The 100 Year Lifestyle

I have heard recently of a book called The 100 Year Lifestyle by Dr. Eric Plasker. Actually, I listened to an interview of Dr. Plasker, a chiropractor, when he described the book and the concept of the 100 year lifestyle. This is important stuff, so I thought that I would share.

We'll start with some facts...

• We have a longevity crisis in America
• Right now there are 55,000 people over the age of 100 in the United States.
• At the time these people were born, their life expectancy was 50 years old.
• By the time the baby boomers get there, there will be 4.2 million people over the age of 100 with 60 million people over the age of 80.
• The biggest fear of people that are growing older is to be crippled, broke or alone.
• When you ask an actor to play like they are old, the first thing they do is hunch over to simulate a decaying, old, broken down spine and nerve system.

Here is the question...
If you knew that you were going to live to 100, how would you change your life so that you don't get there crippled, broke or alone, but you get there in style?

Now that we know that we will probably live longer than we thought, what is our generation, our children and our grandchildren... If you knew that you were going to live this long, when do you think is a good time to start taking care of your spine?

Do you think that your aging parent or grandparents, if they could go back 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 years, if they knew that they were going to live this long, what would they have done differently? Would they have waited until their discs completely deteriorated? Would they have waited until they had nerve pressure that was causing all types of hormonal and chemical imbalance in the body before they started taking care of their spine? Would they have waited until they looked in the mirror and saw their posture hunched over where they said, "God I look old" to start taking care of their spine?

Many of you have started to get hints from your spine and nerve system. Many of you have had episodes of pain or nerve system imbalance in the form of stress, headaches, digestive disturbances, heart palpitations, and the list goes on and on.

Don't be motivated by crisis. Don't wait until you have a major blow out in your health that you barely survive to start to take action to get well. Be motivated by quality of life. Start taking action now to ensure your continued quality of living. This is key. This is how you impact your life in a positive way. Which motivation makes sense to you?