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Fasting for a Longer Life
We are used to hearing that we must eat the right types of food in order to ensure good health. But what we are not often told is that, in some instances, not eating at all can also help us … Continue reading
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Tagged agents of disease, fasting, toxins
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Better Eating for a Longer Life
When we purchase a new car, we try to take care of it the best way we can so it will last for a long time. This includes supplying it with clean fuel, and if we were to find out … Continue reading
The Eastern Path to a Longer Life
Many lifestyle factors can play a role in the shortening of human lifespan, including poor diet, drinking, smoking and lack of exercise. There is another lifestyle factor, however, that tends to operate in the shadows. Most people know that excess … Continue reading
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Tagged eastern path, mind body connection, stress reduction
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Nine Secrets to a Long Life
Living well and living longer go hand in hand. That is why the best secrets about how to enjoy a longer life are all dedicated to the idea that improving the quality of your life will also extend its quantity. … Continue reading
Posted in Diet, Exercise, Indulge, Retirement, Secrets, Social Connections, The Good Life
Tagged exercise, fasting, green living, relaxing, spiritual
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The Exercise-Longevity Connection
As human beings age, the process of entropy inevitably takes its toll. Chronic illness and disease begin to take advantage of the body’s growing inability to protect itself against opportunistic invaders, and longevity is often reduced as a result of … Continue reading
Invest in Longevity by Starting Your Own Business
The general idea people have about aging is that it is a time to begin winding down. Slowing down, relaxing, taking it easy as you slide gradually toward retirement, when you will finally be able to get off the treadmill … Continue reading
The Social Connection: Relationships and Longevity
Implicit in the desire to live a longer life is the belief that we will continue to have the things we need to make our lives rewarding and worthwhile as we age. When people try to picture their futures, no … Continue reading
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Tagged Rush University Medical Center, social connection
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Longevity and Bilingualism: Learning to Survive in a Second Language
One of the things that people fear the most as they age is the deterioration of their mental faculties. Alzheimer‘s disease and other types of dementia cause their victims to gradually lose touch with reality as they lose control of … Continue reading
Posted in Exercise, Retirement, Secrets, The Good Life
Tagged Alzheimer, American Association for the Advancement of Science, bilingualism, dr Andrew Weil, exercise for the mind, Healthy Aging, longevity
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When the Spirit is Willing: Exploring the Connection Between Spiritual Practice and Longevity
There is little doubt that as we age, the state of our physical and mental health is strongly affected by the things that give meaning to our lives. Everyone needs something to live for, and if such motivation is absent, … Continue reading
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Tagged Journal of Gerontology, religion, sharing, spirituality
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More Secrets of Longevity
We tend to treat aging and disease as if they are an inescapable fact of life. While it is true that aging is inevitable, the pace at which we age – and the way we experience life as we age … Continue reading
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