More than fifty years ago Dr. Hans Selye identified the link between the mental and physical factors dealing with stress. Selye’s patients all experienced parallel physical and psychological distinctions, several being a reduced or loss of appetite and an elevated blood pressure. When still more investigation displayed that rats were showing the identical physical characteristics when undergoing stressful scenarios. Selye determined that stress is an imprecise response from the body when any demand is put upon it. Selye stated at the time that the stress was not doing the harm to us but the anguish that resulted from it was the reason. In short, the stress becomes a problem based on our reaction to it.

Prolonged unconstructive stress has proven to be a precursor to many medical ailments that include anxiety, headaches, depression, ulcers, allergies and heart disease. Over the long term, poor reactions to stress will break down the immune system and eventually result in diseases like cancer that are associated with aging in humans. In point of fact, rising levels of cortisol [the stress hormone], is also noticeable in the last week prior to death.  Elevated cortisol is linked to numerous degenerative illnesses related to aging such as hypertension, diabetes and arthritis. High cortisol is also a feature to a certain point with obesity.

The good news is we have a good number of methods to alleviate the effects of harmful stress and our unhelpful reactions to it. Have a close look at these habitual practices and long standing applications that will reduce the amount of destructive stress you experience day to day.

• Highly recommended are consistent medical examinations. When your physician verifies that your health is fine you will be relieved and they are a great way of guarding against many common health troubles from worsening. Having an annual longevity physical check up needs to be in depth and include all suggestions from your doctor. Specific attention should be given to early discovery of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke and metabolic ailments.

• Get yourself married! Research has proven that people who are wed are generally healthier than those single folks. Fact is that married individuals are known to have lowered risk of contracting illnesses, suffering accidents and dying by as much as fifty percent.

• Try having a quick nap. A fast siesta of twenty minutes or half an hour in mid afternoon is best due to your reduced metabolism. Having an afternoon siesta is in synch with your innate body circadian rhythm.

• Lighten your parental burden. Your kids will have successes and failure through life and accepting responsibility for both can be a stressful weight to assume. Your influence as a parent should never be overblown. It can be stressful for the entire family so cut everyone some slack – including you.

• Focus on maintaining quality relationships with friends and family. Your mental health will be enhanced long term if you have a close social network. Individually we can only support our self for so long and eventually having close knit friendships and solid family ties will pay dividends. Tight relationships will aid in easing anxiety and frustrations as we advance in age.

• Increase your spirituality, join a religious group you feel comfortable with or experiment with quiet meditation to open up your subconscious mind to new things. Having a religious support system surrounding us can be comforting and it will reduce our stress level significantly.

• Become a pet owner. Having a dog or cat is going to improve your life. Just knowing there is another heartbeat in your home is a stress reliever. Owning a pet is a fulfilling past time and they show undying loyalty without the baggage. They make great companions and offer comfort and purpose to anyone’s life.

• Try forming a special interest. Becoming involved in some past time or hobby will keep you focused and interested. Creating something from nothing will bring a feeling of accomplishment and concentrating on something inanimate for the purpose of stress relief is quite unburdening.

• Plan and organize your day. Having a time management plan in place or a “to do list” can increase your productivity while it relieves you of any stress. Knowing in advance what must be done take away pressure and allows us to focus on a task at a time. Getting things done in succession alleviates strain and stress and reduces our odds of burning out.

• Monitor your environment. Keep an eye on your surrounding area and if it can be identified as a root cause of your stress than you should consider moving away. Perhaps you have lousy neighbors or live in a “difficult” area of the city with police cars appearing frequently, this will elevate your anxiety. Seek out a quieter location to put down roots and where safety is a priority for you and your family. Once this is accomplished you will feel the stress slip away.

• Inspire your creative thinking. Stress can be relieved by something as simple as changing the way you think about things. For instance, if you are committed to a commute on a daily basis, rather than get stressed out by it, think of it as a chance to simply relax and think about nothing in particular. You could pray during this time or simply reflect on your life and count your blessings rather than stress out over time and traffic.

• Maintain a close watch on your financial situation. Money in itself is a burden if we have too much of it or not enough. Be smart about your financial resources and understand that it has no bearing on your worth as a person or human being within society. Understand that the quality of your existence has nothing to do with your net worth and having material things can often be more burdensome than having only what we need. Many rich people are unhappy and are owned by their things rather than the other way around.

• Learn how to meditate and relax. Research is plentiful on the importance of taking the time away from day to day activities to meditate and relax in order to reduce tension and your blood pressure. It is a prime way of safeguarding against the risk of heart disease and other stress related illnesses.

• Smile more often. Researchers have detected a link between the muscles in your face when you smile and a part of your brain that discharges the neurochemical responsible for making you feel good.

• Improve your communication skills. When you can speak more concisely you will reduce your stress but also relieve any anger, irritation or bitterness existing in your life. When we give a mixed message we are stirring emotion and no one likes to give or get the wrong point. Not only should we become better at communicating but we need to improve our listening skills as a society.

• Start getting active. Physical training or some activity will reduce your anxiety as it decreases your depressed emotions and low sense of self worth. Exercise is quite possibly the most significant component of all stress reduction regimens.

• Start watching what you eat. By altering your diet you can reduce those few extra pounds that “weigh” not just on your frame but on your mind as well. Eating a proper balanced diet will improve your health in general and give you added energy while just making you a happier person.

• Decrease the amount of alcohol you drink. People often drink as a way of decompressing and alleviating their tension. Alcohol will never reduce your level of stress. In actuality drinking more than a couple ounces of alcohol will see your blood pressure rise, tempers begin to flare, brain cells become harmed and your stress will increase.

• Pass on the coffee refill. Caffeine is known to be an extremely disconcerting beverage and one your body has a difficult time handling. If you can drink a decaffeinated coffee over the normal “cup o Joe” you usually consume, you will be calmer and less jittery from the effects of the caffeine.

• If you smoke, you must quit! If you quit smoking immediately your health will begin to show signs of improvement almost straight away. You will find improved lung functionality in only days of stopping and you will cut the risk of dying from coronary heart disease in about a year’s time. You will have a reduced risk of mortality due to cancer in about three years time.

• Be an optimist. Positive thinking will aid in controlling your stress in a big way. No need to be an eternal optimist but try and hit a happy medium of optimism in your life. No one likes a cynic since they are actually boring and negative to be around. Pessimism will cost you years off your life span.

• Have no regrets. Nothing can be gained by rolling over past events or failures. When we live in the past you only stir up feelings of regret, guilt and shame and we need to let go of this negativity. Realize that everyone makes mistakes and if you must revisit them, do so in a positive manner and evaluate them fairly. There is no handbook for humans so we learn as we grow. Past failures can be amazing learning experiences and pave the way to future blessings.

• Try and be more assertive. Do this in a positive manner and make your point calmly and in a smooth way. Communicate your view to others clearly so they understand exactly where you are coming from, but remain calm.

• Control your anger. There is a positive and polite way to articulate your frustration without resorting to unhelpful negativity. When we are angered and display it in a positive manner the stress is actually good for us and builds character and strength. Unconstructive anger conversely when internalized, can result in a stroke, hypertension, and heart disease. Obviously your health and longevity can be affected by your ability or inability to manage your anger.

• Believe in yourself and have a strong sense of self worth. Low self esteem can cause hidden stress within us that accumulates and causes ill health over time. Turn these feeling into strengths you can utilize day to day. When you suffer defeat or loss, realize everyone has this experience sometime in their lives. Know that there is more to your makeup than what the setbacks represent in your life. Be your own person and revel in your capabilities – not your failures.

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Teeth and Longevity

This might seem absurd to many; a person’s teeth does highly influence longevity. Science has shown that dental health is associated to our overall health. In other words, a poor dental health makes one vulnerable to a dozen of health predicaments. It is a fact that a pretty clean mouth has more than hundred-billions bacteria present and the number of germs in an insufficiently cleaned mouth is beyond charts.

A chronic inflammatory oral disease known as Periodontitis is affecting nearly 75 percent of adults in America. This inflammatory disease does negatively affect our overall health. It does even make one more prone to respiratory disease, diabetes, obesity, insulin resistance, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. It does also frequently cause problems for pregnant women and can instigate cardiovascular diseases like heart attack, coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis and congestive heart failure.

Mouth cleanliness is a basic prerequisite for longevity. A poor dental health can carry the same precursors as smoking.

Here are a few strategies to keep your mouth clean and healthy:

1. Rinse your mouth with mouth-wash or warm salt water; salt water kills bacteria and removes debris.

3. Appropriate diet; consume food with a high degree of phosphorus and calcium to revitalize your teeth

Relationship & Longevity

Loving relationships influence how long we live. Eventually, we know that some marriages aren’t as good as others, they can even be bad for your health. However, on average research has shown that married men outlive single men. One of the reasons for this is that women are more caring and convince men to have proper diets. But, the factor contributing most to longevity comes from our psychological state derived from warm and loving relationships while loneliness negatively affects longevity.

It is a clear-cut fact that people who have intimate relationships, close friends and adoring pets are happier, healthier but most importantly they live much longer in comparison to those who do not have. In other words, the more socially connected you are to people the longer can you live. If you are in an unhappy relationship it is necessary to either fix it or to end it.

Moreover, it is not necessary to be married; close friendship does equally contribute to longevity benefits. A health relationship is one where you feel strong self-esteem. Self-esteem is a factor associated to longevity.

In loving relationship habits like mutual massage or therapeutic massage do significantly act as a benefit. Besides, if you find it difficult to love a person, why don’t consider a pet? The best with pets is that they won’t try to break up with you so you can have a long-lived relationship without quarrel or discussions; pets do not answer back.

People who you hang out with highly influence your longevity. If you have friends who have a positive attitude and who are health-conscious then you have a good chance to live longer. However, if your friends adopt negative habits such as smoking, drinking or overeating and additionally view life in a pessimistic way than your chance of living long is feeble.

We should understand that our genetic makeup accounts only for 25 to 35 percent of our longevity potentials. This means that healthy relationships and lifestyle factors can clearly contribute to a few years or decades of your lifespan.

Financial Factors

Finance is a key factor for longevity. This is certainly true after having gone through a terrible credit-crunch (2008-2009). The truth is that the most promising life-extending technologies and treatment will be provided to those who afford it. Those who are old and broke might miss their chance.

Through centuries, we have been told to secure money for our future. Those who are old and broke might regret their past if technologies that could rejuvenate you to the age of 25-years came-out on the market.

Let’s say it would cost $500,000 to buy youth. If one would place $30,000 on a fix deposit with an annual interest of 10 %, in less than three decades the sum would be equivalent to $500,000. The annual growth of the stock market is around 10 percent as well, so you can choose your way to make money grow.

However, $30,000 is a huge sum of money so you might have to start to save $3,000 annually in a similar method. In a couple of years, you will reach your magical $500,000. The cost of full rejuvenation is still uncertain so take the precaution and save as much as possible – youth might soon be a commodity -.

Disaster Planning

We live in a feeble and unstable environment. Our fragile economy induces stress, and natural calamities are undeniable causes of death. There is a dozen of precautions that can be taken to annihilate or rather minimize these dangers.

1. Establish a security system to assure that your home is safe.
2. Ensure that you have at least a stock of all necessary goods like candles, batteries, antibiotics and a stable food as well as water supply for 30 days. This could save your life during wild-spread wars or riots.
3. Live in a safe and sound neighbourhood
4. Assure that you have a low profile to avoid making you a tempting target for buglers and other invaders.

This is certainly a gloomy attitude with a high degree of pessimism. However, to secure our future all possible dangers should be considered to eradicate their potential menace.

The aging process is influenced by various factors. We should understand that if it isn’t our genes or environments that kill’s us, it is our lifestyle. So by now we know that lifestyle accounts for few decades of longevity. Simple daily actions can trigger immense improvement to your general health.

Exercising is a necessary lifestyle factor for longevity. It can help you to stay young. It even provides enthusiasm and vitality to your life. We shouldn’t be pessimistic, but if we are here is some surprising news. It is never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle simply follow advices given by radical life-extensionists.

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Just now the politicians in America are fiercely debating the costs of their health care reforms and one common concern continues to be heard above all others – the price tag for this new health care program will cost literally mega millions of bucks. Guess who picks up that tab? Will it be worth it? If every citizen values their health, than they should recognize the value of increased health care for more people. All that said this is not another diatribe about U.S. Health Care.

I believe that the true value of your health will not become apparent until you are well into your senior years. Someone famous once proclaimed that if he knew was going to live so long, he would have taken better care of himself, Mickey Mantle I think, and anyway the words are very true.

Science keeps a close watch on our life expectancy and currently we can expect to live until age 78 – or there abouts. Yet there are more and more people living into their eighties and nineties than ever before. It is worth talking to these vessels of knowledge and wisdom if only to find out what their secret is to living a prolonged life. When asked this question their reasons for a long life include the following

• Continue to live an active day to day life and walking is important
• They make sure they eat a nutritious and balanced meal plan
• They maintain strong relationships in their lives
• Their family support system is solid and sympathetic
• They keep up with community and try and participate in as much as they are able to
• Continue to stimulate their mind and maintain intellectual capabilities

This is the group of elders who are able to maintain vitality and health into their old age. There is another side of the equation that unfortunately is not so chipper. There are the senior who have one chronic ailment on top of another. Physical debilitation leads to mental and physical anguish and pain is prevalent in their lives.

One now must ask themselves not only what is their health worth to them but just what are they willing to pay to preserve or achieve a pinnacle of health and personal well being?

Personal wellness comes in numerous packages – there is not a single plateau of health for all. There are factors that determine our capability at achieving good health. Failure at health maintenance in so many is due in large part to the commercialization of the health and wellness, anti aging industry. We feel we need a particular program or product in order to succeed and we lose interest quickly when results are sparse. Guarantees for a long life, or more youthful existence mean little in general. Promises of weight loss abound in the market place yet we are an obese nation that is getting worse by the day. These anti aging and wellness businesses generate billions of dollars based on our sense of guilt.

The Obese Society

We are well aware of the fact by now that America is an overweight society quickly becoming an obese one. People who are clinically obese are forecast to be a prominent reason why life expectancy is likely to drop by approximately five years over the next ten years to an average life span of seventy three years of age. Unbelievably we will live in the most well to do country on the planet and the population will be perishing more quickly due to our day to day life choices.

There are two primary reasons why we are becoming obese and those are lousy dietary habits and not living an active enough lifestyle.

Knowing which foods are good for you and will promote great health and longevity will help you immensely as you age. We all need to eat foods that are antioxidant rich along with complex carbohydrates, healthy fats and proteins so our bodies are not strained and we assist our physical self to age elegantly.

This type of food is quality food and you pay more for quality than you would for fast junk food. There may also be a dearth of some healthier foods in some regions or even neighborhoods. Do not let this dissuade you from making the correct decisions when it comes to your health. Eating more wholesome foods is worth the extra effort to find it and prepare it.

Becoming Physically Active

Modern society does not make it easy to get regular physical activity what with all the automation and our busy schedules. We are a society on the move; unfortunately it is in our cars, on elevators and escalators. We do not walk anymore and humans were designed to be active walkers. Everyone knows they need to get more exercise and make excuses not to do it like, I work hard enough at my job, or cleaning the house, or its more important for the kids to get their soccer, football or karate classes in while I grab coffee and french fries and watch them!

We need to do something physical that will keep our interest level high. We need something of our own choosing and ability level that we can manage without losing interest. It is crucial to our overall plan of a new beginning that we experiment and find some form of physical activity that we enjoy and that becomes habit forming [two or three months doing it consecutively]. If you dislike running, try bicycling and walking is a great way to get exercise and decompress after a hard day.

Health and Our Surroundings

Our environment is critical to our health and well being since we intermingle in our surroundings always. How we treat our immediate environment speaks to how we treat our own physiology and whether we are creating a toxic and polluted area around us. What kind of chemicals are we using around our home? Could we replace cleaning chemicals with natural environmentally adaptable products? Do we make a conscious effort to safeguard our water and food supply? What about the air around us? Are we using aerosols, pesticides etc around our home? If we are answering yes we need to reevaluate things. How can we take our health seriously if we are doing everything we can to undermine it by disregarding the importance of our surrounding and their effect on our wellness?

Stress and Our Physiology

As we grow older our thoughts have more of a bearing on how we age progress and the effect on our physical and mental well being. Ask yourself if you are encircled by negative influences or things that promote stress and what can be done about it. Nothing ages us more rapidly than stress and it works to do so at the molecular level in our body. Stress directly works against our chromosome configuration.

We alone manage and regulate our thoughts. Why then do we appear to be losing control of them on a regular basis? It is scientifically documented how our level of stress plays havoc with our chromosomes so we need to find ways to think healthier thoughts and to alleviate our stress.

Initiating a Fresh Outlook and Healthy Lifestyle

Do not wait until a medical crisis rears its ugly head before you begin to take proper care of yourself. We need to aspire to make changes and challenge ourselves to do new things that will make us healthier. Self motivation is difficult for many of us but we need to find a way to encourage us personally to make the changes just discussed. If you are easily overwhelmed than do not change everything at once. Start by making a few healthful variations in y9ur diet like quitting junk food and start taking walks.

Make every effort to prove to yourself that you are able to commit to a simple program of exercise and better eating and maintain it until you begin to see the results. Nothing spurs motivation than seeing the outcome of your hard work and sacrifice. When you feel good about yourself and your improvement, take the next step and perhaps join a gym or purchase a piece of exercise equipment for your home work out.
 
This is all about releasing the old poor habits that were shortening your life and exchanging them for more healthy habits of diet and exercise you can stick with and turn your life around. Advancing age creeps up on us quicker than we can imagine so the earlier we make these positive changes in our lives the better. When you reach elder status and your golden years, will you be living in pain and chronic bad health or will you still be enjoying nature walks and a productive lifestyle?

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This body of ours is made up of numerous systems which when operating in unison manage to sustain our life. There is our digestive tract, our circulatory system, respiratory tract, our excretory structure and neurological configuration among many others. Each of these systems plays a prominent role in our life sustenance and they work together to keep our bodies vigorous and vital. When one of these systems fails, every other system within us is innately affected and when left unchecked the body could decline and perish. 
In nearly all cases, the disparity between those who reach the century mark in age and the ones who do not make it to mid life comes down to the day to day choices that are made and the standard of care supplied to the body. When you talk to those people who live past seventy years of age, maintaining their vim and vigor and ask them how they stay so youthful, they will tell you there is no special magic involved. Simply looking after the body they have is their secret and in doing so their body returns the favor in good health and personal well being.

When asked the question of how they care for themselves as they age – their elementary response is listed below in no particular sequence.

• Physical activity is paramount [exercise] – all our bodies need to be conditioned and worked out regularly. Exercise is important since we sleep on average on third of every day and we eat [usually too much] so we can gain weight easily. By working out we can burn extra calories and lose weight while benefiting our heart, keeping it working in peak levels. People overall should simply walk more often or begin a program of jogging to lose weight and keep fit. You will feel healthier and prolong your life span.

We sit at home and at work, driving back and forth from work in our cars and even when we go out for entertainment – we are always sitting. This adversely affects our health as our body is weakened by sluggishness and is anything but alert. We must find a method we can stick to so we get a little physical activity each day. Walk the steps at work, in fact, walk to work. If you drive, park your car further away and walk farther to get to work.

• Take a bath daily – Okay, hopefully everyone is already at least showering regularly but taking a bath is different. It makes you feel revitalized and looking good but it also is more effective at removing natural oils from your body, cells that have died that build up on your body’s exterior surface, and effectively remove the germs and bacterial grime associated with sweating. All are better cleansed with a bath and you will feel very clean and refreshed as well.

Another advantage of bathing over other hygiene methods like showering is disease prevention. You are efficiently removing external toxicity from your body that could otherwise make you ill. Take at least one bath per day along with your shower and feel the difference. Better still have a bath before you leave your house in the morning and one before you go to bed in the evening.

• Lubricate your body – Using lotion aids in closing up your pores and the bodies façade and averts assists in retaining water in the body. You will greatly decrease the stress on your skin and thwart the cracking and creasing associated with dry skin. Apply lotion liberally, especially in the beginning of this routine. Utilize a facial lotion that will also safeguard you from UV ray exposure, a critical step in skin care. Go ahead and use anti aging products on your face as you begin to see the signs of age appearing. It will be good for your skin and great for your self esteem.

• Consume plenty of water – since it is a crucial component of our overall health. Our body is made up of water for the most part and knowing this many people still do not drink much water. Experts highly suggest that we ingest at least three large glasses of H2o each day. You should space these glasses out over the course of your day. Too much water consumed at one time will place stress on your excretory system and strain on your kidneys for no reason. Absorption of water is finite and so only so much can happen at one time.

We place ourselves at risk of disease and illness when we do not get enough water into our system regularly. Drink only fresh, clean water that has been distilled or purified if the source of supply is questionable. Keep a bottle of water handy wherever you are and sip from it often. Drink water only and avoid soft drinks and other liquids in frequency. When you are thirsty be sure to reach for a cool drink of water rather than coffee, alcohol or soda.

• Dress neatly – Your clothing is a representation of yourself to the public and those close to you. When you are dressed neatly and appropriately you will feel better about yourself and people around you will feel more comfortable about you as an individual. Clothing is also important as a safeguard from the elements. Keeping yourself appropriately attired for the climate conditions will prevent harmful exposure to the cold and heat.

Those around you affect the way you feel about yourself and when they see you dressed well they will be less inclined to speak poorly about you to others. When you are dressed well people treat you better whether you know them or not. Their sense of you will be formed based on their initial impression of you. If you want it to be favorable, dress favorably. No one is suggesting that you need to spend a fortune on the latest styles – this is not about fashion. Clean, proper attire will open doors for you and how you are treated will do wonders for your personal self worth.

• Consume nourishing and healthy food – This tops the list of things you can do to improve your life expectancy. You truly are what you eat so some food that you put in your body will do nothing but shorten your life. Anything that has been processed or quickly cooked will negatively impact your body. French fries, burgers, anything deep fried etc, is going to harm you over time. Natural or organic food is far and away the better choice. Junk food will make you gain weight and it is prepared with additives designed to make you crave more of the same. Be extremely selective about what you eat and drink. The choices you make for your diet will determine how long you will live and how healthy you will be during that time period.

• Be sure to get plenty of rest – This is one of the best things you can do for your body. Sleep for no less than six hours a night and no more than ten. Studies have revealed the increased mortality rates [upwards of sixty percent] of those individuals who sleep outside of these parameters. If you are tired your body is telling you something vital. Take a nap but not after seven p.m. but preferably in the latter part of the afternoon and for no longer than an hour. Stress is relieved when you rest through the day, even for a ten minute break so finding the time to decompress during the day is great if possible and close your eyes!

• Enhance your level of immunity – You can do this by simply visiting your health food store and beginning a regimen of vitamins and minerals that will give you the essential elements you require. There are particular foods that you need to consume regularly to supply you with the various nutrients your body cannot store or produce naturally. Antioxidants are an integral part of your augmented immunity plan and you can find certain products that will do this quite well.

There are too many to discuss here but with just a small amount of research online and you will know exactly what to start with [green tea and grape extract are both excellent]. The objective is to safeguard you from the more common forms of contagions that exist everywhere today. We all have a natural immune system and healthy eating combined with proper nutritional supplements will improve your immunity innately.

• Everyone should have their own personal health care provider they trust and one who knows their physical condition thoroughly. This could be a physician or trusted holistic professional. This health care professional should be consulted regularly for an examination. When you do not feel one hundred percent something is not working correctly so you should speak to your health professional about it.

Ongoing maintenance for your body is critical to overall health and well being so regular checkups are critical about once per year at a minimum. Even if you feel great you must still seek the medical professional’s opinion to avoid serious illness and disease. Your healthcare provider can give you advice about how to prevent certain health problems and monitor any fitness or diet and supplement regimens you may be following.

There is every reason to believe that if you follow the tips on the list above you will prolong your life by a number of years and live those years in quality health with peace of mind.

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Obesity

A killer or rather a growing epidemic is obesity. The National Health and Nutritional Surveys have during the last decade found that the average woman’s waistline has increased by roughly 2 inches. There have also been records about higher levels of blood sugar for women of the age group 35 to 54, which is one of the reasons why the incidence of stroke has increased by approximately 100 percent during the last ten years.

Americans’ have very poor statistics on obesity. For the adult population in the U.S, a third is obese and most of the others are overweight. The tragic part is that these statistics are worsening year on year. This is what long-term studies are showing. A longitudinal study conducted for a period of fifty-two years says that on average people who are obese do die seven years before their counterparts being of normal-weight.

More advanced studies are even demonstrating that weigh determines the age of cells at a molecular level. In other words, obesity can add up to 9 years of premature aging to a human body. People who are extremely fat do seldom reach an advance age. You can make a quick reflection, and try to recall if you know any old obese man or woman in your neighborhood?

Surgeon General Report claims that obesity is currently producing 300,000 deaths per annum in the United States. Moreover, from 1990 to 2000 the level of sedentary and obese individual increased by 33 percent. Moreover, you might be unaware that overweight accounted for 20 percent of all cancer deaths for women and 14 percent for men.

There are a number of reasons why obesity is dangerous, some of the ramifications of obesity have been enumerated below:

1. It increases blood pressure.
2. It increases the risk Type II diabetes.
3. It might cause gallbladder disease.
4. Can cause coronary disease and strokes.
5. Increases the risks of all cancers.

Obesity does also lead to several problems such as erectile dysfunction, chronic renal failure, ovarian cysts, sleep apnea, fatty liver disease, gastro-esophageal reflux and an enlarged heart.

In other words, obesity does cause a general deterioration to the quality of life. It does also contribute to low self-esteem and depression. Obese people are faced with 30 to 50 percent more health predicaments compared to heavy drinkers or smokers.

The basic way to deal with obesity is to engage in an active lifestyle with lots of exercise and proper diets. One should eat less, move more as well as laugh at every occasion.

Sleep

According to research conducted by UCLA Cousins Center, lacking sleep for a single night can instigate a cellular pathway which generates tissue-damaging ‘inflammation’. The body is badly affected through lack of sleep. The body considers it as stress and does therefore, induce deadly chemicals. Depriving from sleep during a single day can impair mental functioning. The impairment becomes cumulative as days with no sleep accumulate.

Some of the implication of insignificant sleep is stress, mood swings, irrationality, heightening blood pressure, slower reactions, impaired memory and decision making abilities.

Another unfolding effect is that lack of sleep can lead to obesity, diabetes, immune system compromise, cancer and heart diseases. Lacking sleep for four to six hours can have a significant impact on our ability to remember and think. Television shows are often a cause of sleep deprivation, but now you know why you have forgotten it the next morning.

To prevent aging sufficient sleep is fundamental.

For a more elaborated explanation on concerns related to lack of sleep with some strategies to rejuvenate your sleep, do read: When Artificial Light and Lack of Sleeping Becomes Cancerous

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Summary of healthy attitudes: Seven Steps to Longevity; Recommendation From Maximum Life Foundation

Source: Source: Maximum Life Foundation: David A. Kekich, CEO, Maximum Life Foundation

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It might be a good time to alter our attitude. We should think in the opposite way. We should consider that anything except an indefinite lifespan is to be cheated personally. This will boost optimism and courage to succeed.

If ever in a sport event, debate or business transaction a party enters into a challenge with the attitude to succeed only with a small margin or to deny facing superior opponents, chance of succeeding will be low. The chance of winning might be nil. Or, it would even be worthless entering the challenge as you aren’t really trying to win.

We should always consider opposite alternatives in the way we live our lives. Expecting positive outcomes is one way but believing in them might be even more promising.

We all imagine that we will die from aging as long as something else does not kill us. However, that is a dystopian attitude, especially for those who believe in radical life extension. We all know that optimistic thinking can mobilize populations and move mountains. You must be accustomed to the saying –If there is a will, there is a way. On the contrary, pessimistic attitudes are the best way to bury success.

There are combinations of solutions that can be crafted and researched into to unravel the mysteries of age-reversal. Nevertheless, if you were to bet on life extension would you believe in slowing aging? Or would you believe in the possibility to crack the aging code and supersede death with biological immortality? Your choice will determine whether you are optimistic or pessimistic about life extension.

Is it possible to restore your biological clock? Is it possible to stay healthy eternally? There are various researches that are predicting that life extension is not a mere attempt, but it has already shown fruitful results. An example; Life expectancy has increased doubled in only a century and this trend is expected to continue.

Read on: Steps Towards Longevity

Source: Maximum Life Foundation – David Kekich

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Once we reach about the age of forty years old, we begin to notice not so subtle changes in our bodies. Our eyesight starts to act up and we start stretching out our arms to read things. Middle age for many is a wakeup call that their youth is disappearing and now what? You may still feel like you did when you were twenty but your body has different ideas. Your body is changing and not just the exterior but also your insides. This is about the time many men and women begin searching for anti aging solutions but the question remains – is there anything out there that can actually do something about aging?

Aging is a part of life and though we can hear all the good news about entering into a new phase of life – yadda, yadda, etc, we should not accept the fact that our decline has started. I personally wonder about the people in the Bible who live for hundreds of years, building arks, living in tough conditions, those folks clearly had the right idea about not giving in to aging! The thing about living to an old age is that we must have a fine quality of life when we are old. Why would we want to live to ninety or into our early hundreds and be decrepit and fragile?

Enter the Human Growth Hormone and its effectiveness on our health and appearance. Produced in our pituitary gland, HGH has been understood for quite some time now. It is the foundation hormone within our physiology. Dr. Daniel Rudman really brought HGH to the forefront of medicine when he revealed his findings in 1990 from a study conducted on a number of elderly men. He compared their results on HGH with a control group that was not receiving HGH. Since this time many more studies have been conducted and verification of Rudman’s results have been duplicated. HGH is thought to be a major breakthrough in anti aging therapies available to this point in history.

HGH was first utilized as a means of helping children with their development issues but it quickly became obvious that many elderly individuals could use the substance as well. When this adult usage started it was not long before the first wrinkles of middle age brought the boomer generation’s interest level to new heights. Nevertheless, it took a while before major pharma manufacturing was able to produce HGH in a synthetic formula.

The expense of producing HGH has meant that the cost is quite high and it is even harder to legally obtain it to this day. That has not stopped numerous Under counter opportunists to take advantage of sky high demands. We all have heard of the scandals surrounding athletes and strength enhancing drugs, they make up a large part of the users today. However it is these people that have branded HGH with a black mark because of the misuse of the drug in order to have an advantage in performance.

HGH is produced naturally as mentioned but as we grow older the amount we produce innately begins to diminish. This occurs slowly in the beginning but becomes far more obvious when we hit age thirty five to forty. The reasons for the drop in production of HGH in the pituitary gland is still not clear, but what is understood is how this decline in production adds greatly to our advancement in age.

This brings us to the question of how do we know if we should be taking HGH? Several factors spring to mind immediately – age and general health factor in large. There is no need for HGH when you are healthy and young, still maturing physically and everything is working fine. However, if you are past age forty and you are witnessing the signs of aging like wrinkles and creases, gray hair, less energy and a waning memory along with other indicators, you would likely notice quite a difference with HGH.

One should never attempt to begin a schedule of HGH without having a qualified physician following your progress closely. HGH is a very potent hormone and the effects on your physiology can be extensive. HGH is also a very pricey therapy when it is attained in a legal fashion through a physician. One twelve month therapy schedule will cost well into the thousands.

There are other reasons why HGH is helpful, for instance if you have a weak pituitary gland to begin with. To find out if this is the case you can undergo a careful physical examination that shines a light on IGF-1, a biomarker that determines HGH levels. Certain individuals are born with weak pituitary glands and their physician could well suggest they commence a scheduled course of HGH therapy.

Today there are other approaches to stimulating HGH production levels. Instead of using HGH hormone straight up, one could use an HGH releaser as an alternative. The HGH releaser triggers the pituitary gland into releasing more of the growth Hormone thus generating a more innate and safer substitute over injections of the HGH itself. These HGH releasers have proven themselves as effective at elevating levels of HGH and doing so without the higher risk injectible variety. Some of these risks are certain types of cancer, carpal tunnel syndrome and acromegaly among others that are known to occur from heavy and continuous HGH usage.

There is huge potential with HGH for anti aging challenges and for certain specific health irregularities and knowing that something can be done about aging issues is in itself profound at this time. There will most definitely be more news reported about HGH use and research will certainly continue, focused on the anti aging aspect of HGH when utilized in a clinical setting. When used properly there should be no reason why HGH could not be utilized to help the many tens of thousands of aging people who would like to stem the course of age progression.

HGH is not the new Fountain of Youth, though it does promote hope that something can be done to manage the aging process and increase the life quality in so many as they advance in age. The average human life span never held so much promise!

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Without getting all new age and “out there” on you, humankind has been under much negative pressure over many years and most of us have had our hands full simply dealing with the day to day. Our cultures force us to follow certain “rules” and it is the individual that can triumph over these societal edicts that will have a better opportunity of utilizing their internal strengths to achieve greater longevity.

If we want to live a really long time the first thing we need to do is truly believe that it is a real possibility for us. We must have certain faith that this can and will happen. The power we have in our own minds is phenomenal if we recognize it and use it. Some say our inner belief system is the core of every miracle that we experience. So perhaps no core – no miracles? 

Ask anyone who has made a point of studying longevity and life extension and they will tell you that we can outlive most if we focus on wellness and maintaining a strong and disciplined mind, we can increase the odds of our longevity. Just now most of us are dependent on what we hear from our physicians and the bits and pieces we garner from main stream media.

Some believe that our inner principles can alter our being at the genetic level and this has some merit. When we merely think about certain things our pulse become more rapid and the hair on our neck rises. Think about the last time you heard a song on the radio that meant a lot to you and how it made you feel. The mind and soul are closely linked to each cell in our body. These cells can be controlled by how we think and what we put into our “human vessel” – our body.

What we think and believe has a direct effect on our health and these also control our stress tiers in our system – these same stressors have a serious impact on our health and wellness. We need to look at how we can begin a plan of action starting now and try and live to the outer limit of human life expectancy.

By now you have probably tuned out every time you are told to consume more fresh vegetables and fruits. Today the experts say we need even more of these types of food in our daily diets. It is a challenge for most of us to have an apple and some peas for dinner, never mind upwards of ten or twelve daily servings. This is why we must supplement our diets with capsules or powders that will provide these nutrients we are missing. This will be a huge step forward.

We also must halt the constant deluge of toxins finding their way into our bodies. Start by nixing hydrogenated oils, anything on the food label that ends with “ose” such as fructose corn syrup, utilizing herbicides and pesticides, food additives and preservatives, filthy water and air, etc. Bad air is difficult to stop indeed but there are things you can do. Avoid living in areas where pollution is prevalent, air your house out regularly and keep as many plants indoors as you can tolerate since they absorb carbon dioxide while oxygenating their surroundings. Start with some bamboo plants and Chinese evergreens for their powerful oxygenation properties.

Your body is bombarded by free radical and you must contend with these to have a chance at extended longevity. We need to counteract this onslaught with the best antioxidants we can find. By eating certain berries we will not only get antioxidants but many other healthy elements that form an amalgam of disease and illness combatants against the free radicals – your immunity response will improve significantly. You should be taking grape see extract, vitamins A, C, and E. as well as Lycopene from tomatoes, CoQ10, Alpha Lipoic acid, L-Carnosine and a bounty of color based fruits.

Getting some physical activity or fitness training into your daily life is vital for your body. Training to improve strength will positively affect your production of HGH, the Human Growth Hormone that is all the rage because of their anti aging characteristics. Why spend hard earned cash on fancy anti aging centers when you can achieve equal benefits by doing your own strength training.

One more excellent means of stirring up your HGH is by getting more adequate sleep. Plenty of quality rest is critical based on clinical studies showing those who get less than five hours of sleep or better than ten hours have a sixty percent higher rate of death.

There are certain foods of late our getting much attention due to their anti aging capabilities. Resveratrol for one is found in the skin of grapes, grape seeds, peanuts, mulberries and raspberries and also in certain red wines. Without going into detail, suffice to say the media hype about this product can be backed up through scientific data. Easy on the red wine since one or two glasses daily should be plenty. No need to wreck your liver on a personal quest for extended longevity.

Many believe that coconut oil is unhealthy for them and this could not be further from the truth. It is amazing for your skin, it’s great to cook your food in and investigation has proven it has anti aging characteristics. Omega 3 fatty acids should move to the front of the line for anti aging and healthful properties. The Okinawan population is living proof of the effectiveness of omega 3’s due to their long living citizenry. It can be had in flax seed, hemp seed, avocados, olives, nuts and krill oil and fish.

We all know we should watch our weight but recent findings show that it also increases our longevity if we eat fewer calories. Some folks will not tolerate a one third cut in food intake. However, if possible, we should make appoint of reducing our calories intake or at least eat lighter, smaller meals – you will live longer. Investigations conducted in Russia on poultry showed they lived three times as long when they ate a diet high in raw, organic food. It is also important to remember that keeping an alkaline physiology is vital.

It is acknowledged that cancer will not survive in an alkaline setting so we should do what we can to consume alkaline foods and water as much as can be tolerated. Stress should be managed as much as we can since it helps maintain our alkaline and keeps your mineral content where they will do us the most good rather than using them to increase our alkalinity. Learning proper breathing techniques will assist you in overcoming stressful situations that can damage or kill you over time so whatever you can do to lower your level of stress will only add to your longevity.
 
Lately the people who excel at longevity theory have stated that we need to choose our life’s relationships more carefully. Apparently one’s health is affected by the people they are closely associated with. It is tough to control who is part of our lives for many – for certain reasons we have no choice who is part of our lives from family members to people we know at work.

Nevertheless, this is something that you can focus on as you progress through life and encounter new opportunities for relationships. Attracting the right people into your circle will promote better health.

This really is not new information but we need to be reminded of these things or they will remain unchanged. The world is full of life suckers that will feed off your good will and personality to make it their own or to make themselves feel better by bringing you down to their level. Only keep friends and family close that have a real interest in your well being. Associate with those who you can speak to in the most basic and life affirming ways and are no burden to reciprocate with.

One issue that is avoided by many is the health of one’s colon. Not the most pleasant topic of conversation but one that is critical to overall health. Since the colon is a waste management facility in our bodies it is loaded with toxicity. We need to sustain the organic processes of the colon by feeding ourselves with plenty of fiber and look into the potential of colon cleansing. It would be worth the investment in time and money to locate a holistic practitioner who is committed to health. These naturopaths are dedicated to prevention and healing and they are aware that roughly ninety percent of all illnesses begin in the colon or overall digestive tract.

Following through on the recommendations will start you on a path of vigorous health and personal well being that will enhance your life and longevity. Some folks are lucky enough to live an extremely long time on this blue marble of ours and it is not all because of genetics. Some experts believe that good genes only play a ten percent role in life expectancy but it does not matter if you are related to Noah [of ark fame and a long biblical life], live on the edge with bad habits a plenty and great genes will not make a bit of difference.

Extended longevity is there for the taking. Few of us are disciplined enough to do what it takes to live a long time. Start by imagining what it would be like to live until you were a hundred and fifty years old with a reasonably good quality of health. The mind boggles at the thought of what we would witness and be a part of if we could only do what it takes!

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We have been seeing a surge in protection against potential health diseases. In 1991 people began to utilize condoms and subsequently in 1995, sunscreen became common. Now we can see people wearing surgical mask in order to maximize protection against life-threatening diseases such as H1N1.

However, what are we doing to protect our heart? Most of us are practically denying the threat of heart diseases.

This review consists of a combination of multiple scientific studies arranged in a way to provide tricks, techniques and tips to circumvent the most lethal disease that exists; heart disease.

1. Grilled Steak
Most people believe that steak is bad for the heart. However, beef has homocysteine-lowering B vitamins and immunity-boosting selenium. Half of the fat present in beef is a monounsaturated type, which is beneficial for the heart.

2. Enjoy a Scary Movie
Factors boosting up the speed of your heart such as a scary movie, enthralling books or even falling in love can enforce your heart. Scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center say that accelerating the heart beat rhythm occasionally is similar to pressing the reset button, it supports the heart to keep on operating.

3. Band Passive Smoking
A previous study conducted in Greece demonstrated that people who are passive smokers and directly exposed to cigarette smoke for only 30 minutes during three days of the week has a 26 percent more likely risk to suffer from heart diseases in the future in comparison to those who are rarely exposed to cigarette smoke.

4. Exercise indoor during hot days
A Finnish study concluded that it is not appropriate to do exercise outside during hazy days. During hot days, air pollution is at its most deplorable level, and this decreases the availability of oxygen for the blood. Thus, it increases the risk of blood clotting.

5. Diving
A study in U.K showed that men burning 50 calories a day from demanding activities such as hiking or swimming have a 62 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease in comparison to those who burn around 340 calories a day from less active activities such as golfing and walking.

6. Mediation & Relaxation
A Thomas Jefferson University study demonstrated that mediation help to decrease depression and anxiety by above 25 percent. This is a significant result as earlier the University of Florida had found that coronary artery disease seems to be highly correlated with mental stress. Those being mentally stressed are according to the University of Florida’s study three times more likely to suffer from coronary artery disease than those who are not stressed.

7. Consume Aspirin

The risk of Coronary heart disease can be decreased by 28 percent simply by consuming aspirin. This was reported by a study conducted at the University of North Carolina. To have the most effective outcome, one should consume a tiny dose of aspirin prior to bed time.

8. Depression
People experiencing depression is 50 percent more prone to heart disease in comparison to those who are not depressed. A Duke research involving some 150 women and men showed that a 3-month therapy through exercise and antidepressant helped to alleviate most of the symptoms associated with their depression.

9. Externalize Anger
A recent Harvard study claims that men who internalize anger are more likely to suffer from heart disease compared to those who express anger.

10. Combat Cholesterol through Fat
In an Australia study, 17 participants substituted high cholesterol consumption with macadamia nuts. The macadamia nuts represented around 15 percent of the total calories of their normal diets. The result was that cholesterol decreased by three to five percent and the level of HDL (Good) cholesterol increased by roughly 8 percent. According to the study macadamia is one of the best sources of monounsaturated fat from natural food substances.

Source: Men Health

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Ponce de Leon may still be haunting the beaches of Florida and sailing around the Caribbean Sea in a ghostly craft looking for that silly elusive pond. Many have tried and all have failed in their attempts to defeat the aging process with one fantasy or elixir after another.

Even in our modern societies we have tried one thing after another to achieve some kind of anti aging success. I swear that you could talk some desperate folks into swinging a dead chicken over their head while skipping rope on one leg if it meant they could rid themselves of one wrinkle!

Yes, people are desperate and will do what it takes to wring a few more years out of their bodies. Billions are spent annually on every type of cream, lotion, injection and surgery one can imagine in the hope it will at least make people LOOK younger. They also buy health supplements and vitamins to try and whip the problem from the inside out. At least they are on the right track with that gamble.

Despite all the false hope man has bought into over the centuries, it appears our generation and the hard work of several before it, have finally made some practical forward movement in the search for human life extension. For the first time in history there is more than potions and poultry idolatry to aid us in maintaining some youthfulness while living longer. Let’s have a look at what the science community of the day has come up with.

Red Wine Impedes The Aging Process

Unless you have been living in a locked closet you have quite likely heard that red wine has many health advantages connected with it. It can lower blood pressure, aid cardiovascular health and puts up a good battle against numerous other diseases – not to mention making it easier to tolerate just about anything. That being said, recent studies have revealed that not only will it benefit your health but ingesting red wine could actually reduce our risk of mortality while slowing down the advancement of age. I’ll have a nice Chianti thank you with a side of extended life expectancy.

Limiting Caloric Intake

We now understand that there are some simple things we can do to live somewhat longer, or at least elevate the odds in our favor. We can lose weight, quit smoking, get more exercise, watch our cholesterol etc. Doing these things may assist you in achieving the life expectancy you were intended to have in the first place. However, calorie restriction has come to the forefront of actual life extension techniques and practices and it is a fairly rudimentary procedure of limiting the number of calories we eat. There are experts who believe that eventually calorie restriction could increase life expectancy by as much as fifty years!

Ah, if it were so simple. The problems begin with the fact that diets for most of us have not gone very well and with this particular plan you need to cut back your food intake by about one third to see any significant impact. Also, it helps if you are a rhesus monkey or lab rat, since there is no human data yet from some basic trials that have commenced. This is a process that has shown amazing results in the lab on organisms and creatures other than humans because, of course, they can be controlled. Try walking past a hot dog cart when you have lived for a month on twelve hundred calories!

Gene Activation – Sirtuin 1

The process of calorie restriction involves activating the Sirtuin 1 gene that is recognized as having some major impact on the sustained survivability of every living cell. When activated, the cells enter into a form of survival where what matters most to them appears to be longevity. These cells are fighting tooth and nail to live longer.

Scientists now know though that caloric restriction is not the only means of activating this Sirtuin 1 gene. Investigations of late have shown that red wine once again comes into play and also has this ability. Red wine has a special ingredient known as resveratrol, this is a form of antibiotic developed in plant life and it has the capability to activate the Sirtuin 1 gene. Who knew drinking red wine would increase your life expectancy? Every time you have a sip of that merlot you are telling your cells to fight on just a bit longer toward perhaps – immortality! Resveratrol is a potent antioxidant that increases your immunity levels while it obviously has a vigorous effect on your DNA.

Letting The Statistics Talk

When the Harvard team of scientists led by Dr. David Sinclair realized that they could extend the life of worms and fruit flies, they began to test small lab rodents to determine if they could replicate their earlier results. The mice were given the tiniest bits of red wine getting sloshed for the betterment of humankind, while Sinclair and his crew were beginning to be compared to those famous for other major medical breakthroughs such as Jonas Salk and his polio vaccine.

After testing mice for one hundred ten weeks feeding them a diet high in fat, the scientists found that the mice who were consuming resveratrol were outliving the ones who were not taking it. Even though the resveratrol mice had eaten the high fat diet there rate of death was only thirty two percent while those without the added resveratrol suffered a mortality rate of fifty percent.

The team decided that this was due to the fact that resveratrol replicates the process of caloric restriction, meaning those who consumed it had the identical benefits of the test subjects who had restricted diets. They concluded that resveratrol triggers the survival mode in the cells, thereby assisting those who take it in living a somewhat extended life span.

But Does It Work In Humans?

The fact that mice lived on average about two years, this made them perfect contributors for the resveratrol investigation. Doing the study in humans who have a life span forty times that of the mice, just were not well suited for it. Consequently, human study of resveratrol has not been conducted in any viable manner. Experts do believe that the results would be very similar in humans as in the mice. They could draw this conclusion because of what was occurring in France.

The people of France are notorious for their poor dietary habits – ingesting high quantities of fat and overdoing it on calories while not getting enough physical activity to offset it. In spite of this lifestyle that would make a cardiac specialist cringe, heart disease is not at all prevalent in French society. The basis for this is due to the heritage of the French that involves great wine consumption. Red wine has been shown as the major variable that separates the French from cardiac crisis. This means the French also have one of the highest life expectancies of all nations, regardless of their bad habits. The fact is that in regions of France where wine is produced, the local populations outlive other French citizens by thirty five to sixty five percent.
 
How Much Red Wine For Best Results?

Since this discovery has all the potential for positive life extension, the scientific community does not want to be responsible for a new generation of alcoholics! No need to buy red wine by the caseload. The concept here is to drink red wine within moderate levels.

The suggestion from the experts is for people to drink one or two glasses of red wine daily for their resveratrol fix. Resveratrol is affected by the air so the recommendation is to only drink freshly uncorked wine. Skip the white wine if your intent is to get your daily dose of resveratrol, red wine has ten times the amount of resveratrol than white has. The best wines for resveratrol content are those where grapes are grown in specific locations. Cooler climates are best – New York for one – have higher levels of resveratrol than when it is grown in warmer locales – for instance Australia. The red wine with the best resveratrol content is thought to be Pinot Noir.

This discovery is certainly no Fountain of Youth, however it is as close as humans have come since man first stepped out of the sea and straightened up his back. When we stimulated our cells’ survivability while adding loads of antioxidants to safeguard our health, red wine is actually slowing down the speed at which we age. Humans are literally able to maintain their youth and extend their longevity more than they ever could have imagined. The great thing is that resveratrol can also be found in a health supplement as well for the teetotalers’ out there who have a desire to live longer healthier lives.

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