標題: 返老还童Taking Back the Years[全6集高清720P纯净版英语中字1.25G]2015加拿大纪录片 探讨寻找返老还童的方法 最先进的延缓衰老的 [打印本頁] 作者: pk2017abc 時間: 2023-4-30 16:02 標題: 返老还童Taking Back the Years[全6集高清720P纯净版英语中字1.25G]2015加拿大纪录片 探讨寻找返老还童的方法 最先进的延缓衰老的
返老还童Taking Back the Years (2015)
导演: Hilary Pryor
编剧: Hilary Pryor / Jayanti Chandran
主演: Hilary Pryor
类型: 纪录片
制片国家/地区: 加拿大
语言: 英语
集数: 6
单集片长: 22
简介
While an ageing Western population spends billions of dollars trying to stave off the effects of old age, can prayer, meditation and the ancient art of Ayurvedic medicine provide an alternative route to longevity?
With unique access to an Ayurvedic centre in Kerala, South India, Taking Back the Years follows patient, Mr. Patel, through the rigorous, 90 day long and 4000 year old, practice of Kuti Praveshika. Meanwhile Canadian filmmaker Hilary Pryor – the same age as Mr. Patel – explores the latest discoveries in North American medicine and with advice from Western scientists and fitness experts, attempts her own 90 day regime towards rejuvenation. Both are subjected to a variety of Western medical tests pre and post regime to measure any changes achieved.
On this journey Hilary encounters many contrasts - from people trying desperately to take back the years through extreme calorie restriction or laser skin treatments, to centenarians who credit their longevity more to a sense of purpose than any diet or genetics, to the flamboyant scientist Dr. Aubrey de Grey who believes ageing is essentially an engineering problem that will be solved in the next 30 years allowing people to live for 200, 300 years …or more! But the more we try to extend life, the greater the ethical issues in an over-populated world and for some, like Dr. Peter Rabinovitch of the University of Washington, the preferred goal is compressed morbidity – a longer ‘health’ span rather than ‘life’ span.
The more Hilary finds out the more she is intrigued by the parallels between the scientific and holistic approaches. Holistic practitioners seek to achieve a combination of physical and spiritual practices that embrace the whole person – this is often mirrored by Western research into the mechanics of individual cells. For example, Dr. Jerry Shay explains the role of telomeres (protective caps at the end of chromosome that shorten with each cell division until the cell can no longer divide), while Dr. Elissa Epel cites a recent study where meditation was proved effective in maintaining healthy telomere length. Although both cultures are inherently suspicious of each other, there is much to be learned from one another.
After her 90 day “western” regime is completed, Hilary is free to explore more holistic practices. She takes part in a pilot study at the Deepak Chopra Centre in Carlsbad, California, which looks at the effect of a one week of intensive mediation on the ageing indicators of ‘novice’ meditators.
Do either Mr. Patel or the filmmaker manage to “take back” any years through their efforts? We shall find out!
