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Can Humans Live to 1,000?

The search for a “cure for aging,” or the proverbial fountain of youth, is alive and kicking throughout the world. Still, the camps are divided over whether virtual immortality in humans is possible -- and if it is, if it’s a good thing.

According to Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey:

“The first person to live to be 1,000 years old is certainly alive today …whether they realize it or not, barring accidents and suicide, most people now 40 years or younger can expect to live for centuries.”

Among the many advances in science and technology that point to an incredibly long life for humans, possibly in the near future, are experiments that have extended the lifespan of fruit flies and other organisms, including mammals.

Anti-aging researchers are increasingly optimistic that aging can be slowed down dramatically, or even prevented altogether.

Even the federal government has devoted funds, to the tune of $2.4 billion a year, to study the “biology of aging.”

“ … In the near future, say the next two to four decades, the disease of aging will be cured,” said Robert Freitas at the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, a non-profit, nanotech group in Palo Alto, California.

Would Immortality be a Wise Decision?

To some, the question of immortality isn’t one of, “Can it be done?” but rather, “Should it be done?” Opponents of the anti-aging movement point to potential problems with overpopulation, limited resources, global warming and more, if humans begin to live “unnaturally” long lives.

Moreover, some say that living indefinitely would undermine the very definition of being “human,” and raises some serious ethical, moral, and ecological questions.

“There is no known social good coming from the conquest of death,” said bioethicist Daniel Callahan of the Hastings Center in Garrison, New York.

Experimental Gerontology June 30, 2007

The Daily Galaxy August 13, 2007



Dr. Mercola''s Comments Dr. Mercola's Comments:


This is a particularly good topic for me now as this week I am the keynote speaker at a Bioenergetic Medicine conference that is focusing on anti-aging.   I have reviewed the literature and found the study in a recent Gerontology journal that I linked above.  I personally believe that the current human genetic system is designed to allow us to live to be about 120 years old.   I have never seen any credible evidence of anyone living to be older than this.

But does that mean that human lifespan will always be as we now know it?

I don't believe so.

I think there are incredible, radical innovations going on in technology today that will literally (highly likely in the next 20 years or so, and maybe sooner) enable us to effectively extend our lifespan by another 50 years.

Living to be 1,000 years old, as this article suggests, is an entirely different animal than adding on several decades to your life. Is it possible? Perhaps. Though I’d be surprised if it happens as soon as some of those researchers are speculating. It would also call for an extreme shift in the way we view our planet and resources, and may trigger an urgency to exploring space as a viable place to live.

How to Live to be 100

I would suspect that many of you would be happy to live to be 100 -- or 120 -- even if the idea of living to 1,000 seems unnatural. And I do believe that this is an entirely reasonable goal for most everyone.

The major key to avoiding premature aging is to keep your insulin levels down by avoiding grains and sugars in your diet. That's because any meal or snack high in the carbohydrates (found in grains and sugars) generates a rapid rise in your blood glucose. To adjust for this rise, your pancreas secretes the hormone insulin into your bloodstream, which lowers the glucose. There is just no question in my mind, nor should there be in yours, that normalizing insulin and leptin levels is crucial if you expect to reach your maximum lifespan.

There appears to be an age related insulin resistance that is due to an insulin receptor or post receptor defect that is clearly related to exercise and diet choices.

Unfortunately, your body is not designed to accommodate unnaturally high levels of insulin and leptin spiked by grains and sugars.

Not only does this excess insulin store calories from the carbs in the form of fat (which is why so many are overweight and obese these days), but the excess insulin also suppresses essential hormones and your immune system -- all of which are absolutely essential for avoiding premature aging.

Quite simply, consuming sugar and grains is the equivalent of slamming your foot down on the aging accelerator!

You may have also heard of studies that show lowering your caloric intake can slow aging and extend lifespan. I suspect the majority of the benefits from calorie restriction are related to its influence on insulin, as reducing calories also reduces insulin. There is bulk of new evidence that supports this.  So you don't have to torture yourself to live longer.  Most people would never do it anyway as they would wisely realize this was a foolish endeavor, but there are quite a few extremists who have chosen to eat far less to live longer.

They have made a foolish choice because it is not lowering your calories that causes you to live longer, it is optimizing your insulin and leptin levels. Calorie restriction will do this, but it does it at an enormous price, both psychologically and physiologically.  Removing the joy from eating is a major issue and when you don't eat enough you will miss certain key micronutriients.

It's Never Too Late

Remember that your body was designed to stay healthy -- and it’s never too late to start taking control of your health!

It saddens me to see people in their 50s, 60s, and beyond who think they are “too old” to make changes for the better.

This is completely false!

If you're ...
  • Eating the right foods,especially eating right for your nutritional type
  • Taking care of the emotional traumas that we all invariably go through
  • Removing yourself from toxic influences
  • Exercising... your body will go toward health. HOWEVER, please recognize that eating right for your nutritional type is probably more important than exercising to  decrease your aging rate. Also please be sure to review the other article in this issue that  reviews the dangers of OVER exercising, which will lower your lifespan.
What About Resveratrol and Red Wine?

Resveratrol, a chemical found in red wine, has made headlines for slowing down the aging process in mice.

It is one of the most exciting antioxidants out there, in my opinion.

It appears that resveratrol does have the power to extend life, just as the less-desirable method of calorie restriction does.

However, I don’t buy into the hype that drinking red wine is the best way to obtain it, as the alcohol in the wine is a neurotoxin that is definitely not good for your health. If you want to boost your consumption of resveratrol, focus on products that contain WHOLE grape skins and seeds, and skip the red wine entirely.


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Posted On Aug 17, 2007
Comment does not pertain to the topic of the article or does not provide value or insight to the discussion.

 
still.learning
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Dr. Mercola
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Posted On Aug 17, 2007
Count me in. Would love to join you!


Russ Bianchi
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Posted On Aug 18, 2007
I will join you, the staircase is quiet interesting, in various names and dates of those who will not be joining us, as they decided to consume FDA and USDA HARMFUL sanctioned calories and drugs.


ThinknBlink
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Posted On Sep 08, 2007

I'm not sure if Dr. Mercola has ever done an article on this? But has anybody ever seen what eating apricot kernels and what rubbing apricot kernel oil can do for your age and skin. WOW! It has made a major impact on my life. I am not joking when I say that scars have dissappeared on my body, wrinkles and even moles have started shrinking now.

I mean this, perhaps it is hard to believe with so many different weird and wonderful remedies out there that don't work.  Give it a try, perhaps Dr. Mercola has more info?

Why do so people know about this? Do some research on Apricot Kernels. I have even seen women well into their 100's that look no older than 30 year old women. I KNOW...you're thinking I have few screws loose, but it is a fact.  Obviously drug companies do anything to hide this because nobody would buy their junk that is actually killing us in another way.  I challenge anybody to try this and see the long term effects. I do not have anything to do with the apricot kernel industry b.t.w. LOL!

So far I plan to be well into my 100's and running up steps...looking like a 30 year old.  Well...so far it seems really promising.  It even seems to reverse ageing in older people from what I have seen. SERIOUSLY. Observation is the best research in this case, and it is so obvious.

Dr. Mercola, do have any information on what I have just typed?



barbic1953
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Posted On Sep 08, 2007

ThinknBlink... How old are you ?  I have read about

apricot kernals.  I am 54 and would love to hear more

about the protocols you are using.. what has and hasn't

worked for you.  I have started to eat apples seeds and

all, grapes seeds and all, etc.



SOS Mom
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Posted On Sep 08, 2007

I would also like to know more about this.  In what form do you ingest apricot kernels?  



Merkey
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Posted On Sep 08, 2007

I have done some research on the Apricot Kernels.  My google search has lead me to a company called Cem food.  www.apricotkernels.org/main.htm.  Where do you get yours at?  Are they available at health food stores in the USA?



KathieJamisonCote
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Posted On Sep 08, 2007

stilllearning - great post!  I'll join you on your journey........and we can discuss the "Law of Attraction" :)

And ThinknBlink - I'm definitely going to check more into apricot kernals - and no I don't think you have screws loose.  Nature is more than amazing than we ever give her credit for and somewhere along the way, big pharma & big $$$ got in the way of the incredible healing and preventive powers of beautiful mother nature.

Barbic1953 - when I eat an apple (almost every day) I too eat the entire thing, stems, seeds and core (lol).......a few years ago I heard there's cyanide in the seeds, thought you might be interested.......I'm so conditioned to eating the whole thing, many times I'm in class and it's just easier to be rid of the entire apple instead of taking time to throw away.  



larmay25
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Posted On Sep 08, 2007

Apricot seeds, or commonly referred as apricot pits, are very beneficial on many levels, but the main use is cancer treatment. My father has used them for treatment of his nasopharyngeal carcinoma and it has worked wonders, even though we found this after he underwent chemo and radiation treatments. Naturally, the cancer came back, and now that he is eating apricot pits daily and taking pancreatic enzymes the tumor is shrinking and he has never felt better. I have more information that I posted on the effects of apricot pits on this yahoo answers post (the link is below). My username there is spadesentrapment, and naturally you can see the resistance from users not wanting to believe there would be such a treatment available and that our government would NEVER hush anything like this up (yeah, right).

Here is the post to my answer that was chosen best from the person who asked the question:

answers.yahoo.com/.../index;_ylt=AqJgwOYfWR5EXr41LYpng43sy6IX;_ylv=3



ThinknBlink
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Posted On Sep 08, 2007

Barbic1953 - Im turning 30 this year.  I'm only using the apricot kernel seeds and oil because of all the resaerch I did on it.  This was a while ago and for the life of me I can't remember which sites I found the info on.  I sort of just followed a series of random links, sifted through info on various sites and decided that apricot kernels are pretty amazing.  I have only been using the oil and kernels for about 2 months now.

I live in South Africa and most of our health shops here have the kernels and the oil (must be "cold pressed" though).

One health site I remember going to showed that there were very weird chemicals in the oil and kernels, chemicals that aren't realy understood or analysed yet. (Well that's what the site said - I'll take their word for it.)

One site - unrelated to apricots though - had an article on some remote tribe that lives either in the Himalayas or somewhere in South America (Sorry, I can't remember where actually, didn't take note, which I now regret).

Anyway, they have a tradition where the people in this tribe eat the Apricot Kernels and make a paste out of the kernel oil and smear it on their bodies every day.  Many will probably not believe me now. LOL! The amazing thing is that most of the people live between 130 and 160 years old and most of these people look no older than 30 or so.  It was totally mind blowing!!  Since then I saw a short segment about a man who visited this tribe and said the exact same thing.  He too was totally blown away.  Like I said before, apricot kernels and oil even seem to regenerate the body back to youth.  

I thought that I might give it a shot, and it is working (And I am not imagining it).  My scars are fading that I always had, my skin is smoother too, my frown lines and eye wrinkles seem less pronounced now too.  It's almost freaky actually. It is a small difference (only 2 months) but I can see it!  But the secret to compliment this is to eat right, wash well and to keep healthy - obviously.



The New Christine
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Posted On Sep 09, 2007

Wow, what an ambitous goal!  Would also love to join you!  I was born in 1967, so yes, it is even possible for me to reach that goal too.  :)



ryree
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Posted On Sep 09, 2007

Here is a site with a list of apricot kernel suppliers. www.cancure.org/laetrile.htm

I have used sunorganic.com before and really like them. I havent tried the apricots but would like to. Do you use the sweet or the bitter?



Pauletta
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Posted On Sep 09, 2007

Still.learning

I would love to join you as well, I was born in 1950 and I recall as a young child thinking I would not live to see the year 2000 and hear we are 2007!!!  Remember they are just numbers.. . .   We'll have a Mercola Fan club making the climb

Paulette



ThinknBlink
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Posted On Sep 10, 2007

The only apricot kernels I have ever bought are bitter.  I think they are supposed to be bitter. Once chewed they almost numb my tongue.  The pack says not to eat more than 6 to 8 per day. Probably because of the cyanide content, but it is a natural form of cyanide...quite different to what the astronaughts have in their emergency box, in the case of a, "I'm not going home mission!". Imagine they had live footage of them popping a few apricot kernels. LOL!

I take 3 in the morning and 3 when I get home from work.

But they are dried, not fresh, i'm not sure if that makes a difference.  I would guess that freshly opened kernels are better.

I also apply the oil in the morning and when I get home from work.  The bad thing is that I am a heavy smoker, so I doubt that I am benefitting as much as I should from this...my smoking is most likely taking a lot of the benefits away.



Thr3e
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Posted On Sep 11, 2007

Living to 2076 is a wonderful goal.  But don't rely on this moral relativism repackaged ("The Secret") to get you there.  We don't create our own reality any more than we created ourselves in the first place.  There is only one reality, and we all live in it whether we like it or not.  Sure, we have a finite capacity to direct and shape our lives by choosing or choosing otherwise, but we don't create our own reality.  God is in control, not us.  Therefore you would be wise to let go of this desire to control your own reality and get to know Him.



CarolSue
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Posted On Sep 12, 2007

To think n blink:  I would be interested in more information about and where to obtain the apricot kernel oil for your skin.  I checked out the links and found a latriele (sp?) cream.  Is that the same thing?  I wasn't too sure.  It also said not to use on large areas of your body.

I am particularly interested since I have several large scars on my body leftover from an accident and subsequent surgeries.  I think these interfere with energy flow and muscle tone.  Also I would be open to any suggestions on this from the community.  Thank you.



MZ1227
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Posted On Sep 12, 2007

ThinknBlink: Yes! I have heard about apricot kernels. I haven't heard about the scars and wrinkles disappearing, but I have heard that it shrinks tumors. I think the guy who discovered that apricot kernels shrink tumors got put in federal prison and had all his lab data confiscated. I always crack the pit open and eat them whenever we buy apricots. If you google "apricot pits and cancer cure" you will get tons of info, although I noticed that a lot of the sites got shut down



ThinknBlink
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Posted On Sep 13, 2007

carsue514 - I think the cream is more diluted, better to get the essential oil. Like what aeromatherapists use (I think). Not sure how it works in the USA but here we have these herbal health shops with "essential oils" and other stuff.  Look in one of those shops. It's just a yellow oily type liquid.

I just wipe the liquid all over the show...i decided to become a human experiment with this.  The seed pack says only 6 - 8 a day so I take 6.  So far it hasn't made me sick or anything weird.

Get the oil and smear away, I'd say that big scars could take longer (not sure). This could be a long term or lifelong thing for the desired results. My scars are small...


 
 
 
Posted On Aug 17, 2007
Cambridge needs to find a geneticist that doesn't smoke so much weed...

 
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Posted On Aug 23, 2007
Right on dude, maybe his weed is laced with HCFS.....

 
 
 
Posted On Sep 08, 2007

I only have a cooment on the longevity test. When I moved the guide for my age the highest it would go is 65. Since I am 80 where does that leave me? Too old to take the test?


 
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ThinknBlink
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Posted On Sep 10, 2007

Look to the first post on Apricot Kernels and oils that I posted, and do some of your own research.  You will be blown away by these hidden findings.  Just try it...you have nothing to loose. Kernels and oil...that's all you need. Give it a shot. :) I'm trying it and it's working so far. So go for it!1 :-)


 
 
 
Posted On Aug 16, 2007
1000 years will not happen until we learn to live in harmony with our environment, not attempt to control it.

Mary

 
mmc88121
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Posted On Aug 17, 2007
Supposing it were possible, living to 1,000 would necessarily mean living out of harmony with nature.  There'd be severe overpopulation for starters. . .


stoic
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Posted On Aug 17, 2007
There is nothing disharmonious per se about 'controlling nature'. A huge amount has to be taken for granted to make such a statement. Forget about 1000 year lifespans, actual present lifespans in developed parts of the world vs. undeveloped, or present vs. past lifespans are a function of expanding control of nature. Every living thing does it's best to control it's environment...try trespassing on some large predator's turf and feel the control for yourself, lol.  


COWBOY48
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Posted On Sep 08, 2007

PHYSICAL AGE REGRESSION IS FIAT ACCOMPLI - CHECK OUT THE DOTTO RING - THE PAPIMI DEVICE - THE WHITE POWDER OF GOLD AND THERE ARE MANY OTHERS.  THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS VIA ADDING THE LIGHT OF LIFE TO THE DNA.  THAT LIGHT IS A COHERENT, NON-POLAR, SUPER CONDUCTING ENERGY THAT IS INFINITE IN NATURE.  THE HUMAN BODY IS SET UP TO BECOME A SUPER CONDUCTOR - THE DNA IS SUPER CONDUCTING AS IS ALL THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE I.E. LIGAMENTS, TENDONS, CARTLAGE AND COLLAGEN.  THE BODY'S CELL WATER AND THE CALCIUM IN THE BONES ARE STRUCTURED AS TETRAHEDRONS WHICH IS THE ROOT SHAPE OF A QUARTZ CRYSTAL, WHICH FLOWS LIGHT IN FIBER OPTICS. LIGHT IS WHAT FLOWS IN A SUPER CONDUCTOR - ALL SUPER CONDUCTORS LEVITATE WHEN FLOWING SUFFICIENT ENERGY.

EVERY RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT WE ARE ALL TO BECOME LIKE JESUS, BUDDHA, THOTH, HERMES, ZORASTER, SAI BABA I.E. ENLIGHTENED BEINGS.  THEREFORE, AS MENTIONED BY OTHER BLOGGERS - THE NATURE OF MAN HAS TO CHANGE IF WE ARE TO ACHIEVE PHYSICAL IMMORTALITY.  AND, THIS IS TRUE - ALL OF THE AGE REGRESSION TECHNOLOGIES WORK VIA ADDING THE LIGHT OF LIFE, WHICH RESULTS IN EXPANDED AWARENESS - IT IS AN AUTOMATIC. I AM PURSUING THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE I.E. TO CREATE AN ASCENSION SEAT, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BY DR. CHARLES McWILLIAMS VIA HIS FULL PAST LIFE REGRESSON TECHNOLOGY, WHICH TAKE FOLKS BACK TO THEIR SOUL SELF - AN ALL KNOWING, ALL SEEING STATE.

"THE NATURE OF MAN HAS TO CHANGE." ATTRIBUTED TO STEPHEN HAWKING WHEN QUIRED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE EARTH'S ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE TO SEE / PRECEIVE AND "FEEL" DIFFERENTLY - WE ARE NOT OUR BOTHER'S KEEPER - WE ARE OUR BROTHER.

OR BETTER YET

"TREAT ALL THINGS AS GOD BECAUSE THEY ARE"  THE LOGIC OF THAT IS SIMPLE:  WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN THE ENTIRETY OF SPACE?  TWO ANSWERS:  NOTHING AND EVERYTHING.  WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN ANY PIECE OF SPACE - SAME TWO ANSWERS.  SAI BABA EVEN STATES THIS.

ANYWAY - PHYSICAL IMORTALITY IS FIAT ACCOMPLI - THE RESULT IS THAT ONE ACHIEVES HIGHER AWARENESS.



Aaltrude
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Posted On Sep 17, 2007

I agree. We need to eliminate all the toxins out there that are affecting us. They are present in the air (diesel, petrol fumes etc), food (pesticides, herbsides, preservatives, colourings, flavour enhancers etc), personal care items (sodium laurel sulphate, parabens etc), not to mention the plastics we store our food in, wear on our bodies, in furnishings such as wall paper etc in our homes, in our vehicles and this list of environmental toxins is probably just the tip of the iceberg. Our bodies are highly contaminated with all the toxins in our modern environment and this is becoming obvious as more and more of us begin to suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitiviyt (MCS). It is estimated that the incidence is about 15% but could be higher as a number of people don't realise that MCS is the cause of their symptoms. Food intolerances are one of the symptoms and may be the only symptom/s in the early stages. Most people would just think - I am intolerant of dairy, caffiene etc. (Note - an intolerance is not an allergy). There is no drug to treat MCS therefore it is largely denied by the medical profession.



Jane66
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Posted On Sep 21, 2007

COWBOY48 - What is a Fiat Acompli ? Would that be similar to a Punto or more like the Cinquicento...?LOL!


 
 
 
Posted On Aug 18, 2007
This could become a reality. However, a massive paradigm shift in human consciousness would have to occur first. Self-centeredness would need to be let go of, the need to always be in control of everything will have to go, lack of trust in one another must be overcome, fear, greed, all these things must be left behind. Would I give up these things to live a very long, healthy, productive, fulfilled life. You betcha!

Anyone game to join me?

 
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