On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Walter Semerenko wrote: > teeth remained intact, and that he outlived his 25 wives. Quite > amazing! The chinese man was an herbalist and advocated eating garlic, > drinking ginseng tea. Indeed, Walter, 25 wives is quite an accomplishment... ;) > theories on aging. They were already mentioned by the other poster. I > think that the antioxidants can slow the biological countdown. Also, as > in the case with the chinese man, there may be a spiritual (or whatever > you want to call it) component that prolongs live. Breathing > excercises/meditation can prolong life. I read Paul Bragg's book on > fasting, and he mentioned that when he went to India, he was surprised > at an old man who had no grey hair. He asked him what the secret was, > and the man told him breathing. Hmm... <inhale now> Breathing might have some to do with it, but chances are it was done on a much more unconcious level by our ancestors in the old days. Haven't seen any wild animals doing breathing exercises lately either, so... But it might be a little more of an actual "exercise" (a term usually meant to describe a good thing for your body, I would assume) when done in India than here, in Canada or the States - their air is a little more... flexible. > Watch it, Jean-Louis, because your paradigm just may be shot in the > future. ;-) Life Extention Foundation (http://www.lef.org) has the > ambitious goal of conquering aging by the year 2020. At the moment they > are doing this by research in the areas of vitamins, minerals, > antioxidants, phytochemicals, hormones. I don't think this will > ultimately do it. As Dr. Weil coined the term "intergrated medicine", I > believe that conquering aging will be possible by using integrative > medicine which combines ancient practices (yoga, meditation, etc) with > new medical discoveries (antioxidants, hormone replacement). As far as > obtaining immortality, I don't know, but it would be interesting to see > when the year 2020 rolls around. :-) The people in charge of this research better hurry to make themselves immortal if they ever want to finish it... God, science is becoming so boring and outdated... > As for me, I'd like to live past 120, so I'm starting to plan now. I'm > just going to assume that nothing tragic happens like getting capped by > a gansta, or dying in a car wreck, or if the "end of the world" occurs > anytime soon. :-) > Walter. > (a big thinker) Well, getting in touch with your instincts might be a good start. Once you do that, you should spend the rest of your 90-100 (of the 120) years getting other people to get in touch with their insticts. This way, you can make yourself immortal. This the kind of immortality I am looking for; and possibly the only one there can be. ;) Have a nice one Walter...