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100 Year-Old Nutrition Professor: 7 Keys to Longevity | Dr. John Scharffenberg

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Dr. Scharffenberg's Seven Keys To Longevity talk gets STANDING OVATIONS around the world. Dr. Scharffenberg's interview: https://youtu.be/iddFlIcxQi4?si=5Pl7PsegdiqwS0m3 NUTRITION PROFESSOR DR. JOHN SCHARFFENBERG BIO: - Born in Shanghai, China Dec. 15, 1923. His first 16 years of life were in China. - Graduated from high school in Michigan in 1940 (president of his class) - The U.S. Army put him through medical school at Loma Linda University, CA. Graduated with his MD in 1947. - Master's in public health from Harvard University 1956 (elected by the faculty to the Delta Omega Society). - Served two more years in the army to pay for medical school: first year at Fort Ord, CA; 2nd as American Military Advisor to the Chinese military in Taiwan. - Taught at Loma Linda University as a professor of nutrition for 62 years. - Worked in San Bernardino County Health Dept. where he became department head. - Director of the International Nutrition Research Foundation in Riverside, CA. -Was on the secretariat of the Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National Defense located at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. - Assistant Director of the Department of Health of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. - Started the Public Health Education Center in Bakersfield, CA from funds due to the selling of the San Joaquin Hospital for 30 million dollars. Michelle Cen's Website: https://www.michellecen.com/ PAPERS CITED: 1964 Surgeon General's report on smoking & health https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/first-surgeon-general-report-on-smokings-health-effects-marks-50-year-anniversary Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(18)31310-2/fulltext Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee https://health.gov/sites/default/files/2019-09/Scientific-Report-of-the-2015-Dietary-Guidelines-Advisory-Committee.pdf Distribution of lifespan gain from primary prevention intervention https://openheart.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000343 Beyond confusion and controversy, can we evaluate the real efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering with statins? https://www.jcbmr.com/index.php/jcbmr/article/view/11 Statin Drugs Given for 5 Years for Heart Disease Prevention (Without Known Heart Disease) https://thennt.com/nnt/statins-for-heart-disease-prevention-without-prior-heart-disease-2/ American Heart Association Saturated Fat Recommendation https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/cholesterol/prevention-and-treatment-of-high-cholesterol-hyperlipidemia/the-skinny-on-fats DR. SCHARFFENBERG'S 1st INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/iddFlIcxQi4?si=XhnUUrIV41HWaUSf 0:00 Dr. Scharffenberg's world lecturing tour 2:41 Dr. Scharffenberg's TEDx talk 4:12 First risk factor 4:40 How much alcohol is safe to drink? 5:42 Third risk factor 7:39 When it's most important to exercise 8:09 Fourth risk factor 8:50 Fifth risk factor 10:50 How much saturated fat to eat? 12:40 Do statins work? 13:47 The best diet 16:18 The power of lifestyle

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