Introduction
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Good Health Is Ageless
In 1513， the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon set
sail with three ships in search of the mythical Fountain of
Youth. A drink from this fabulous fountain， legend had it，
would instantly make an old person young.
Ponce de Leon failed， of course， but his quest for
eternal youth lives on. In fact， scientists now believe
they ve found what he was looking for--not in old stories
but in hard， scientific fact. There is increasing evidence
that what today we might call future youth--measured
in zest， mental energy and exuberant good health---can
be achieved no matter what your chronological age. And
you don t need to sail the globe to find it. The fountain--
or font， if you will--is right here: the 1994 edition of The
Natural Healing and Nutrition Annual.
In the last 12 months， we talked to scores of Amer-
ica s top scientists--cardiologists， rheumatologists，
nutritionists and more--and asked them what we should
be doing to look， feel and act as young as possible. They
came through--with their top ten age erasers. We
expected a trickle of information， but instead we got a
flood. Some fountain!
The experts agreed that having a good diet belongs
at or near the top of our list of age erasers. Research is
accumulating fast that good nutrition can help restore
verve and youthful good health. One study， for example，
found that vitamin E--which is found in large amounts
in green leafy vegetables--can reduce the risk for
cataracts and heart disease.
In another study， people with high blood pressure
were given a high-potassium diet. As a result， more than a
third were able te stop taking their medication. How s that
for turning back the clock? And while we re on the subject
of blood pressure， another study found that people who
lowered theirs had better sex than those stuck with higher xUi
numbers. Now that s a \"side efl~ct\" we can live with! m---
Our quest didn t stop there. We also discovered that
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