"Is death inevitable?"

Now there's a question.

Presently the answer is of course yes, but it is possible to slow down, stop, and eventually reverse the aging process. It may come as a surprise to many people that there are treatments available now to stop and reverse some aspects of the aging process and these options are becoming more abundant, especially as we already understand the fundamental science of aging. Every day scientists are getting closer to finding the cure to age related diseases but this day has not arrived yet, so we have to think of combating aging as a multi-tiered battle. Start with exercise, nutrition and sleep and move on to supplementation.

Pre-historic life expectancy has been estimated to have ranged from 20-30 years. This increased to 50 during the Middle Ages and the current world average is 67. In the U.S the overall life expectancy is 78.2, for males, 75.6, and for females, 80.8.

Before jumping to any conclusions regarding these statistics, most of the increases in life expectancy have occurred not because of any defeat of aging, but because of significant reductions in infant mortality.

Eliminate infant mortality, child bearing, and infectious diseases, and the question remains, how long can a reasonably healthy and fit adult expect to live? We must not kid ourselves that with our present, relatively safe lifestyles and prescribed medications that we should definitely reach old age. We certainly know a lot more about health and diseases now but anti-aging is still a relatively new area of science. It's worth taking stock of our current situation and having a good look at ourselves.

According to a recent CDC report, overweight and obesity percentages have stabilized in the U.S., but at an outrageously shocking rate of 68% of all adults. This is 50% higher than in 1960 and projections indicate that in 2015, 76% will be overweight or obese. A truly disgraceful indication that the US harbours the most unfit, unhealthy, excessively greedy citizens in the history of mankind.

Given these trends, and the close associations between obesity and life shortening ailments such as diabetes and heart disease, life expectancy could arguably decline.

So if this is the poor state of our bodies, what of our minds? Today the current (under) estimated figures for those suffering with dementias like Alzheimer's affect up to 5 million people in the United States and about 26 million people worldwide. By 2050,according to the National Institutes of Health, there could be 13 million cases of Alzheimer's alone among U.S. baby boomers with global prevalence of Alzheimer's growing to as many as 100 million people by mid-century.

Think about tackling age prevention, think about optimal health and think about what you can do to maintain a long, quality-enriched life.