Clogged Pipes To The Fountain Of Life

When a Spanish-speaking friend wants to wish you the best

, he will often lift his glass with the following toast: "To health and wealth - and time to enjoy both." Hidden in this phrase are the three basic desires common to every person of every age.

Why can't we live longer? Everyone wants to live longer. It is one of the most deeply rooted instincts of mankind. Every-one wants to live a life of usefulness and abundance, free of disease and unhappiness. As we grow older, we look forward even more anxiously to increasing our lifespan. We want time to enjoy our achievements, time still to make plans.

By the time we reach 60, we realize that, in the words of the great French painter Gauguin, "life is a split second." We begin to think about all the things we still want to do before the next ten years pass us by. If we are fortunate enough to get there, we wonder why we can't live even longer-perhaps to be 80, or even to 100. Well, why can't we? Actually, we indeed are living much longer than we did a century ago, increasing the average life expectancy by 20 years in America since 1900. How have we achieved this?

Advances in medical science have outlawed many diseases. These golden years are ours to enjoy due to the discoveries made by advances made by incessant research in the medical field. Without the contagious and infectious diseases which sometimes crippled and killed large portions of our population a generation ago, we can live longer, healthier, and happier. Thanks to the cures and vaccines devised from extensive research, we no longer need fear such diseases as diphtheria, scarlet and typhoid fever, syphilis and-to a great extent- tuberculosis. All these pestilences were caused by those invisible but ever-present germs, but today the picture has changed.

Today the picture has changed. With the victory over deadly microorganisms, a new threat has emerged in clearer and more frightening perspective. The 20th Century epidemic: A single, fundamental disease of the human body can now be held accountable for much of the illness and more than half of all deaths occurring each year in the United States. It is a disorder known by the general term of "arteriosclerosis," which means a hardening and thickening of the arteries. It is now so widespread that Dr. Paul Dudley White, the noted heart specialist, recently described it as "a modern epidemic." As the disease progresses-sometimes over a long period of time-the vessels that carry the blood from the heart to the body's tissues become stiff, and their inner surfaces roughened and thick. These conditions lay the groundwork for the three most common causes of death and disablement in America: heart attack, heart failure, and stroke. Is there anything that can be done to vanquish this number one killer, whose favorite victims are men in their middle span of life, and even the very young, sometimes those in their twenties? The answer is "yes"-provided you will take the time and the trouble now to learn a few simple rules. Much of the exact nature of arteriosclerosis is still unknown. But, there is something we do know - we can prevent it with good diet and exercise habits.

by: Carl Juneau

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