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1. Hospice workers see a clear pattern: ordinary people in their final months choose chemotherapy until the end. Resuscitation, tubes, machines. Death in a hospital surrounded by equipment. Families spend tens of thousands on the final weeks. Meanwhile, 80% of doctors facing the same diagnosis refuse aggressive treatment. Almost none agree to resuscitation. Most die at home with family.

2. Here’s why doctors choose differently: they know what actually happens. One oncologist said: “I’ve treated cancer for 30 years. If I get stage four, I won’t do chemotherapy.” Stage four chemo extends life 2-3 months, but those months are nausea, pain, weakness. He’d rather have two good months at home than three terrible months in a hospital. Doctors aren’t choosing death. They’re choosing quality over quantity.

3. A Johns Hopkins study found doctors are three times more likely to sign DNR orders than the general public. They don’t want resuscitation because they’ve performed it. Movies show two minutes and a hug. Reality is broken ribs, brain damage, months on machines, then death anyway. Survival rate for hospital cardiac arrest is 18%. Survival without brain damage is 3%. Doctors know these numbers. Patients don’t.

4. Medical industry won’t emphasize this because end-of-life care is massively profitable. The average American spends more on healthcare in their final year than in the previous 80 years combined. Hospitals profit from aggressive intervention. Doctors who’ve seen the outcomes choose hospice and dignity instead.

5. You’ve probably never considered that the people who understand medicine best choose to die without it. After seeing this pattern for five years, I signed a DNR. No aggressive chemotherapy at stage four. Hospice, family, dignity.

(Tom: This is what I am working diligently to defer for as long as possible with my diet and exercise regime.)

At 81, Sam Elliott struggled to climb out of a swimming pool and what he said next brought millions to tears.

In a recent episode of Landman, the actor delivered one of TV’s most raw reflections on aging. Playing T.L., an 82-year-old former oil worker and distant father, Elliott’s character finds himself stuck in a pool. His knees and hips no longer have the strength to lift him out, and his son, Tommy, played by Billy Bob Thornton, has to help him.

But what followed was more than just a performance. It felt like lived truth.

Sitting by the pool with his son, T.L. talks about another man at the facility, a man who laughs all the time, yet seems unreachable. “It’s a curse that my mind still works,” T.L. says, tears in his eyes. “I sit here fully aware of every way my body is breaking down. I’m fading while my eyes still see it all.”

When Tommy suggests physical therapy, T.L.’s reply is simple and heartbreaking: “You don’t get it. This body is worn through.”

The scene showed something rare on TV. It showed the quiet sorrow of losing physical independence while the mind stays clear enough to witness each decline. Elliott later admitted he was deeply moved during the season, explaining that the emotion had to come honestly with Taylor Sheridan’s writing.

The moment ends with something small but powerful: T.L. and Tommy share their first hug, a simple gesture signaling the start of a long-delayed reconciliation between father and son.

Elliott has played tough characters in films like Tombstone, Road House, and A Star Is Born. But here, he revealed a different kind of strength, the courage to be vulnerable when physical power fades.

The scene resonated because it reflects something universal: watching our bodies slow down, seeing it happen to our parents, or quietly fearing it for ourselves. Elliott wasn’t creating drama for the sake of it. He allowed the truth to emerge naturally from the moment.

For anyone who has helped a parent stand up, watched a loved one struggle with everyday tasks, or felt their own body push back, the scene holds a painful mirror: we are temporary, and our bodies don’t last forever.

Yet it also offers something gentler: connection, understanding, and the grace of being seen as we are. Sometimes, the strongest thing we can do is admit we need help.

 

I just added a couple of items to my book and in also doing some editing thought of a way I can illustrate the benefit of you having this book handy. So here are a dozen questions that illustrate the type of gems contained in my compilation of 17+ years of data collection.

What eating practice reduces your post-meal glucose spike by 73% despite eating the same type and amount of food? Page 332

What can you do to reduce the loss of anti-cancer nutrients in broccoli from 97% to just 11%? Page 348

The root extract of which herb kills 90% of colon cancer cells within 48 hours? Page 431

What test is regarded as the single best predictor of longevity? Page 937

What activity boosted the ability of NK (Natural Killer) cells to kill invading cells by 50 to 200 percent? Page 937

What can essentially stop cellular aging in its tracks and, in some cases, rejuvenate the cells that repair damage in the body? Page 939

What can you drink before and during your exercise routine that can increase your endurance by 23%? Page 949

What 6 exercises are claimed to fix 97% of body problems? Page 961

What anti-inflammatory is 350 times more powerful than evening primrose oil and is 97% effective in reducing the pain from all forms of arthritis? Page 1168

What is the actual success rate of chemotherapy? Page 1421

What anti-parasitic drug killed 78% of colon cancer cells within 48 hours? Page 1524

97% of terminal cancer patients have previously had what medical procedure? Page 1961

An unexpected benefit of doing the editing was that I felt more positive and happier, recognising how much of what I know I am applying.

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Dr. Peter Glidden: “A 12 year worldwide meta-analysis study revealed Chemotherapy has a 97% failure rate. So why is it still used? It’s one reason and one reason only, money.”

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Hey Tom,

Today, I’m excited to introduce you to Zora Benhamou, a gerontologist who studies aging and has some unique ideas about menopause, based on research and her gerontology background.

In this episode, we discuss her take on menopause, including the fact that it’s technically a one-day event! 12 consecutive months without a period lead to your “meno birth date.” But perimenopause – the stage just before menopause – lasts 5 to 7 years on average (10-15 years for some women!), and that’s where the most difficult symptoms can happen.

The biggest menopause myth is that it’s a concern for older women, that it’s something you don’t need to worry about until you’re 50.

But research shows women start losing progesterone around age 35, the calming, relaxing hormone that makes you feel good. The reality is that women should ideally begin thinking about menopause decades earlier, in their 40s and 50s.

In this podcast, Zora and I discuss:

Women start losing progesterone around age 35—your calming, relaxing hormone. When it decreases, you may get sleep disruptions and anxiety, but doctors give antidepressants instead of considering hormones

There are 103 symptoms of menopause, but most people only think about five: joint pain/“frozen shoulder” is common but rarely related to menopause

30% of people over 65 who have a hip fracture die within a year, and this statistic increases as you get older

Before menopause, men’s cardiovascular disease risk is much higher than women’s, but after menopause, women lose their hormones and have a similar risk to men

The “timing window” for hormone therapy benefits is within 10 years of menopause and before age 60

Hormone therapy done right can completely change women’s lives, but it can also go wrong if the body’s not accepting it, not detoxing well, or the doctor didn’t get the right formula

Some women have “progesterone intolerance”—their receptors don’t take in progesterone—they expect good sleep and less anxiety, but get worse sleep and more anxiety

Dr. Felice Gersh believes oral progesterone may not be good for women, even though it makes them feel good. Zora offers a tip on the best way to use progesterone

Yours in health,

–Ari

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