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DNA and Rejuvenation
The logic I have followed is that the whole is far more important than the parts; a person’s life determines the activity of his cells, not vice versa. And yet these aren’t irreconcilable approaches, for no one can outlive his cells–that much is certain.
If you look at life through the eyes of a geneticist, it means nothing that a very old person has a strong will to live or enjoys the simple pleasures of life. And indeed such facts may be insignificant in terms of DNA’s original programming, but as the outcome of a life well spent, it is enormously significant–indeed, it is the most significant thing.
Outside the biologist’s test tubes and flasks, DNA gets influenced by your every thought, feeling, and action. The stress hormones that play such a critical part in aging are regulated by RNA, which is a copy of DNA; even though the DNA itself may sit quietly in its vault, its active twin is constantly changing instructions.
When you make a lifestyle change that reduces stress, the RNA in your cells responds by churning out fewer stress hormones.
One cannot assume that injecting growth hormone does not have long-term side effects. This may not prove true for older people with abnormally low levels of naturally occurring growth hormone, but for normal people, extra growth hormone is useless for rejuvenation purposes.
Interfering at a gross level with the body’s function does not really affect the source of the problem. Giving a drug, even one the body produces itself, can effectively push the physiology one way or another, but the body remembers what it wants to do, and until that memory is changed, there will always be imbalance.
Adapted from Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, by Deepak Chopra (Three Rivers Press, 1998).
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Silver (or then Ag* variety) is known to contain negative charged ions which have been known for its capability. More or less similar to the electrolyzed water used to disinfect food.
As for the article, RNA is transcribed from DNA, this process is achieved by helper enzymes. As we known the human body is a complex system and everything can have effect on everything, e.g. why drugs have side effects, if you assume that a thought, reaction invokes a certain chemical process (which is what science claims) or secretion of specific hormones, etc it is certain that they in a way can influence the process of RNA transcribing - thankfully this goes only one way, in other words a faulty RNA cannot make it back into the double helix, except when viruses use the RNA to synthesize DNA for their own purposes.. Nothing new, genetics 101.
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HOPE NOT TOO MUCH OFF TOPIC
Recently because of the then threat of SWINE FLU I ordered a bottle of NANO SILVER it was reported to kill alien bacteria and viruses. Have been using as a mouthwash for three days and feel better than I have in 6 to 10 years.
My wife has used it once and felt the same cleansing action. So could it be the miracle cure the FDA is reluctant to certify maybe so.
Deepak could you clue us in to your take on the benefits or negatives of NANO SILVER.
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I appreciate what is said here about older people with low growth hormone levels. Mine is about 1/4 normal for my age.(65). I by no means take it for retaining youth. That is inside my soul. If I have a few wrinkles, so what. I'm still me. But I do need the growth hormone injections for an acceptable level of energy.
Thank you for this interesting article.
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makes sense
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