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Ronald Klatz, D.O., M.D.
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 Founder and president American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) in Chicago, Illinois, an organization dedicated to slowing and halting the currently accepted aging process. Dr. Klatz is also the coauthor of Stopping The Clock, 7 Anti-Aging Secrets and author of Grow Young with HGH and 10 Weeks to a Younger You.
As the president of the A4M, I’ll be disappointed if I don’t see my 120th birthday.
A handful of physicians and scientists and I founded A4M in 1993, an organization dedicated to slowing and eventually halting the natural aging process. Today A4M has grown steadily to over 8000 members in 55 countries. The not-for-profit organization is funded by donations, sponsors and membership. Our mission is to coordinate research and collect, share and disseminate new ideas in the new science of anti-aging. We stand by our campaign slogan, “Age is inevitable—Aging is not,” with a platform for longevity that includes preventative lifeguards such as hormone replacement therapies, high-dose antioxidants and supplements, a custom-designed exercise/
rehabilitation program and a resolution in personal attitude.
When my colleagues and I began actively pursuing the quest for immortality in 1984, there were only a handful of anti-aging specialists; anti-aging was thought of in the medical community as wishful thinking at best or voodoo at worst. Now with thousands of specialists all over the world, anti-aging medicine has become the new science with medical capabilities never thought possible.
Contrary to a commonly held misconception, the purpose of anti-aging medicine is not to extend life in order to live a longer period of time as an “older person,” but rather to delay the onset of the aging process and give everyone a greater number of these middle, healthy years. After all, who wouldn’t want to be as fit and vital at age 75 as he or she was at 45?
Today the prospect of vastly extended life spans has never been brighter and the potential of human immortality never closer to becoming a reality. Until recently a life span greater than 100 years was extraordinarily rare; immortality was merely a fantasy for fiction writers. Scientists now confidently predict that within the next 30 years, maybe sooner, life spans of 120–130 years will be commonplace in people with their physical states sound and intact and with their mental faculties sharp and acute.
Accelerated medical research has already made strides in key areas of pharmacology, cellular biochemistry, genetics and immunology, thanks in large part to the billions of dollars which have been spent for research on AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease. I am confident that science is close to finding the true fountain of youth. There is clear scientific support for a near term break-through in the extension of maximum human life span. And there are hundreds of scientific papers and statistics which conclusively show a clear path for anyone interested in achieving his or her own personal best, in regard to prevention or age-related disease and personal maximum life span.
The success of anti-aging medicine has really been dependent on the more than 75 million baby boomers who are nearing old age as we begin the new millennium. But this older generation will be unlike that of seniors in the past. For the first time in recorded history an entire generation has decided it has better things to do than sit around and grow old. Boomers have already embraced the proven benefits of exercise, a balanced diet and can be credited with starting the “fitness movement” which is thought of as the forerunner of anti-aging medicine.
Boomers have always believed that age is irrelevant—it is function and ability that matter—and they expect and want to live practically forever. They have an innate desire to stay healthy, fit and mentally alert because they know that their lives will not only be fuller and more enjoyable because of it, but longer and filled with greater opportunity. This is the generation that has said “yes” to anti-aging medicine.
The coming age wave could be the most significant sociological change since the invention of fire.
Every day we are gaining a deeper understanding of the fundamental beauty and wonder of our human existence, along with a greater appreciation of personal liberty and cultural freedom. I know you are looking
forward to the future with as much zeal as are those of us who are already involved in these breathtaking scientific advancements. Visit our Web site and take the A4M age test. Find out how long you can live, what factors influence your longevity and which ones you control.
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