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importance of exercise in our elder years. Scientific studies IfPlanning not Immortality what about The 120 Club? for the End of Your Life would be. The test asked a lot of questions about life show an association between physical activity and reduced
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habits, history disease in theand family, even Who will end upofwith your books yourand tchotskes, My good friend Alexander Everett died in 2005 agedI your gadgets and I’d your garden tools when you change education. After answered all the questions 85 on his ranch in Oregon. It wasn’t really a ranch, your cosmic address at the end of your button life? at the clicked the Calculate-Life-Expectancy more like an Ark. Alexander just liked to hang out bottom of the page. Barring any I could with animals, notleast eat accidents, them. Hewas an It’s probably the certainly easiest and onerous part of your live to 94.3 years old. That’s way longer than I educationalist and an English eccentric much estate planning to make a list of all your possessions and influenced by Rudolf Steiner and Huxley’s Perennial expected myhave landaccumulated contract is all up.these decide whoand will about get thewhen stuff you Philosophy, who decamped to Oregon in the 1960s years. Will Junior get your porno movie collection? Your becoming a leading figure in the personal daughter might some jewellery or can family The question for like us all is not how long we heirlooms; live, but development movement that became popular at that maybe your best friend would appreciate your gadgets how can we live a long and healthy life? time. As a young man he had been crippled by polioor garden tools. You have made Last Will Testament? but claimed to have curedyour himself. Heand was, he told Good. That takes care of your estate, your possessions and me a member of the 120 Club, all of whom committed Some Sobering Statistics financial accounts and settles your preferences. Or does it? themselves to live to be over 120 years old. Alas, Alexander didn’t make it. He died 35 years short The sobering partisofrespectable. this is that by age 80 we have a Estate Planning aged 85, which 30% chance of getting dementia and by 85 it’s almost a Somewhere around thesome age oftype 18 orof19 ourofbodies ceaseis Planning for the dissolution and distribution yourwhether estate 50% chance of getting dementia developing and frombut that moment on thea various body not that cumbersome you need to take few things into it’s from Alzheimer’s (AD), Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, clocks that comprise is us,property start their account, especially if what you have or aremoseless foot in two Creutzfeldt-Jakob, dementia, stroke, or other countdownBesides to our vascular eventual demise. How countries. the bequests and provisions your last diseases. long wetestament last from should that point on depends on who will take will and appoint an executor good of luck, our genes, our lifestyle and how care administrative and financial matters such as much money we have. The process liquidating bank andtoinvestment your Bob, pension That’s pretty scary me since accounts, my doesn’t husband, hador usually start to manifest visibly until our retirement accounts, ensuring your assets go to the proper Alzheimer’s years. Hegood passed away unable to mid-30s or for so 14 and, given genes, beneficiaries, payingwalk, any or debts or taxes. It could also feed or toilet himself, remember psychologically we don’t usually startour to life together. include selling your home or terminating your lease. And feel old until ourspeak early and 70s.when he did, he mostly made He could barely with foreign property rights restricted in Indonesia, be sure no sense at all. you don’t leave behind can of worms your executor will Here’s what we’re all upa against: have to deal with. The Alzheimer’s Association states that someone in the Chronic Inflammation Even if you have little in the way 65 of assets or possessions, US develops Alzheimer’s every seconds. The report you should have a simple will because if you intestate Aging people an epidemic of in outward also says thatsuffer 5.8 million people the US die alone are the legal system in your location decide who gets your inflammatory diseases such aswillarthritis, living with the disease. Less than 4% of those are under but chronic inflammation also damages assets, no matter how massive or meager. Things are more the agecells, of 65. brain arterial walls, valves and complicated if you are theheart parent or guardian of a minor other have structures in the body. Heart child, an informally adopted or attack, sponsored child and stroke, no heart valve failure, and Alzheimer’s there’s document stating what you want to bequeath Embracing our Brains have orall linked to the them whobeen will care for them afterchronic your demise. By the inflammatory cascade. same token, are you making some for your Despite these statistics, I find dwellingprovisions on them makes faithful staff who may lose their jobs and probably have no for too many anxious or sleepless nights. For me, it’s Glycosylation retirement or financial cushion to fall back on? important to know the facts but not be controlled by Diabetics ageI prematurely, but even non-diabetics suffer them. Instead choose toislive with asure positive Another thing to consider to make that attitude your willand does from this chemical reaction, where protein molecules contradict the How account beneficiaries named on your anot healthy lifestyle. about you? Are you motivated to bind to glucose molecules forming non-functioning retirement accounts, life insurance policies and the like. make changes in your lifestyle to stave off dementia? structures. Glycosylation is most evident in senile The person listed beneficiary on each those dementia, stiffening ofthe the arteries, and degenerative Not sure how to do as this? There’s no single way toofdelay policies will get the money even if your will says otherwise. the eye. but there are actions that may help ordiseases prevent of dementia, Make sure your beneficiary designations are up to date and reduce yourany risk. sync with other legal provisions you have made. It Methylation Deficit pays to review the beneficiaries on all your accounts. You Our not cellular DNA constant action for may ready to die and in fact enzymatic may yet have a long What YoubeCan Dorequires maintenance and repair. Aging cripples methylation bout of life ahead of you but remember that things change, metabolism that can manifest as people come causing and go inDNA yourdamage life and situations alter.toBegive sure The Alzheimer’s Organization suggests ways cancer, liver damage and brain cellwill. degeneration. these changes are updated in your yourself a better chance of doing just that. And the
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number one item ismake not aDepletion Here it comes (and I Mitochondrial Energy Including your will, asurprise. list of critical documents that the know you might not want to hear this) – exercise. will’s executor will need to settle your estate like your The cellular energy powerhouse, the mitochondria, insurance policies, bank and investment account requires a complex series of chemicals to maintain statements, credit and debit amount cards, of pension and tax I’ve beenfunctions reading an increasing articlesthrough on the critical such as transporting nutrients documents and pertinent information like your Social
risk of cognitive decline. Security or National Insurance numbers and make sure you the cell membrane and purging of toxic tell your family or carers where tothe findcell them. This debris. includes Mitochondrial depletion lead to congestive heart failure, passwords so your beYou accessed. Other You don’t have to goonline to theaccounts gym likecan I do. can choose muscle weakness, neurological disease. practical directivesfatigue shouldand address the paying of any taxes whatever you enjoy doing as long as it gets your heart rate due, utility bills, recurring payments or donations. Any time up for 30 to 45 minutes at a time, several days a week. Hormone Imbalance a major change occurs in your life, make sure your will and This blood flit.ow to the brain and body. Start out last increases directives reflect Trillionsbut of start! cells in the human body are synchronised to slowly, function by chemical signals called hormones. Aging End-of-life preferences creates hormonal imbalance that can lead to depression, osteoporosis, coronary heart disease and loss of libido. Now that the estate portion of your bounty is settled, have you given a thought to the other end-of-life decisions you Excess Calcification need to make while still, as they say, of sound and competent mind? What about drawing up a Living Willofthat instruct Calcium ions are transported into and out cellswill through your nearest and dearest how you want to be cared calcium channels into the membrane. Aging disrupts thisfor when you longer in a position to in verbalise process andare theno result is excess calcium the cellscoherent of the thoughts? are very brain, heart Remember valves andthere arterial wallsimportant that caninstructions lead to arteriosclerosis andend Alzheimer’s. in regards to your of life preferences that simply do not belong in a Last Will and Testament since that document will not be read until after your death.
And work your way up to the optimal time. I find it difficult to get myself out of the office and to the gym because there’s always work to do and I love my work, but once I get there, I feel great – especially when the workout is over! Fatty Acid Imbalance While I’m on the elliptical and treadmill machines, I study a The body requires essential fatty my acids to as maintain foreign language so I’m exercising brain well ascell my energy output. Aging causes alterations in the enzymes body. It also takes the tedium out of going nowhere fast. required to convert dietary fats into specific fatty acids the The learning western The way effect to doofthat to imbalance draw to up be an Advance And something new happens another body requires. fattyisacid manifests Directive, a legal and binding document that outlines your as irregular heartbeat, degeneration, low energy, recommendation of thejoint Alzheimer’s Organization for wishes if you become incapacitated due to illness or injury. hyper-coagulation, dry skin and a host of other conditions. staving off dementia. It sets forth the specific life- supporting or prolonging measures you would like applied -or not- like resuscitation DNA Mutation If oryou’re a doctor’s be sure measures. to check your CPR, under or whether to endcare, all life-saving Your wishes should be written down and starting. the document mutate given to Numerous synthetic and natural compounds exercise regime with the doc before cellular DNAmost andlikely cause totime form. cells the people to cancer be closecells at the of Aging your demise. lose their DNA gene repair mechanisms and the result is You should not leave these agonizing decisions to others. Food, Glorious Food DNA genetic damage causes cells proliferate out wish of These instructions should include thetotype of care you control, into cancer cells. to have,i.e., theturn medical team and the hospital you want to end Another action the Alzheimer’s Organization is up in. If you wish to be an organ donor here suggests in Indonesia Immune Dysfunction eating a heart healthy diet that not only helps your brain you can register with Komite Transplantasi National (the National Transplant or the Eyedisease Bank (Bank but also reduces yourCommittee) risk of cardiovascular and For a variety of reasons, the aging immune system loses Mata Indonesia) ahead of timetoand stipulate that inmore your stroke. One of the best ways do this is to eat its ability to attack bacteria, viruses and cancer cells. In directive.
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style, verve, energy, a continuing desire to learn, a sense Oxidative Stress Don’t wait to put your affairs in order. Now, while you are of wonder, a of close friends, oh yes, with still hale andgroup healthy and still haveand, control of your Free radicals are unstable molecules that have been humor. Embracing brain, cherishing it and treating belongings and themy execution of your last wishes, is theit implicated in most diseases associated with aging. best time to put way some order in your endgoals. of life preferences. right, go a long to attaining those Antioxidants have become popular supplements to Don’t wait untilfree-radical-induced life’s inevitable loopscell throw you a curve and protect against damage, but few beat you to it. people proper of antioxidant You cantake readthe more about combination dementia in Susan’s book – supplements needed to do any good. Piece by Piece: Love in the Land of Alzheimer’s, available at Ganesha Bookstore or on Amazon.
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