Do you want to live forever?

Even if we have am extremely healthy diet and lifestyle, the human body is programmed to wear out at a maximum of about 120 years, and usually less.

We all have a biological clock inside us which determines the moment when our organs cease to function properly. This is because our cells have stopped renewing themselves and our body can no longer repair itself.

This is also the moment when we are more likely to begin to suffer from the diseases of old age. However, rapid advances in DNA research are beginning to throw light on the secrets of the ageing process.

By the end of this century we could literally have the power of life over death.
Although it has long been accepted that humans have a fixed lifespan, it is also a fact that certain other organisms, such as reptiles and amphibians, appear to live indefinitely.

The only reason we do not see 500-year-old alligators is because in the wild their lives are always in danger, from man, from pollution and from other animals. When they are kept in zoo they do not seem to age at all after they are fully grown. The same is true about some species of fish, which grow indefinitely and show no sings of ageing.

The existence of animals with no fixed lifespan seems to indicate that an age gene really does exist. It is this gene which scientists are searching for, which may retard or repair damage to the body caused by ageing.

Another new area of research involves the oxidation theory, which says that ageing is caused by the same process that makes iron rust. In controlled experiments, the lifespans of certain animals were shown to be lengthened with anti-oxidants; for example, the lifespan of mice can be increased by 30%.

Anti-oxidants are already being used in face creams and other cosmetics, and they are likely to plan an important part in keeping people physically young.

Perhaps the most immediate advance we are likely to see in the battle to halt the ageing process will be organ replacement. By the year 2020 it is likely that we will be replacing injured bones or even organs like livers and kidneys with one’s “grown” in laboratories.

By 2050 perhaps every organ in the body, except the brain, will have become commercially available. Recent experiments also show that it may one day be possible to “grow” new organs inside our body to replace worn-out ones, something which lizards and lizards and alligators already do.

Suddenly immortality seems within reach. We can begin to imagine a future where we are born, we grow to maturity, but we never grow old and die. But do we really want to live forever?

1 thing

There is 1 thing I want now:

“I want to be made of money” I know, know, they can’t make me happy…
Money... What do you think? Are they important in our life?

Generally, people have 2 opinions regarding this question. Most of them think that money is the most important thing in our life and we could not live without them.
Moreover, they think that everything can be bought, even the health.

Do you have the same opinion?

I wonder how people could have such ideas in their mind. There are lots of millionaires from all over the world but they die, are unhappy, cry, have problems and so on.

Money doesn’t make them happy. Maybe such as majority of people, money makes us happy just for a moment, but after several seconds your mood could change, because of … Everything could be, from a kiss to a look.

No matter how much money you can have, you can’t also save your life if you have an incurable disease.

Remember, millionaire could be unhappier than you, because they should take care about “their happiness”, which could be very difficult nowadays.

Another part of population thinks that money doesn’t have any importance, only “You” and “your soul” is the center of the universe. They could live in misery, eating not healthy food …

Don’t be childish… you can be very rich, using money for high goals, but you shouldn’t forget that first of all you are a human…

Make smart investments, start and run your own business and pay your taxes.

Family happinesses

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

Joyce Brothers

Interesting stories about cats

I have found a funny photo via Internet.

The cat is so cute, isn’t?

In fact, I like cats. I’ve always had a cat when I lived with my parents and now, when I have a family.

As you know, cats make us feel relaxed and they make themselves comfortable on that “territory” of our body which needs affection and love the most.

Perhaps they feel a negative energy and as they are our friends they want to help us. They can’t speak, so they try to attract our attention through other ways: they emit sounds, fawn upon our legs and do many other things that make us happy.

I’m sure that after such a behavior you will not be able to refuse them. I mean to pat their back or add extra ounces to their daily food.

By the way, do you know that after some time of living together, the animals look the same as their owners? It’s a very interesting fact and I support it.
I saw many relationships between owners and their pets … And do you know which thing amazed me?

They were alike, not only physically but also they had the same character.
My neighbor had a small cat with downy hair. Its eyes reflected only kindness. It was always waiting for guests at the entry of the house…

It was quite hospitable and curious to meet people. It looked like “saying” “welcome” or “have a good day” in its language.

Guess, was the owner like its adorable kitten? Indeed. This old tiny woman has goodness without limits. She always asks us “How do you do?” She’s always waiting for us to visit her and prepare delicious cake with tea for this purpose.

However, in spite of the fact that health care providers claim in unison that “cats are dirty” I love to take them into my hands.
I even kiss them. Don’t blame me!

They are like human beings that can’t speak. They have feelings and they are able to love or hate.

One fine day I was given the chance to see a truly furious cat. Oh yes! It was for the first and last time in my life.

Some years ago a friend of mine has visited me. She decided to toy with my little quadruped buddy fretting it very, very much by imitating it.

My lovely cat wasn’t in a good mood that sunny day. It got up in 2 paws and – fantastic!- a real Jackie Chan! It attacked my friend in the literal sense of the word.

I was shocked, too. Something cold “penetrated” my heart. I was frightened. It was my cat, but in a jiffy I understood that I don’t know it at all.

This story finished with a happy end, I mean that my cat calmed down after some minutes. But, I couldn’t relax even after several weeks.

My cat… O my God! It was able to hurt somebody!!? What should I do in such a case?
For that time, I made a decision. I sent my cat in the village, to my parents.

Generally, I think that cats need an open area, a kind of “al-fresco” in order to play, catch mice and feel themselves - animals.