ladybugg

[Guest guest]

getting back to that spot on my face. I found out

I still have it. But it is very small. I know how

dumb this sounds (like I don't know whats going on on

my own face) but it is on my temple right at the

hair line, I need two mirrors to see it. Anyway now I

know what is going on, the skin seems to dry up on top

of it, (which is how I discovered it was still

there) then the skin falls off. each time it does this,

the spot gets smaller. I also have a wart on the back

of my hand and the same thing is happening with

that, and it is nearly gone. <br><br>Now lets talk

about something really disgusting; Age Spots (sometimes

called liver spots). Those telltale brown spots. " It

doesn't matter whether you're a man, a mouse, a fruit

fly, or even a cup of coffee or a slice of toast, you

will still accumulate certain fluorescent pigments as

you age. (Even foods are subject to aging via the

same free radical reactions which cause human skin and

nerve cells to accumulate Lipofuscin pigment.) " Life

Extension A Practical Scientific Approach. Durk Pearson and

Sandy Shaw.<br><br>Lipofuscin can be made to flouresce

yellowish to yellow-green, orange, or yellow-brown under

ultraviolet light, and has a fluorescence spectra identical

to compounds made from malonaldehyde (an aldehyde

breakdown product of peroxidized fats). Lipofuscin

accumulates in nerve cells (neurons) in the brain, skin

cells, heart and skeletal muscle, voluntary muscle,

liver, adrenals, and other organs and tissues. It seems

that the apperance of these spots on the skin, just

lets us know that it is happening everywhere.

Lipofuscin pigment has been found in children as young as 10

years old.<br><br>Now for the good news mine are fading

away. Some have done the same as other spots (the skin

dried up, and fell off) others seem to be wearing away.

I only have about 10 of them so I keep track of

them (I can't count them because every time I look at

myself naked in a mirror, I can't stop laughing ). I saw

a picture of Dr. Johnie Lovewisdom (one of the old

timers of raw foods) at 78 and he didn't appear to have

any. his skin was as clear and youthful as a

babies.<br><br>Every time I am tempted to eat something cooked, I just

think of age spots.<br><br>Doug

[Guest guest]

Wow, that's strange about your " spot " . I thought

it went away but I guess not entirely. Mine is still

there but it's looking some better. I just wish it

would get the hell outta here and never come

back!<br><br>Age spots. Aint they fun? I have a couple on the back

of my hands and I swear they're lighter now. I

didn't even notice it until you posted about them.

That's something we can do without, eh?<br><br>Durk

Pearson and Sandy Shaw are still around? I thought those

two were a couple of loons when I saw them on a talk

show about 10 years ago. Jack Lalane was on that same

show and you could tell he disagreed with everything

they said. They said your body doesn't know the

difference between a baked potato and a candy bar. I guess

as far as carbs go, that may be true but what about

all the other junk in a candy bar? It made no sense.

I see they aren't very popular in the health/diet

movement these days! Gee, I wonder why?

[Guest guest]

YOU ARE RIGHT!!! Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw are

a couple of LOONS, but they are two M.I.T. Phd

Graduate sientists who are great at research. They get

'Loonie' with what they do, with their research, but the

research is great. <br><br>They are trying to maintain

health by taking extraodinary amounts of chemicals

(vitamins and stranger stuff) so they can go on eating

CRAP.<br><br>If you read between the lines, their books are

pretty good<br><br>Doug

[Guest guest]

Yup, I thought those two were looney tunes after

seeing them on that talk show. Plus they don't exactly

look like the picture of health, or anything even

close to it. Ahem.<br><br> & lt; & lt; & lt;They are trying

to maintain health by taking extraodinary amounts of

chemicals (vitamins and stranger stuff) so they can go on

eating CRAP. & gt; & gt; & gt;<br><br>That sums it up right

there. They're way off base if they think that's the way

to extend one's life! <br><br>KOO-KOO!

KOO-KOO!<br><br> & lt; & lt; & lt;If you read between the lines, their books are

pretty good & gt; & gt; & gt;<br><br>Actually, I like to read

books that are straight forward and don't entail any

reading between the lines. I saw their Life Extension

book when it came out years ago and it's a friggin

novel! I think War and Peace is much shorter

;~}<br><br>I couldn't fathom reading even one chapter from

that book. Wait a sec! I think I DID read about a

paragraph or two and it was soooooo confusing. They were

throwing all sorts of ridiculous formulas at the reader or

some such nonsense. It was hard to follow and had

nothing at all to do with sensible advice like.... " eat

organic produce for optimum health. " To be honest with

you, I don't even know what they were trying to get

at. Methinks they've fried out too many brain cells

with all those supplements and junk food!

[Guest guest]

I agree with your take on Pearson/Shaw. They were

WAY ahead of the curve on vitamin and nutrition

research when they published their Life Extension book

around 1980. Plus they were crazy and cocky enough to

ingest huge amounts of chemicals. And for the people who

are on this path, these 2 are more knowledgable than

most. Many of the things they stated in their book did

not become mainstream " knowledge " , or perhaps more

correctly " belief " , until years later.<br><br>But nowadays

I don't accept everything they stated as gospel.

Particularly the idea that the body doesn't know the

difference between a denatured carbohydrate (e.g. junk food

or " power bar " ) and a fresh fruit or vegetable. I

did note recently that they got involoved in the

political and First Amendment issues surrounding the

ability or inability of vitamin and herbal remedy

producers to make health claims. I belive they scored a big

success on this issue.<br><br>Having said all that, I

don't believe anymore in taking large amounts of

supplments, and I further believe if you're mostly raw, you

don't need them. But if you " want " to abuse your body

with bad food, drugs and alcohol, these 2 can tell you

what supplements to take to mitigate some of the

damage.