Health: An American gave a lecture in Moscow that turned the idea of ​​healthy lifestyle

01/29/2020

A short course in a healthy life.

Fractional nutrition is evil. You need to eat two, or better once a day.

And vitamins are also evil, throw them in the trash. But wine is great. An inflamed appendix is ​​not a good thing, but you don't need to cut the appendix at all. American physician and popularizer of medicine David Agus made a stir with his Moscow lecture - it has been discussed for the second week.

And he is an authoritative person.

The patients of the star doctor include the 39th President of the United States,

Jimmy Carter, 96, musician Neil Young, Senator

Ted Kennedy and many others.

The observer of "MK" also got acquainted with the original views of the transatlantic Aesculapius.

In the meantime, there is no need to worry about it. ”

Movement is life, hormones are death

The American oncologist believes that today medicine is on the verge of great discoveries. Very soon, scientists will learn how to edit the genome, which will help defeat many diseases of old age and significantly extend life expectancy. Scientists will create for each individual medicine from their own stem cells or T-lymphocytes. Doctors, together with artificial intelligence, will be able to make diagnoses based on the most accurate statistical data on the work of each organ. New technologies will help to minimize the risk of cardiovascular diseases, stop epidemics and slow down aging. Today, drugs have already appeared that work miracles. “About five years ago, former President Carter learned about melanoma with metastases to the brain. He was given a newer drug that makes the immune system "wake up" and fight cancer. Today he is 96,

However, there are proven ways to live long and disease-free.

“As Mark Twain said, the only way to stay healthy is to eat what you don’t like and do what you don’t like,” Agus began his lecture. "But health is a positive thing, there is nothing negative here - and you don't need to do anything special to maintain it."

The doctor does not actively support the practice of maintaining youth with the help of hormones that contain growth factors - today in America there is a boom in their use, which has not yet reached Russia. Some studies have shown that these hormones are indeed capable of reversing age - the biological age of people who regularly use them is reduced, and they look better. “Yes, they make you look younger, the person who sits on them becomes more toned, the skin improves. But they take 16 years of your life. Today, we invest billions in research on growth hormones and youth, and annually release new ones to the market. But the question is urgent: do you want to be healthy for a long time or look beautiful, but die quickly? "

The longest living creatures are the smallest: “In Ecuador there is a people with a mutation in their DNA, they are short. They don't get cancer, they don't have any cardiac diseases at all. If they are given growth hormones, they will die. Or take testosterone: in the United States, 200,000 prescriptions are given to men for it a year. But they don't feel better; they have problems with libido, heart. To live long, there is only one way: to avoid disease. Nobody dies of old age: they die of heart attacks, strokes, cancer. "

A person is a complex system, and if he is attacked by a disease, many factors are triggered. Acting only on the source of the disease is the wrong way: “In October 1997, I was at the New York Cancer Center. There I met a 25-year-old patient with metastases; the doctors said he had 7 months left. Then there were experiments on the effect of electricity on cancer cells, I invited him to participate in them. He survived. After 10 years, he asked me: how? I have no idea! The body did it. This is the placebo effect. Roughly the same thing happened 50 years ago with breast cancer patients who were treated with osteoporosis medication - the placebo effect helped them recover. In the fight against cancer, it is necessary to change not one cell, but the entire body. We are a complex system. Much depends on genes, on what we eat, how we drink. What lies in the middle between health and disease is difficult to understand and control. There are people who understand the shape of the clouds what the weather is like. Doctors and biologists should be the same. "

The American doctor reminds that movement is life. And he gives an example: sitting in an office for six hours is the same for health as smoking a pack of cigarettes. In the 50s of the last century, a British transport agency conducted research among 50 thousand workers - drivers and conductors. They worked under the same conditions. But. If the conductors practically did not get sick, then the drivers every now and then broke up heart attacks and strokes. “Society encourages us to sit: on the couch, in the car. In the meantime, research shows that gardeners and miners have better health than secretaries. Therefore, go somewhere on foot at least once a day. Place the computer far from you, the car in the far corner of the parking lot, or better, a few blocks away. The more you walk, the longer you live. In California, we conducted an experiment in one of the schools: three times a week, and instead of lessons, we forced children to run. And academic performance has improved. Children became more attentive, more focused, and learned the material better. For adults, movement is even more important. When we move, our brain activity increases more than that of children. "

Bad vitamins

It is also very important to timely treat all inflammatory processes in the body, which can become the starting point for cancer development. At the same time, the American claims that the inflamed appendix does not need to be removed: today it can be cured with antibiotics. “We were taught that appendicitis should be excised. But today it is known that in 70% of cases this can not be done. However, doctors' mentality is changing slowly: it will take 50 years for this tactic to become ubiquitous. "

The doctor strongly recommends throwing all vitamins out of your medicine cabinet. And he gives a lot of arguments against their acceptance. For example, studies of 29 thousand women who regularly consume vitamins have shown: they are more likely to develop diabetes, cancer; they die earlier. For example, they get lung cancer 28% more often. “Take, for example, the trendy vitamin D. They write on the Internet that it cures and prevents everything: depression and cancer. However, 70% of those who use it lack receptors for the molecule of this vitamin - and the body simply blocks it. So taking it is at least pointless. And often harmful: in older people, taking it increases the risk of fractures by 26%. Canada has banned testing of the population for vitamin D. Or "vitamin E of youth": recent studies have shown that taking it for three years increases the risk of prostate cancer by 17%. In the context of vitamins, there is a lot of talk about antioxidants. But. Several studies have shown that there are no positive changes in those who take them. Free radicals, which are suppressed by antioxidants, are considered the source of all ills, but they are the ones that allow the body to get rid of cancer cells! The intake of antioxidants blocks these processes. "

There are, according to Agus, only two groups of drugs, the prophylactic intake of which significantly affects life expectancy. The first is thrombolytics: “A pill of cheap aspirin in a child's dose reduces the risk of cancer, heart attack and stroke every day; in general, taking it reduces the likelihood of death by 30% and prostate cancer by 46%. In the United States, 900,000 people have been taking thrombolytics for decades - everyone is alive. "

The second group is statins. These drugs for lowering cholesterol levels are considered by doctors to be rather controversial. They not only reduce the risk of stroke, but through a mechanism of blocking inflammation, the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

The doctor calls peptides harmful to the kidneys, about the "miracle substances" that slow down aging, resveratrol and metformin, he is skeptical - there is no evidence.

Genetic tests also contribute to the prolongation of life, which make it possible to identify a predisposition to diseases: for whoever is armed is protected. But while scientists are looking for a gene responsible for longevity, it turned out that it is only 6% dependent on genes. The rest depends on your behavior.

And more about healthy eating. Some substitute artificial sweeteners for sugar. “There are more bacteria in every body than there are people on the planet. They control metabolism, hormone levels, digestion and disease risks, ”the speaker began from afar. - If you take bacteria from a fat mouse and put it in a skinny one, it will gain 15%. In Israel, they took seven zero-calorie artificial sweeteners and gave them to 20-year-olds for five years. Within five years, they were in a state of prediabetes. It turned out that sweeteners are not absorbed into the body, but are consumed by bacteria - the "bad" bacteria defeat the "good" ones and raise blood sugar levels.

Briefly about healthy

And here are some simple tips from a star doctor to follow to guide you on the path to longevity.

Measure yourself. Measure all your indicators (blood pressure: in the morning, after stress), height, weight, sugar level, heart rate. Today there are a lot of smart gadgets to help you - they are able to determine some indicators even through the skin.

Give yourself some peace of mind before bed. Disconnect from social networks and gadgets at least half an hour before bed. Be alone with yourself. In addition, the "blue light" of the devices makes sleep restless. You can use glasses with yellow lenses that block it.

Find exercises that are difficult for you to do. You may not like it - but it makes your brain do things that it is unusual and uncomfortable, and if you are uncomfortable, this is the best thing to do for the brain. This forces him to learn to overcome various situations and stimulates his work.

Strip in front of a mirror once a month. And examine yourself. Record any visible changes.

Store all your health data in the cloud. They can be useful to you in an unexpected situation when other information is not available.

Eat real food. Our society has done everything to make it easier for us to eat. But processed food leaves little useful. Even food passed through a blender quickly oxidizes and loses its nutritional value. For example, lime juice contains almost no vitamin C, but lime does. We are evolutionarily adapted to eat real food.

Do not consume synthetic vitamins.

Live with someone. This allows you to follow the regimen and even normalizes the level of hormones.

Observe the daily routine. What matters is not what you eat, but when. Those who eat regularly feel better. Those who do not follow a diet are 81% more likely to have diabetes. You must go to bed and get up at the same time. Children who do this have 24% more brain activity than those who do not follow the regimen, even with the same sleep duration of 9 hours.

Take blood thinners.

Get a flu shot. Ten years after every case of influenza, the likelihood of a heart attack increases dramatically.

Sleep long enough. Only in sleep does the brain restore neural connections and dump unnecessary information.

Movement is life. At least half an hour of walking a day is necessary. Better yet, an hour at the gym.

Get some rest throughout the day. It improves thinking ability and activity. Half an hour of rest makes you more productive.

Wear comfortable shoes and clothing. High heels and tight stocks, like tight underwear, will only hurt you.

Have a glass of wine with dinner. Red wine is an excellent prevention of heart disease. People have been drinking wine for centuries. But large amounts of alcohol are harmful. Take alcohol-free days 1-2 times a week.

Take statins. In the south of China, people live longer than in the north - they take statins.

Treat any inflammation in the body. This is a type of cancer prevention.

Eat no more than 3 times a day, and preferably 2. Do not snack. The body is evolutionarily adapted to two meals a day, and snacking increases insulin levels and the risk of diabetes. The healthiest and most balanced diet is the Mediterranean.

Drink enough. The urine should be clear; if it is dark or yellow, you do not have enough water.

Get busy. The later a person retires, the lower the risk of Alzheimer's.

... But still the most important words, emphasizes David Agus: "How do you feel?" Asking yourself these questions is extremely important. And if your health is getting worse, then something went wrong. After all, there are always exceptions to every rule.

REFERENCE "MK"

David Agus is a leading biomedical researcher and professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California. He is called the pop icon of Silicon Valley startups and engineers. The head of the Institute of Transformative Medicine, where breakthrough research is carried out in the field of combating various types of cancer and other diseases, and artificial intelligence, modern methods of data processing and analysis, and molecular analysis of the genome are widely used. Author of three bestselling books.

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