Path to health and inner balance Since ever, people wanted to know why they are ageing. The authoress of the presented empirical study explains in an accessible popularlyscientific manner an own discovery (1983), that the phenomenon of ageing with all its diverse forms and all its attendant symptoms and concomitants is a predetermined genetically programmed decline of the organism similar to a gradual poisoning of the organism. Ageing as a step-by-step poisoning of the organism comes about with the help of genes activity by certain basic chemical elements which our organism receives mainly with our daily food. These chemical elements are present in every food all over the world. They cannot be eliminated, as at the same time, they guarantee us that we can live. The life is not possible without them. We only are able to resist their poisonous effects and to influence them in countless ways for some time, but not in the long run. There are the total qualitative sum and the total quantitative sum of certain basic chemical elements, which control the whole process of ageing and decide throughout the lifetime, whether a construction or a destruction of the organism takes place, and also in which way this occurs. The organism registers these total amounts exactly from the beginning of life, at every moment and overall in the course of time, and acts accordingly them. The described explanation of the ageing process is by no means intended solely for scientists. It will surely be appreciated by all readers who deal with this fundamental question of life. The book provides valuable information for anyone seeking to know how systematically and comprehensively resist declining processes, preserve vitality and health until an advanced age, or find guidance and support in coping with the burden of live in order to achieve greater inner balance, reconciliation and well-being.