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THE “NOT SO SILENT” KILLER
What causes half of all life-threatening diseases?
Heart disease. Cancer. Diabetes Chronic kidney disease. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders.
Serious, life-threatening diseases. However, they all have one thing in common: chronic inflammation.
There are two types of inflammation. Acute inflammation is the body’s response to sudden body damage, such as a cut. To heal the cut, your body sends inflammatory cells to the injury, starting the healing process. Chronic inflammation occurs when the body continues sending inflammatory cells even when there is no outside danger.
For example, in rheumatoid arthritis inflammatory cells and substances attack joint tissues leading to an inflammation that comes and goes and can cause severe damage to joints with pain and deformities.
In Chronic Inflammation: The ‘Not So Silent’ Killer, Dr. Mina Botros explains in detail how to tell if your health is being hurt by chronic inflammation and what you can do RIGHT NOW to get closer to your best health. The information and methods in this book are intended by Dr. Botros to help people live their healthiest, best lives. The author goes to great lengths to point out how the gut is “the body’s gatekeeper”, and how paying attention to what goes in it can prevent inflammation and therefore reduce the risk of life-threatening diseases.
The book also illustrates what actions you can take to prevent chronic inflammation, as well as the known and not-so-well-known effects of common food ingredients that contribute to it.
The first action you should take is to consult your physician to have your metabolic levels checked to establish a baseline. From there, you and your doctor can work together to establish what lifestyle changes and natural therapies can be employed to reduce your risk.
07/15/2022
Facts About Longevity:
Don’t Stay Up Past Your Bedtime
When was the last time you remember being told not stay up “past your bedtime”?
Good advice no matter what age, but as we get older, getting to bed on time becomes increasingly important to maintain optimal health.
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus is our 24 hour “biological clock”, a neural oscillator that controls the timing of many different biological processes. The circadian cycles that this biological clock sets up happen everywhere in nature and last about 24 hours.
As people get older, however, this daily rhythm changes. Disruption in hormone rhythms, body core temperature, sleep-wake cycles, and many other changes have been linked to aging.
Age-related changes to the SCN and a decrease in light input to the “clock” through the eyes are both linked to changes in circadian rhythms and an increase in sleep problems.
The circadian pacemaker in the human brain gets more and more out of sync as a person gets older. The best way to keep pace with the rhythm is by maintaining strict sleep habits. Develop a regular sleep routine.
07/08/2022
Facts About Longevity:
Check Your Thumb
If it’s green, that’s good for your longevity
Observe the gardener. Planting, weeding, tending, harvesting. One with the earth, assisting in the continuation of life. It may look like hard work to the uninitiated, but have you ever seen an unhappy or stressed gardener?
So then if we asked you what a study said was the most common hobby among people who lived to be 100+, would “gardening” surprise you?
Spending time outside tending to a garden provides you with fresh air, vitamin D, and great aerobic exercise. Although these benefits aren't unique to gardening, there are several unique factors to be considered. Gardening can decrease your cortisol levels resulting in stress reduction. It can also provide a quiet meditative space for personal reflection away from the hectic pace of day-to-day life. Harvesting your food can also provide you with more nutrients compared to commercial harvesting practices.
Fine motor skills naturally decrease with age, but gardening can help improve strength and dexterity as an alternative for those who don't enjoy going to the gym.
If these benefits weren't already enticing, gardening also allows you to reconnect with nature. The benefits of a green thumb may be the simplest way to give a thumbs-up to longevity.
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