Plato - “Medicine is an art, and attends to the nature and constitution of the patient, and has principles of action And reason in each case.”
Steps to a healthier life!
Keep Your Cells Clean and Younger
groundbreaking research from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center shows that in animals, exercising aids cells in cellular “autophagy,” a process in which cells clear out debris and junk and reuse it as fuel. If the cells struggle in the process, chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer’s are more likely.
And the slowing of autophagy is believed to contribute to aging. Although the exact interaction between autophagy and exercise isn’t clear, “autophagy affects metabolism and has wide-ranging health benefits in the body, and so does exercise,” Dr. Beth Levine told the New York Times, adding that there seems to be considerable overlap between the two.
Walking Outdoors Adds Years to Your Life
The health benefits of walking are numerous. This simple activity improves your life expectancy, wards off diseases and improves various markers of health. But did you know that simply walking in a green space can improve your longevity as well? Research looking at over 3000 senior citizens living in urban areas showed that five-year survival rates increased when they were able to walk in parks or tree-lined streets near where they lived.
If a stroll in a park or a short hike leaves you thirsting for more, a long weekend in nature—and away from cell phones and computers--has been found to boost problem solving and creative insight.
Get Your Zzz’s—But Don’t Overdo It!
Stay sharp as you age by being well rested. New research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conferencelast July showed that adequate sleep can reduce or prevent cognitive decline. Sleeping less than seven hours a day had a negative effect on the mind, but surprisingly enough, sleeping more than 9 hours a day was also problematic. The magic range was 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night—more or less than that could age you by two years.
Worried about getting wrinkles when you sleep? Just make sure to sleep on your back. As I’ve previously reported, this helps prevent “sleep lines”which are developed when you press your face into the pillow while sleeping on your side or belly.
10 Natural Ways to Sleep Better
Wear Sunglasses, No Matter What the Weather
Your skin may naturally begin to wrinkle as you age, but you can reduce the damage by slipping on some shades. “Sunglasses are a great defense against wrinkles since they help us not to squint. Wear them every day, no matter what the weather. Your eyes will thank you,”
But those $5 sunglasses from the gas station just won’t do. You want to wear sunglasses with ultraviolet (UV) protection to prevent premature wrinkles, since UV light is what breaks down connective tissue in the skin, causing sagging and other issues. Remember to keep your shades on even in the winter; UV rays are strongest in the summer, but are present all year round.
Avoid a Wrinkly “Cigarette Face”
As if the lung cancer, heart disease and the myriad of other dangers associated with a tobacco habit aren’t bad enough, smoking cigarettes can also age your skin prematurely by damaging blood vessels, elastin and collagen. This makes your skin weaker and less elastic. Add to that the inevitable squinting and lip-puckering from smoking, and you’ve got a recipe for a pattern of wrinkles called “cigarette face.”
quitting smoking will improve your breath, teeth and nails, make normal activities (such as taking the stairs or walking briskly to catch a bus) seem easier, so you’ll look and feel younger—and because much of the damage from smoking is reversible if you quit, you’ll likely live longer, too.
What Happens When You Quit Smoking?
Get an Antioxidant Boost
Not only are they nutritionally dense, but colorful fruits and vegetables deliver protective antioxidants to prevent free radical damage. This helps lower your risk of heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, macular degeneration and other diseases, as well as keeping your skin looking its best.
The best fruits and vegetables for a heavy dose of antioxidants are apples, pears, cherries, plums, pineapple, kiwi, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, cranberries, avocados, artichokes, spinach, potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, and red cabbage.
H.E.L.P.!
Healthy Eating Lifestyle Plan.
When are you going to make your health a priority in your life? Let's do it together.
There is strength in numbers!!!
You know how we like to start a new diet on Mondays! Well instead, Lets get together and talk about our goals for our health, relationships and our future!
It's time to Prioritize your health to be the first item on you list...
Healthy Eating Lifestyle Plan
Monday Nights
6:30-8:30pm
Self-Support Group, come check us out the first time for free, if you like what you see and hear, it's a nominal fee of $20.00 a month.
This plan is not a diet, its a lifestyle! Nothing else has worked for you so far...Diets work for a while and then when you go back to your old ways of eating, the old weight comes with it too.
How could it not? If you gained weight by eating unhealthy and you lose weight and then return to unhealthy eating the same thing will happen again...weight gain and lots of guilt and pain over the weight you lost and gained back and sometimes more weight!!!
if you are tired of being unhealthy this eating plan has 5 different lists to choose from. You have nothing to lose but excessive weight!
You can use the quick and easy or the sweet tooth, Meat lovers, I gotta have my carbs, or if you enjoy cooking this lifestyle of eating lets you eat most all of your favorite foods. Here is a list of just a few foods on this
Healthy Eating Lifestyle plan...
Hamburgers with everything, Steak and mashed potatoes, Tacos, Burritos, Enchiladas, BLT, Pasta, Pizza, Chicken, Fish, Shrimp, Submarine Sandwiches, Veggie Burgers, Turkey Burgers, Greek Salad, Spinach Salad, Chocolate Brownies, Ice Cream, Shakes, Smoothies, Cream Cheese and Muffin, Lox and Bagel, Cereal, Pancakes, Eggs Bacon or Sausage...and much, much more!!!
Everything you need to succeed will be available to you.
It's not what you eat it's how you eat it!
Come and visit our self-support group and if you like us, you are welcome to come back!!!
Pay as you go $5.00 a week or $20.00 month and save $5.00 during the months with 5-weeks.
Limited seating, Register Today
Email: Juti4help@yahoo.com
This self-support group will meet on Monday nights
6:30-8:00pm.
Cost; $20.00 a month.
Book: Use for free in classroom
or purchase for $20.00
For more information
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My Story.....
I was raised on Bacon Fat! My mother, born and raised in Arkansas, got up each morning and cooked a pound for bacon for breakfast. She poured the grease off the bacon into a 1-lb coffee can. Through out the day, at each meal, she used bacon fat to flavor "EVERYTHING" bacon drippings went into the biscuits, bacon drippings went into the gravy, bacon drippings went into the beans, bacon drippings went into the grits. Bacon fat drippings were in everything. We ate Fried potatoes for lunch and dinner, biscuits and gravy at all 3 meals. When I was 14 years old, I was rushed to St. Mary's Hospital in Long Beach, CA. with an acute appendicitis attack. The doctor said, you have to eat less red meat and I did, I was scared to death! When I was 27 years old, I was rushed to the hospital and had my gall bladder removed with 3 large stones in very dangerous places, the doctor told me I was lucky to be alive and I needed to stop eating red meat. And when I told him I don't eat red meat he said, then stop eating all flesh! And I Stopped eating Chicken, but still ate fish. A few years later, I started to get sick when I ate fish. And that is my story. I have always been allergic to Eggs and Milk and milk products, I am also allergic to Soy.
And guess what, I am not a skinny pasty looking vegan like I hear about all the time...haha. Many of my friends are not unhealthy looking at all! Some people are just sickly looking for other reasons and it has nothing to do with being a vegetarian
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