Introduction<br > II II<br > Good Health Is Ageless<br > In 1513， the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon set<br > sail with three ships in search of the mythical Fountain of<br > Youth. A drink from this fabulous fountain， legend had it，<br > would instantly make an old person young.<br > Ponce de Leon failed， of course， but his quest for<br > eternal youth lives on. In fact， scientists now believe<br > they ve found what he was looking for--not in old stories<br > but in hard， scientific fact. There is increasing evidence<br > that what today we might call future youth--measured<br > in zest， mental energy and exuberant good health---can<br > be achieved no matter what your chronological age. And<br > you don t need to sail the globe to find it. The fountain--<br > or font， if you will--is right here: the 1994 edition of The<br >Natural Healing and Nutrition Annual.<br > In the last 12 months， we talked to scores of Amer-<br >ica s top scientists--cardiologists， rheumatologists，<br >nutritionists and more--and asked them what we should<br >be doing to look， feel and act as young as possible. They<br >came through--with their top ten age erasers. We<br >expected a trickle of information， but instead we got a<br >flood. Some fountain!<br > The experts agreed that having a good diet belongs<br >at or near the top of our list of age erasers. Research is<br >accumulating fast that good nutrition can help restore<br >verve and youthful good health. One study， for example，<br >found that vitamin E--which is found in large amounts<br >in green leafy vegetables--can reduce the risk for<br >cataracts and heart disease.<br > In another study， people with high blood pressure<br >were given a high-potassium diet. As a result， more than a<br >third were able te stop taking their medication. How s that<br >for turning back the clock? And while we re on the subject<br >of blood pressure， another study found that people who<br >lowered theirs had better sex than those stuck with higher xUi<br >numbers. Now that s a "side efl~ct" we can live with! m---<br > Our quest didn t stop there. We also discovered that<br >