1. MONITOR YOUR BODY’S PH DAILY: The body needs to be at the correct PH for the hundreds of chemical reactions to happen as they should. Junk food may make the body acidic. "Too acidic" can cause cavities from tooth enamel being eaten away. Vegetables and most fruit make the body basic. "Too basic" can stop the body from absorbing calcium.

2. LEARN YOUR BLOOD TYPE AND EAT ACCORDINGLY: An O blood type should eat meat, but eat it in very small amounts and only once per day. An A or B blood type doesn’t need to. Learn what your blood type is. Read the book “Eat Right For Your Blood Type”

3. STOP OR REDUCE SALT, SUGAR, AND BUTTER CONSUMPTION: These things destroy your health. Jack La Lanne suggests using olive oil instead of butter, even on popcorn. Read his book “Live Young Forever”. So called health / protein bars and health drinks are loaded with sugar. NEVER drink “Soda”. It robs the body of B vitamins, rots the teeth, makes you thirsty for more and creates garbage inside and outside your body. Save a thousand dollars a year by using a water purifier. Carry water with you wherever you go. Look at the labels on canned food and you'll notice that it's extremely high in sodium (salt). Read “You Living Young - The Owners Manual for Extending Your Warranty” by Dr. Mehment Oz.

4. STOP OR REDUCE COW’S MILK CONSUMPTION: Calcium and protein are only partially absorbed from cow's milk. Baby cows can absorb it but not humans. Eat goat yogurt because goat milk has a similiar chemical make up to human mother’s milk. It’s calcium is absorbed more readily. It's available at better health food stores. It also promotes healthier looking skin.

5. PERFORM THE “FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH EXERCISES” DAILY: These “Tibetan Rites” use the force of gravity to slow down the aging process and improve health and strength. You can learn these at www.lifeevents.org Twenty one repetitions of the 5 rites take 10-15 minutes. They can be done without equipment anywhere. Start with few repetitions and gradually work up to 21 repetitions 2-3 times per day.

6. DO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING DAILY: walk, bicycle, lift weights, swim, alternate the routine depending on how you feel each day. (Don't run as exercise. Often, folks with damaged knees and hips will say that they used to run.) Logging exercise reps or distances reduces enjoyment and promotes failure. Let how you feel determine how long and when exercise. . If you don’t feel like exercising occasionally, give yourself a reduced activity day or an exercise-free day. Learn what is the safe maximum heart rate for your age. Walk or bike instead of using a car or bus. Exercise while watching TV instead of sitting on the couch. Get a stationary bike for home (the Schwinn is under $200 and has an onboard computer) . Get 2 hand weights 5-10 pounds each , keep them near the TV.

7. CLEAN INTESTINES, BOWELS and KIDNEYS allow for nutrients to be absorbed. The liver, bowels, and kidneys should be cleaned twice a year. The human intestines are not designed to eat meat. Some meat is not deficated and remains stuck to the walls of the intestine which reduces the absorbtion of nutrients. That's one of the reasons there is so much colon cancer. These organs must be cleaned regularly even if you don't eat meat. Dr. Schulz makes it easy to do this with various over the counter preparations. Go to www.herbdoc.com

8. VITAMINS: One takes vitamins in this country because the food has become impotent since the 50s. However, the vitamin supplements in this country are irradiated which greatly reduces the potency to the point where they do little. Whenever possible buy them in brown glass bottles which protects the contents better than plastic. Vitamins in Mexico are way more potent. You can put Dr. Schulz Superfood in blender drinks to get absorbable vitamins from a natural food source. Prevention magazine had a life extension issue in which some doctors revealed their research. One researcher found that doses of CoQ10, Alpha Lipoic Acid and Acetyl L-Carnitine daily in lab animals greatly increased energy, endurance and life span. Vitamins purchased in Mexico are not irradiated, less expensive and more potent. Taking vitamins at random can damage your health. Before taking supplements, get a blood analysis to find out what is deficient in your body. These levels change regularly due to diet and stress, therefore your vitamin and mineral supplementation should change. You should get your blood tested at least every six months to determine what your ever changing supplementation should be.

9. DRINK TEA DAILY: You have to drink something to stay alive. You have three choices. It can be neutral (water), negative (sugar, caffiene, alchohol, artificial coloring) or positive (herbal tea). The population of Thailand drinks Jiagulan tea daily and lives very long, often over 100. The "Immortalitea" brand of Jiagulan is excellent. Other teas such as green tea and white tea may reduce the chances of cancer while imparting energy and mental clarity. Peppermint tea reduces food cravings which can result in weightloss. Your choice of type of tea can be influenced by your personal acute and chronic health goals. Tea has no calories and doesn't litter the world with plastic bottles.

10. TAKE A NAP a rejuvenating nap at 2:00 when possible. It will help you to work more efficiently later into the night. The Mexican culture takes naps at 2pm and has a 16-20 hour work day.

11. INCREASE YOUR IQ: A Korean doctor named Ilchi Lee developed systems for increasing IQ of Korean school children. Learn of his work on the web under “Brain Respiration”. He developed the BR-Q machine to increase IQ by balancing the right and left sides of the brain. A side effect of the BR-Q is that it improves eye sight. I procured a BR-Q 5 years ago and it does exactly what he says it does. I used it to counteract the brain damage I got from the staph infection. A by-product of using the BR-Q may be improved eyesight.

12. FOOD: You have the choice of having what you ingest increase or decrease the level of your health. If food is in a package and preserved, it's life force has been reduced and is usually high in sodium. Food that spoils quickly is better for you than something that has an infinite shelf life. Organic carrot / beet /spinach juice drunk immediately upon making has more live force than 3 year old bakery in a cellophane package out of a machine.

13. BALANCE YOUR GUITAR: Move your strap buttons so your guitar stays in playing position without you holding it so it doesn't move your body out of alignment and cause pain in various places.

14. THROW AWAY YOUR TELEVISION. Yes. You don't have to have one. Really! Become television-free. How much time do you watch it a year? (4 hours a day is 1,460 hours per year.) One third of that time is spent watching commercials. If you must waste your valuable time in front of a television, watch something positive, without violence. Exercise while you watch. Strong shoulders, arms, and backs are required to play music and carry equipment to and from gigs. Get some hand weights. Start around 3 pounds and eventually work up to 10 pounds. Learn which and how many reps to do to strenghthen your body. Start slow and work up to 20 - 40 reps in units of 10 per exercise. Keep your weights next to your television. Watching television is an option and a choice. You don't have to have one. If you already own one and want to keep it, you don't have to turn it on. There are other activities that are more beneficial to your health. Your marriage, children and career are more important than watching television.

15. GET SOME LIGHT ON YOU: The light of the sun is "full spectrum". Your body senses these wavelengths to initiate numerous chemical reactions. You need sunlight to absorb essential Vitamin D. Flourescent lights blink on and off very fast causing eye strain and headaches and vitamin D deficiency. . Ordinary candescent light bulbs are better for your eyes because they don't blink like flourescents but aren't full spectrum either. Replace the bulbs in your home and workplace with full spectrum candescent Chromalux brand bulbs. Spend at least 20 minutes a day year around outside in the sun. Look at the sky and plants. Smile while doing it. It's good for you.

16: LISTEN TO MUSIC: Don't use it as background music for work or other activity. Sit or lie down and actually listen as if it was the last music you will ever hear. Listen to music that's healthy for you like "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane. Consider it "brain food" or "therapy". Once I listened to only that recording for 6 months.

17: SMOKING CAUSES CANCER. CANCER CAUSES DEATH AND AMPUTATIONS: Last night on the gig, a guy walked by me while taking a cigarette out of a package. He said, "I'm going outside to shorten my life by 7 minutes." I saw him do that several times. I added it up: 7 minutes per cigarette, 15 cigs per day, 365 days per year. 5,475 smokes per year takes 38,325 minutes off his life. That's comes to 273 packs per year at $7 each. That adds up to $1,911 spent each year to shorten his life by another 26 days.

18. PROTECT YOUR HEARING: The world has gotten very loud. There are sounds everywhere with enough decibles to damage your hearing. You need to carry ear plugs with you similiar to carrying sun glasses or a jacket or any other item to protect you from the environment. Earl Mindell, Ph.D. in his book "Secret Remedies" states that "noise induced hearing damage and hearing loss may be improved by taking 500m of magnesium, 800 mc of vitamin B12 and 60 mg of Ginkgo Biloba 1-3 times daily" "See my discourse elsewhere on this sight regarding "perfect pitch and hearing protection".