Longevity secrets. According to a famous ancient tale, a drink (or substance) that assures the eternal- everlasting life for the owner, is called elixir!
Why is not the normal life identical in different races and various locations?
In fact , the life expectation varies drastically from one country to another one.The longest lifetime distribution may exhibit in Mediterian coasts and some European countries (and Japanese because of having Sushi !!).
It was believed that suitable diet and certain prescribed recipes certainly prolong human lifetime that includes a collection of organic foods and vegetable, fish, fresh juice, low fat dairy : milk and yogurt , olive and olive oil.
Ginseng, royal jelly, omega 3 and omega 6, fish oil are among supplements that may notably improve the human functions. The coQ10 is an important biochemical substance that may delay the oldness process. The minerals such as zink ,iron, iodide, selenium, magnesium, chromium are essential for better life too.
Furthermore, the ancient chinease claimed that garlic prolongs the life.
However, non of them is elixir. What is the elixir and who found it throughout the history?
Longevity is directly dependent on the ways of enhancement of the immunity system too.
I've gotten this word elixir from the book of Most Holy Trinosophia, by Count St. Germain [1933], at sacred-texts.com
page 13:4 Most of St.-Germain's biographers have noted his peculiar habits with regard to eating. It was diet, he declared, combined with his marvelous elixir which constituted the true secret longevity, and although invited to the most sumptuous repasts he resolutely refused to eat any food but such had been specially prepared for him and according to his recipes.
According to Abrahamian religions, few prophets are still alive. Have they found the elixir?!
What do you mean by negative or down- votes?? You are not brave enough to explain your idea here and try to hide yourself behind the RG system. Your negative vote means that you are logically coward and mentally weak . I will reflect your non-scientific response to RG authorities.
Dear Parviz, could you please explain to me as a coward what your scientific reasoning is behind: "According to Abrahamian religions, few prophets are still alive. Have they found the elixir?!" & "However, non of them is elixir. What is the elixir and who found it throughout the history?"
Seriously..
Dear Mirre
The human knowledge is limited. There are a lot of secrets that are not still accessible to us. One of the greatest secret is death. When there is no scientific reason to imagine the life after death, then we have to study the interpretion of religious books about death. Without any comment wether you believe the following religious facts, I try to list some of them from the holy books ( Moslem, Christian and Jews):
1- Noah( prophet that built a large ship) lived for ~ 900 years according to Bible and Quoran. Had he found the elixir?
2- Jesus is crusified according to christian belief, however he is alive according to Quoran while christian and moslem both believe his resurrection. He will return back to earth. Has he found the elixir?
3- Khezr (arabic pronounciation) is another prophet that is alive according to Quoran. He was the Moses teacher according to Moslem belief. He will join Jesus during his ressurection.
4- The twelve Emam of Shiits ( Mahdi ) is in long absence but they believe that he is alive and will return back to earth accompanying Jesus and Khezr. Has he found elixir? According to believers he is ~ 1300 years old !
There are much more than above religious facts throughout the history in mythology.
You have heard of Achile heel ( Greek myth) and may be Esfandiar eye (Persian myth).
Both had access to longevity secrecy, however suffering from a vulnerable organ ( heel and eye) and finally were killed from their weak points!
I would not like to insist on you to believe the myths or religious creeds. Those are thinkable because different races in different eras believed elixir and the owners.
Now, we live in 21th century, the pharmasists may invent a novel pharmaseutical substance close to elixir. It would not be a scientific dream at all employing modern science and technology !
Ok thank you for your explanation however I do not see the science in it except maybe religion studies or history. The biology of ageing is my main interests but I do not see how your statements can help understand how and why organisms age. Anyways thanks for explaining but I will not contribute to this discussion anymore as it does not have my interest.
I have found that you are searching the elixir too, off-course using your scientific approach, however I did not find any scientific contribution here in this post from you seriously at least to learn from you what the biology of ageing is in few words.
Moreover, there are evidences of delaying processes on the ageing of organism in the past that is not available at the present time may be the extinction of some healing plants such as " laser" in ancient greece. Biochemical Q10 is likely one of the elixir constituent. Longevity is dierectly dependend on the ways of enhancement and the functions of of the immunity system too.
Can we prevent ageing?
1- New drugs that slow down ageing
2- Methods to improve the immunity system
3- Improvement of Self healing mechanism
4- Genetic codes are related to longevity
5- Stress shortens the life
6- Mental health prolongs life
8- Good nutrition and regular diet
Reference-Biology of ageing
1- Antioxidant Compounds: Those may protect cells from oxygen free radicals by preventing or slowing the process of oxidation. Some antioxidants are enzyme proteins like superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase, while others are nutrients, such as vitamin C.
2 -Calorie restriction: It is a diet that is lower by a specific percent of calories than the normal diet, but includes all essential nutrients. At this time calorie restriction is an experimental intervention being studied to determine its impact on health and longevity.
3- Cell senescence: A process in which a cell turns off its capacity to produce new cells, stops dividing, and has limited function. Cell senescence may contribute to aging, but it may also be a protective mechanism against cancer (a disease state in which cells continue to divide without control).
The endless is the dream of mankind. Its an attractive topic to investigate why someone lives longer than the others?
Dear Parvin,
I appreciate your good question. I am working on optical methods such as LIBS and fluorescence spectroscopy to identify cancerous tissues. There are many attempts to diagnose and treat cancer tissues using hybrid methods based on laser and various nano particles. I think these activities will improve the ways to conquer or limit the progress of cancer tsunami. It may correlate with early ageing of the cells too. Despite imaginary ( fabulous fiction) elixir may be true or not, however, the scientific elixir may come true.
1-Laser rejuvenation i.e, skin resurfacing by means of super -pulse CO2 laser at 10.64 micron may be an alternative method of surgery as if the face looks like younger.
2- Ageing reversal by making use of DNA architecture: a dream or a fact?
Aging process reversal is vastly investigated by making use of DNA architecture.
Instructions for happy life:
1- Taking fast periodically.
2- Add Seafood to recipe and limit having red meat.
2- Stop uptaking chemical drugs and additives.
3- Regular sportive exercise.
4- Drinking more water and having tea.
5- Relaxation as to harness the rage and sudden anger.
6- Meditation, optimism, having goal and strategy to reach a target in life.
7- Regular praying: believers benefit to attain high self-confidence.
There are evideces that periodic fasting strongly enhances the intelligence and delay senile process ( due to alzheimer).
Experiment: hungry mice started forming fresh nerves in gray matter.
In fact, there is strong connction between diet and brain function.
Fasting temporarily reduces LDL too.
Senile process:
Free radicals may attack mithoconderia leading to the cell damage. When one is getting old, the cell mutiplication slows down and simultaneously the rate of cell damage increases and as a consequence, the failure in self- healing process takes place. This finally terminates to stop the vital functions of the organs (death).
It is believed that ageing biology mainly arises from the DNA genetic codes. DNA triggers the human biological clock by initiating the cell multiplication (emberyo) and finally stop this clock ( end of life). If DNA is predesigned to determine the period of life, then the DNA programing may be modified based on the environment effect and life style.
Senile process may be postponed using new medicines such as super-antioxidants incuding fruit extracts ( for instance melon), various vitamines ( C and E), Polyphenols( such as green tea ) and tonics ( for example gensing) or a an optimum mixture of them ( likely elixir). However, the true elixir may deal with the DNA.
On the other hand, ageing directly influence on the facial apearance. Nowedays, the wrinkles and the surface pore sizes visibly diminish using fruit extracts or by abrating techniques ( laser induced skin re-surfacing and newly ultrasound thermal lifting).
Immorality is the ultimate dream of mankind: How can we achieve it ? At least longevity may satisfy us.
Death is inevitable: How can we postpone it ? At least longevity ... !
Anti-aging medicine : Human growth hormons,
Anti-aging fruits: Blueberry
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The stress may gradually disrupt the chromosomes ---> genetic damage
The stress induces to lose the hair pigments ----> gray (white) hair
Some natural Antioxidant agents:
1- Turmeric
2- Ginger
3- Cinnamon
4- Green Tea
5- Citron (Vitamin C) and Orange
6- Tomato (Vitamin C)
7- Peanut (Vitamin E)
8- Walnut (Vitamin E)
9- Pistachio (Vitamin E)
10- Thyme
Cardiac Care:
1- Garlic + Citron
2- Dill in Yogurt
3- Radish leaves
4 -Date
5- Alfalfa
6- Honey + tea
7- Pussy
8- Pomegranade
9- Saffron syrup
10- Peppermint
Prevention is better than cure:
Carrot and spinach.
A couple of delicious anti- oxidants: Beta carotene...
Beta carotene is a strongly colored red-orange pigment abundant in fruits and it is a substance in carrots and pumpkins. It has been used to reduce the risk of breast cancer and age related macular degeneration. Beta carotene is shown to protect from photoaging- associated mitochondrial DNA mutations which may play a role in carcinogenesis.
My daily Elixir menu:
Pomme grenade
Zafron
Strawberry
Cramberry
Green Tea
Tommato
Cucumber
Wallnut
Lentil
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