Daily Archives: 6. March 2009

Seven Ps of health and longevity

The first P is Perspective.  To start, you need to have a perspective that a very long and healthy life is possible, that you want it and that you are willing to take whatever actions as are necessary to have … Continue reading

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Do your proteins get tied up in knots?

In a previous post Protein origami and aging I mentioned how proteins fold themselves up in complex shapes as soon as they are formed and how stress often leads to the misfolding of proteins, a process that can accelerate with … Continue reading

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Tough learning and neuron survivability

The March 2009 issue of Scientific American reports research on what happens to neurons after neurogenesis in rats. Under normal circumstances thousands of new neurons are generated every day in the dendrate gyrus of the hippocampus. Within a few weeks … Continue reading

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