Fit To Lead?

There has been alot in the press lately about the health of our Presidential candidates. Age has been a big discussion point. On one hand it

is all about the perceived wisdom gained from  John McCain's 72 years here on this planet, yet the fact of his advanced years may mean he won't live out his full term if elected. He has had cancer already. On the other hand, Barack Obama's relative youth of 47 years has people talking about his lack of experience oftentimes associated with youth…but of course the perception is he will live longer and be able to better handle the rigors of the position of the Presidency.

But this isn't about the political game. It is about the importance of  vitality and energy in positive aging. To be able to lead one must be able to handle the rigours of high stress  and a demanding work load. Image today is the most important factor in the election. Interesting isn't it?

The image of health, vitality, energy, and strength are all part of our culture today of the image of what we want in a leader. This is a common theme in my work as I am well aware that to be fully engaged in life one must start with their own physical health. When ill your world contracts. You have less options.

When you are healthy and vital and strong, your world expands. You have hope and optimism and people are attracted towards that postive energy you exude.

I have written about a new discovery in the science and medical world that is turning that world upside down. Many are referring to it as the "Fountain of Youth! Hyperboles aside….they make us all nervous anyway, I am going to share some of the key information of why this is so important to us as we age and what we can do to reverse the negative damage as we age more rapidly then we need to because of the toxic food and the toxic environment we live in.

Detoxify or Die – by Sherry A. Rogers, M.D.

RE:  GLUTATHIONE

“….one of the most important conjugating chemicals(in our bodies) is glutathione.  You remember this as the Recancostat in your detox cocktail.  We make this in the body, but in this era of unprecedented pollution, we cannot make as much as we need.

Detox Depletion Leads to Disease

Glutathione, one of the major tools the body makes for phase II of detoxification, is critically important in the body.  It is so pivotal that it is a hallmark of aging and disease.  For example, we make less glutathione as we get older and not surprisingly, glutathione is lower with the more diseases that we acquire (Nuttall).  But if you remember nothing else about all of this molecular biochemistry and how we detoxify our everday onslaught, remember this: every time we detoxify a molecule of chemical, we lose, throw away, use up, deplete a molecule of glutathione forever.

Why does this happen?  Remember these conjugating molecules are made to hook onto nasty chemicals and drag them out of the body into the stool so that we can get rid of them.  So for every molecule of pesticide that you unknowingly inhale in the grocery store, you lose one molecule of glutathione with it.  And if you fall behind in synthesizing enough glutathione to compensate for your daily exposures of chemicals, then as Harvard researchers have demonstrated, you do not have enough on board to protect you from the everyday chemicals that damage genes and cause cancer and other diseases (Trickler, Wiseman).  This important fact is the basis for much unnecessary disease.

Remember when researchers want 500 rats for cancer research, they merely give them a dose of one chemical.  But if they give glutathione before, during, or after the chemical, the rats do not get cancer.  Researchers have likewise reversed a variety of diseases, including serious neurological diseases like Parkinson’s disease (Perlmutter), as well as cancer with the detoxication booster, glutathione.  These cancers have ranged from aflatoxin B-induced hepatocellular (liver) cancer (certain mold toxins are extremely potent causes of liver cancer, Novi), to oral cancers (Trickler), human hepatocellular (liver) cancers (Hoff), and glutathione has even lysed or killed leukemia cells (Zucker).

These minuscule bits of evidence from mountains of research confirm that detoxification of our lifelong cumulative effects of diet and environment is key.  For the use of simple nonprespription detoxication boosters before, during or after cancer (or any disease) plays a decisive role in its future course.  To treat anyone with cancer without measuring their glutathione, for example, is counter-productive, for it forces the physician to work blind, when he shouldn’t and doesn’t have to…..

…..You can begin to understand why, for example, studies show that ubiquitous diesel exhaust that the body is unable to detoxify, can go on to damage an enzyme that leads to hypertension (Chaudhari).  But that damage is only the tip of the iceberg, since lowered glutathione now makes you vulnerable to other diseases like bronchitis, allergies or recurrent infection (Fahy, Neln, Peterson).  Suddenly you have jumped onto a merry-go-round of diseases.  And…..”

starting to look a lot like the negative effects usually associated with aging…To find out more…go here…

This is absolutely cutting edge information and I am excited to be bringing it to you.