Fred Sancilio - 1 June

PREVENTION

IS THE CURE!

PREVENTION

IS THE CURE!

A SCIENTISTS GUIDE TO
EXTENDING YOUR LIFE

Dr. Frederick D. Sancilio, Ph.D.

PREVENTION IS THE CURE!

A SCIENTIST SGUIDE TO EXTENDING YOUR LIFE

2015 Dr. Frederick D. Sancilio, Ph.D.

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This book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Al Steyermark, a brilliant, kind, and wonderful mentor who showed me how much a poor kid from Hoboken could accomplish if he worked hard and just tried

By Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS

I live in Southern California.

Out-of-control forest fires have become the norm in my area of the country, causing incalculable damage with predictable regularity. And while the people who study these things work like demons to figure out the most effective ways to fight these fires, the real action is taking place in the think tanks where people work on figuring out how to prevent them in the first place.

See where Im going with this?

The kind of destructive fires were talking about are very much like chronic diseases. And while raging fires and ravaging diseases both have multiple causes, there are a few biggies that stand out for each category. Combine mild winters, long dry spells, rugged mountains, and dense, fast-growing flammable shrubs with one random tourist carelessly tossing a cigarette, andboom!theres your flash fire. Mix stress, inflammation, oxidative damage, exposure to toxins, a high-sugar diet, and a sedentary lifestyle, andto continue the fire metaphoryouve got the equivalent of a pile of gas-soaked rags lying in a dark broom closet. Its the absolute perfect environment for bad things to happen.

Dr. Fred Sancilioabout whom Ill tell you more in a momenthas put together a cogent argument for what he believes are the main factors involved in diseaseall disease, or at least all the major ones we worry about. The overwhelming majority of these factors are things we can actually do something about. Seriously. And Dr. Fred has some pretty first-rate ideas about what we ought to do.

And theyre not that difficult.

Now, admittedly, there are some things we cant do much aboutour genes, for example. But the things we can do something about massively outnumber (and usually outweigh in importance) the ones we cant. And, as it turns out, even when it comes to those factors we believe to be out of our controlthe genes we were born withwe do have some measure of influence.

Heres why: our environmentand our choices, such as the ones discussed and recommended in this bookprofoundly influence how our genes are expressed. (There is a whole field of study devoted to this called epigenetics.) Genes are much more plastic than scientists once believed they were. Rather than being fixed quantities that always behave the same way in your body no matter what you do, theyre actually more like light switchesthey can get switched on under some circumstances and remain off in others.

You have a lot more control over those circumstances than you may have realized.

Your destiny is not in your genes.

And thats the message of Dr. Freds book.

According to Dr. Fred, your destiny is very much in your handsthe result of choices you make and actions you take. Following the principles outlined by Dr. Fred can, in my opinion, probably have a greater influence on your personal health and the quality of your life than the vast majority of your 30,000 genes.

So what am I doing writing the foreword to this terrific book?

Im glad you asked.

I met Dr. Fred Sancilio through a highly regarded mutual friend in the health business, Mike Danielson. Fred wanted very much to write a book, and I had some experience in that area, so we arranged for me to consult with him throughout the almost year-long process that resulted in the book you now hold in your hands (or are reading on your Kindle).

But under normal circumstances, Fred Sancilio and I probably wouldnt have met.

First of all, we travel in different circles. I hang out with firebrand nutritionists and doctors who are constantly taking the establishment to task for its poor dietary advice and over-pushing of drugs. And we (I include myself) are frequently doing so loudly and severely. Fred never raises his voice. Hes a staunch advocate of natural products and lifestyle choices for disease prevention, yet he works productively with people who are all-too-frequently on the enemies list of the natural products industrygovernment regulators from the FDA, for example. Hes the ultimate bipartisan who understands every side of the story and can get things done.

Freds a sober, scholarly, and serious academic with a PhD in research chemistry. Ive got a PhD in holistic nutrition, a masters in psychology, and an undergraduate degree in music. (I probably couldnt have passed high school chemistry, if, in fact, I had taken high school chemistry, which I most decidedly did not.) Fred built one of the most successful pharmaceutical labs in the country. Ive spent half my career railing against the sins of Big Pharma. Fred came from a hard-working, blue-collar Italian family in New Jersey and has the work ethic to show for it. I came from what was then quaintly called an upper middle class Jewish family in New York City, with a Harvard-trained lawyer for a father and a Juilliard-trained musical theater performer for a mother. Fred wears a three-piece suit to work. I havent owned a tie since 2001.

We are not what you might call natural allies.