Archive for Longevity
Plastics & BPA – What you don’t know CAN hurt you!
Posted by: | CommentsThere has been much discussion and controversy lately regarding the safety (or lack of) of plastics in our environment, as well as, in our food and water supplies. As an environmental scientist I can assure you that it is much more insidious with far more negative impacts than most people realize.
Is this intended to scare you? Well, let’s hope so! It would be great if you get concerned enough to actually take actions that can help protect you and your family from plastic ‘pollution’ as much as possible and perhaps allow you to live longer and healthier lives. Many of us have been complacent for far too long assuming that ‘business’ and government agencies have been looking out for our best health interests. Unfortunately, that is just not always the case.
Who cares, what’s the big deal anyway? The big deal is that there are components in plastic containers that break down and leach into the liquid and food they contain. One of major concern is BPA or bis-Phenol A. BPA is a building block of plastics and has long been known to be an endocrine disruptor. That means the human body ’sees’ this man-made substance as a hormone that can be taken up by our endocrine system and used in place of one of our many human hormones that are essential for so many of our proper body functions. 
Our endocrine system includes our gonads, hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, pancreas, adrenal, and pineal glands. These are all critical components of our endocrine system and their proper functioning is essential for good health. Imagine what could happen if a little piece of BPA is mistakenly taken up by your body to be used in place of a human produced hormone. It certainly could ‘disrupt’ your endocrine system and cause untold havoc in your body.
Bisphenol A is found in hundreds of household products, including plastic bottles, as well as, baby bottles and food containers. It is also present in the linings of canned goods such as sodas, soup, baby formula and canned fruits and vegetables.
Live Longer & Healthier With a Healthy Lifestyle
Posted by: | CommentsThere is no doubt that optimal health is the most prized possession one can have. So the real question is how do we get and maintain such a state so that we can be more productive, live longer, and live healthier? It comes from maintaining a healthy lifestyle on a consistent basis. Do you believe you currently have a healthy lifestyle or that perhaps it could be improved upon?
Ever even think about it?
Well, here are 10 very powerful factors that contribute to a healthy lifestyle and optimal health:
1. Having a well balanced and nutritious diet
2. Augmenting that diet with high quality vitamins and mineral supplements to ensure you’re getting all your essential nutrients
3. Exercising regularly …… that means doing something everyday to help keep your body in shape. Whatever it is you enjoy doing as exercise, do it for at least 30 minutes each day without fail.
4. Maintaining a weight that’s appropriate for your height. Being overweight is the leading cause of declining health in America today.
5. Eliminating or reducing stress on a day to day basis. It’s not what happens to you as much as how you react to a particular circumstance that creates stress…..practice patience and acceptance. Read More→
The Magic of Red Wine – Resveratrol
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Like to live 25 years longer ? Like to feel 25 years younger? Well, I certainly would! The latest buzz in the news is all about a wonderful substance in red wine that may help you do just that. That substance is called resveratrol.
This is a very potent antioxidant polyphenol that was first found in 1963 and since then over 2000 scientific research papers have been published regarding its unique properties. Laboratory studies have demonstrated potential health benefits like cell repair, cancer prevention, and lowering of blood pressure.
Resveratrol has also recently been shown to increase the life span of laboratory animals and researchers suggest this may have the same effect in humans. One of the world’s leading anti-aging researchers from Harvard University, Dr. David Sinclair, has this to say: Read More→
Are Supplements The Key to Complete Nutrition?
Posted by: | CommentsThink you’re getting all the vitamins and minerals you need from the foods you’re eating? Well I used to think that too until I did some research and found out otherwise. Things are not always as they seem though. Unfortunately, no matter how conscientious we are about choosing wholesome nutritious foods we still need to augment that with high quality vitamin and mineral supplements. I’m talking about needing to take additional vitamins and minerals to supplement primarily anything grown and sold as food, including fruits, vegetables, grain products.
There are many factors that may influence the vitamin and mineral content we receive from the foods we eat daily;
SOIL
- One of the most important factors is the soil in which it is grown. That soil is probably alot more important than most people realize. Various studies by the US Department of Agriculture has shown declining nutrient content in several foods over the last 30 years because the nutrients are no longer in the soil for the plants to absorb.
- Paul Bergner shows in his book The Healing Power of Minerals …..’ that between 1963 and 1997 several fuits and vegetables studied by the USDA were found to have their calcium content down nearly 30%, iron down 32%, magnesium down 21%, phosphorus down 11%, and potassium down 6.5%.
- Similarly, a 50 year British study from the UK Ministry of Agriculture shows that from 20 different fruits and vegetables considered there was a decline in vegetables of 81% in calcium content, 65% for magnesium, and 86% for potassium, just to name a few.
- Modern farming practices use massive amounts of fertilizers (nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus) to prepare the soil for further planting but this doesn’t replace other needed nutrients. Also, phosphorus actually interacts with iron, sodium, calcium, boron, and aluminum and may keep those nutrients from being available to the plants, thus lessening their availability
- Plants take about a dozen nutrients from the soil but typical large scale farming practices only add three (nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus) ….. ever wonder why that is? Read More→
Revolution in Anti-Aging!
Posted by: | CommentsWe think optimal health is the most important thing in the whole world! Without it, we may be greatly diminished. We also believe that we are part of a movement to make people and our planet healthier. We also believe that people can live longer and healthier than ever before, and we’d like to share some info about something that may help achieve that.
Did you catch Barbara Walters Special in April entitled ‘Live To 150, Can You Do It?’ Or did you see the Fortune Magazine article in January 2007, ‘Can Red Wine Help You Live Forever?’ Did you know that scientists have spent billions in research dollars over that last several years to help us feel younger and live longer? Isn’t it time all the research has paid off? Well, I certainly think so!
So, if there was a way for you to feel 25 years younger and maybe live 25 years longer would you be interested in learning more about it? Would you believe it even possible?
It’s not only possible, it’s here, right now! And, it’s too unbelievably good not to share it with as many people as possible! Like to check out this revolutionary breakthrough in cellular anti-aging for yourself? ….. only from Shaklee…..
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