On July 5, 1990, the New England Journal of Medicine
published a double blind clinical study reporting the results of the use
of human growth hormone (a substance naturally produced by the pituitary
gland) on a population aged 60-80. The article concluded that human
growth hormone was effective in reducing body mass, turning gray hair
black, increasing sexual function as well as overall energy, and even in
the lessening of wrinkles. In August 1996 the Food and Drug
Administration approved HGH for long-term replacement therapy in adults
with growth hormone deficiency. These events brought heightened
awareness to the subject of anti-aging medicine.
However, throughout history there have been individuals (you might
even know one) who were vibrantly alive, enthusiastic and clear about
their work, passionate in their capacity to love, and seemingly unable
to age. It is our connection to the life force that gives us life. Our
connection can be full and free flowing; in which case we will
experience abundant energy and the pink of health. Or our connection can
be pinched and limited and resisted at every turn, in which case we will
experience varying degrees of fatigue, depression, pain, and other
negative emotions or sensations. When our connection to the life force
is reduced down and down to nothing, we die. No life force, no life.
The good news is we all have the ability to choose to connect more
fully with the natural flow of life force that surrounds us and all
things. Probably you already know about this though perhaps you haven’t
thought of it in these terms. When you get excited working on a project
and time passes effortlessly and you complete the project feeling more
energized than when you started, you have plugged yourself in to the
life force. When you hold a puppy in your arms and feel yourself smiling
broadly from the inside out, you have connected to the life force. When
you fall in love and you can’t sleep and you have boundless energy,
you have let go resistance and let the life force flow into you.
Basically, if you feel good (not just okay), great, passionate,
you are connecting. And if you feel poorly, bad, terrible, you are not
connecting.
When the practice of connecting to the life force is strong in you,
it becomes quite natural to make optimal choices for your vibrant
longevity. And now that modern medical research has the scientific proof
that aging need not be thought of as inevitable, but rather, as a
disease that can be treated, slowed, and even reversed, life span
estimates for the next 30 years are expected to be 120-130 years and
beyond.
Upon closer scrutiny, a preponderance of the anti-aging
literature focuses on lifestyle, nutritional, and other natural
strategies for stimulating your own levels of HGH. These are steps that
you can take on your own or perhaps initially, with the help of a
natural health practitioner who is trained in these strategies as your
guide.
