How We Can Live Longer

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How We Can Live Longer

Introduction:

I. Why do We Age

A. Theories of Aging

II. What is Longevity

A. Life Span and Life Expectancy

III. What determines Longevity

III. Why Don’t Most Americans Live Past the Average Life

Expectancy

IV. Leading Causes Of Death (table)

V. What Do We Do to Live Longer

Conclusion:

Introduction

What is the fear of most humans? The fear is aging and death. In

this paper you will find out a lot about aging. You will learn what

longevity is, what determines it, the average length of life and how you

can exceed it. You will find it amazing that doing simple things every day

will help you to feel better an live longer.

Why Do We Age?

From the time we are born we start to die. This is life. No one

knows how long they are going to live, but we can try to do all that we can

to live longer. Aging is not controlled by any one. Aging is a genetic

process. We get so old until our bodies breakdown. What causes the

breakdown, the decline of energy, The inability of the body to function.

There is nothing to fully explain why we age, but their are some theories

the will help explain what happens.

Theories of Aging

The Genetic Theory states that cells contain “aging” genes that

tells the exact number of times the cell can duplicate itself, for humans that

about 110 to 120 years. Another theory suggest the cells DNA somehow

becomes defective after a certain point and synthesizes defective protein.

The defect disables normal cell functioning, causing the cell to deteriorate-

fall apart.

The Immune System Malfunctions is a theory of aging involving the

immune sys...

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Beardsley, T. (1994). For whom the bell curve really tolls. Scientific American, January 1995, Volume 272, Number

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Moore, M. (1994, December 27). Speculation irks Flores. Journal American, Section D, p. 1.

An unsigned article

What Vietnam did to us. (1981, December 14). Newsweek, pp. 46-97.

A film or videotape

Hand, D. (Supervising Director) and Disney, W. (Producer). (1937). Snow White and the seven dwarfs.

[Videotape]. Burbank, CA: The Walt Disney Company.

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