This web site will be in a continual state of development and change.

You will also note 'suggestion' dialogue boxes at various locations throughout the site, such as suggested topics to read at that point. To better be able to reap the benefits of the knowledge contained within the site it would be best, although not obsolutely necessary, for you to heed these suggestions.

As the site currently exists, the home page shows photos of Dr. Alterwein's amazing transformation at the age of 48 as well as photos of Dr. Alterwein taken 12 years later at the age of 60. Dr. Alterwein has had no facial surgery of any kind and all the photos are original, as originally photographed. Evidently, the principles Dr. Alterwein has discovered about aging appear to be backed up by Dr. Alterwein's markedly youthful appearance at the age of 60.

In this web site Dr. Alterwein will be discussing the principles of aging he discovered and their relationships to disease and health as well as innumerable other related topics (as can be seen from the table of contents to the left side of the screen). When you come back to the site from time to time in the future you will find that, one by one, each of these 'topics' will eventually become 'activated' as hyperlinks to discussion pages of an informative and somewhat detailed nature.

If you're anticipating reading any particular topic, have patience. Remember, I'm just one person, and I have just so much time to devote to the development of this site. And I'm not about to rush, and write just 'anything.' I want to make sure this site contains helpful, pertinent and informative material. If, however, you do become impatient about the time scale for the 'activation' of any given topic, you can E-mail me at Ralterwein@aol.com and perhaps I might sooner be able to hyperlink and/or update the particular topic you're interested in. In the meantime, note the following:

1) ...There are no quick fixes at my web site. To make a transformation such as I have made requires a major committment in your life. Changing your body around is not just something you do in your spare time or very easily, like popping some special pills into your mouth or taking some special powdered 'magic' drink or whatnot.

2) ...I am one of a minority of medical doctors (and people in general) throughout the country, and even perhaps throughout the world, who has been able to make such a dramatic transformation as I have made in middle age, and continue to maintain it now into my sixties while at the same time continuing to appear many years younger than my chronological age. I practice what I preach. At my site, you will find 'truth' based upon knowledge and first hand experience. No plastic surgery, eye lifts, fat suctioning tummy tucks, weight reducing pills, chemicals nor 'anti-aging drugs' of any kind. My methods are natural.

3) ...There will be no fluff at this site. No commercialized gimmicks. Perhaps the great majority of wellness information the public is bombarded with each day is a whole bunch of misleading, commerically and/or narcissistically driven hocus pocus. On the other hand, 'truth' combined with 'sincerity' and 'amazing results' is a combination rarely seen. I have realized this. So I have begun to publish this web site as a courtesy to the public to provide people everywhere with realistic information as to how their bodies really work, and as to how they can have some control over their bodies when it comes to health, disease, aging and 'looking good,' not to mention how a change such as mine can be made (eg. a lot more than merely losing weight or bodybuilding).

4) ...The information you will be getting under each topic at this site will not be craftily geared toward what you want to hear so you'll be more apt to like what I say and come back to visit [eg. no such things as "Lose Fifty Pounds By Exercising Ten Minutes A Day" or "Walk Your Way Into Great Shape" or "Meditate Your Way To Health In Six Easy Sessions" or "Lose 100 Pounds On Junk Food!"]. Remember, talk is cheap, especially when it's not backed up by anything substantial. My talk, however, comes from doing...and getting good results which can be seen! My ideas, thoughts, discoveries as presented have also been developed from my vast background in mainstream academia.

5) ...Additionally, throughout this site you will find I will try to differentiate between what is 'fact,' what is 'theory,' what is 'anecdotal,' what is 'opinion,' etc. so you'll better be able to evaluate the information and make you own decisions as to its practicality and reliability.

6) Finally, although each individual might be interested in one or another of the topics presented, it is important to first read through the topics listed below, the lack of which could result in your not fully realizing nor understanding what is really being said at this site nor being able to effectively use the information with regard to your own self, such as regarding your rte of aging! These topics include:

a) "My Great Idea"

b) "The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts"

c) "Averages & Probabilities As They Relate To Health, Disease & Aging"

All the above having been said, I would add, have patience and come back to visit me at my web site from time to time in the future. You'll get an understanding about how your body works in health, disease, and aging that will be truly mind-boggling...and which you will likely find nowhere else in the world!

After all, as a combination health/fitness instructor and medical doctor who has spent practically his entire life studying multitudes of fields of learning related to the nature of 'life' and our existence in this universe both physically and mentally, and who practices what he preaches such as via his having made an amazing transformation of his own with a middle aged body that had been diseased and deteriorating (while having maintained the 'youthful' appearance of his body well into older age)...well, if you cannot see that I'm privy to a unique knowledge that few people anywhere inthe world have let alone know about...if you cannot see that, then in all likelihood this web site will be useless to you!

Too bad for those of you who lack the insight to see and who would pass my web site by in a flash, and never realize how they might have 'missed the boat' in terms of the amazing benefits they might otherwise have had with regard to their own bodies, and lives. Too bad...but then again, that's life, isn't it!

"So how do you I about making change?" you ask. Well, I would answer, "It's one thing to figure out how to make a transformation such as I have made, but it's a whole other ball game to get yourself motivated to begin doing it let alone, and most importantly, to continue to be sticking to it. In other words, while the 'knowing' what to do physically and mentally is most important, it is the 'doing' and the 'knowing' how to make yourself do what you want to do that ultimately really counts!

You have to know how to get yourself to 'act' on whatever it is you want to do, whether it be exercising or eating the foods you already know to eat, or whatever.

...My Great Idea! gave me the incentive I needed to make my change. How about you!?"