Longevity & Life Extension
Your throat is the blue chakra that is all about your highest masculine qualities — your authenticity, honor, expressiveness and life purpose. Here are some foods that can help you heal this masculine chakra, plus a delicious blueberry lemonade recipe.
Dr. Mercola: Marketers claim alkaline water can correct excess acidity in your tissues, which can then prevent or reverse cancer, arthritis and other degenerative diseases. However, there’s virtually no good evidence to support such claims, and I warned people about drinking alkaline water on a regular basis over eight years ago. Molecular hydrogen, on the other hand, does have a number of health benefits, some of which mirror the claims made for alkaline water — and there’s a really good reason for that.
When looking at foods that heal the heart chakra, we are looking for ones that are green. We also want to consider the glands for this chakra — the thymus which is all about immunity and the heart, which is both an organ and a gland because it secretes hormones. Anything that is good for your thymus or your heart’s health is also good for your heart chakra. Here are my favorite foods for healing the heart chakra (including my green drink recipe)…
To protect your health, I advise spending at least 90 percent of your food budget on whole foods, and only 10 percent, or less, on processed foods. Twenty-two foods known for their potent health benefits are presented. – Dr. Mercola
Icaria is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. A large percentage of the people on this small island (population 8,500) live into their 90’s and many even live to over 100 years of age. Not only do they live longer, they are also free of common affliction like dementia, depression, and other chronic diseases. How do they do it? Watch this video to find out…
Sleep deprivation is the most common brain impairment.
When it comes to eating organic, and encouraging others to do so, it’s not uncommon to hear a response in the form of, “well, how do we really know it’s organic” or “it probably doesn’t even make a difference.” This is still common, but with more uproar within the past few years about the concerns surrounding the pesticides that are constantly sprayed on our foods, science is now stepping in to examine the difference.
Using PET imaging, a recent investigation by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden revealed the presence of widespread brain inflammation in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Earlier research conducted at Karolinska Institutet also discovered high concentrations of cytokines (inflammatory proteins) in the cerebrospinal fluid, suggesting fibromyalgia patients have inflammation in their nervous system as well.
Researchers have shown that treatment of aged mice with the natural product Fisetin, found in many fruits and vegetables, has significant positive effects on health and lifespan.
Spend more time living and less time dying, with these empowering tips to help slow the aging process.
Research has found those participating in team related sports such as tennis, badminton and soccer, may enjoy a longer life than those who participate in more solitary sports, such as jogging or swimming. Scientists suggest this increased benefit may be from the social interactions, as exercise has a long history of improving mental health, also associated with longer life
The liver: Supports almost every organ in the body, regulates levels of most of the main blood chemicals, produces energy by breaking down food into glucose,
helps rid the body of waste and toxins, produces bile to help digest fat, produces many essential amino acids and proteins needed for growth and repair of all bodily tissues and metabolic processes, vital role in fighting infections. The liver is able to regenerate, but extensive damage can impair this function.
It is impossible to name all of the different types of healing programs and therapies. I personally go back and forth between Reiki, massage, cranio sacral therapy and acupuncture. These are my own personal preferences. One modality is not greater or better than another. It all really depends upon what your mind, body, soul and spirit require at the time.
Want to have beautiful ageless skin? Here are 6 mundane habits you should prevent from doing.
Research is showing that being happy may directly affect your health, even helping you to live longer — after controlling for lifestyle factors. Experiencing emotional well-being, along with positive dispositions like life satisfaction, hopefulness, optimism and a sense of humor, is associated with increased survival in healthy people, including reduced cardiovascular mortality. Here’s how to cultivate happiness…
