A Guide to Longevity Foods, Diets, and Supplements

By Martin Ettington

There is great interest out there in what people can do to improve their longevity. I’ve been writing books about longevity for fourteen years and I realized there was one topic I had not really covered in detail. That topic is what are the foods and supplements we can take which will help make us healthy enough to lengthen our lives.

Improving individual longevity is not just about foods and supplements. There are a lot of factors which all affect longevity so I have a chapter here which talks about my work “The 10 Principles of Personal Longevity” which covers those issues in more detail. In addition there are some specific physical issues like telomeres, inflammation, and oxidative stress which also affect chronic diseases and therefore longevity and these are discussed in detail.

I also think it is pertinent to see what long lived communities eat so I’ve copied some of the key data and conclusions from my book on four long lived communities around the world to see what their diets are. Some recipes of their traditional foods are also included.
Foods and supplements which have been known from historical times and today are discussed in detail for you to learn what the wisdom of the ages and science knows about the correct foods and supplements to eat.

After reading this book you will have new ideas about the food, diets, and supplements you can eat to help you live a much longer and healthier life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Martin Ettington
• Release date: May 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9780463081402

Martin Ettington

The owner Martin K. Ettington is an Engineer by training and has had multiple careers. These include technical sales for GE and HP. Martin also Owns his own software and consulting business.Martin’s interest in the Paranormal and Occult goes back to his childhood. He has had many paranormal experiences and has been a student of Eastern Philosophies and Meditation for 35 years.Seeking Enlightenment; he knows that we are already all Enlightened. We just have to realize this deeply.His books are expressions of his creativity to help others understand what he has internalized through study, experience, and membership in different societies.Not many technical persons or scientists spend a lot of time in parallel studying the Metaphysical and have had many spiritual or psychic experiences too.Therefore, Martin believes that he can provide a unique vantage point to integrate Western Scientific thinking with Eastern exploration of the mind and spirit.

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There is great interest out there in what people can do to improve their longevity. I’ve been writing books about longevity for fourteen years and I realized there was one topic I had not really covered in detail. That topic is what are the foods and supplements we can take which will help make us healthy enough to lengthen our lives.

Improving individual longevity is not just about foods and supplements. There are a lot of factors which all affect longevity so I have a chapter here which talks about my work The 10 Principles of Personal Longevity which covers those issues in more detail. In addition there are some specific physical issues like telomeres, inflammation, and oxidative stress which also affect chronic diseases and therefore longevity and these are discussed in detail.

I also think it is pertinent to see what long lived communities eat so I’ve copied some of the key data and conclusions from my book on four long lived communities around the world to see what types of diets they eat. Some recipes of their traditional foods are also included.

Foods and supplements which have been known from historical times and today are discussed in detail for you to learn what the wisdom of the ages and science knows about the correct foods and supplements to eat.

After reading this book you will have new ideas about the food, diets, and supplements you can eat to help you live a much longer and healthier life.

2.0 The 10 Principles of Personal Longevity

Although the focus of this book is on supplements and foods which can help your longevity this is only part of the picture. You can learn more about my approach to longevity from the 10 Principles described.

In my research on Longevity over the last fourteen years I found many factors which affect individual longevity. I codified this in my 10 Principles of Personal Longevity as you can see below:

The details of each of these principles can be found in the book. I even developed an online training program to train coaches and individuals in Longevity.

A few of the key factors I determined are:

My research showed that there are many people who have lived to their mid one hundreds and even over 200 years. So living much longer than we are told is possible has been done by our ancestors.

You need to have a reason to live-especially when you get older to help you live longer. Psychology is an important part of our long term health.

Having a spiritual connection is very important. It seems to bring an uplifting healthy spirit down into our bodies. Most of the very long lived people are also naturally very spiritual.

3.0 Important Factors Affecting Longevity

There are some important factors which affect your body’s long term health. In this chapter we cover Telomeres, Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress.

3.1 Telomeres and Aging

Telomeres are at the non-coding ends of linear chromosomes. Through a complex 3-dimensional structure, they protect the coding DNA and ensure appropriate separation of chromosomes. Aging is characterized by a progressive shortening of telomeres, which compromises their structure and function.

Because of their protective function for genomic DNA, telomeres appear to play an important role in the development and progression of many age-related diseases, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), malignancies, dementia, and osteoporosis.

Despite substantial evidence that links telomere length with these conditions, the nature of these observations remains insufficiently understood. Therefore, future studies should address the question of causality. Furthermore, analytical methods should be further improved with the aim to provide informative and comparable results. This review summarizes the actual knowledge of telomere biology and the possible implications of telomere dysfunction for the development and progression of age-related diseases. Furthermore, we provide an overview of analytical techniques for the measurement of telomere length and telomerase activity.

Introduction

Telomeres, the ends of linear chromosomes, have already been studied for over half a century, and today we possess detailed knowledge of the structural organization and physiology. One key feature of telomeres is that they shorten with advancing age, which compromises their structure and function. Over the last decade, numerous studies have reported associations between telomere length and a broad range of age-related diseases including cardiovascular disease, malignancies, dementia, osteoporosis, and others. However, the nature of these relationships and potential molecular mechanisms that may explain them are still insufficiently understood.

A particular area of interest in this context is cancer, where genomic stability, cell differentiation, and proliferation is often compromised. Because of their protective function for genomic DNA, telomeres appear to play an important role in the development and progression of malignancies. This review summarize the actual knowledge of telomere biology and the possible implications of telomere dysfunction for the development and progression of age-related diseases.

Telomeres-Structure and Functions

Telomeres are DNA regions of variable length at the end of all chromosomes. In humans, they are composed by numerous repeats of the hexanucleotide TTAGGG and are organized in a complex 3-dimensional structure, which is essential for the protective properties of telomeres. While telomeres are double-stranded for most of their length, the very end of the leading strand is single-stranded. This single stranded overhang is the result of an incomplete lagging strand DNA synthesis, which leads to telomere shortening with every cell division, beyond telomere shortening due to accidental damage. When telomeres become critically short, cells no longer divide. In 1961, Hayflick discovered that the number of cell divisions in vitro is limited, known as the Hayflick limit. In order to prevent inappropriate recognition of the single-stranded overhang as DNA damage and subsequent activation of the DNA damage repair (DDR) system, it is hidden inside the 3-dimensional telomere structure. Inappropriate activation of the DDR system at telomeric sites would results in non-homologous end-joining, alternative non-homologous end-joining or homologous