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THE SPIRIT OF AGING: A NEW BEGINNING

THE SPIRIT OF AGING: A NEW BEGINNING MICHAEL T. RAILEY, MD THEORIES OF AGING THE PROCESS OF GROWING OLDER INCLUDING BIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY GENETIC THEORIES- SPECIES SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES-PROGRAMMED RANDOM DAMAGE THEORIES- BALANCES BETWEEN ONGOING DAMAGE AND REPAIR IS DISRUPTED- ANTIOXIDANTS

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THE SPIRIT OF AGING: A NEW BEGINNING

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  1. THE SPIRIT OF AGING:A NEW BEGINNING MICHAEL T. RAILEY, MD

  2. THEORIES OF AGINGTHE PROCESS OF GROWING OLDER INCLUDING BIOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY • GENETIC THEORIES-SPECIES SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES-PROGRAMMED • RANDOM DAMAGE THEORIES-BALANCES BETWEEN ONGOING DAMAGE AND REPAIR IS DISRUPTED-ANTIOXIDANTS

  3. THE FREE RADICAL THEORY • THE WEAR AND TEAR THAT AGES US BEGINS AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL WITHIN OUR CELLS • MOST NORMAL CELLS HAVE A “NEUTRAL” CHARGE • A MOLECULE WITH AN EXTRA NEGATIVE CHARGE IS REFERRED TO AS HAVING A “FREE RADICAL” • THOSE UNWANTED FREE RADICAL MOLECULES CAN BE CALLED OXIDATED. • THE OXIDATIVE PROCESS IS LIKE RUST • TO STOP THE PROCESS WE UTILIZE “ANTI-OXIDANTS”

  4. THE BIOLOGY OF AGING THERE IS AN INCREASE IN CHROMOSOME STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES, DNA CROSS LINKING, AND FREQUENCY OF SINGLE STRAND BREAKS, A DECLINE IN DNA METHYLATION; AND LOSS OF DNA TELOMERIC SEQUENCES. THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS IS UNALTERED, BUT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN POSTTRANSLATIONAL CHANGES, DEAMIDATION, OXIDATION, CROSS-LINKING, AND NONENZYMATIC GLYCATION. MITOCHONDRIAL STRUCTURE DETERIORATES, ALBEIT NOT UNIVERSALLY. HARRISONS MEDICAL TEXT

  5. THE AGING PROCESS IS COMPLEX DON’T BE FOOLED BY HEARING OF SIMPLISTIC SOLUTIONS

  6. GOALS • GAIN AN OVERVIEW OF AGING IN AMERICA • INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL OF ADEQUATE PHYSICAL MAINTAINENCE, NUTRITION, AND MENTAL HEALTH • INCREASE MOTIVATION TO CREATE OR RECAPTURE A POSITIVE VISION FOR OUR LATTER YEARS • DISPELL MYTHS ABOUT AGING, NUTRITION, FOOD ADDITIVES • UNDERSTAND HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR OWN LONGEVITY • ENHANCE YOUR SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND CONVICTION TO LEAD A PURPOSEFUL LIFE

  7. THE BOTTOM LINE ! • WHAT IS REALLY KNOWN • WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR YOURSELF • HOW YOU CAN BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE

  8. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL! • WHAT IS BEAUTY? HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT OURSELVES? • WHO IS THE BEHOLDER? • IS “YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG”? • WHAT VALUE IS WISDOM? • WHO CHANGED THE PRICE TAGS?

  9. WHAT IS BEAUTY??

  10. MORE ALEK WEK!

  11. ARE WE BRAINWASHED? • THE COLOR FACTOR • THE HAIR FACTOR • BODY WEIGHT • HEIGHT • EYE COLOR • YOUNG VS. OLD

  12. MATURE IS BEAUTIFUL TOO!! • APPRECIATION OF QUALITIES OTHER THAN YOUTH • RECOGNITION OF WISDOM AND ACCOMPLISHMENT • THE BEAUTY OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT • THE BEAUTY OF A GODLY PERSON • RESPECT FOR LONGEVITY • FINISHING WELL IS BETTER THAN STARTING WELL • BEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS MAY BE LATER!

  13. A DIFFERENT WORLD • THE WHITE POPULATION IN THE U.S. LIVES OVER 5 YEARS LONGER THAN OUR NATIONS BLACK POPULATION • DIABETES IS NEARLY TWICE AS LIKELY TO OCCUR AMONG BLACKS AS WHITES • BLACKS ARE 10 TIMES LIKELY TO DIE AS A VICTIM OF HOMICIDE • BLACKS ARE 8 TIMES LIKELY TO DIE FROM HIV COMPARED TO WHITES • LESS THAN 50% IF BLACK FAMILIES IN AMERICA OWN HOMES;CONVERSELY 76% OF WHITE FAMILIES OWN HOMES • BLACK MEN ARE MORE THAN 6 TIMES AS LIKELY TO BE INCARCERATED AS WHITES • MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF ALL BLACK CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY AND 2/3 GROW UP IN A HOME WITHOUT 2 PARENTS

  14. 50+ AMERICANS TODAYANOTHER CULTURE?? • 48% OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LIVE WITH SPOUSE • 70% OF WHITE MEN LIVE WITH SPOUSE • 18% OF WHITE MEN LIVE ALONE • 28% OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LIVE ALONE • 1.3% OF WHITES RESPONSIBLE FOR GRANDCHILDREN • 4.7% OF BLACKS RESPONSIBLE FOR GRANDCHILDREN • POVERTY RATE IS 7% FOR WHITE • POVERTY RATE IS 18% FOR BLACK • POVERTY RATE FOR HISPANIC IS 15% • POVERTY RATE FOR ASIAN IS 9%

  15. STATE OF THE NATION • NUMBER OF AMERICANS AGE 55 AND OLDER WILL ALMOST DOUBLE BY 2030 • AMERICANS REACHING AGE 65 TODAY HAVE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF ADDITIONAL 17.9 YEARS • THE OLDER POPULATION IS BETTER EDUCATED • OLDER AMERICANS HAVE MORE FINANCIAL RESOURCES • OLDER AMERICANS DEVOTE THE MOST TIME TO VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES • 59% SEE RETIREMENT AS A TIME TO BE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED.

  16. HEALTH CARE DISPARITYIS REAL!!

  17. OLDER AFRICAN AMERICANSHAVE TRAVELED A DIFFICULT PATH TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE!!!

  18. HOT SPRINGS TREATMENTS SPA TREATMENTS BOTOX TREATMENTS BIZARRE UNTESTED SUBSTANCES ORGAN TRANSPLANTS PLASTIC SURGERY MEGADOSE VITAMINS “THE PRIDE OF LIFE”-JOHN 2:16 THE BATTLE TO STAY YOUNG!EXCESS OF VANITY

  19. THE ONLY INTERVENTION TO DELAY AGINGCALORIC RESTRICTION-RESTRICTING CALORIC INTAKE BY 30 TO 40%

  20. A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH :THE FRENCH PARADOX • RESVERATROL-SLOWS DOWN THE TRAIN • MOST HEAVILY CONCENTRATED IN RED WINE

  21. RESVERATROL • PRODUCED NATURALLY-GRAPESKIN • FOUND IN MANY ALCOHOLS BUT GREATEST AMOUNT IN RED WINE • ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND LOWERS BLOOD SUGAR • MAY BE RELATED TO EXPLANATION OF THE “FRENCH PARADOX”

  22. NUTRITIONAL MYTHS VS. TRUTH • CINNAMON- blood sugar? • GARLIC-cholesterol? • BRADS VINEGAR-hypertension • FISH OIL-heart disease? • COD LIVER OIL-arthritis? • CAFFEINE-antioxidant? • BLUEBERRIES-antioxidant?

  23. IN ALL THINGS-MODERATION 1 COR 9:25,26,27 AND EVERY MAN THAT STRIVETH FOR MASTERY IS TEMPERATE IN ALL THINGS. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I there so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I not as one that beateth the air; But I keep under my body; and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

  24. THE BLUE ZONES LONGEVITY AROUND THE WORLD A BOOK BY DAN BUETTNER

  25. BLUE ZONES • Sardinia , Italy • Okinawa, Japan • Loma Linda, California • Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

  26. OKINAWA, JAPAN IKIGAI- A SENSE OF PURPOSE HARA HACHIBU -EAT ONLY UNTIL 80% FULL

  27. THE SOLUTION VERY BASIC WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE SO WHY CAN’T WE DO THIS???

  28. WHY??? “FATIQUE MAKES COWARDS OF US ALL” GREEN BAY PACKERS FOOTBALL COACH, VINCE LOMBARDI

  29. MANAGING STRESS AND EMOTIONS

  30. THE CORTISOL EFFECT • CORTISOL- STRESS HORMONE • CORTISOL LEVELS RISE WITH AGE • DURING YOUTH THE LEVELS FALL GREATLY AT NIGHT • LEVELS DO NOT FALL AS FAR AS WE AGE • LIVING WITH HIGH STRESS TAKES A TOLL-STRESS IS DESTRUCTIVE!!

  31. WHO IS WATCHING WHO?THE SOVEREIGNITY OF GOD!

  32. DO WE REALLY BELIEVE WHAT WE SAY WE BELIEVE??

  33. YOUR FUTURE IS YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM! 1 COR 2: 9,10 EYES HAVE NOT SEEN, NOR EARS HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM. BUT GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US BY HIS SPIRIT. FOR THE SPIRIT SEARCHETH ALL THINGS, YEA, THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD.

  34. A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW “People who feel their life is a part of a larger plan and are guided by their spiritual values have stronger immune systems, decreased blood pressure, decreased risk for heart attack and cancer, heal faster and live longer.” Harold Koenig, MD professor of psychiatry at Duke University

  35. SPIRITUAL GIFTS • CAN ASSIST YOU IN DETERMINING HOW YOU FIT INTO THE “SERVICE” PUZZLE • EASILY RESEARCHED IN THE BIBLE(1 COR 12:8-10, 1 COR 12:28, ROMANS 12:6-8, EPHESIANS 4:11) • MANY CHURCHES HAVE PROGRAMS TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR GIFTS • WHEN YOU HAVE A SPIRITUAL GIFT IT IS NOT TAKEN AWAY WHEN YOU FALTER SPIRITUALLY • FEELING CONFIDENT ABOUT YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS MAKES YOU FEEL MORE CONFIDENT IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE • BE VERY CAREFUL, AS THE TOPIC OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS OFTEN INCITES MUCH DISCUSSION AND EVEN CONTROVERSY!

  36. VITAL KNOWLEDGE John 5:24 VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD AND BELIEVETH ON HIM THAT SENT ME HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, AND SHALL NOT COME INTO CONDEMNATION, BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE.

  37. MORE STRESS MANAGEMENT • VITAL TO HAVE STRONG BELIEF SYSTEM(YOU KNOW HOW THIS STORY ENDS) • EXERCISE REDUCES STRESS & BURSTS OF PHYSICAL EXERTION IS AN ANTIDEPRESSANT • ADEQUATE SLEEP HELPS • SOCIAL NETWORK • ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS • HOBBIES/ MIND RENEWAL • DEVELOP A PERSONAL VISION/MISSION

  38. EXAMPLES: • FOSTER CHILDREN OUTCOMES • TRANSMISSION OF A SKILL YOU HAVE TO YOUNGER PEOPLE • MENTORING • VOLUNTEERING • OVERSEA CONTRIBUTIONS/DONATIONS • THE AIDS WORLDWIDE EPIDEMIC • THE PLIGHT 0F THE INCARCERATED

  39. WHAT CAN WE LEARN??LESSONS FROM THE BLUE ZONES EXERCISE AND KEEP YOUR BODY MOVING KNOW YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE WORK LESS AND INCREASE PERIODS OF CALMNESS EAT WISELY AND EAT LESS INCREASE VEGETABLES, LESS PROTEIN,LESS PROCESSED FOOD DRINK RED WINE IN MODERATION STAY SOCIALLY ENGAGED PARTICIPATE IN SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS PRACTICES MAKE YOUR FAMILY YOUR PRIORITY

  40. LATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS/THE CALEB FACTOR • CONFIDENT, BOLD, AND UNAFRAID, CALEB SAID”AND YET I AM AS STRONG THIS DAY AS I WAS IN THE DAY THAT MOSES SENT ME; AS MY STRENGTH WAS THEN, EVEN SO IS MY STRENGTH NOW, FOR WAR, BOTH TO GO OUT AND TO COME IN.” JOSHUA 14:11

  41. THE THIRD AGE A NEW LIFE STAGE BETWEEN ADULTHOOD AND “TRUE OLD AGE”. NO LONGER A BRIEF INTERMEZZO TO DRASTIC DECLINE…INSTEAD THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME THE BEST STAGE OF ALL! COMBINES NEWFOUND FREEDOM AND THE CHANCE TO MAKE THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO LIFE!!!

  42. AGING AND EVEN DEATH IS NOT THE END!! HOW WILL YOU PURSUE YOUR NEW BEGINNING ???

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