Startling New Evidence: You Can Slow the Aging Process,
Scientists Say

By David L. Kern

Six years ago, government scientists announced what may be the
most important news of your lifetime. Did you get the memo?
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What if you could actually slow your rate of aging, and live
healthier longer, simply by eating certain foods? U.S.
Government scientists now say it’s possible.

Floyd P. Horn, then Administrator of the scientific research arm
of the USDA, broke the exciting news in February 1999.

“Young and middle-aged people,” said Horn, “may be able to
reduce risk of diseases of aging -- including senility -- simply
by adding high-ORAC foods to their diets.”

I don’t know about you, but I find that statement tremendously
exciting: “simply by adding high-ORAC foods.”

Buddy, Can You Spare Some ORAC?

Unfortunately, most Americans have no idea that there may be a
simple solution to preventing- or at least postponing- the
ravages of decline, disease, and feeble old age.

ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. It’s a test
developed by the USDA and Tufts University to measure the
antioxidant speed and power of foods and supplements. The ORAC
test is quickly becoming the accepted standard for comparing
antioxidant capacity.

And as you may know, oxidative stress, or free-radical damage,
is implicated in all diseases associated with aging, including
cancer, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and
diabetes- a short list of the 5 major killers of Americans.

She Told You So

An easier way to understand ORAC is to look at particular foods.
Let’s take spinach, for example. We all know spinach is good for
us. Mom said so. And Popeye.

When USDA scientists tested spinach, they found it has an ORAC
value of 1260 units per serving. So spinach qualifies as a
“high-ORAC food,” which may help slow the aging process.

It turns out Mom was right. She knew it would keep you
healthier. But she probably never told you that spinach may keep
you younger- to actually help you age more slowly.

Sound the Alarm

We have an epidemic of age-related disease in America. The
statistics are shocking. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
in Atlanta now says that 80% of elderly Americans have at least
one chronic disease. And 50% have two or more!

And the ORAC tests help explain these terrible numbers. The
truth is, our diets are woefully deficient in nutrient-dense,
high-ORAC foods.

USDA researchers estimate that you need somewhere around 5,000
ORAC units in your diet every day to get the ORAC benefits that
slow aging and prevent disease.

But they also estimate that the average American gets only 1,200
ORAC units a day. This means that most of us are eating our way
to one or more of the chronic diseases of aging.

Is it any wonder, then, that the diseases of aging are out of
control? The average American gets less than the antioxidant
(ORAC) value of one serving of spinach every day.

So what do you do if you hate spinach? No worries! There are
many foods that rank high on the ORAC scale. Many delicious
fruits and vegetables have high ORAC values: prunes, raisins,
blueberries, blackberries, kale, alfalfa sprouts, and Brussels
sprouts are all rich in ORAC. Just find the ones you like, and
eat more of them.

Vitamin C, a common health supplement, scores 1,890 units per
gram. (For comparison, spinach delivers 12.6 units per gram) And
that’s another very good reason to supplement your diet with
antioxidant vitamins.

But if you want to get serious about a true anti-aging diet,
there are specialty food ingredients available that deliver far
higher ORAC values than ordinary foods and vitamins.

The Next Level of ORAC

Scientists are now testing “superfood” antioxidants that can
give you astonishing ORAC protection- much higher than ordinary
foods and vitamins.

One of these new generation ORAC foods, derived from the skin of
immature apples, tests as high as 13,000 per gram on the scale-
over 1000 more powerful than spinach!

Anti-aging enthusiasts are now using these super-antioxidant
ORAC foods to get maximum protection for aging and related
physical and mental decline.

Why? Because high-ORAC foods may slow aging. And the
next-generation ORAC food ingredients are showing remarkable
health benefits in human and animal studies, against the same
diseases associated with aging- heart disease, cancer, diabetes
and Alzheimer’s.

So let me ask you:

> If you are growing older

> If 80% of older Americans have at least one chronic disease

> If the USDA says that high-ORAC foods may slow aging

isn’t it time that you consider adding a lot more high-ORAC
foods to your diet?

Or maybe, you didn’t get the memo.
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David L. Kern is a health researcher and specialist in
anti-aging nutrition. “There is now solid scientific proof,” he
asserts, “that we can actually slow the aging process.