Dr. Oz on Oprah: How to live to be 100 year oldPosted on November 2, 2007 by getyouinshapecom Dr. Oz was on Oprah Thursday November 1, 2007. This was from the Oprah.com website about what Dr. Oz talked about that show. Dr. Oz has something to say that could change your life. "If you are in reasonable health, there is absolutely no reason why you don't have a fighting chance to get to age 100." Despite what you might have been led to believe, Dr. Oz says that living to 100 isn't about avoiding diseases like cancer, heart disease or stroke. He says if we could rid the world of those common killers, it would add less than a decade to life expectancy. "Aging's not about avoiding disease," he says. "It's about living with vitality." In their book YOU: Staying Young, Dr. Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen get to the bottom of the true nature of aging. Some people think living to old age is a forgone conclusion—that it's all in your genes. In truth, Dr. Oz says, 70 percent of how you age comes from how you live. "We spent a ton of time looking into where the true fountain of youth is—and you know where it is? It's right inside of you. It's in your cells, it's in your 'kitchens.'" After a battery of tests including a written quiz and assessments for weight, waist size, body fat, blood pressure, flexibility and strength, Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen establed a scale of how well each of the 100 participants are aging on a 100 point scale. Scoring between 90 and 100 is considered "outstanding." A score between 80 and 89 is "aging well," between 70 and 79 is "average," and below 69 is "not aging well." Eighteen percent of the audience participants are aging in an average way, while 81 percent are "not aging well." Only one person is "outstanding." Hollianne—who is that 1 percent—says her health is something that's integrated into her lifestyle. "I exercise a lot, and I run three mornings a week," she says. "I lift weights, swim twice a week, and I cook almost everything I eat. I'm happy. I have a good family." At the other end of the scale is Maricelly. Because Maricelly says she smokes, drinks, eats poorly and struggled with the strength tests, Dr. Oz says her body is approximately 15 years older than her calendar age. Dr Oz says the good news is that she can turn it around in just three months. "The ultimate question that you ought to be asking yourself is, 'Would you do to someone else's body what you're doing to your body?' That's the love you ought to have for it," Dr. Oz says. "That's the best way I can express it. The beauty is, now that you know that, you can change it." The first step of the YOU: Staying Young program is a two-week plan. Start the YOU: Staying Young two-week plan today. In just 14 days, Dr. Oz says, your brain begins to shift and think about the world differently. In three months you can start to affect your life expectancy and in three years, you can reverse nearly any negative past behavior, he says. "Remember you can't get rid of your bad habits," Dr. Oz says. "You've got to replace them with good ones. But you can do it." But experiencing some stress is not always bad. "It wakes us up. Makes us alert. We learn better sometimes when we have a little bit of stress." The danger of aging comes when we don't know how to counteract negative stress. "If we don't do it right, if we don't really understand what's happening inside of us, then the whole thing begins to become unwound," Dr. Oz says. "So we're going to teach you how to become more responsive to the stress in the world around us. It starts in your body."
It starts in the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, which he calls the mind-body connection, or where the brain and body intersect. When the hypothalamus and pituitary are stimulated, they activate the adrenal gland, which releases chemicals into the body that rev the body for a "fight or flight" action. How does the body calm down after that? "The body always has an antidote to a problem," Dr. Oz says. The way the body balances stress is with the vagus nerve. "This nerve sends branches to the heart, the lungs, the intestinal tract. And what it's saying is it can calm you down. We never knew until recently that three-fourths of what the vagus does is bring information back to you." When there is too much information coming back along the vagus nerve, you can become ineffective at relaxation. "Your brain short circuits," Dr. Oz says. "It can't cope with all the information flowing back." First is to breathe correctly from your diaphragm. Dr. Oz says this powerful muscle in your stomach can calm the vagus. Another is through meditation or prayer. "That can strip decades, literally, off your life," Dr. Oz says. If, like Dr. Oz, you find still meditation difficult, you can also use techniques like tai chi or chi-gong—which Dr. Oz says is an "easier version" of tai chi.
Dr. Oz also has a couple of tricks to reduce stress. For one, lick your lips and suck in. The cooling sensation is actually an anti-stress tool. For the second, you're going to have to put a cork in it—literally. Open your mouth wide and put a cork between your teeth. Dr. Oz says this will reduce stress because it relaxes the large masseter muscles and the temporomandibular joint on the side of your face. If the cork is too big to go in your mouth vertically, Dr. Oz says it's okay to use it horizontally, too. There are certain foods that reduce stress and aging exceptionally well. Magnesium is a well known anti-stress mineral. Look for it in whole grains, beets and raisins. Lower your blood pressure with vitamin C-rich citrus fruits like oranges and grapefruit and potassium-rich foods like bananas, avocados and yogurt. Fruits and vegetables rich in antioxidants—like tomatoes, blueberries, carrots and broccoli—can boost your immune system and help your body fight off the negative effects of stress. What are antioxidants exactly? The body has cells called mitochondria, which function like power plants producing energy. When they're healthy, they function without much waste, called oxidants. As the mitochondria age and are mismanaged, they become less efficient and produce oxidants. These oxidants promote aging. "The body, as it always does, has an antidote to the problem—it's called antioxidants," Dr. Oz says. "But if you don't have enough antioxidants in your bloodstream—because you're not getting it in your food or if you bring in too much oxidation—you fall behind." Dr. Oz made the omentum—the dangerous belly fat that hurts your heart—into a household word. Now he's got a new vocabulary word he wants you to know—telomeres. Just like the tip of a shoelace keeping the threads of the lace from fraying, a telomere keeps the chromosomes from fraying, too. A properly functioning telomere will keep chromosomes healthy, which allows them to reproduce cells. But if you are worn down by stress, your telomeres will break down. "And then guess what? You can't reproduce your cells anymore," Dr. Oz says. "And when you can't reproduce cells, you're old and you're frail." Dr. Oz says telomeres contain new information about aging that is vitally important. While doctors used to think that only certain organs could rebuild themselves, they now know that all our organs can be replenished with new cells if we have functioning telomeres. "Aging is not about avoiding breakage—that's not what it's about. Aging is about repairing what's broken," he says. "When you lose the ability to repair, you become frail." "These simple little insights are showing us dramatically how we can affect the health of America if we just focus on the right things," he says. Want to learn more about how your body's aging? Dr. Oz says scientists have developed a cutting-edge blood test that can tell you everything you need to know about how healthfully you are aging. The test—called the Biophysical250—can also reveal whether you're at risk of developing cancer, cardiovascular disease and other disorders. "Historically, we get a couple of blood tests here and there and hopefully they make sense together," Dr. Oz says. "Now there are groups that actually can test all of the key indicators of your hormones, your body fat, your inflammation, your blood counts, and, by the way, how you're aging. … It's a way of carbon dating our bodies so we can actually figure out how old we are." Dr. Oz ordered a Biophysical250 for Oprah, and her results are in! "Here's the deal. Your telomeres are actually really good, which is a little surprising because you live under a lot of stress," he tells Oprah. "It really means you're about two years younger than you should be." The Biophysical250 costs about $1,500 to $3,400—the equivalent of a flat-screen TV. Before you run out and order the test, Dr. Oz says that the testing of telomeres is brand new, and for now, primarily used for research. Also, a health assessment is just the first step for people hoping to live longer lives. "Once you learn about [your health], then you actually have got to act on it," he says. "There's no point in figuring out your age really quickly if you're not going to change that natural history." Find out more about the test at www.biophysicalyou.com. Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen devote an entire chapter of their book, YOU: Staying Young, to another aging antidote…great sex. "We've known for a while that having sex can increase your longevity," Dr. Oz says. "In fact, if you can double the amount of sex you have, you'll actually add three years incremental to your life. … I'm talking about monogamous, loving sex." June, a 47-year-old woman who tested Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen's anti-aging plan for eight weeks, says her sex life was ho-hum before joining the program. Sex wasn't the only thing in June's life that was suffering. "When I got out of bed seven weeks ago, every joint in my body ached," she says. "Everything was sagging, especially the breasts and the behind." Now, June takes two minutes to stretch every morning and has introduced yoga into her routine "This has helped me considerably to reduce stress," she says. "It also has taught me control." In addition to yoga, June walks two miles a day and sticks to a vitamin regiment prescribed by Dr. Oz. June's diet has also changed dramatically. Instead of stocking up on fattening foods, June now fills her refrigerator with healthy fruits and vegetables. June says these lifestyle changes have helped kick-start her sex life! "The fireworks are back, and if I can be so bold, and say the orgasms have multiplied and intensified," she says. "I'm telling you, ladies, all we have to do to see fireworks is eat the right foods, stretch, exercise and have a positive outlook on life." "Sex is all about a symphony of hormones," he says. "Testosterone puts the moan in hormone, so if you don't have enough testosterone—which begins to decline in both men and women as you get older—then you start to lose your libido." Participating in physical activities and getting plenty of sleep are two ways you can rev up your sex drive naturally. "I'm not against taking supplements for these things if you have to, but there's nothing as good as doing it yourself," Dr. Oz says. "You've got this little place deep inside your brain called the pineal gland. When radiation hits that, it actually changes all of the circadian rhythms, all of the chemistry in your body." Dr. Oz says June's lifestyle changes stimulated her brain's pineal gland, which led to a hormonal cascade and more orgasms. "This is not magic," he says. "It's reproducible—it happens over and over again." | ||||||
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