated Beverages/ 172

The Conditions/ 268 ReadThis SectionFirst / 268 Allergies/ 269 Arthritis / 271

Substitutesfor Wheat / 172

Candida/ 273

What to Avoid / 172

Chronic Fatigue/ 273

Fiber Is Detoxifying / 172 BasicRulesfor Eating / 172

Chronic Pain / 274

More aboutMeat / 173 Break Out of Your BreakfastRut / 173 Let's Do Lunch-the Right Wryt 1 174 Your Diminishing Dinner / 174 SnackPower/ 174

Coldsand Flu / 276 DigestiveDisorders/ 276 Emphysema/ 277 Eye Disorders/ 278 Foot and Leg Problems/ 279 Hemorrhoids / 283

Low Caloriel)iets / 174 The Importanceof Exercise/ 175

HYpoglycemia/ 284

How Long ShouldI Exercise?/ 177 Conclusion/ 177

MenopausalProblems/ 286

Impotence/ 285 Muscle and Nerve Problems/ 287

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Osteoporosis/ 287

RECIPES FOR POWER AGING I 178

Urinary Tract Infections / 289

Jump-startYourDetox

VaricoseVeins / 290

Seven-DayJump-startYour Detox Plan / 179 Recipesfor PowerAging / I8l Beverages, Juices,and Nutritious Drinks / 186 Breakfasts/ 193 Appetizersand Snacks/ 197

A Note on Finding the Right AlternativeHealth Practitioner/ 29I PART IV: MORE HELP CHAPTER 12: TECHNIQUES TOWARD

Salads/ 201

TR A N S FOR MA TION / 295

Soups/ 210

A f f i r m a t i o n sf o r B r i n g i n gt h e M a g i c a n d PassionBack to Life

Vegetablesand Main Dishes / 219 Fish / 236 SideDishes/241

It's Time for "Inner Advertisine"l/ 296

Desserts/244

Outlining Goals/ 296

Condiments,Saladl)ressings,and Sauces/ 251 Breads/258

Getting Started/ 297 ResolvingPainand Resentment/ 298 Affirmationsand Thouehts / 299

CHAPTER 11: COUNT E RI NG CO MMON C ON D IT ION S I2 6 4

CHAPTER 13: VOICES OF EXPERIENCE / 301

S p e c i f i cS u p p l e m e n t a t i o n Plans

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The WellnessModel / 264 A WellnessProtocol / 265 The Importanceof Exercise/ 267

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AN ANTIAGING OVERVIEW What We'reUp Against,and How We Can Beat lt

NEW MILLENNIU-M, NEW MIND-SET ff f you were to open your family album, you might be struck by the way your grandparents looked.Just decadesago,a fifty-year-oldlooked downright old, and a thirty-five-year-old ffi M " ffilooked more like a fifty-year-old of today. A lot of the reasonhas to do with how little people understood about the aging process.They believed that life after forty was a downward slide accompanied by u decline in energy, a decreasein muscle (which was then replaced by fat), cognitive difficulties, and a variety of minor health ailments. Over time, these minor ailments grew into full-blown diseaseand, thereafter,resulted in death-just a couple decadesdown the line. Limited by a scant knowledge baseand a fatalistic belief system, Americans by and large allowed themselvesto grow old before their time. But as the saying goes,that was then and this is now-now beinq a new millennium in which the way we look at the human life span has wholly changed.When we entered the 2000s,many of us used that milestone as a chance to step back and ask, What's different now? and What's going to be different? about the way we live our lives. And what I saw in the field of aging was a conceptual shift-one

that's actually been going on for about three decadesnow-in

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Americans are exchanginga resignedattitude of "This will happen to me in my forties, and this will happen to me in my fifties, and this'll happen to me in my sixties..." for an assertiveattitude of "I'm going to make this happen in my sixties..."-srseventies

or eighties.And the

kinds of things they're making happen run the gamut from running a marathon to starting a new businessto becoming an accomplishedballroom dancer.In other words, the old limitations are being challenged,and the old "age-appropriate" labels are being thrown out the window.

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This is an exciting time becausealong with people's willingness to discard old stereorypes about aging, modern scienceis making great strides in the effort to prolong healthful human life. Today, researchersare tracking natural substancesand "smart" medicines that, if Ponce de Le6n's fountain of youth were ever found, would probably prove the source of that storied spring. From the well-touted antioxidants, like vitamin C and beta-carotene,to lesser-known substanceslike trimethylglycine, numerous compounds are proving themselvesas effective agefighters through the rigors of clinical testing. What it all adds up ro is that this millennium finds us on the brink of a new paradigm, wherein the natural expected life span may be extended from today's averageof under eighty years to one hundred twenty years or more. That's over forty more years-almost a half century-of extra life. Of course this increasewill be gradual. And we have to remember that it all starrswith individuals making physical changesto enhancetheir health and mental well-being, so that they're able to push the life span envelope.I've been advocatingmaking such changeson my daily radio program for years,and I admit that sometimesit's been discouragingwhen I've found out about particular listeners who, although they've been listeningfor years,haven't actually doneanything positive for their health. And you may have heard me speak of giving a lecrure on health to an enthusiasticaudience,only to leaveand then seesome of those samepeople heading into a fastfood place around the corner. On the other hand, I know there are many who are conscientiously applying new lifeenhancing information into their lives. A lot of these people are senior citizens. Today, I meet many older people who are eating wholesome foods and keeping their minds and bodies active by taking the time to regularly work out, read, socialize,and counter the daily stressesof life with meditation and yoga. Such individuals can remain active and healthy well into rheir seventies, eighties, and beyond, free from the crippling debilities of arthriris, macular degenerarion, heart disease,and other infirmities. Putting all these factors together-incorporating scientific advancesto increasethe natural life span, improving the quality of life, and living an oprimal lifestyle, will really pack a synergistic punch against aging.

UPDATING"OLD'' IDEAS By looking at the mass media, you wouldn't necessarilynotice that a paradigm shift is occprring. On TV, for instance, there are still a lot of stereotyped "olds1s1s"-grotchety, annoying people who aren't very active and who like to sit around complaining about their ills. They're often depicted that way to add humor to a show, but after a while the joke wears thin. Also, both by TV and popular magazines,we're being bombarded by ads for prescription drugs"Ask your doctor," the ads say-and a lot of them feature older people beset by various conditions, from arthritis to digestive problems. A viewer could get the idea that age and diseasego

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hand in hand, and that diseaseis an inevitable part of growing older. What's worse, the substancesbeing advertisedgenerally have little to do with prevention or eradication of the condi* tion. Instead, they are all about symptom control; the assumption being that the consumer can never get rid of the underlying condition. Granted, it all makes sensefrom the point of view of the marketplace:If you continue to be sick, you're going to keep buying the drug. Plus there's morQ profit in a patented drug than there is in, say, lycopene-containing tomatoes, or betacarotene-rich carrots. Another segment of society that hasn't caught up with new attitudes toward aging can be found in the medical establishment.Not all doctors, but a significant percentage,maintain the dismissive paternalism of the past century, when senior citizens were basically told, "There, there. Take these pills and you'll feel better." Most doctors don't try to get to the root of your condition and take nutritional measuresto reverseit, nor do they think in terms of improving your health at a fundamental level. There are still too many physicians stuck in the mind-set that "senior equals symptoms." And it alwaysamazesme when I hear about older people who, on their zvn, used diet or supplements to reverse a condition, and then returned to their doctor's office to report on their success.The doctor is often not interested in the least. "Oh, that happens," he or she will say,as if the patient's experience was a fluke. But he doesn't really want to know about what the patient did becausethis patient's approach does not fit into the paradigm of healing that the doctor was taught in medical school. This is why I have to salute those seniors who are proactive about nutrition, supplements, exercise,and alternative therapies in optimizing their health. They're often not getting support from those who should be encouraging them-their own physicians.I hope this book empowers them further.

BABYBOOMERSDO IT AGAIN Turning now to a generation with which I've been heavily involved-the

baby boomers-I

want to salute them too. You can say what you want about this group's sometimes obnoxious desire to have it all, but you have to hand it to them-as they've put their mark on so much else in our culture, the boomers are changing the very concept of what it means to get older. The fact is that today's aging baby boomers are yesterday'syouth generation who do not passively accept the decline that goes with aging. They frequent Byms, eat lean foods, and use nutritional supplements, and their desire to maintain the vim and vigor of youth has set the stage for antiaging medicine. I do have to mention, though, that sometimes the boomers' quest for an increasedhealthy life span is sabotagedby this group's tendency to want to do it all, so they can be very conflicted about their goals.I've seenthis time and again.

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I like to talk to people, ask probing questions, and then just listen to whar they have to say about their lives. Recently, as I began work on this book, I did something inreresting. I stood outside a New York City graduate school on trifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street, where I teach, and asked baby-boomer types coming out the door how long they would like to live. Overall, most wanted to live a very long time. Some mentioned a hundred years of life. But they had issuesthat were troubling them, and many were willing ro share their thoughts with me. While most were not plagued by serious illness, they were beginning to show signs of aging, such as increasedlevels of fatigue, stress,graying and loss of hair, and fat around the middle or bottom-and they were not ready to accept these.Many women seemedsurprised to be growing old as quickly as they were. This group was generally willing to do something to make a difference in their health srarus -provided they could make the time for it. In other words, they looked at the possibility of changepragmatically,weighing the pros and cons: "I alreadyhavea lot on my plate. Can I really fit what you're suggestinginto my life when I've got a familli a career,many social responsibilities, and only so many hours in a day?" It seemedas though these people had too much to do and too little time to get things done. The reality is that many baby boomers are severelystressed,starting the morning as if a gun going off was their signal to jump out of bed already dressedfor the race of the day. Working two or more jobs to keep pace with the high cost of living, pushing themselvesand their families toward ever bigger accomplishments, eating fast foods day in and day out becausethey have no time for wholesome, properly prepared meals, pushing down anxiety with drinking, overeating, and other destructive habits-all this and more leads to the stressthat causesdisease.People then start to rely on medication to get them through, as we are led to believe that being medicated equals health. Television ads say their miracle drugs are the answer for the millions of us who are suffering from arthritis, osteoporosis,depression, and the like. The trouble is, these endorsementsquickly end with a long list of side effects rhar seem as bad as the condition itself. Plus, as we've mentioned, they are not claiming to cure conditions. They merely suggest that these drugs will diminish symptoms. Frequently, that translates into blocking pain receptors to help you feel better. The effect is tempo rar11r, causesa reliance on medication, and the drug doesnothing to stop or reversethe progressionof the disease.There has to be a better way. In the conversationsI had that day on trifth Avenue, and in others, I've asked people to reframe the issue: What if, with some effort, you could make changesto give you the health and vitality to do more, feel better, and have lessstress?Would you be willing to do so?To rhat, one person replied, "Gary, I don't want to end up with the diseasesthat so many people,just a little bit older than me, have.I do want to live a longer, quality life, and yes, I am willing to make some effort. It's just that this is all so new and I don't know what it takes."

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Here, from my point of view, is what it takes: 1. A willingnessto set priorities in our lives,so that we're not constantlyrunning a panickedrace to get everything done. 2. A readinessto changeour dietary and lifestyle habits,even if thesechangesare uncomfortable at first. 3. A curiosity about the scienceof optimizing health. Incidentally',whether you're a baby boomer, Gen X-er, or senior, I know that you possessthis third requisite.After all, you're reading this book! There's a lot of promise and a senseof great expectationsin the antiaging field. For instance,today more elders are plagued with Parkinson'sdiseasethan ever before,but antiaging researchersare discovering that Parkinson's patients have far lower than averagelevels of coenzyme Qt0, a natural substanceneeded to promote energy production and fight diseaseproducing free radicals.Reintroducing coenzymeQ10, the,vfind, may be a key component to slowing down the progressionof Parkinson's,reversing symptoms, and even preventing the disease.l This is not to say that substancessuch as CoQl0 are magic bullets. Becausethey are natural, their effects often take a while to be felt. Plus, in many instances,more researchmust be done before scientific breakthroughs can be confirmed. An example: Some scientists,swept off their feet by positive experienceswith human growth hormone-they report increasedalertness,fat loss, and renewed energy-are enthusiasticallypromoting its use, while others warn that more long-term studies are needed to confirm its safety and efficacy. Such controversies are inevitable in a new, rapidly developing field, and anyone considering an antiaging protocol, particularly one that incorporateshormones, should study the researchto weigh the pros and cons,and work under the care of a knowledgeableand trusted physician. Of course not every substancein the antiaging arsenalis controversial.Many substances are known to be safe in reasonableamounts; these include vitamins, minerals, enzymes,and herbs whose effects have been tested empirically for thousands of years and substantiated in multiple laboratorystudies.The elderly usually require greateramounts of thesesubstancessuch as B vitamins, to improve memory funclien-nnd

should utilize them as needed to pro-

mote healthful aging. As we shall see,by promoting rejuvenation,nutrients can diminish or even eliminate a dependenceon multiple medications,which has become a wav of life for most senior citizens. The drugs on which elders rely on a daily basishave seriouslimitations: They do not correct the underlying causeof diseaseprocessesand, therefore,do not reverseillness;they may have dangerousside effects.These drugs may also be costly.In contrast, a nutritional analrtsiscan

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help an individual determine the proportion of substancesneede