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Youthful Aging: Advances in the Forefront of Aging
Norm Shealy, MD, PhD
Life expectancy in the U.S. is currently about 79 years of age. This low age is largely due
to the premature death of individuals who choose unhealthy habits such as smoking, drinking, drugs,
obesity, inactivity, and other harmful habits. Just eliminating those unhealthy habits should lead
to an average life expectancy of 100, plus or minus 20 years. Ultimately, disease, aging
and death are largely the result of excess free radicals, adrenal burnout (low DHEA), and
osteoporosis with the common final stage of life being shortened by a hip fracture. Three
techniques which optimize free radicals, DHEA and calcitonin may well allow those with healthy
habits to live well beyond 100 years of age.
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