WHAT CAN BE DONE PREVENT OR MINIMISE THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ASSUMED TO BE CAUSED BY ‘AGEING’
 
Millions of dollars are being invested to find a drug that can slow the ageing process, called an elixir of life for centuries past, but so far without success and it remains a moot question just how much demand there would be for a drug that would help you live till 118 or 142, just two of the ambitions cited in the media. What most people want however is not an increase in life expectancy but an increase in healthy life expectancy and a reduction in the period of time at the end of life when one is dependent on others for the most basic tasks such as getting to the toilet on time. Fortunately there is evidence from research evaluating methods designed to influence the other three factors can be influenced so and which proves that life expectancy and healthy life expectancy can be increase even though the ageing process cannot be influenced. Even the risk of dementia can be significantly reduced. The key is to minimise risk and maintain or increase physical, cognitive and emotional activity.