CARPER - Stop Aging Now!

Jean Carper Stop Ageing Now!

STOP AGEING NOW is a well-researched, beautifully written book on ageing that will enable everyone to increase their years of healthy life.

DENHAM HARMAN, M.D.

Wow! A must-read for the longevity-minded. The chances are good that those who follow this book will add ten or more years to their vital and productive lifespan.

RONALD M. KLATZ, M.D.

There is little doubt that the ageing process can be slowed or even reversed. Ms Carpers provocative book will undoubtedly spark physicians and scientists to accelerate much-needed ageing research.

DR STEPHEN DE FELICE, CHAIRMAN, THE FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION IN MEDICINE

A superb and exciting book, very readable and sprinkled with gems of quotes from the experts.

ANNETTE DICKINSON, PHD, THE COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE NUTRITION

Provocative, lively, well-written. This book will add to the publics education about nutrition, disease and ageing.

ROBERT N. BUTLER, M.D., CHAIRMAN, DEPARTMENT OF GERIATRICS AT MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NEW YORK

ALSO BY JEAN CARPER:

FOOD YOUR MIRACLE MEDICINE.

THE FOOD PHARMACY.

THE FOOD PHARMACY GUIDE TO GOOD EATING.

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NOW!

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THE ULTIMATE PLAN FOR STAYING YOUNG AND REVERSING THE AGEING PROCESS.

Jean Carper.

Thorsons.

AN IMPRINT OF HarperCollinsPUBLISHERS.

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TO JOAN, JUDY, LARRY, BOB, NATELLA, THEA.

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Thorsons.

An Imprint of HarperCollinsPUBLISHERS

77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB.

First published in the United States

by HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 1995.

Published in hardback by Thorsons 1996.

This edition 1997.

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(c) Jean Carper 1995.

Jean Carper asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 07225 3456 6.

Printed and bound in Great Britain by Caledonian International Book Manufacturing Ltd, Glasgow.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.

CONTENTS.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

PREFACE.

INTRODUCTION: YOUTH POTIONS ARE HERE NOW AND THEYRE YOURS FOR THE TAKING.

CRACKING THE MYSTERY OF WHY WE AGE AND HOW WE CAN STOP IT.

STRONG POTIONS FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.

* The Vitamin You MUST Take to Delay Ageing: Vitamin E.

* Your Best Vitamin for Longevity: Vitamin C.

* All-Around Anti-ageing Antioxidant: Beta Carotene.

* Quick Fix for Senility and Other Ageing Problems: B Vitamins.

* Passport to More Energy, Longer Life: Chromium.

* See Your Immune System Grow Young Again: Zinc.

* The Anti-ageing Mineral You Must Take: Calcium.

* The Forgotten Anti-ageing Powerhouse: Magnesium.

* The Unique Mineral That Keeps You Young: Selenium.

* The Master Antioxidant: Glutathione.

* Amazing New Ageing Terminator: Coenzyme Q-10.

* The Brain-Saving Herb from Europe: Ginkgo.

* Ancient Anti-ageing Star Garlic.

* A Plateful of Miracles: Fruits and Vegetables.

* A Magic Marine Oil for Your Cells: Fish.

* An Asian Secret to Long Life: Soybeans.

* The Ancient Longevity Drink: Tea.

THE STUFF THAT ROBS YOU OF YOUR YOUTH.

* Beware the Fat That Makes You Old.

* Curing Meat of Its Youth-Stealing Powers.

* Drinking Yourself Young or Old.

* The Path to Old Age Is Paved with Calories.

* Get the Iron Out.

THE DANGER SIGNS OF NEEDLESS AGEING ANTIDOTES AND REMEDIES.

* Dont Believe What They Say About Senility!

* Your Arteries Dont Need to Grow Old.

* How to Stay Young at Heart.

* The Ageing Toxin Its Easy to Abolish.

* Your Failing Immunity Is Reversible!

* An Avoidable Ageing Bombshell.

* Cancer You Can Grow Old Without. It

* The Mythology of Rising Blood Pressure.

* Who Says You Have to Get Cataracts?

YOUR ULTIMATE PLAN FOR SLOWING DOWN AND REVERSING AGEING.

* Anti-ageing Supplement Strategy.

* Anti-ageing Diet Strategy.

REFERENCES.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

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The author of this book is a conduit of ideas, representing a synthesis of the current thinking of many scientists. For nearly two decades I have been privileged as a medical journalist to be able to tap into the flow of new theories and research about the importance of antioxidants, free radicals, and other substances in food; about health supplements; and now about ageing, the most monumental human health concern of all. The scientists, numbering in the thousands, with whom I have had contact during that time have added to the range of ideas that have culminated in this book.

In particular I want to mention some who have been most influential in pioneering and shaping the ideas presented in STOP AGEING NOW! Some of the scientists were new to me when I started this book; some have been in my Rolodex for years.

When I first started researching this book, the name that popped up everywhere in writings on free radicals and ageing was Denham Harman, M.D., now acknowledged as the man who, forty years ago, first thought of the free radical theory of ageing. He and his wife, Helen, have been taking supplements almost since that time and are testaments to the validity of Dr. Harmans pioneering ideas and research. To Dr. Harman, both I and the world owe a very big thanks for discovering and telling us how we can save ourselves from some of the sufferings of ageing.

Others who have added greatly to this book and scientific knowledge about ageing and age-related diseases, although they are not always specifically credited in the text, are: Dr. John Weisburger, who first at the National Cancer Institute and now at American Health Foundation has continued to enlighten me about the intricacies of antioxidants and carcinogens. Dr. Mary Enig, formerly a scientist at the University of Maryland, who recognized the dangers of polyunsaturated fats and trans fatty acids as far back as 1980, virtually before anyone else. Dr. Dean Jones, Emory University researcher on glutathione, who has patiently explained to me the many attributes of this powerful antioxidant. Dr. William Lands, now at the National Institutes of Health, my mentor on the chemistry and health aspects of fatty acids namely the omega-3s and omega-6s. And what would life be without the many scientists from Harvards School of Public Health and the U.S. Department of Agricultures Human Nutrition Research Center on Ageing at Tufts University. They have done much pioneering work in the area of nutrients, health, and ageing. In particular. Dr. Charles Hennekens and Dr. Walter Willett at Harvard; and at Tufts Drs. Simin and Moshen Meydani and Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg. Also among the prominent pioneers in free radicals, antioxidants, ageing and age-related diseases are Dr. Bruce Ames and Dr. Gladys Block at the University of California, Berkeley, and Dr. Roy Walford at UCLA, whose work and public pronouncements have done much to further the understanding of ageing and age-related diseases.

My gratitude also to the scientists who reviewed portions of this book before publication.

Thanks to my publisher, Gladys Justin Carr, whose vision made this book possible, and to my agent, Raphael Sagalyn, who is surely the best, most caring, meticulous, and enthusiastic agent an author can want. Again, for helping me fashion the organization and content of the book during the writing of the manuscript, my gratitude to my longtime best editor and friend, Thea Flaum.