Anti-Aging

Anti-aging - In order to slow down your aging process your body needs a complex array of nutrients. These nutrients must be able to work at cellular level repairing your DNA and RNA. In an ideal world you would be able to obtain all these essential nutrients from your diet. Sadly however, that has not been possible for many years. If you have doubts about this please refer to the 21st August 2002 issue of Xtend-Your-Life newsletter. You can find a copy in the newsletter archives.

Nutrient deficiencies accelerate the aging process! The essential nutrients that you need are extensive and complex... the common vitamins and minerals are only the 'tip of the nutrient iceberg'. You also need a full array of amino acids, anti-oxidants, bioflavonoids, neuronutrients, certain herbal extracts, enzymes and specialized substances such as L-Carnosine, alpha lipoic acid, acetyl L-Carnitine, ATP precursors and so on. Not only does your body need all these nutrients but they have to be in the correct proportions to each other. In other words synergistic! If they are out of balance some of these substances can combine to produce other unwanted compounds that can do you harm. This is why buying a variety of supplements off the shelf and taking them together can sometimes be dangerous.

Hormones sometimes need to be considered in an anti-aging program. However, this is an area which must be approached with considerable caution and should ONLY be addressed when you have your 'general' health under control by ensuring your body is properly nourished with all the essential nutrients. By ensuring that your body is receiving the correct nutrients, hormone replacement should not be necessary as the correct nutrients will stimulate your own production of essential hormones.

Taking any form of hormones without first establishing the need for them by laboratory blood tests can be RISKY. This is because you may 'upset' your hormonal cascade which is the process in which one hormone converts to another, etc. If you create an imbalance of any hormone your system may send signals to the gland that produces that particular hormone and shut down the natural production of the hormone.

NEVER self prescribe any form of hormone. Only agree or initiate a 'hormone replacement program' AFTER you are totally convinced that it is needed and then only under the supervision of a physician who specializes in hormone replacement and is an expert in the subject…not to be confused with your family physician who dispenses HRT under the protocols as set by pharmaceutical companies.

HGH, commonly known as Human Growth Hormone is currently a 'hot' topic with some people interested in anti-aging. Other than HGH injections, (which is very expensive and is only available by prescription) the two most popular options promoted for raising HGH are:

HGH precursors
Homeopathic HGH in spray form

It should be noted that HGH itself does not provide any direct benefits. Rather it is just simply the messenger as are most hormones. It carries a message to the liver to signal it to produce various substances, primarily Insulin Growth Factor - 1, commonly known as IGF-1.

IGF-1 is the substance that enables you to determine whether you are producing adequate HGH naturally. IGF-1 remains quite constant whereas HGH is produced by the pituitary gland in bursts thus making it virtually impossible to get reliable readings.

HGH precursors are normally blends of amino acids which can help stimulate the pituitary gland to increase the production of HGH. These will sometimes work in some younger people if taken in large doses but rarely work in people over 40 years of age. The long term implications of taking large doses of amino acids over an extended period is yet to be established.

Homeopathic HGH preparations which are generally marketed in spray form contain minute amounts of rGH which is called recombinant growth hormone. Although it is promoted as HGH it is not actually HGH but actually rGH. (It is not possible to buy genuine HGH these days as all genuine growth hormone is synthesized. It used to be extracted from cadavers but that practice has been discontinued.)

The homeopathic sprays are ineffective for two reasons. One is that the dose rate is too small based on a maximum non prescription dose by law of 2,000 nanograms which is about 1/10,000th of common injectable doses, and secondly that the HGH molecule is to big to pass through the mucous membrane of the mouth. Also the GH molecule is very fragile and easily damaged which is why the genuine product is supplied in a refrigerated powder or small vials.

The benefits claimed by the promoters of these products are based on the short term gains from old studies using the injectable form of HGH which is like comparing apples with oranges.

If your liver is not functioning at its optimal level no form of HGH therapy will be effective.

Warning: You should be very wary of HGH or IGF-1 supplements. If they did work they could be dangerous to your health, as could the injections. What is not generally understood is that although gains in IGF-1 levels can be made quite easily over the short term by a number of different methods, over the long term those gains are likely to be lost and you will end up in worse health than before you started plus your aging process will likely accelerate.

Over a period of time the levels of IGF-1 which is the measurement used for HGH generally fall back to levels lower than they were before starting the treatment... and that is with continued and increased dosing.

There is much about HGH and IGF-1 which is not being said...

Two years ago before Prof. Dr A. Munem became closely associated with Xtend-Life we conducted a study on a natural substance with very high growth factors designed to increase levels of IGF-1. We were investigating the practicality of producing it and adding it to our product range. Our chairman Warren Matthews participated in the study as he insists on testing and using all products that we produce. (Unless it is one specifically for women!). The study was very successful in the short term. Although Warren's IGF-1 levels were at that of a healthy 25 year old (he is 56) he was still able to raise it a further 24% in the first 30 days.

However, rather than stopping the study at that point with the excellent results we continued it longer as Dr Munem predicted that the ultimate result of the study would be quite different from the initial results!

Practical experience validates the Prediction!

After 90 days Warren's levels dropped back to where they were before starting. Other people in the study had their levels drop back to LOWER than they were before they started. This is because the natural balance of HGH/IGF-1 production had been interfered with and caused the natural production systems within the body to shut down.

After combining this practical experience with other research we decided that because of the risks associated with this type of product that it was not in Xtend-Life's customer's best interest and so we stopped the study. Even though this product would have outperformed the current 'raft' of HGH products on the market it would not in our opinion have been an 'honest' product.

In summary, be very cautious about these types of products no matter how much they are 'hyped'. You can raise and maintain your HGH levels quite well naturally by using quality multi nutrient (not just multi mineral/vitamin) supplements and maintaining a sensible diet and a modest amount of regular exercise. Our chairman Warren Matthews is living testimony of this.

What can be done to slow down the aging process?

It's not as hard as you may think. The first thing that you must do is take a quality broad spectrum natural supplement to help fill in the nutrient 'gaps' that everyone has. In this regard there is no better supplement on the market today which will help achieve that objective than Xtend-Life Total Balance. A reasonable solution to anti-aging.

You should always remember however, that if you are serious about slowing down your aging process that there is no magic 'potion' supplement or hormone that will on its own help you achieve your objective. You must include good lifestyle changes with sensible diet and reasonable exercise. It is just as important to make sure that you are aware of what you should NOT eat as well as what you should eat. As a rule of thumb, if it is in a packet or is processed in any way... don't eat it.

For the moment the best protocol that we know of for slowing down your aging process is to take Xtend-Life Total Balance.

'XTEND-LIFE Total Balance' is the only known scientific supplement that provides all the essential nutrients synergistically in just one tablet. You may use any of the three versions for similar results.

Over 95% of Anti-aging and Supplement programs do not work! Either because they are not scientifically formulated, are incomplete or, they contain inferior ingredients. In some cases due to poor manufacturing processes many products do not even contain the stated ingredients at all! Learn more by clicking here.