Category: Forever Young
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Reducing Stress Through Mindfulness
If stress can age us prematurely—as discussed in a previous post—what are ways that we can manage stress more effectively? Mindfulness is one technique for dealing with stress that I have found very effective. Using mindfulness you try to focus on the present moment, not worrying about the past or the future. You become more…
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Can Stress Age Us Prematurely?
Prolonged stress increases the risk of heart disease, addiction, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. It can influence metabolism, accelerating obesity-related disorders such as diabetes. Stress also saps our ability to regulate emotions and to think clearly. In a new study, Yale researchers sought to determine how much chronic stress accelerates the biological clock. And…
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Could We Extend Life Expectancy By 5 Years With A Calorie Restriction (CR) Diet?
While far from conclusive, there is growing evidence that a calorie restriction (CR) diet could significantly extend both average and maximum life span, while reducing typical aging related diseases. The trick is that it needs to be done over a significant time period and could be very difficult to achieve given typical overeating patterns. The…
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Can We Turn Back The Clock 30 Years?
Research from the Babraham Institute has developed a new technique for rejuvenating skin cells. This technique has allowed researchers to rewind the cellular biological clock by around 30 years according to molecular measures, significantly longer than previous reprogramming methods. The partially rejuvenated cells showed signs of behaving more like youthful cells in experiments simulating a…
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Mom Was Right: Eat Your Veggies
A recent study titled Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Mortality outlined the benefits to longevity of eating enough fruits and vegetables. According to the report, suboptimal intake of fruit and vegetables ranked among the top dietary contributors to the burden of disease and premature death in the United States and worldwide. Despite recommendations in dietary guidelines to…
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Mindful Eating
Obesity is now the number-one cause of preventable early death in the country, so anything we can do to maintain or lose weight is important for longevity. You could write a whole book about the concept of mindfulness and its importance in reducing stress and increasing happiness, and I will write more about mindfulness in…
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Can We Live Forever?
A 2015 article in Scientific American titled “Why Can’t We Live Forever?” by Thomas Kirkwood explores the issue of aging. In it he states: “We have all grown up with fairly rigid preconceptions about how the body ages. Small wonder that modern science struggles to come to terms with the reality that most of what…
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Supplements
There is a lot of controversy about the largely unregulated world of nutritional supplements. Many people swear by one or more of their favorites. Others think that they are just a waste of money. People often ask me which ones I take to look and feel younger and healthier. I don’t indulge in too many,…
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The Importance of Goal Setting
Do you have goals for your life? Things you would like to accomplish? Today I’m going to talk about the importance of goal setting for actually getting what you want out of life. Let’s say you want to lose weight. That’s good, but it’s pretty vague. The more specific you can make a goal, the…
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Rock Bottom and Enlightenment
“People seek the path to enlightenment. I’ll tell you what enlightenment is: Where you once saw a grand society, you now see flies swarming over a pile of shit.” — Steve Suzuki Humans live in a society that is fundamentally disconnected from the natural world. Almost all of our daily concerns—from our jobs and our…