One would think I am talking about a third world war or some type of apocalyptic disaster. Neither of those actually, I am speaking about the thousands of deaths that occur each day due to the poor choices people are making with their lifestyles that result in acquiring one of the primary eight deadly diseases that afflict millions worldwide each year.

All is not lost however, there is hope for the millions more who are likely to perish before cures and effectual treatments can make these diagnoses less severe. We can take steps personally to safeguard ourselves from these diseases but it will take some modifications to do it. Science will help of course with stop gap measures like drugs and surgeries etc.

These eight deadly diseases have only been with us in such epidemic proportions for perhaps sixty or seventy years. These illnesses were practically unheard of in the early part of the 1900’s. Since so many baby boomers are coming into their declining years, it pays to start doing the research required to begin making changes in our way of life so we can do what is necessary to prevent these diseases.

One of the problems is that there is so much ambiguous data floating around it is very easy to become confused. Maintaining one’s health requires a commitment to follow through with the data gathering process and then putting your new information into practice. The simplest thing to do is make excuses about how tough it is to find reliable information so the heck with it and just carry on eating like a glutton and all the wrong foods to boot!

There is much to be wary about when looking into health information through medical research reports. Amazingly, some of these evaluations have been paid for by the same people who make the products in question and are directly impacted by those research outcomes. This kind of conflicting interest is one reason why inaccurate data flows to an unsuspecting population. Little wonder so many people have a litany of excuses for not maintaining their health better. Data manipulation occurs regularly so evidence will back up positively what the product producers know you desire.

It is worthwhile to look at the holistic medicine community and see what is happening in this realm when it comes to health maintenance. So many people swear by the professions involved in natural healing arts and who am I to doubt the sincerity of the holistic patient. If at all possible, learn from those with positive testimonies regarding their own experiences with naturopathic medicine and natural healing.

There is now no doubt that proper nutrition, the food we eat, fresh water, rest and physical activity are the root of the tree of health. Anyone can verify by doing the research that our bodies respond amazingly when they are provided with these five sustaining elements in the correct manner, the body will literally heal itself.

The obvious thinkers out there will assume that we all live so much longer than we did a century ago due to a rise in longevity statistics but there is unfortunate news too. The eight deadly illnesses are also increasing at a phenomenal rate and we are actually living less time than we should be, truth is its taking longer for us to pass away. Science and technology is what keeps us above ground longer only our lives are not of the same quality given the extended years. What kind of life is it when dignity is left at the door of the hospice or treatment center?

I ask myself if anyone has ever aged normally and passed away of “natural causes”, or if this is just a myth courtesy of the obituary writers. If you are hit with one of the eight deadly illnesses, will you die a slow, prolonged death that is wretched in its duration? Well, take heart disease for instance, the number one cause of death for U.S. citizens. This is a comparatively recent disease and the initial heart disease patients in ‘modern’ days were documented in 1912, and that in itself was a rarity.

These days, heart disease is killing people off quickly; four times more U.S. women die each year of heart disease than breast cancer. For over three hundred thousand people annually, the first symptom they have of heart disease is meeting up with their dead relatives! How on earth could this illness come from obscurity to a number one killer of people in such a short time frame?

Then there is cancer. Remarkably, only three percent of the population was perishing from cancer just a century ago. These days upwards of thirty percent of us will languish and die because of cancer. In 1909, the U.S. Text called Principles and Practices of Medicine had just fifteen pages written regarding cancer. Bowel cancer had just two lines devoted to it and prostate and breast cancer had zero written about them. In 1994, Principles of Internal Medicine – the modern medical text – by contrast featured a full one hundred seventy four pages to cancer.

A mere century ago strokes were responsible for only a few deaths but in today’s world it falls in at number three on the deadly disease list.

The first time Alzheimer’s disease was discovered was in 1907. In our world today, forty percent of those people over the age of eighty five are enduring this horrible illness.

Incidence of diabetes have elevated by six hundred percent in only one generation! Every year twice as many women in the United States perish from diabetes versus women with breast cancer.

More than forty million women in the U.S. endure a variety of Arthritis or osteoporosis. Obviously breast cancer is now the most frightening disease for most women, however, broken hips are responsible for more mortality in females than breast cancer, cervix and uterus cancer put together.

Last but certainly not least are the auto immunity illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome, Epstein-Barr virus, Lupus, Fibromyalgia and AIDS. They have been added together here since the lot of them has been growing in appalling frequency throughout America at this particular time. Only two decades ago we did not know what to call these illnesses and diseases. Most were told that their symptoms were just in their heads by unsympathetic physicians. These diseases are currently causing untold suffering to millions of Americans and others around the world. People are dying in horrific numbers, especially from AIDS.

We as a people must realize that something terrible has happened and during our lifetime we are seeing this occur and it should be more troubling for us. The most frightening aspect of all is that we are going about our day to day lives as if nothing is wrong and these deaths are all a result of the advancing year and age progression of the victims. This is NOT normal people! Something is dreadfully wrong and we need to get to the bottom of it ASAP!

So many of these deaths do not need to happen and that is a sad fact. The media files a story when a place or train crashes and several hundred people die, we hear about it for days after. A million people perish from heart disease or cancer kill off a half a million and one would think the population would be more vocal – even riotous. Seriously folks, this is like a major airliner packed with people plummeting to the earth each hour of each day of every month for a whole year, for innumerable years. Where is the human outrage?
Have you ever thought about how long you would LIKE to live for? How many years would seem rational? If you take that number and fix an additional ten healthy years on to it. Would it not be wonderful if you could live to become a centenarian and do so in the best possible health? Imagine living that long without pain or debilitating illness that causes nothing but continual suffering.

These days the average human life span is approximately seventy six years old. It works out to seventy nine years for women and seventy two for men. There are regions throughout the world where people often survive beyond the century mark, outliving even their own children. We have been studying these people and are beginning to learn from them.
 
It is not likely that you will die from any serious diseases these days before the age of forty years. However, after the age of forty, things start to go downhill and you are in the deadly disease danger zone. These diseases kill better than eighty percent of all humans and the regrettable part is that so many of these deaths could have been prevented.

So listen up people! The keys to survivability and improved health and wellbeing for longevity are good food, proper nutrition, clean water, physical training or activity and adequate rest. Be sure to follow these five rules and you will live with the best health you could ever imagine.

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As it turns out, we have the perfect role models to pattern our lifestyles after and they just happen to be the healthiest group of people on this big blue marble of ours! The nation of Japan gets pretty high marks for their health and longevity, no question. However, I am speaking about the tiny Island just off the Japanese mainland called Okinawa. If you blink you will miss this little sub tropical retreat, more known for fishing and the movie “The Karate Kid” from back in the eighties. You remember Mr. Miyagi don’t you? Even he was portrayed in the film as a Karate master obviously in great health whose tranquil sense of being and quite capable self defense prowess helped a youngster learn how to defend himself. Anyway, I digress – rent the movie!

The Okinawans are number one in the world for the longest life spans and have amazingly good health with few of the age related diseases that are so prevalent in the west. There are more centenarians living in Okinawa than anywhere else in the world based on population. The thing is, who among us would have a desire to live to one hundred years of age if the last third of your life is wracked with pain and discomfort as you live out your years in physician waiting rooms and pharmacy line ups. The elders in Okinawa are living a life of health and purpose even as they reach very senior, golden years.

Unfortunately the younger generation of Okinawans does not appear to have the same sense of discipline as their elders have for keeping fit and healthy. The senior Okinawan citizens are living the sort of life we all should be following and yet their offspring are not, and this is very telling about the differences in generations and their experiences. These senior citizens in Okinawa are living confirmation that if we follow a similar lifestyle we to will benefit in health and longevity, just like we have been reminded time and again by western pundits.

Now it is time to find out just exactly what the Okinawans are doing to live such remarkable lives. They certainly do their best to steer clear of tobacco smoking; they eat a low caloric yet healthful diet consisting of whole innate foods from island sources along with abundant fruits and vegetables. These folks are getting loads of fresh air and exposure to the sunlight and also avoid alcohol for the most part. Theirs is certainly not an excessive lifestyle by any stretch.

It helps I am sure that these people are living in a tropical region with little or no hustle and bustle of mainland life to distract them. Their diet contains a lot of essential fatty acids no doubt because they are living on an island surrounded by sea and seafood – fish being a huge source of omega 3 fatty acids. The scientific – medical community are only beginning to acknowledge how important this variety of fat is to or health.

Of the numerous reasons why Okinawans have such healthy golden years, the most significant of these would likely be the low caloric intake. One interesting tidbit from Okinawan life is the practice known as hari hachi bu which is essentially “eating until you are eighty percent full.” They never overstuff themselves when they eat. In the book called “the Zone Diet” the author discusses this calorie association relative to their longevity.

The considerable healthful advantages of caloric limitation are evident in some serious anti aging and longevity studies conducted on lab rodents and evidence of a dramatic spike in life span has been verified. Studies on humans are currently being evaluated but the research community is certainly hopeful. One thing is certain, there are not many obese eighty and ninety year olds walking about so there may be something to the theory.

An extended life span, while a wonderful gift to those who enjoy it, also signifies genuine health and an ability to ride that healthy wave to impressive age duration, doing so in the best physical condition. The way the aging people of Okinawa live safeguards them from the deadly diseases so widespread in the west. For instance, cases of heart disease, cancer and strokes are quite rare in Okinawa; the arteries in these islanders are as clean as a whistle!

These folks also have a reduced quantity of the amino acid – homocysteine – which is known to cause damage to the walls of arteries. This is fairly novel as a risk characteristic for heart disease and the risk increases when an individual is lacking in folate, found in leafy green vegetables like spinach. When levels of homocysteine are high in elderly people it has been a factor in the reduction of mental capacity.

Enjoying a stress free and relaxed lifestyle is one more feature of the Okinawan lifestyle and it is noteworthy. Amazingly these characteristics are so obvious to us in western nations as hallmarks for health and longevity; their uniqueness lies in the fact that they are all present in this one society. It makes me think about a number of older neighbors of mine, all of whom lived or are still living long lives and they all had gardens, all of them took long daily walks and all of them were non smokers and teetotalers.

Interestingly, Okinawan females have far fewer issues regarding their change of life or menopause, rarely if ever requiring western style treatments or hormone replacement therapy [or HRT]. The speculation is they eat a fair amount of soy in their diets and this helps though the jury is still out on whether soy is fit for human consumption.

It would behoove anyone interested in extended life and good health to read up on the Okinawan diet and lifestyle. They eat extremely healthy food and oddly some believe that with some minor modifications to their diet they could perhaps live even longer! Dairy products are usually not a staple in many Asian cultures so illnesses associated with this consumable are minimized.

Rather than rushing out and buying up the seafood section of your supermarket, as healthy as the diet is, even focusing on and adapting aspects of their lifestyle will benefit many westerners and essential fatty acids are available in supplement form.

The Okinawan elders are proof that a healthy diet and lifestyle equals extended longevity with great physical condition. Just accomplishing the fundamentals of the Okinawan way of life can improve our chances of living longer with greater health and a positive outlook for the remaining years of our lives.

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It is not the actual time that makes you grow old but the maltreatment that catches up to us. When we contract a degenerative disease it is a strong signal that free radicals have damaged our cells. When we slow or delay this free radical harm, we call this anti aging. Out longevity is dependent upon good nutrition and modification of our lifestyle while getting adequate physical exercise on a day to day basis.

Research into why we age has been extensive but in the most rudimentary of explanations, what follow are some reasons why we start aging:

• We absorb fewer nutrients because of a decline in our enzymes along with a shortage of hydrochloric acid in our stomach;
• An accumulation of contaminants inside our body caused by our food intake and exposure to our environmental surroundings;
• Our metabolism is slowed and we gain weight, thus frustrating the problem with a lack of activity;
• Our breathing capacity begins to decline which impacts the supply of oxygen to our cells;
• Our cells become damaged due to unchecked free radical damage;

A very large part of how we age is the result of how we have lived our life. Like a retirement savings plan, later in life you will be relying on what you invested into it earlier on. The good news is that there is no time limit on physical and psychological restoration thanks to anti aging tactical planning. We will all end up dying sooner or later, longevity has an expiration date. However, we can comfortably progress in age without having to suffer through the agonizing decline usually associated with aging.

We’ve all heard of those people who simply grow old and die comfortably in their sleep. Not sick a day in their lives and they simply pass away for no other reason than they were old. Most of us on the other hand wind up perishing because of a failure of vital organs usually related to a serious chronic illness or as a consequence of disease. Diseases considered to be age related are not related at all to age but rather to lousy lifestyle options we have chosen and so beginning at the molecular level, the process of dying begins.

The sooner we begin to properly feed and nourish our cells so they can efficiently regenerate, the better off we will be from a health perspective. This of course begins with us making the choice to stop something harming us – just as we initially made the choice to start willfully harming ourselves. When we make the right choice we can make a fast start to health by eating a better diet, starting to get more physical activity and by taking a strong anti aging supplement. We stop doing things like smoking, drinking too much alcohol, illicit drug use and eating crappy food on the run.

The progressive diseases like cancer, heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease etc., are not unique from one another factually. These illnesses are actually dissimilar outcomes from the free radical harm being done to or cellular structure. By doing something effective to thwart or safeguard oneself from this free radical damage is anti aging.

How To Avoid Early Onset Aging

Be careful not to overdo it with poor choice extremes such as smoking, drinking alcohol, abusing illicit drugs and eating excessively, and refrain from assuming a blithe attitude toward your lifestyle, it will catch up to you.

We take our respiratory system for granted – it’s just breathing. Each breath of oxygen is a gift and is essentially what is sustaining your life, without it you will perish. Regardless of your current age, learn to breathe correctly.

Some may wonder why the act of breathing is so crucial to your longevity. Consider that we take approximately twenty thousand breaths per day [or twelve to fourteen breaths each minute]. This is one way we rid our bodies of toxicity like carbon dioxide.
When we breathe we are cleaning and oxygenating our blood. Our energy and endurance are enhanced by the act of breathing and we manage and regulate any pain we have with our breathing. Our blood pressure is maintained by our breathing and we actually can lower our cholesterol by breathing. We cleanse our minds when we breathe, free ourselves from objectionable emotions as well as reduce stress when breathing. Our concentration and focus is augmented by proper breathing.

“Everything in moderation” is a great phraseology and a standout approach to one’s life. Be careful not to eat too much, safeguard yourself from stressful environments and try not to wear yourself down physically or emotionally. Always strive for adequate rest and sleep. Understand that when you allow stress to overtake you one significant result of this is you open up your immunity system to hazard. Nothing you achieve is worth risking your health over, simply ask anyone who paid the price for success. Teaching yourself to relax and not burn the candle at both ends is a worthy challenge and practicing relaxation techniques and meditation are proven methods for doing this.

Genetics plays a role in our longevity and health and some folks do not need the anti aging planning that some others may require. If you are one of those who comes up short on genetics, implementing the lifestyle modifications discussed can go a long way to securing a healthy anti aging lifestyle.

Being optimistic, a cup half full kind of person is another means of anti aging. Knowing that just being happy and not worrying about things can add years to your life. This is no joke; it is proven fact that people who remain optimistic into their senior years have better longevity than average. People who are optimistic live longer than the average gloomy Gus out there. You can tell who these people are by the way they pull away from society and seem to only speak of negative things. Those people who worry about everything and fret over nothing age quickly! Have ways of releasing stress such as healthy sexual activity, sports excitement and some doable physical challenges that test you.

One of the least mentioned but most effective means of staving off old age is having a sense of humor. Laughter truly is the best medicine and some people believe that it is a little known way to burn off calories! It is a reliable way of quickly adjusting your attitude from unconstructive to upbeat. Learn to laugh at yourself first and laughing at others will become easier.

Laughing at adversity really does work as anyone who laughs even in the wake of someone’s death can readily attest to. It dramatically relieves stress and is an instant mood lifter. Humor is an important part of life as is evident in the fact that laughter is one of our more prevalent dispositions. Those people who have the ability to laugh and utilize their sense of humor will live longer.

Keep your mind actively participating in life. Sounds strange yes, but as we age our minds can easily become slowed through inactivity. Read more and quiz yourself afterwards to see what you were able to comprehend. Play skill games that challenge you and do whatever is necessary to grow your mental prowess.

Practice the power of forgiveness and nurture all relationships. Let go of negative feeling towards other people who you think have wronged you. In your mind’s eye, think about having a large eraser and brush away all unpleasant memories or inequities done to you. It is actually unhealthy to harbor these unpleasant experiences inside you so learn to let them go. The simple act of forgiving, even if it is only one way, it takes the burden off you and frees you to move forward.

Friendships are important and need to be two way deals. Companionship is a bit different whereby you are closer to an individual, say a spouse or dear friend. These relationships will help you to live longer and if you do not have such a companion, it would behoove you to nurture such a relationship at work, with neighbors and friends so you have someone you can share with and doing so is practicing yet another form of anti aging.

There is no better way to speak of emotional people than to say they should harmonize their emotions so they are converted to a personal spirituality of oneself. Avoid being held hostage by your emotions but rather control them rather than them controlling you. Unbalanced emotions deny you the spirituality you require to achieve peace as you age. Locate that middle ground where your emotions are concerned so you will be able to enjoy harmony and tranquility for your longevity.

It is time you did something to prepare for your advancement of age. Regardless of where you are at in your life from a health perspective or age, practicing anti aging techniques like those we have just discussed will actually help you live a longer life.

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A study conducted by Prof. Charalambos P. Kyriacou of the University of Leicester and Dr. Rachel Ben-Shlomo of the University of Haifa-Oranim propose that a single “pulse” of an artificial light during the night can negatively affect our circadian cell division.

According to Dr. Ben-Shlomo, damage to cell division is a common feature of cancer. It is thus essential to understand the precursors for this particular damage.

The study was conducted by placing lab mice in a predefined environment where their exposure to light was regulated. They had 12 hours of darkness and 12 hours of light. However, one group was given one hour of artificial light during the dark hours. This triggered a modification in the gene expression of the rodents’ brain cells.

Previous studies conducted by Dr. Ben-Shlomo had already proven that cells’ biological clock is influenced by artificial light exposure. However, the current research showed that the cell division as well as various gene transcriptions are affected. She noted that several of these genes affected are associated with both the genes fighting against cancer and those involved in developing cancer.

In other words, the lost of sleep during one night can negatively lead to cellular pathways that affect tissues, cause DNA damage or inflammation. The body views lack of sleep as stress, and we know that stress can lead to the inducement of fatal chemicals. The deprivation of sleep during a single day can significantly impair your physical and mental functions. However, one night is singular but during several days of lacking sleep the effect becomes cumulative.

Clinical studies involving brain scans have proven that sleep deprivation can induce stress, irrationality; mood swings, blood pressure, energy disorder, impair memory and mental abilities. The most dramatic thing is that it is hard to admit or notice that sleep is the cause of all these cumulative deteriorations of overall health.

It is even certain that insufficient sleep is a precursor for diabetes, weak immune system, obesity, high blood pressure, depression, stroke and heart disease. Those who sleep for only 4 to 6 hours can suffer from cumbersomeness in thinking. It can even cause psychiatric disorder, as most people who lack sleep suffer from similar symptoms.

To reduce the aging effect, adequate sleep is important. These various negative effects of sleep deprivation should be enough for you to increase your hours of quality sleep. If not, note that lack of sleep can even make you a less dynamic lover.

Quality sleep is defined as undisturbed sleep which usually last for 7 to 8 hours at night. There are some people who require more while other needs less time to experience the same health benefits.

How to try to assure a rejuvenating sleep:

• Sleep on regulated time schedules
• Sleep early and wake up early.
• Do regularly exercise but not just before bed time.
• Do drink tea or coffee during the day and not in the evening
• Assure that the room you are sleeping is noise free.
• Make sure that the bedroom is dark.
• Stop drinking liquids late if you do regulated wake up to urinate during the night – assure to go to the toilet before bed time as well.
• Avoid alcohol at night as it tends to affect your sleep cycle.
• A warm bath is appropriate before going to sleep.
• Assure that the bedroom is at a temperature below 70 degrees F.
• Relax yourself one hour before sleeping, so stop work early
• Listen to relaxing music or practice some relaxation techniques.
• There are various medications or supplements that can help you to sleep such as melatonin; herbs helping to sleep like chamomile, kava valerian or ziziphus spinosa, calcium citrate tablets of 200 to 500 mg as well as 200 to 400 mgs of magnesium citrate.

Source: max life by David Kekich

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You alone are responsible for how healthy and fit you are. It is your sole decision making that has landed you where you are today in terms of general health and fitness. You cannot blame your family or friends, your physician or even personal trainer if you are fortunate enough to have one. The responsibility for your health and wellness rests solely on you.

These folks who surround you are only there as trusted advisors and motivators, available to prescribe and direct your training so the other people mentioned, your family and friends, will have the benefit of your presence in their lives for years to come. You need to understand that any level of fitness and health you attain at any given time is a result of the choices you make.

Your health and well being now and in the future is not something that happens through any source of luck or probability, but by outcomes that you have predetermined because of action or inaction on your part. Were you aware of the fact that choices such as smoking, improper diet and not exercising will lower your average life span by as much as ten years? Simply not getting any physical activity or doing calisthenics for about a half hour daily will decrease your average life span by roughly five years.

By choosing to smoke, consuming a lousy diet and choosing not to get any exercise, you are choosing to perish ten years sooner than you normally would. Think about all you would be missing out on in those ten years, perhaps grandchildren, maybe their graduations or even your own child’s wedding day. Therefore, simply choosing not to smoke tobacco, choosing to eat healthier food and by getting a half hour of exercise each day, you will be choosing to live a decade longer.

Think of it as depositing money in a 401k plan, you do what is responsible today so that you can live a better life when you are older. You will accumulate savings for your retirement years and all the while you will be living your life today knowing that the small sacrifice you are making – healthier choices – will be accumulating for your benefit years down the road.

The choices we make for better health and fitness are never going to be easy, they take dedication and some work. But quitting smoking will be worth the effort as will any exercise you start getting now. The impact of everything you do to enhance your health and fitness levels will be felt immediately and will be displayed in many ways through a healthier you. In your mind’s eye you can see what may happen to you if you continue living with the poor life choices you are currently making, your conscious will see to that and guilt will reveal an unpleasant picture.

It is when this kind of negative thinking regarding your lifestyle choices begins occurring that you can more easily make the responsible choices to alter your lifestyle. Knowing full well as you get older and continue on the destructive and irresponsible health path your life will be shortened dramatically and only you have the power to change that inevitable outcome. Remember it is no one else’s fault that you are in the place you are at today where your health and wellness are concerned. You are where you want to be until you make the changes necessary to change it. YOU are responsible.

Now I will show you how your irresponsibility makes you weak and how you can become empowered by taking up the challenge of responsibility for your health and fitness.

Admitting to a lack of responsibility for your health and fitness steals these to most precious life enhancers from you and yet so many people can be heard joking about their poor dietary choices, lack of fitness when they get winded doing simple activities. Of course, conversely, when responsibility is accepted for these deficiencies you immediately feel committed to changing the situation. You are empowering yourself.

Not taking responsibility for better health and fitness is denying yourself from your power over these life choices. When you state that “I am overweight because of my metabolism” or “my parents were fat as were there parents, so it’s a genetic thing”. You certainly cannot argue with genetics or metabolism, right? You have no authority over these physical aspects of your life so you are giving away any chance of responsibility acceptance and the future is dire indeed, right? The world is a bad and scary place and your place in it is quite tenuous.

Of course on the contrary, if you stated “genetics and metabolism only influence me and the definitive responsibility for my health and fitness rests with me”, you are reclaiming your strength and authority. Suddenly the world around you is brighter and far less foreboding, allowing you much more freedom to choose your path and where you are going along with a capability to achieve!

It is not difficult to see the people who have firmly grasped responsibility for their personal health and fitness. These people are the star athletes and sports players that many look up to. They are the people who are fit and that everyone seems to take notice of and think highly of. Each one of these folks has learned how to take personal responsibility for their own health and fitness.
When you are finally able to seize responsibility for your own health and fitness, finally able to work around those outside influences such as genetics and metabolism, old sports injury from junior high or an illness that lingers, it is time to make that leap.

What leap is that you ask?

I am talking about beginning to acquire the knowledge and education you will require to attain health and fitness. The majority of us had our last bit of health and fitness instruction when we were in high school or college. In reality you should never stop learning about things affecting your health and fitness. Once again, rather than laying responsibility for your health and fitness education on outsiders, pick up the challenge yourself and continue your fitness and health instruction.

Learn what it takes to become healthy again and to stay that way from now on. Learn how why the foods you are currently eating are going to kill you. Understand why a lack of exercise will mean a huge risk of heart disease. This tutoring for health and longevity is the easy part. Learning a little at a time throughout your life is all it takes to understand is importance and impact ON your life. We are surrounded by resources thanks to the media and the internet. Offline and online resources for health and fitness are everywhere so start reading and learning. Once you make a conscious decision to learn more, you are well on your way to remembering and applying what you learn to your own life. We are creatures of habit so make a habit of reading and then re reading each bit of health and fitness text you find interesting. The result will be stimulating to say the least!

Do not be frightened by the incredible amount of information available and whether or not it is all reliable. You will soon find your knowledge increasing as will your development of radar for the truth. You have the ability to change the person you are today. It is never too late to take responsibility for your health and fitness. Start by taking that first step and begin to get educated about health and fitness and do so like your life depended on it, your longevity certainly does.

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There exist highly advanced mathematical models that tend to calculate the value of infinite time. If you were given the chance of choosing whether you would prefer to be given a dollar today or that same dollar in a year, you would probably opt for the $1 dollar today. In this same wavelength, it is more important to be alive for the current year than the subsequent year and henceforth. The value of money can be compared to its future value.

However, such decisions cannot be made when we talk about life. To be alive in the future we need to be alive in the present. This is why surviving today, is primordial in increasing the chance of one living longer. In mathematical terms, if we consider that being alive in 2005 is 98 percent as important as it was to be alive in 2004. The value of immortality is thus calculated as follows:

The sum of N from zero to infinity for: (0.98)N=1÷(1-0.98)=50.

The value that one gives to immortality, based on the figures given above is, that one values immortality 50 times as much as being alive to another year. This seems extremely high and unconceivable. However, think about it, being alive to another year at the age of 100, is it as important to you as being alive to another year when you are of the age of a thousand or a million. In common sense the events in the unconceivable future must be rated less important than current events.

Achieving immortal is by reason beyond theoretical conception. Let’s say that you would know that you would be destroyed at the age of one million years would that be worse than death at ten million or a trillion. However, even after ten quadrillion years we would never know whether we have successfully achieved immortality, as to solve that puzzle it would take an eternity.

Let say that you had a sum of a million dollars, and you used all that money to ensure that you would live for a given year. The chance of surviving for that year would practically be very high but for the subsequent year it would be rather low.

In other words, if you would be allocated only $1 per year, you would probably struggle to survive for the first year, without shelter and medicine. This means that if you allocate more money, the potential chance of living another year keeps on increasing. This simple analogy of money and longevity can be expanded to evaluate the probability of survival.

Whether physical immortality is possible or not is still a scientific question. The very fact that our current survival is at the edge of peril, makes us think twice about it.

Cryonic arrangements are certainly one of the most potential promises to assure maximum life span extension. However, this will only be possible when a solution has been given to death caused by fatal accidents, cancer or cardiovascular disease. If we would be over-concentrating on cryonics, we would practically forego the precursors for death.

Confronting death is also dangerous. For instance, Frank Cole who was studying anti-aging medicine and did follow calorie restriction principles was responsible for cryonics arrangements as an Alcor cryonics transport technician. But he was unfortunately murdered in North Africa due to his desire to supersede death with immortality. Therefore, current safety is something that we must consider of paramount importance.

Another serious issue with immortalism is that it affronts theological beliefs. In literal term, it is not an affront to religion when we talk about extending life to 100 or 1,000 years. The biblical character Methuselah has been recorded to have had lived to the age of 969 years. Thus, ignoring a life span of 1,000 years would practically be an insult to God. However, a thousand years or a million years is still nothing compared to eternity.

Solution for Immortality

In case, medical advancement would assure that death from senescence, and disease eliminated then people would only die from homicide, suicide or accidents. Taking such conditions into account than a 12-years old child would have a median life span of 1,200 years while a maximum life span of 25,000 years. There would practically be only one person out of a billion who would reach the maximum life span of 25,000 years, taking into account the actual rate of accidents, homicide and suicide.

A reasonable goal would thus be to live to a thousand. It should also be noticed that anti-aging science or cryonics are not confronting religion, they are rather mere extensions of medicine.

Cryonicists should consider themselves as life-extensionists as they are not immortalists. However, it is essential that cryonics is accepted by society. This will help cryonicists to better research into the matter. Several questions related to immortality might remain unsolved due to facts such as the extinction of the sun or universe. In practical term, these questions are theoretically uninteresting in our current state of survival. Our current key aim should be to stay alive and preferably as long as possible.

The demise of aging and diseases are vital for longevity to really revolutionize. If ever we would be able to solve these issues, then we would have thousands of years to solve other threats that are at our peril. However, if we are unable to solve our limited lifespan problems than the other problems would be futile to tackle.

In simple, terms if you will be able to celebrate your 200-year anniversary in a youthful condition then you know that aging has been solved. It will be relatively easy to extend that to 800 years afterward.

Our goal today should be to “live long enough to benefit from aging reversal” or to “see technology replacing our brain”. These are all things that are likely to happen within half a century or even less.

This means if you live longer than 50 years your only obstacle will be death-by-accident or murder. But the risk of losing our “self” is also a problem that might occur through computational and biological re-engineering. These are risks deemed to be affronted.

However, being an immortalist might be futile but a life extensionists is much more in our reach. Let’s be one and live to a thousand.

Reference: Adapted from: The Scientific conquest of Death
1. Ben Best., (2004) The scientific conquest of Death, Imminst.org

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Knowing this information one is inclined to question how if the body is so adept at rejuvenation, why on earth do we get so many illnesses and diseases? Why did our evolutionary process not bestow upon us a means of achieving “new health”?

We need to consider two points in order to come up with some answers to these queries. One has to do with our physical tier and the other deals with the mental tier. Where our physical field is concerned, if we traumatize our bodies through mistreatment the functionality of it will be affected so when our cells divide the effected portion is transferred to the subsequent generation of cells and so forth. There is also the inevitable altered form of DNA occurring with each cell division – little wonder why caring for our cells are such a big deal.

What occurs at the mental tier is also significant. It only stands to reason that the majority of us if not ach one of us has at one point unknowingly turned off the “good health control”. There has been a pre-conditioning process happening to us thanks largely to the manufacturers of health care items and health care professionals – likely unintended – that aging means ill health as usual. We have this again pounded into us when our own elderly friends and relatives take ill and pass away and even we become blunted to the inevitability of illness and age equals death. So, everyone believes this to be the eventual outcome – except for our own bodies.

What can we make of this? In this way, whatever we attempt at the conscious tier to better our health situation, our subconscious plane is going to be hearing that same old song “forget it, it will not help, it won’t work” or something close to that anyway. This must also be why the majority of weight loss attempts eventually prove futile and elementary confirmation and optimistic thinking do not have much success in instigating any prolonged modification.

The answer is fairly straightforward, our subconscious requires a bit of reprogramming being able to acknowledge that we are indeed capable of experiencing energetic health as well as a magnificent sex life, and anything else we want for our body for as long as we want it. To make this happen we have to see to it our subconscious mind is continuously supplied with positive scenarios based on action and reward [sort of like training your dog!]. Stated a different way, we need to be sure our method is based on action and movement, not just something we think about and it must be followed up with unquestionable incentive.

Re-Programming The Subconscious Mind

So, our discussion thus far has been about:

• The obstacles that interfere with our personal health management seem to solely concern themselves with our body’s physical situation, when in fact they are also innately psychological. Somewhere along our timeline we have managed to shut off our “good health” switch.

• We underestimate the power of our subconscious as it pertains to its effectual influence over our health.

• We have unintentionally been acutely pre-conditioned into believing aging and poor health is a normal eventuality and part of life.

Time to have a closer look at that last point above…

Advertising gurus understood long ago that the most effective means of marketing their health care products was through the promotion and effects displaying symptoms of aging and poor health. Health professionals and pundits are continuously bombarding us with disturbing data that reinforces how we are prone to this disease or that chronic condition – cancer, diabetes, you name it. It is no wonder that our belief system is altered to their way of thinking – that this decline is inevitable. Throw in the mortality of our loved ones and friends from whatever kills them, then those kind souls who state how we are not to blame for getting sick and that it all just seems so out of control!

 And what about us? We could just be the biggest contributor to this mind set. Many of us are doomed to a Groundhog Day experience of insane health. Some smart guy with a high forehead once said the definition of insanity was doing the exact same thing over and over while expecting to get a different outcome. This is how most of us treat our own mental and physical health.

Day in and day out we follow the same game plan where our bodies are concerned. We think in the same way continuously and then hope our health gets better or can at least be sustained. We are lacking a tactical plan to aid in our escape from this insane form of “health” and to robotically alter our thought process and how we do things – allowing us to once again have power over of our health.

It does not require a Mensa membership card to realize how this kind of pre-conditioning can be an extremely effective way of impeding our quest for prolonged health and well being. Regardless of our conscious effort to have better health, squirreled away in our subconscious mind is “real truth” [at least according to our own mind] and that no matter what we do, aging and ill health will have their way and we will perish.

The clear answer here is we need to recode our subconscious mind. This, however is not so easily accomplished since our subconscious state can swiftly recognize the tiniest doubt that might slip by. This means then that whatever we do or action we undertake will only succeed if we apply the following:

• We have a true desire for the results;

• We have the capacity to succeed with the preferred result;

• We have no doubt that the preferred outcome will in fact be accomplished;

If we do not have these factors going for us from the outset, this is not going to occur. In fact in part, this could be the reason why optimistic thinking, confirmed thoughts, even taking medications for treatment do not seem to be achieving any real results for our rejuvenation and prolonged health.

The net result is that if we are going to better our health we need to assure our subconscious psyche that without a shadow of doubt we have absolute power over the condition of our health. We must know conviction that we have the capability to produce whatever pinnacle of health and wellbeing that we want.

The most effective way that we can achieve this level of control is via the action and reward model. This requires us to have absolutely no doubt about what we wish to accomplish and any procedures we utilize to make this happen actually work and not just things that we think may work or ponder over. Just as vital is that these procedures need to eventually have some reward attached that is very potent with the ability to back up and kindle the belief that in fact we do have power to manage our health.

So, in summing things up, the ideal scenario for a tactical solution is to place yourself straight in line to control your health by recoding your subconscious intellect by acting on something and eliminating all indecision by achieving powerful affirmative outcomes. Having stated that, there are not many, if any at all alternate methods that carry the same power as the ability to manage your own health. Think about the extraordinary and profound experience of actively participating in the inner exploration and survey of your physical and mental self.

The ultimate success of this tactical plan rests on the premise that the procedures utilized could generate results that are so worthwhile and so conspicuous that the recipient cannot possibly fail in being persuaded they do indeed have the power over their own health and body. When this experience is first achieved, there will no longer be any room for negative messages within their subconscious mind and only positive mental communication will be relayed.

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High cholesterol is a precursor to forms of heart disease and triglycerides and cholesterol [both are fat substances found in the bloodstream], while important to your overall health, can begin to accumulate within the lining of your arteries. They begin to get narrower and the blood flow becomes constrained. The result of this process can mean contracting numerous deadly illnesses such as coronary thrombosis or heart attack as well as strokes – having high cholesterol is a very dangerous thing.

Research in a number of nations has revealed how a number of tea varieties appear to effect the production of cholesterol building in the bloodstream by decreasing cholesterol in blood fats. Of the tea brands tested, oolong tea was responsible for the greatest outcome. Tea is loaded with polyphenols and the suspicion is that these polyphenols impede the absorption of cholesterol when it is in the digestive system. This in turn reduces the level of cholesterol within the blood stream. As enlightening as this is there is still more, confirmation was discovered that these polyphenols in tea reduce the propensity of blood to create thrombi, these are dangerous blood clots.

Being grossly overweight or just some measure of obesity is becoming far too commonplace in our modern society. When a person is suffering from obesity it is much easier for them to fall victim to numerous heart conditions and diseases. In today’s fast paced environment many individuals find it easier to exist on junk food rather than preparing a healthy diet plan. This ultimately means your body will pay the price by clinging to this added fat and become devoid of the numerous minerals, vitamins and antioxidants your body requires to function optimally. The Chinese believe consuming tea will aid in the reduction of fat deposited in a person’s tissue. Oolong tea specifically receives the most accolades for this breakthrough discovery, though most tea probably will have some form of fat fighting advantage.

Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners could easily refer to any number of successful situations where individuals have experienced weight reduction due to the consumption of two or three cups of oolong tea each day. When oolong tea is combined with various other herbal elements together they form the basis for specific teas that are marketed commercially for weight reduction.

One particular Chinese advertisement for a weight reducing tea states that consuming it for a period of 90 days can assist tea drinker dropping upwards of fifteen pounds of excess weight. Whether or not drinking tea will actually aid in such dramatic weight reduction remains to be seen but there is enough evidence that it should certainly form part of any diet or slimming program.

Quite a bit of study has been committed to the part that tea drinking plays in cancer prevention. For instance, from twenty five health related reports that were offered at a Hangzhou Conference, nearly one third of these had to do with research into cancer and oolong tea. The studies have revealed that there is definitely a correlation between oolong tea and how it combats cancer by impeding the development or functional activity of carcinogenic substances. It seems that the epigallo catechin gallate or [EGCC] lowers the incidence of unrestrained DNA duplication.

Another well known antioxidant is vitamin E; EGCC is thought to be approximately two hundred times more potent at disposing of free radicals from the system. One more manner that oolong tea could aid in the battle against cancer is by stemming mutation in cells. The powerful antioxidant characteristics of oolong tea might impede this mutation of healthy cell DNA that can lead them to becoming cancerous cells.

Meat that has been cured has in it nitrates which could be transformed into nitrosamines during the process of digestion. Nitrosamines have been proven to be a cancer causing agent. Tea is capable of inhibiting the function of nitrosamines that are responsible for causing any cancer according to a physician named Han Chi, also an associate professor at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, linked to the Chinese Academy of Preventative Medicine. One study evaluated one hundred forty five varieties of tea and Dr Han and her associates actually rated green tea the most effectual, which had an inhibiting factor of ninety percent. This was immediately followed by oolong tea and black tea in order as the fermentation procedure eradicates the EGCC. When the oolong tea is fermented during the production phase, the EGCC quantity is reduced by roughly fifteen percent.

Centuries past in China, tea was a significant element in various immortality elixirs used often by Taoists. Even in this day and age, maybe just a resonance from the ancients, testimony is rampant that consuming oolong tea and other types are responsible for the old age acquired by many people. It is by no means a magic potion for immortality or youth but it does have many benefits that certainly add to a person’s longevity. It encourages optimal functionality of one’s body systems; it triggers the immune system, aids in optimized stomach function and assists in lowering the risk of developing heart disease. Tea also contains fluoride which helps build strong bones to prevent osteoporosis while it strengthens dental enamel.

Women who are pregnant or lactating should limit their oolong tea consumption to minimal quantities, it could also get in the way of MAO inhibitors and medications whose job is to thin the blood. When you consume oolong tea it could hinder the absorption process of any prescription medications you are taking. You have been reading about the benefits of oolong tea only and in no way should this information be substituted for medical advice from a qualified physician. You should always seek consultation with your primary health care professional prior to taking any new medication or herbal remedy or combining the same.

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Goji is pronounced [go-gee] and this berry is quickly becoming a popular trend of late in all its varied forms. They can be found in many variations such as a component of trail mix or diet crunch bars, they can be consumed on their own or consumed as a beverage in a juice or tea. They are most commonly eaten as a dried fruit and in fact this is when they are at their most potent.

The people who regularly ingest this amazing little berry say they experience a feeling of well being when eating them on a day to day basis or a ”I feel fabulous today” feeling whenever they take goji berries in juice form. In parts of Tibet the goji berry is referred to as the laughing berry!

In order to gain maximum benefit from the goji berry it is said that the berry must be eaten in its dried formulation though you will still receive substantial advantages from drinking the goji berry in juice form. People will often use the goji berry to make a tea – a very popular method of gaining the maximum amount of nutritional value while not needing to experience the taste. Personally I do not think the taste is at all difficult to endure. For those people who are on the go and still want to enjoy the benefits of goji berry they can take them in capsule form.

Goji berries are sometimes called Wolfberries and they are by no means a new found sensation since they have been utilized for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine for health and longevity purposes, curing many maladies along the way. Their nickname is the longevity fruit and they were given this name because in the geographical region where this fruit is abundant and consumption is greatest, there are sixteen times more people over the age of one hundred versus the rest of the nation. This group of hundred year old plus individuals appears to be much stronger and more vital than their aged peers in western society.

There is some ancient legend or myths as it were that claim one gentleman who regularly consumed goji berries throughout his existence actually lived to the age of two hundred fifty two years of age. Of course it is called the longevity fruit! It has also been named the “hallelujah berry” for reasons that the rest of us can only speculate over. But, are these claims of remarkable innate abilities truthful? Likewise with numerous other herbal and dietary additions, there is not enough significant scientific verification to back up the many therapeutic advantages attributed to the goji berry but what follows is what is understood about the goji to date.

Goji berry benefits are well known and have been displayed in various medical illnesses over time. They aid in controlling and even turning around obesity, safeguard us from cancer, thwart age associated macular degeneration [eye disease], restore hair pigment, stimulate the immunity and has been used effectively as a treatment for infertility and sexual impotency.

As highly nutritious as the goji berry is, it is thought to be extremely safe for all who consume it but women who are breast feeding or pregnant should avoid ingesting goji berries until more research has been done on how goji actually functions within our systems. Those who do consume goji berries should restrict their amount of ingestion of the goji berry to from ten to thirty grams each day. They contain selenium which could be toxic when taken in abnormally high levels. Selenium is also an essential mineral for men so goji would be an effective method for men to get their necessary selenium quantity.

Goji berries are quite effective at reducing blood sugar levels and knowing this, those who consume goji berry should avoid other supplements known to reduce blood glucose levels like ginger, kudzu and fenugreek so they can avoid the possibility of hypoglycemia. At the same time there is a warning for goji users to avoid the ingestion of herbs like ginseng, turmeric, and valerian since combining them with goji berry risks a potential drop in blood pressure.

The Nutritional Impact Of Goji Berries

Reflect on this if you will. Goji berries are a substantial source of nutrients, minerals and vitamins as well as antioxidants. Based on weight, they hold sixty eight percent carbohydrate, twelve percent protein, ten percent fat and ten percent fiber and contain three hundred seventy calories for each one hundred grams. They also are laden with an amazing thirty three minerals and six vitamins!

It is common knowledge in Chinese medicine that the goji berry has upwards of eighteen amino acids; eight of which are indispensible to the health of our bodies. It is also no secret that the tiny berry holds twenty one trace minerals. The goji is an excellent source for vitamins E, B1, B2 and B6. How absolutely amazing that this enormous quantity of healthful nutrition is found inside the tiny goji berry; about equal in size to a dried raisin? It is a veritable multivitamin in and of itself!

Here Are Even More Particulars – Check Out These Imposing Specifics: [Nutrients In 100 grams of dried Goji fruit]

• 112 mg of Calcium;

• 1132 mg of Potassium;

• 9 mg of Iron;

• 2 mg of Zinc;

• .05 mg of Selenium;

• 1.3 mg of Riboflavin;

• Between 2 to 100 mg of vitamin C;

• 7 mg of Beta-carotene;

• Between 25 and 200 mg of Zeaxanthin;

The goji berry is so insanely healthy for an individual that the common suspicion is it has to taste dreadful, but this is absolutely not true. As I mentioned I think it tastes great, reminiscent of cranberries, raspberries and even strawberries all combined into one great flavor.

By this time you must be raring to go running to the nearest health food market to sample some goji berry but you should be forewarned – goji berry products are not inexpensive. You could quote easily pay upwards of fourteen dollars for a thirty two ounce container of one hundred percent pure goji berry juice.
 
It might be asking too much but if you truly desire getting the maximum benefits from the goji berry, you should seriously consider becoming a total vegetarian so you can experience the entire package of the goji berry’s potential force. Who knows, once you begin taking the extraordinary goji berry on a regular basis, experiencing first hand its nutritional might, you may also live to see your two hundred and fifty second birthday!

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You are all for living a long time but right now you just do not want to hear about any hard work connected with extending your life, thank you very much! So there must be some other things you can do that do not require as much effort. Unless you are sure you have the genetics or are at least willing to take the risk that you have the right DNA to outlive your peers, you will need to make SOME kind of sacrifice toward the cause.

I’m about to discuss some very simple yet practical things you can do to potentially add a good number of years to your life. They are simple because they do not require a gym membership or financial shares in a local organic produce farm. Pull up a recliner, grab a glass of carrot juice and follow along:

• You can extend your life by steering clear of glycation end products – also known as [AGE]. Keeping away from any products that have sugar added if you can and in most food that is factory processed or refined this will be the case. When these types of products are consumed, that additional sugar mixes with your proteins and creates AGE cellular gummy bunches that acts a lot like glue within your system, including your brain and between singular cells which will quickly decrease your body’s capacity to function at its pinnacle tier.

This AGE will not simply mean a swift and degenerative process of aging but the electrical synapse and nerve impulses emitted by the brain and central nervous system will be impaired and will no longer have the capability of managing the intricate and rapidly required neural and nerve indicators necessary for ordinary mental and physical responses.

AGE is a trigger for inflammation and also encourages skin aging due to it impeding innate collagen and epidermis rejuvenation. It also speeds and gradually worsens aging and immunity health deficits like Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, macular degeneration and various cancers and so many other age associated illnesses. When you make a conscious effort to stay clear of products with added sugar you will go a long way to safeguarding yourself from so many of these debilitating sicknesses while doing wonders for your longevity, not to mention the health of your brain.

• Everyone should be supplementing their modern diet with a good multivitamin these days but if you only get one vitamin, be sure it is vitamin K. The K vitamin will enhance your overall health, reduce the risk of osteoporosis, and assist in the prevention of arteriosclerosis [hardening of the arteries] and even heart disease.

New research has shown the significance of acquiring additional innately formulated vitamin K with your system, more specifically K2 that is in MK-7 formulation. Vitamin K has been discovered to be one of the most vital nutrients that your body must attain in order for it to age in its most favorable manner. Estimates by scientists conducting research claim a person could live for ten to twenty years more than if they did not receive optimal amounts of vitamin K. This vitamin K is more than just necessary for your blood to clot, it also aids in the prevention of lost bone and assists in averting any calcium seeped from the bones from winding up in the arteries and heart valves as calcification [arteriosclerosis].

 The renowned Framingham nurse research study where more than seventy two thousand women have been evaluated for more than ten years and a closely related study of older men for a seven year time frame revealed that women in the lower twenty percentile who had the most reduced quantity of vitamin K ingestion increased their odds of broken hips by thirty percent. This compared to those ladies with better and larger quantities of vitamin K consumption. Men in the top twenty five percent who had the largest quantity of vitamin K ingestion suffered from sixty five percent less fractures of the hip than those in the lowest twenty five percentile of vitamin K consumption per day.

This is significant since there is not much more serious than a hip fracture in an elderly individual and post hip fracture mortality statistics clearly verify this point.

By ingesting the proper variety of vitamin K a person can actually assist in turning around arterial and heart valve calcification by aiding the bones in their retention of calcium. When you decrease the quantity of calcium that makes it into the circulatory system you will not just be thwarting osteoporosis but you will be raising your health odds and perhaps even saving your life by enhancing the flow of blood within your system. When the amount of calcium is reduced that would ordinarily harm your arteries, you are also helping to make the arteries healthier by raising their elasticity levels which also makes blood circulation smoother to the outer reaches of the body.

Vitamin K comes in different types. It can be located naturally in those leafy green vegetables we all love so much; vitamin 2K as well is located inside egg yolks, cheese and fermented soybeans – known to the Japanese as “natto”. There is a newer variety of vitamin K known as MK-7 and this brand will last in the circulatory system much longer, upwards of seven to eight times as long as vitamin K1. An individual could take an amalgam of vitamin K1 and vitamin K formulated as MK-7 while also taking in vitamin K2 in the MK-4 formulation which would prove to be considerably more beneficial as the effects of the three vitamin K variations would be considerable.

There is some concern, primarily due to a lack of knowledge and awareness of the new studies about the significance of vitamin K as most physicians tell their patients who have been prescribed Warfarin [or Coumadin] to stay away from any extra vitamin K over the caution that added vitamin K could limit the blood flow perhaps causing blood to clot. There is no need for concern if patients were taking reasonable quantities of vitamin K2 and of course consulting closely with their physician. Their doctor needs to be knowledgeable about anticoagulants – drugs that thin blood – as well as vitamin K making sure the physician keeps an eye on normal blood coagulation by observing quarterly or semiannual blood tests.

In addition to all this, studies that are continuous and prolonged are signaling that failure to get adequate vitamin K will not simply cause fragile bones but moreover it will add to the dangerous calcifying effect of the rather vital heart valves.

If what you just read still does not exhilarate you regarding the complete effectiveness of vitamin K, this marvelous nutrient has been displaying an ability to thwart certain cancers by preventing inflammation while supporting apoptosis [cellular death] of cancer cells which perish innately and are replenished by healthy cells. Another exciting benefit from vitamin K consumption is it assists in better insulin usage in those men suffering from diabetes mellitus [type two]; however, further prolonged evaluation needs to be conducted to see if the same advantages can be had by women who also suffer from type two diabetes.

Now you have two relatively simple things you can do to increase your longevity by a good number of years. Nowhere did I mention that you needed to take up running, by a treadmill or modify your diet in any drastic manner. You simply supplement with vitamin K variations and watch your sugar intake in the processed and refined foods. That means reading labels when you buy groceries and possibly giving up certain foods that you are eating now. The good news is that there is usually a natural replacement for a processed food with too much added sugar that you can substitute.

Can you imagine how much longer you would live if you not only implemented the above new ideas with a half hour walk around the block each day?

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