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Context Publications, an independent publisher, publishes books exclusively in the area of personal and social transformation and alternative medicine. Portions of books herein may not be quoted or otherwise reproduced without prior written permission by Context Publications, ©1980, ©1982, ©1983, ©1985, ©1991, ©1994, & ©1996. We live in an age of expansion in all areas of human knowledge. The total amount of information which is available doubles every five years. Medicine is no exception. The average doctor completed training fifteen years ago. That means the amount of information a person needs to know to be a top-flight medical expert has doubled three times since then. Let us do some math: 1 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 8. The amount of medical information available to the practice of medicine is now eight times what it was in 1981! Needless to say, most doctors are far out of date in their knowledge of medicine. Those of us who try to keep up, realize how far behind we really are. Those who do not try to keep up, do not realize how far behind they are, because they usually are too preoccupied with the business aspect of the practice of medicine. With doctors this busy, and hopelessly far behind, many people are shifting responsibility for learning about the latest developments in matters of health to themselves. I am in philosophical agreement with this transformation, and I see progressive, holistic doctors in the role of facilitators of this change. My job is to provide you with the latest information in matters affecting your health. The advice for a person under 35 is fundamentally different than advice for an older person. Eat right, exercise, avoid toxic substances (nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, etc.), drink lots of filtered or distilled water and get plenty of sleep. Of course, this all applies to the over 35 group as well, but there is more to the task of staying young after you are no longer young. I divide aging up into minimal aging, normal aging and abnormal aging. Minimal aging is what occurs when you take ...