The dangers of birth control pill use have been grossly exaggerated. Note in the figure below that the mortality associated with birth control pills is lower than the mortality associated with the use of no birth control at all ages except for smokers over the age of 40. Up to the age of 30, risks […]
Read more Life Extenders Do It Longer: Sex and Aging IV
- abortion, amino acid, amphetamines, antidepressant, birth control pills, Bromocriptine, cardiovascular problems, condom, diafragm, GABA, gamma aminobutyric acid, impotency, IUD, L-Dopa, Parlodel, phenylalanine, prolactin, schizophrenic, testes, tyrosine, vitamin B6, vitamin c
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter which has important inhibitory functions in the brain, to prevent excess nervous stimulation at night so that sleep can occur. It is also a growth hormone releaser. Old people do not make as much serotonin as younger people. This is an important part of aging problems in sleep patterns. What can […]
Read more Sleep and Aging II
- acetylcholine, Acetylcholine precursor, amino acid, arginine, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, choline, constipation, Deaner, dopaminergic stimulants, growth hormone, hyperkinesis, inositol, L-Dopa, lecithin, nasal congestion, niacin, niacinamide, ornithine, REM sleep, Riker, serotonin, tryptophan, vascular headaches, Vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin c
We have had experience with several antidepressive nutrients and drugs. Phenylalanine, an amino acid found in relatively large amounts in meat, milk, cheese, and some other high protein foods, is a very effective and quick remedy for a wide variety of depressions, including the depressive phase of manic-depressive illness and endogenous, schizophrenic, and post-amphetamine depression. […]
Read more Depression, Helplessness, and Aging III
- amino acid, antidepressant, D-phenylananine, DLphenylalanine, dopamine, enkephalins, high blood pressure, L-phenylananine, morphine, neurotransmitters, norepinephrine, phenylalanine, phenylananine, prescription drugs, schizophrenic, tyrosine, vitamin B6, vitamin c
The body has natural processes by which it removes lipofuscin from cells, involving detergent-like compounds. However, the rate of removal falls farther and farther behind the rate of accumulation. (Even a 3-month-old fetus may have some lipofuscin in some of its nerve cells!) The cholinergic drugs Deaner® and centrophenoxine have been experimentally shown in animals […]
Read more Revitalizing Your Brain Power V
- age spots, aging, AMP, caffeine, centrophenoxine, cholinergic nervous system, Deaner, dopaminergic nervous system, emotions, fatty acids, hydergine, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, lipofuscin, liver spots, motivation, nerve growth factor, neurites, neurons, NGF, nootropic, noradrenergic nervous system, peroxidation, polyunsaturated fatty acids, safflower oil, sandoz, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin c, vitamin E, zinc
GENERAL STAMINA can be greatly increased in a short period of time. For example, calcium pantothenate, the anti stress and life extension vitamin, has been shown to increase total muscular output: (stamina rather than peak output) in frog leg muscles-suspended in a pantothenate solution. Rats taking pantothenate supplements increase their total muscular work output very […]
Read more Some Immediate Benefits of Life Extension Measures III
- aging clocks, amino acid, autoxidation, calcium pantothenate, chronic fatigue, EGF, energy, epidermal growth factor, growth hormone, L-Dopa, low energy, motivation, muscle mass, PABA, pituitary gland, selenium, stamina, stress, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin c, vitamin E, vitamins, zinc
There does not seem to be anything in the nature of the reproduction of tissue which demands its death. … One cause of senility after another will be found and removed, each resulting in only a minor extension of active life. One cannot help wondering what will happen if the causes are all known and […]
Read more Some Immediate Benefits of Life Extension Measures I
- acetaldehyde, amino acid, antioxidants, arginine, arthritis, autoimmune disease, bacteria, calcium pantothenate, cancer cells, cysteine, free radicals, glutathione reductase, hydergine, inositol, niacin, ornithine, PABA, selenium, smokers cough, T-cells, thymic involution, viruses, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin c, vitamin E, zinc
Old people often suffer from a deficiency of serotonin, an important inhibitory neurotransmitter that initiates sleep. Inhibitory neurotransmitters reduce neuron activity, in contrast to the above-mentioned neurotransmitters, which usually increase activity. Sleep disorders are common in old age, including difficulties in falling and staying asleep. Irritability and bedtime flights of ideas may occur. Tryptophan, an […]
Read more The Decline of Your Brain’s Chemical Messengers VI
- acromegaly, aging clocks, amino acid, autoxidation, bananas, blood vessels, Bromocriptine, catatonic, choline, choline hydrochloride, cholinergics, Deaner, dopamine, dopaminergic nerve cell receptors, Dr H Demopoulos, Dr R Poser, dwarfism, growth hormone, hydergine, hydrogen peroxide, imipramine, lecithin, migraine, milk, neurons, neurotransmitters, Parlodel, postmenopausal women, Riker, schizizophrenics, serotonin, sleep sidorders, tryptophan, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin c, vitamin E, zinc
A very dramatic story about the effects of L-Dopa on twenty patients with severe Parkinson’s disease is contained in Oliver W. Sack’s book Awakenings. Between 1916 and 1927, nearly five million people fell victim to encephalitis lethargica (sleeping sickness). A third of those affected died either in a coma or in a profound state of […]
Read more The Decline of Your Brain’s Chemical Messengers V
- antioxidants, autoxidation, blood-brain barrier, choline, Deaner, dopaminergic nerve cell receptors, Dr. George C. Cotzias, encephalitis lethargica, free radicals, growth hormone, hydergine, hydrogen peroxide, L-Dopa, lecithin, Parkinsonism, phenothiazines, pituitary gland, selenium, tardive dyskinesia, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin c, vitamin E, zinc
BHT has extended the life spans of mice in experiments by Dr. Denham Harman. In some species which have a naturally short life span and tend to die of cancer, the BHT’s life extending effects probably stemmed from its suppression of cancer development. Harman has also demonstrated an increase in average life span with BHT […]
Read more Our Subversive Free Radicals V
- antioxidants, autoxidation, beta-blocker drug, BHA, BHT, brain, calories, cancer, cardiovacular disease, central nervous system, cerebral-spinal fluid, CNS, copper, CSF, cysteine, docosahexanoic acid, Dr. Denham Harman, free radical theory of aging, free radicals, free-radicals, high blood pressure, immune system, linolenic acid, lipids, low dose of aspirin, oxidation, polyunsaturated fats, propranolol, safflower oil, saturated fats, selenium, SOD, spinal cord, stomach cancer, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin c, vitamin E, zinc
Mutations to your DNA caused by free radicals are a major cause of cancer. Free radicals can make blood clot abnormally in our arteries by destroying our body’s ability to make PGI, (prostacyclin), a natural anti-clot hormone found in healthy arteries. Free radicals are also implicated in arthritis. Most of the brain damage caused by […]
Read more Our Subversive Free Radicals II
- age pigment accumulation, amino acid, antioxidants, arthritis, bacteria, BHA, BHT, bioflavinoids, blood clot, blood clots, cancer, catecholic amino acid, ceroid, collagen, Cross-linking, cysteine, DNA, elastin, enzymes, free radicals, glutathione, grapes, hemorrhage, hydrogen peroxide, Hydroxyl radicals, L-Dopa, lipid membrane peroxidation, lipids, lipofuscin, lysosomal membranes, mutations, oxidative polymerization, oxygen, peroxidation, peroxidized lipids, PGI, phenolic amino acid, prostacyclin, proteins, radiation, rancid fats, RNA, selenium, sodium hydrogen urate, superoxide radicals, triamino acid, tyrosine, unsaturated fats, uric acid, viruses, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin E, xanthine oxidase, zinc