IanC
September 10, 2011, 9:47pm
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Thanks for sharing Dennis.
I’m not sure this is directly relevant to my situation just now tho’.
Alas, as the Wikipedia entry says, these claims are unproven - and appear to be being lost. There are so many variables, it would be hard to know which were critical - or all of them.
Ian
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Following on from my original intention of living a long time by self-quantifying, this became more focused when I was diagnosed with terminal cancer with a ‘dead-by-date’ a year later ('Oct. '08).
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Ian, I was pretty much born with bleeding ulsers and had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis by the time I was 14 so as you can imagine I have had a keen interest in nutritional and alternative forms of medicine.
I have formed the impression that the last years of our lives can be vastly different than our expectations are at this time. In the province of Loja Ecuador, there are several villages where a high percentage of people live to be well over one hundred years old These people are often still capable of working in the fields. A Dr. Joel Wallach commented that in the several areas on earth where this occurs the people are getting 50 to 70 trace minerals in their diet or in the water. In Loja, it is in the water. They take regular dips in hot and cold mineral springs that are reddish with the multitude of trace minerals.
I first heard about the tremendous longevity of the people of Loja either on a documentary, (I think either "Here Come The '70’s or W5), but my wife is from Ecuador and she has verified what I had heard about the people of this area.
Dr. Joel Wallach was a veterinarian previous to his becoming a physician. He has stated that we knew how to prevent cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes in pigs since the 1930’s. We add forty or more trace minerals to pig feed. It was found back in the '30’s that farmers could not produce cheap pork if they were calling the vet often, so a serious incentive existed to prevent diseases in pigs…which are amazing close to us humans physiologically!
This article tends to verify Dr. Wallach’s conclusions at least to some degree:
Vilcabamba, Ecuador - Wikipedia
Medical researchers have confirmed that the retinas of 100 year-old residents are often comparable with those of 45 year-old city-dwellers. [2] Others suggest that the climate in the region, which is reasonably steady without much variation, or the mineral content of its drinking water is particularly healthful and explains the advanced age of its inhabitants.//
I must admit that I would write much of what I stated here differently now that I have done more research but you might enjoy this thread on one of my own groups anyway despite the “flies in the ointment.”
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=25829456480&topic=13416