Many aging myths need to be shattered. Even the impact of genetics on long-term health is now being turned on its head. For example, today we know that genetics only contributes about 3–5% of our longevity. The rest comes from life choices that affect how our genes behave under the conditions we hand them. [...]
MYTH: Overweight is a disease that leads to other diseases. FACT: Overweight is a symptom of diminished wellness — a wake up call that things are going wrong in your body. It’s the same diminished wellness that leads to common diseases such as hardened or clogged arteries, hypertension, stroke, and diabetes. So excess fat doesn’t [...]
Are You Experiencing Signs of Runaway Stress? Here are most of the common signs of runaway stress. The list is long, but you need to recognize the most common expressions of stress before you understand the importance of doing something about it: You cringe in front of a mirror because of growing bulges, fading muscle [...]
Step Number One towards Reclaiming Your Health Manage your stress and you’ll dramatically reduce your time on the “conveyor belt.” That’s right. It’s not the passage of calendar years that creates the symptoms of “aging” and deterioration that we see and feel. Rather, what gets to you is stress that you don’t have the health [...]
- Results from cognitive tests show 30% of 80-year-olds perform as well as young adults. - Your brain is about 2% of your total body weight but uses 20% of your body's energy. - The energy used by the brain is enough to light a 25 watt bulb. - More electrical impulses are generated in [...]
Abstract: There are much better ways to deal with chronic, degenerative diseases than the approaches used in traditional medicine. With the modern marriage of functional medicine[1] and enlightened self-care, sufferers are finding true solutions to reversing and even healing chronic conditions. These conditions traditionally just get worse over time and often require a lifetime of [...]
Here is a little cookie quiz for you during your Christmas holiday weeks! Are you a cookie genius, or just a good taste tester? FIND OUT! Write down your answers and see how you did! (answers are at the end of the quiz) 1) What is the most popular type of home-baked cookie? Sugar [...]
Food is something we interact with on a daily basis – frequently, in fact. There are many very obscure facts about food that are fascinating and definitely worthy of knowing. Here are a couple interesting ones … Feast The Fact: The largest food item on a menu is roast camel The camel is stuffed with [...]
Every year, you eat approximately 4 bugs in your sleep. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. Sweden is the largest spender on ketchup. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie. There are more coffee drug (caffeine) addicts in the US than drug addicts of any [...]