Longevity Resources

Where does one go now for information on longevity? As I explained in our introductory pages, I have been interested in longevity at least as far back as the 1970s. For the first years of the this site, our focus has been mostly on health and nutrition.… Read the rest

Notes from RAADfest 2019

The Revolution Against Aging And Death (RAAD) is growing! Over 1100 revolutionaries attended the 4th annul RAADfest in Las Vegas this past weekend. There were flag waving revolutionaries, but even more exciting were the results reported by the revolutionaries. The battle is well engaged and there is significant progress towards victory!… Read the rest

Breakfast with Jose Cordeiro

On 4 May 2019, Christine and I spent an exciting hour with Dr. Jose Cordeiro author of “La Muerte de la Muerte” and candidate for the European Parliament. While currently living in Spain, Jose is in many ways a citizen of the world continually traveling as he pursues the many areas in which he is active.… Read the rest

Treating Your Prostate Cancer

Coping with Prostate Cancer

Being diagnosed with prostate cancer can be a life-shattering experience, although the prognosis for 5 year survival is very high. There are alternative/supplemental treatments, to the standard treatments, that actually provide a cure so that after remission there is disappearance of the cancer and no recurrence.… Read the rest

SENS Conference, Berlin 2018

Three days in Berlin this spring were perhaps the most exciting three days I have lived in the past few years! I was attending the SENS Conference for 2018 — a conference focused on research aimed at letting us live longer, in fact much longer, lives.… Read the rest

Why and How I Walk

Walking, for humans, is a natural form of locomotion. Our bodies have evolved in such a way as to be able to walk and walking is a form of activity that keeps our bodies functioning properly. However, walking is generally a slow way of getting from A to B and so people use other forms of locomotion to achieve the task of transportation.… Read the rest

Go to Plant Stock!

This is an unabashed Plug for Plant Stock (disclosure: we get no reward if you attend, other than knowing we have helped someone)

For the past 6 years, about the third weekend in August, an event called “Plant Stock” is held at the Esselstyn farm in Claverack, New York.… Read the rest

Eat Your Banana Peels

Eat banana peels? YES!

My son Adrian brought this Business Insider article to my attention – an article that includes several uses for bananas in food and cooking.

In particular the article states that:

“ The sweet flesh of a medium-sized banana contains significant percentages of your daily recommended intake of various nutrients, such as:

  • 12% of your daily fiber, which helps with digestion and may help lower your risk of diabetes
  • 17% of your vitamin C, which is important for your immune system as well as growth and development
  • 20% of your vitamin B-6, which aids the body’s ability to convert food into energy
  • 12% of your potassium, which helps in development of cells, tissues, and organs throughout the body
  • 8% of your magnesium, which is important for the body’s energy productions and regulating glucose and blood pressure levels

If you then eat the skin along with the flesh you get an even bigger boost in these same nutrients .… Read the rest

Muscles on a Vegan, Gluten Free Diet

I am often asked if my diet has caused me to suffer loss of muscle performance.

Since I wrote the blog earlier this year on my experiences with a vegan, gluten free diet I have become aware of yet another incredible benefit to the diet.… Read the rest