Our Virtual Organ And A Piece Of Knowledge Just Added To Google

It's rare to have a piece of knowledge that is not yet on Google! But here is one: I posted a question on FaceBook as to what organ is in our body, that has more cells in it than the rest of our body, but yet is not at all a part of our body, and is instead, a "Virtual Organ" within our bodies? The answer, which no one got, is Our Digestive Mass. That is, our digesting food, combined with the normal flora and bacteria in our intestines, that create a virtual organ for digesting our food for us. Interesting huh? Now that piece of information is on Google! Provided by me :) Also, to my FaceBook friends, I am no longer on FaceBook as my account was disabled. They don't tell you why, but it could have been for promoting my book, or having too many friends (1800) on Facebook too fast. Anyway, it was fun while it lasted.
Dr. Doug Ikeler
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Health Care Reform Or Insurance Reform?

The debate rages on about Health Care Reform. I guess the part that constantly disturbs me the most, is that this debate has nothing at all to do with health care. It is entirely about Insurance Reform and how to get more people being forced to buy more insurance from an already multi-trillion dollar a year industry!

Health Care itself is not even about health care. It is about disease treatment. There is not a single program the government offers, or the insurance companies offer that is in any way concerned with keeping you healthy. They are delighted that the American population is getting fatter and sicker by the day, and paying more and more each year to get medical services, which they need more and more each year. The spiral grows and the insurance companies are laughing all the way to the bank!
Having gone to both veterinary college, and human medical college, I can tell you the one outstanding difference, was the price. Let me give you a few examples: Pet hospitalization overnight: about $20, human $2,000. Pet hysterectomy: about $250, human $25,000 Pet insurance per year: about $100, human $10,000. The list goes on and on with the notable feature being that all human medical costs are 100 times as much, for exactly the same thing!

If you made the price on human medical services the same as they are at a veterinary hospital, the human medical industry and the veterinary medical industry would be exactly the same size: twenty billion dollars a year in revenues. Medicare fraud alone is currently three times as large as the entire veterinary industry, which frankly delivers the most amazing services at the best prices on the planet.

Fifty years ago, a person might carry what was then called "Major Medical Insurance," which was for use if you got really sick and ended up in the hospital. Some people had it, but not very many. Also, fifty years ago, hospitals were mostly owned by Churches and Cities. Now they are all owned by Corporations. Which means they are now only concerned with profits. Your health is a far distant third or fourth concern to these corporations. See if they'll help you for free when you're really sick and can't afford it. The church owned hospitals use to.

The only real answer to this debate is that the government should offer free health care by opening up it's already free locations like the VA hospitals and medicare. If you don't want to buy health insurance, head down to the VA for care. Just like public schools are free, so should some version of medical care be.

It's a fool's game, and the insurance companies are trying to balloon a two trillion dollar a year industry into a ten trillion dollar a year industry. Don't think so? Wait and see what happens.

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God's Speech To Adam

"We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth,
Neither mortal nor immortal,
So that with freedom of choice and with honor,
As though the maker and molder of thyself,
Thou shalt have the power out of thy soul's judgment,
To be reborn into the higher forms, which are divine."
-----God's speech to Adam from Pico Della Mirandola's
Oration On The Dignity of Man-----

I just love this quotation as it speaks so powerfully on your
power to choose and create your own destiny!
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Life Extension Page 159

are on a mission you rally your greatest resources and your greatest capabilities. You set the highest standards and lead the way. You exalt and engage every one around you. Your purpose is clear and your goals are exactly defined. This is when you are really living.

With my five Cat Hospitals, we were definitely on a mission. We were more than in business. We were out to prove something and elevate the standards of care for all cats that came into our lives. We weren't shy about it either. We let the world know we were the best and we were ready to show you. Just bring in your kitty and see.

At the level of mission, you really contribute too. We saved thousands of cats from "convenience killing" and found them new homes in our adoption centers versus just putting them to sleep for the convenience of their owners who were moving and couldn't keep their cat. We saved thousands of cat's lives by delivering a higher standard of medical care and through diagnostics to solve problems medically and behaviorally versus just watching the problem and hoping it would solve itself. We really contributed to the betterment of our patients. From fulfilling our mission, we all gained the wealth of an emotional pot of gold that we get to keep for the rest of our lives.

What could you do in your life to live at the level of mission? Do you have a mission? What mission could you take on? What exalted purpose would you like to actualize? Search your heart. We all have something of greatness to contribute. Maybe you have an invention you would like to bring to market. I have known many people with a great idea or invention that they never actualize because five thousand dollars stood in their way. Five thousand dollars is nothing. If you have to, get a part time job at night to save up an extra

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Slow Your Biological Clock

I realize I am the only one selling this message, but the key to longevity is to Slow Your Biological Clock. That is achieved by Slowing Your Metabolism. Even the experts don't get it when the evidence is right in front of their faces.

I heard a fitness lady on television the other day telling viewers to never skip a meal, because that will slow your metabolism. Surprisingly, that's what you want. Weight is ultimately the issue, because if you are overweight, your metabolism runs faster. Your body sees the need to burn off those excess calories and does so by making you hotter and using futile heat cycles to get rid of all that excess energy.

The studies show that even your basal metabolism can be slowed by as much as sixty percent. Using a calculator and doing the same math that you used in high school to calculate which car would get to Chicago fastest, which person do you think would get older faster if they had the faster metabolism? You go it!...Tubby.

Fasting is a method of life extension. Some people in the life extension CR community only eat every other day. Early animal studies too accomplished a fifty percent reduction in food intake by only feeding the animals every other day. I have skipped some meals along the way, but fasting is not my favorite method of caloric restriction. Eating right and counting the calories is.

So the exciting take-home message is you can live decades longer than you ever imagined and the method is here and available today. It's all in my book and it's easy to do.

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The Arcuate Fasciculus, Thomas Parr Oldest Man To Live Past 150, and The Emotional Funneling Cure

A little known, but incredibly important structure in the human brain, is the arcuate fasciculus. This is the arching band of neural tract fibers that connects, and integrates, the other areas of the brain. This bundle of nerve fibers allows us to speak about our thoughts, think about what we see, and know how to put it all together. Without it, we would be a lot dumber.

All animals have an arcuate fasciculus, but the human brain has the largest and most invasive form of it. It may actually be the key to our intelligence. Monkeys have a less elaborate version of this neural tract, and dogs and cats have an even less developed form of it too. I guess I bring up the topic today because I continue to wonder why so few people can succeed at dieting. Is it related to their intelligence?

It might be, but I truly believe everyone is capable of dieting successfully and living at ideal weight. The real problem is emotional funneling: The misinterpretation of other emotions as hunger. This is a common problem in our society as all emotions are taught to be suppressed, even from childhood, and we suffer tremendously as a result.

In my book, I teach you how to stop evaluating your emotions incorrectly, and how to express them better and manage them better too. It's a shame we aren't taught the fact early in life that all people wrestle with their emotions, and that they should be expressed in a healthy manner. Who can express anything today, with political correctness and a lawyer waiting to sue you around every corner.

Get my book to learn more and I stand amazed at how many people come to this web site to learn more about Thomas Parr, the first man to live over 150!

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The Aging Revolution And Ideal Weight

The Aging Revolution is moving us forward at four years of additional life expectancy per decade. This trend is expected to continue until the average lifespan becomes 100 in the year 2050. This is amazing progress considering life expectancy was 45 a hundred years ago, but it is consistent with the four years per decade progress.

It is equally amazing that it wasn't until 1920 that The American Medical Association declared that it felt physicians were generally now doing more good than harm. Before that, it was more harm than good. I still remember, as a child, that people dreadfully feared going to the hospital, because most people that went to the hospital died. Luckily now, we go to the hospital brimming with optimism, and know we are going to get sophisticated, high-tech, medical diagnostics and treatments. We have made a lot of progress in just fifty years.

The one thing you must have though, to be healthy and live long, is a number. That number is your ideal weight. I have seen the best in fitness and health, and those people had an ideal weight number as sacred as their social security number. To live long and avoid the diseases of overweight and aging, you must know your ideal weight number and stick close to it your whole life.

I met a physician one time who was still practicing at 103 years old. She was spry and bright and still contributing medical service on a steady schedule. She had a thumb rule that she only ever ate "vegetables and bit of protein." That was her slogan. It worked really well.

I have also met champions of fitness. They have slogans too, but it was their ideal weight number that was most important to them. They also knew how to calculate it in a second.

It's just this simple: Forget BMI, though that is a good number to know too, and don't get hung up on insurance charts, as they are made by insurance companies to promote their own interests. The way to calculate your ideal weight is this: Take your height, give a hundred pounds for your first five feet and five pounds per inch thereafter. That's all there is to it. If you are five feet, ten inches tall, your ideal weight is 150 pounds. Six feet tall, 160. I am six feet, one and three quarter inches tall, and my ideal weight is 168. I like that number, I look the best at 168, and I stay close to it.

So this is a thumb-rule for success in fitness and in longevity. Remember, you are working to slow your metabolism. High energy foods speed your metabolism. Just give a kid candy and watch him run wildly around. I have even seen fun science project books that show how you can use Oreo cookie filling, the white stuff, to make toy rocket propellant with, because there is so much sugar, fat, and energy in it. I have also read the formula that a single king-sized snickers bar, at 541 calories, has enough energy in it to bring a gallon and a half of water from freezing to boiling! That is a lot of energy, and you use to have two for a snack?

I am also pleased that this website is read around the world. My tracking device shows that "the sun never sets" on my work and I am pleased to share it with everyone. Thank yous go out to the nice people who have sent me great book reviews recently too! Live happy and take time to enjoy life each day.

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