Donn,
There are people in the Bible that lived to be several hundred years old so I am sure the human body is capable of it given the right care. I'm sure fasting would play a major part as it is a gift from God to us that seems to have been forgotten with time by many.
Rainy

Hello Donn
it is well-established within Natural Hygienic circles that fasting has a remarkable effect on longevity and this has been demonstrated with lower, more simple forms of life, and which has a similar but slightly less profound effect on more complex organisms such as the human body.

This is an extract from the whole chapter given below.............

"Exhaustive experiments by Prof. Morgulis have proved beyond a doubt that fasting rejuvenates. He has also shown that the body does not tear down its tissues nor impair them structurally. The cells are reduced in size but there is little or no destruction of cells except in cases of actual starvation. The nuclei of the cells tend usually to retain their size and lose so little of their bulk that they become relatively larger in proportion to the rest of the cell. Such a cell has the capacity for assimilation and growth which characterizes the cells of embryos and young animals. This accounts for the rapid gains in tissue after a fast. The layman may see these remarkable changes in the skin for this often becomes as fine grained and smooth, almost as that of a child. Drs. Carlson and Kunde, of the department of Physiology of the University of Chicago, showed that a fast of two weeks temporarily restores the tissues of a man of forty to the physiological condition of the tissues of a youth of seventeen."

http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.ch15.htm


Regards

Chrisb1.

Chris's post clarifies a lot.

Additionally, if you do Google searches and start reading up on "calorie restriction" you will see that there has been much success in this area on slowing the aging process.

While I don't consider myself a follower of CR, I do prefer juicing to solid meals most times and obviously fasting to help detox as much as possible.