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The Four Horsemen of Aging

Did you know that the life expectancy the United States is lower than 49 other countries? (We’re ranked number 50 out of 195 countries in the CIA World Factbook, 2009!) Or worse, that the vast majority of our medical expenses occur in the last three to five years of life, and that those years are [...]

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Four Horsemen of Aging, Part III, Eat The Right Fats For Flexibility

Last week we discussed Inflammation, the first of the “Four Horsemen of Aging”. This week we’re going to discuss something called oxidative damage. Here’s how it works. You’ve probably heard of nasty little molecules known as “free radicals”. These “free radicals” do lots of damage to our body. They actually age us. They attack our [...]

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