Secrets of Longevity

Q & A with Dr. Mao

Q. Is it really possible for anyone to live happily to 100?
A. Your Body Wants To Be 100!
The human body has a beautiful design, a design that can carry it one hundred years or even more. But YOU need to learn how to get out of the way. YOU need to learn how to help the body do what it does best: LIVE! I can talk about the many challenges to longevity, but my experience tells me that human behavior is the greatest obstacle to longevity.

Q. If our bodies naturally can live to 100, why are there so many people over age 80 who live with pain, ill health and limited mobility?
A. You Have To Want To Be 100.
Everyone would love to live to a "ripe old age" but none of us want to live that long if it means looking and feeling like a ripe old vegetable. We are surrounded by so many elderly men and women who are wildly unhealthy. We look at them and think: "Being bent in half and wheeling around my oxygen tank is not my idea of golden years." We all need to understand that getting old does not mean getting decrepit. If we live well, and embrace the Secrets of Longevity, we can be vibrant and active and look forward to our 100th Birthday!

Q. What about genes, disease and natural disasters? Aren't these all primary predictors of longevity?
A. Of course they are.
But the one thing we can control is probably the single greatest determinant of how long we will live and how well we will live, and that is our own behavior. What we eat. When we eat it. How much we eat. Where we eat it. How we work. How we rest. How we play. How much we laugh. How we start our day. How we end our day. How we give and receive love. These are the things that will help us live to be 100.

Q. What is so unique about the "longevity secrets" that you write in your book?
A. These secrets come from a 5,000 year-old tradition of Chinese medicine.
Having come from a medical family and having practiced acupuncture and Chinese medicine for over 20 years, I can tell you that people everywhere desperately need this information. The genesis of this book really started after I nearly lost my life when I fell from 3 stories and was in and out of a coma for a month. I have my life and my health today because of the regenerative powers of Chinese medicine and I feel strongly compelled to share what I know with the world.