Over the past few years, a lot of big names in Big Tech have become obsessed with immortality. [Click here](1770d7/ct0_0/1/ms?sid=TV2%3AYNwg5WcwN) to view this message in your browser | [Click here](1770d7/l-002e/zout?sid=TV2%3AYNwg5WcwN) to stop receiving our messages [] [] Al Sears, MD
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Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 [] March 19, 2024 [] Reader, Over the past few years, a lot of big names in Big Tech have become obsessed with immortality. Iâm talking about mega-billionaires like Amazonâs Jeff Bezos, Facebookâs Mark Zuckerberg, and Peter Theil of PayPal. Theyâve decided to use their enormous wealth and resources to try and âhelp humanityâ â and themselves â cheat death and increase immortality. I canât imagine anything worse. You see, I donât want to live forever. Donât get me wrong. Iâm in my mid-60s and I love it. I have the wisdom to use what Iâve learned in 30 years of being a doctor. I know Iâll keep learning new things, too. Plus, Iâm in the best shape Iâve been in years⦠Itâs a great time in my life. But I donât want to live forever. Donât get me wrong, I want to keep going the way I can well into my 90s, and even past 100. But immortality doesnât appeal to me. It sounds scary and depressing. Like a curse straight out of a science fiction movie. What I do want is to keep getting new insights⦠and more knowledge. I want to maintain my abilities. I want to keep getting better. And I applaud the medical research, technology, and innovations that helped get us here. Because weâve come a long way. The Biggest Anti-Aging Breakthrough Of Our Time Since the discovery of telomerase, the enzyme that rebuilds the length of your telomeres, we now understand the mechanism of aging and how to delay â and even reverse â it. I consider telomeres to be the biggest medical breakthrough of the past one hundred years. Telomeres are the little caps on the end of each strand of your DNA that control how your cells age. Longer telomeres mean better health. Shorter telomeres signal premature aging. One of the most effective ways to lengthen telomeres â and reverse human aging â is with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT. The research backs me up. A breakthrough study proves â for the first time in humans â that itâs not only possible to stop your bodyâs biological clock in its tracksâ¦but to reverse aging at the cellular level by 25 years⦠In the study, researchers tracked 35 older adults for three months. None of the participants made any diet, lifestyle, or medication changes.1 The researchers determined that 60 sessions of HBOT therapy: - Increased telomere length up to 50%
- Reduced senescent, or dying, cells by 40% In other words, the volunteersâ cells aged backward. HBOT works by infusing your body with oxygen at higher-than-normal atmospheric pressure. The combination of pressure and oxygen physically dissolves more oxygen into your red blood cells, boosting oxygen levels and encouraging healing and regeneration. At the same time, HBOT activates the release of growth factors and stem cells, which promote healing and the regeneration of cells, tissues, blood vessels, and organs.2 Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that after just one HBOT treatment, stem cell concentrations in subjects doubled. After 20 treatments, they increased by a staggering 800%.3 I use hyperbaric oxygen therapy every day at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine to treat a variety of todayâs chronic diseases and conditions associated with aging. Research has found that HBOT can: - Revive âdyingâ brain cells in patients with Alzheimerâs and dementia4
- Boost memory scores 27%5
- Improve heart function and cardiac performance6
- Help stroke survivors regain movement following paralysis7
- Eliminate joint pain and inflammation; improve outcome in arthritis patients 92%8,9
- Reduce blood glucose levels in diabetics10
- Improve behavioral and motor deficits in Parkinsonâs patients11
- Significantly relieved migraines compared to a placebo therapy12
- Ease tinnitus symptoms by 50%13 During an HBOT session, you recline comfortably in a pressurized chamber and simply breathe in the high-pressure oxygen. You can listen to music, watch a movie, or just relax. 2 More Ways To Boost Telomerase And Reverse Aging Several nutrients also act as telomerase activators. Here are two you can try today: - Use gotu kola. A recent study reports that human blood cells treated with a compound containing Centella asiatica extract â from the medicinal plant also known as gotu kola â saw a nearly 9-fold increase in telomerase activity compared with untreated cells.14 When choosing a supplement, select one that is standardized to the asiaticosides or Asiatic acid. I recommend taking 300 mg a day. - Take tocotrienols. In one study, telomere lengths were 16% longer than controls when exposed to gamma-tocotrienol.15 A second study demonstrated that tocotrienols actually extended the length of telomeres while preventing damage to DNA.16 A good way to naturally get tocotrienols is to add them to your diet. Annatto oil, palm oil, dark leafy green vegetables, cashews, almonds, and pistachios are all excellent sources. I also suggest supplementing with 50 mg of mixed tocotrienols a day. To Your Good Health, Al Sears, MD, CNS --------------------------------------------------------------- References: - Hachmo Y, et al. âHyperbaric oxygen therapy increases telomere length and decreases immunosenescence in isolated blood cells: a prospective trial.â Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Nov 18; 12:22445-22456.
- Thom SR, Milovanova TN, et al. âVasculogenic stem cell mobilization and wound recruitment in diabetic patients: Increased cell number and intracellular regulatory protein content associated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.â Wound Repair and Regeneration. 1 March 2011.
- Thom SR, et al. âStem cell mobilization by hyperbaric oxygen.â AJP Hear Circ Physiol. 2005;290: H1378âH1386.
- Xiao Y, et al. "Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for vascular dementia." Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012;(7):CD009425.
- Shapira R, et al. âHyperbaric oxygen therapy alleviates vascular dysfunction and amyloid burden in an Alzheimerâs disease mouse model and in elderly patients.â Aging (Albany NY). 2021 Sep 9;13(17):20935-20961.
- Leitman M, et al. âThe effect of hyperbaric oxygenation therapy on myocardial function.â Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 May;36(5):833-840.
- Efrati S, et al. âHyperbaric oxygen induces late neuroplasticity in post stroke patients ârandomized, prospective trial.â PLOS One. 2013;8(1):e53716.
- Slade J, et al. âPain improvement in rheumatoid arthritis with hyperbaric oxygen: Report of three cases.â Undersea Hyperb Med. 2016;43(4):467-472.
- âProceedings of the Eleventh International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine.â NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov, National Center for Biotechnology Information. .
- Mwafor T. âManaging low blood glucose levels in patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy.â Ostomy Wound Manage. 2014;60(4):12-15.
- Borromei A. âOTI efficiency in decompensatedâcomplicated Parkinsonâs Disease.In: Proceedings of the International Joint Meeting on Hyperbaric and Underwater Medicine.â XII International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine. Milano, Italy. 1996, pp 599â604.
- Bennett MH, et al. âNormobaric and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment and prevention of migraine and cluster headache.â Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015.
- Fattori B, et al. âSudden hypoacusis treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: A controlled study.â Ear Nose Throat J. 2001;80(9):655-660.
- Tsoukalas D, et al. âDiscovery of potent telomerase activators: Unfolding new therapeutic and anti-aging perspectives.â Mol Med Rep. 2019;20(4):3701â3708.
- Makpol S, et al. âγ-Tocotrienol prevents oxidative stress-induced telomere shortening in human fibroblasts derived from different aged individuals.â Oxid Med Cell Longev. v.3(1); Jan-Feb 2010. PMC2835887.
- Makpol S, et al. âTocotrienol-rich fraction prevents cell cycle arrest and elongates telomere length in senescent human diploid fibroblasts.â J Biomed Biotechnol. V.2011;2011. alsearsmd@send.alsearsmd.com [Preferences | Unsubscribe](1770d7/l-002e/zout?sid=TV2%3AYNwg5WcwN) 11905 Southern Blvd., Royal Palm Beach, Florida 33411, United States