[PenultimateManStanding]

Had a nice Christmas with extended family and friends. Young kids in their twenties to old folks in their eighties. Not one but two survivalists who are stockpiling food, buying gold and building greenhouses. My cousin sent my brother old photos which he has put on an amazing device that rotates them and projects them as flat screen images. One was of me as a buck toothed little kid. Another was of my mom when she was vacationing with my dad at Catalina Island. She was wearing a bathing suit, in her early twenties and had a nice figure. Now she trembles and knows that that death is not far off. She's in her eighties and has trouble getting around. I'm in my mid fifties and the skin on my arms is wrinkling. Aging is strange. Unless something bad happens to the brain and mind it stands and watches as the platform (body) decays. For some odd reason, my arms look older than my face which hasn't changed much in years. Mortality is not really acceptable on some levels.

[dinopello]

Glad to hear you had a nice time with family. I'm at my parents too and they are both 89, still living in the house I grew up in although they shouldn't be on their own. My Dad's eyesight and mind went before his body but he still gets around and my Mom hasn;t really changed much. I just finished helping my Dad activate his replacement credit card and explaining to him what the 8/13 expiration date meant. He couldn;t grasp at first the idea of 2013.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', ' ')I'm at my parents too and they are both 89

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'H')ad a nice Christmas with extended family and friends. Young kids in their twenties to old folks in their eighties. Not one but two survivalists who are stockpiling food, buying gold and building greenhouses. My cousin sent my brother old photos which he has put on an amazing device that rotates them and projects them as flat screen images. One was of me as a buck toothed little kid. Another was of my mom when she was vacationing with my dad at Catalina Island. She was wearing a bathing suit, in her early twenties and had a nice figure. Now she trembles and knows that that death is not far off. She's in her eighties and has trouble getting around. I'm in my mid fifties and the skin on my arms is wrinkling. Aging is strange. Unless something bad happens to the brain and mind it stands and watches as the platform (body) decays. For some odd reason, my arms look older than my face which hasn't changed much in years. Mortality is not really acceptable on some levels.

[blukatzen]

I know most men won't do as suggested, but we ladies like to use creams, lotions and oils out of the shower to moisturize our skin to keep it looking firm, smooth, nice. It's worked for me, for a long time, and the skin on my body hasn't aged at all. (except for my feet, the undersides crack a bit more, I have to put extra emollient cream on them now, and make a point of wearing the cream and socks to bed.)
I think you guys should use a nice body cream a little more, as moisture fills out..plumps up those wrinkles on the skin.

Use it for a month and let me know. I go to the Health food store for my stuff, I don't want all those fake colors and chemicals on my skin sinking in. Try Burts Bees or another natural brand if you can.
(Yeah, I know burts bees has been sold to Clorox.)

Blu

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cbxer55', ' ')I have a full set of Captains Of Crush hand grip squeezers, from 60 to 360 pounds. Am just now up to the #3 280 pound unit. Buy some of these and use them ,it will make your arms look really good in a short time, guaranteed. I also have a full set of dumbells from 5 pounds to 50 pounds, and use them daily.

A little exercise can go a long way in reducing that flab. Try it!

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('blukatzen', ' ')we ladies like to use creams, lotions and oils out of the shower to moisturize our skin to keep it looking firm, smooth, nice. It's worked for me,

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('blukatzen', ' ')we ladies like to use creams, lotions and oils out of the shower to moisturize our skin to keep it looking firm, smooth, nice. It's worked for me,

[blukatzen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('blukatzen', ' ')we ladies like to use creams, lotions and oils out of the shower to moisturize our skin to keep it looking firm, smooth, nice. It's worked for me,

[Subjectivist]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he World Today By Sue Lannin
Updated about 4 hours agoTue 4 Nov 2014, 5:01am



Scientists from Harvard and the University of New South Wales say they have discovered how to reverse the ageing process.

The research has focused on mice, but early clinical trials have also been conducted on humans.

The scientists said they switched youthful genes on and older genes off, using naturally occurring proteins and molecules.

Professor of genetics at Harvard and UNSW, David Sinclair, led the research team.


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"We've discovered genes that control how the body fights against ageing and these genes, if you turn them on just the right way, they can have very powerful effects, even reversing ageing - at least in mice so far," he said.

"We fed them a molecule that's called NMN and this reversed ageing completely within just a week of treatment in the muscle, and now we're looking to reverse all aspects of ageing if possible."

Professor Sinclair said the breakthroughs could be used to develop drugs to restore youthfulness in human cells.

"We've gone from mice into early human studies actually. There have been some clinical trials around the world, and we're hoping in the next few years to know if this will actually work in people as well," he said.

The clinical trials were small studies but showed promising results in humans, he said.

"They show that the molecules that extend lifespan in mice are safe in people; they seem to be anti-inflammatory, so they might be useful against disease's inflammation, like skin redness or even inflammatory bowel disease," he said.

UNSW Professor David Sinclair
"Eventually we want these molecules to be taken by many people to prevent diseases of ageing and make them live longer, healthier lives."

Professor Sinclair was named by Time Magazine as one of most influential people in the world.

He has been taking the red wine molecule, resveratrol, for a decade.

"I've been taking resveratrol for the last 10 years because it seemed to be very safe," he said.

"I think the risks are, for myself, worth it, though I don't ever promote it.

"But the more research that I see done, and there are now thousands of papers on it, I think that there's a good chance that it'll have some benefit."

Professor Sinclair said the latest discovery could, one day, be seen in the same light as antibiotics.

"Some people say it's like playing God, but if you ask somebody 100 years ago, what about antibiotics? They probably would have said the same thing," he said.

[Newfie]

Well, that's intesting.

I turn 64 this month, I could use a do over or three.

64 feels exactly like 16, the morning after a fight, you lost.

[careinke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'W')ell, that's intesting.

I turn 64 this month, I could use a do over or three.

64 feels exactly like 16, the morning after a fight, you lost.

[Ibon]

Damn, this comes along just when we were trying to figure out how to increase the death rate to save our species!

[Newfie]

Ibuphhen is my best friend.

No other drugs, well, booze.

[careinke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'I')buphhen is my best friend.

No other drugs, well, booze.

[Newfie]

Yup, I've had way too many experiences with hospitals, family, not me.

I'm pretty convinced that hospitals are about the most dangerous place in America.

I'm sure there are good hospitals, somewhere.