Today I am devoting my blog to the study of aging and how treating and understanding what causes us to age can be the best way to prevent and reverse chronic disease. This is what I focus all of my attention on these days. Reading my blogs and watching the videos I highlight is the best way for YOU to stay healthy and disease free as you age.
Who do you trust to protect your health and well being.
Is it the FDA? Oh please, they are here to protect the health and well being of the pharmaceutical companies, not you. FDA attempting to regulate supplements, herbs, and juices as "drugs"
Do you rely on Conventional Medicine? I hope not. While emergency medical and surgical care is great if you get in a car accident or break your leg, statistics show that when they treat you for chronic diseases, you open yourself up to the 3rd leading cause of death in America, iatrogenocide.
An iatrogenic disorder is a condition caused by medical personnel or procedures or through exposure to the environment of a health care facility, including fears instilled in patients by remarks or questions of examining physicians. Read this Blog when you get a chance: What's the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S ?
See the record for yourself...
COMPARATIVE CAUSES OF DEATH. ANNUAL AVERAGE IN THE U. S.
Adverse Drug Reactions 100,000 to 140,000
Automobile Accidents 39,325
Food Contamination 9,100
Boating Accidents 2,064
Household Cleaners 74
Acute Pesticide Poisoning 12
All Vitamins 0
Amino acids 0
Commercial Herbal Products 0 **
*Sources Data as of 1995 from American Association of Poison Control Centers, National Center for Health Statistics, Journal of the American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control, March of Dimes, Consumer Product Safety Commission, FDA Reports. **Before Ephedra scare, Recent problems attributed to synthetic Ephedra and are not proven.
How about the media? Do you rely on the daily news to tell you the truth about what's good for you and what's not? I study news reports all the time and very often they only report things that they sensationalize and seldom do they get their information or analyses correct. Often, their conclusions are misleading at best. Take them with a big grain of salt.
While I devote HealthBlogger to the theme of... News and commentary on health, wellness, and anti-aging nutrition... My mission statement is to educate people of the latest studies and nutraceuticals that can slow down and reverse, to some degree, aging and ill health.
Today I have included videos and studies that point us in the right direction to better health and longevity. As you will see, people who live beyond 100 eat a varying diet. Some are religious and some are not, some eat lots of meat and some don't. There are some common factors though. They all get lots of sun and therefore vitamin D3, they consume green tea or red wine, which contain powerful nutraceuticals that turn bad genes off and good genes on. They eat foods with lots of bright colors and don't eat refined foods and trans fats. And many avoid doctors and modern medicine altogether.
Lately, I have been recommending people take a look at a newly designed multi that has all the nutraceuticals that have been shown to effect aging, as a low cost way to make sure you are covering all the bases and recommending the Ideal Diet, one that keeps inflammation down to a minimum and promotes good health.
Enjoy this week's selections and remember...
It's never too late to become younger!
5 Part series on the world's longest living people and what factors contribute to there long life and good health, right up until death.
Each one is 10 minutes long...
Video - How to live a long life, the study of centenarians (part 1)
Video - How to live a long life, the study of centenarians (part 2)
Video - How to live a long life, the study of centenarians (part 3)
Video - How to live a long life, the study of centenarians (part 4)
Video - How to live a long life, the study of centenarians (part 5)
A very good review from 60 Minutes on Resveratrol. By the way, you don't have to wait till it becomes a drug, it is available now and these scientists have been taking it for years.
Video - 60 Minutes... Drink To Your Health - Resveratrol breakthrough
Resveratrol May Influence Blood Sugar Management...
A new study suggests that the phytonutrient resveratrol can influence enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism as well as other factors involved in glucose regulation, indicating it may have a role to play in supporting healthy blood sugar levels.
Remarkable Longevity Enhancer and Heart Protector...
For the past few years, resveratrol, a compound found in red grapes, has attracted widespread medical attention as the long sought-after fountain of youth. This is because research has begun to indicate that this phytonutrient does indeed seem to have longevity-enhancing effects and that it also can play a critical role in heart health. Since 2003, when Harvard researchers discovered that resveratrol increases the life span of yeast cells by as much as 70 percent, scientists have eagerly studied its effects in increasingly complex forms of life. Following up on research that resveratrol extended the life of roundworms and fruit flies, the most recent studies reveal for the first time that resveratrol also extends life span in mammals.
Adequate intake of vitamin D can prevent diabetes...
Diabetes can be prevented, and the disease's complications for those diagnosed with it reduced, through adequate intake of vitamin D, says a report. The review article by researchers from Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing appears in the latest issue of Diabetes Educator."Vitamin D has widespread benefits for our health and certain chronic diseases in particular. This article further substantiates the role of this nutrient in the prevention and management of glucose intolerance and diabetes," said Sue Penckofer, Ph.D., R.N., study co-author and professor, Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
Christopher Wiechert's Healthblogger is for educational or informational purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose or provide treatment for any condition. If you have any concerns about your own health, you should always consult with a health care professional. If you decide to use this information on your own, it's your constitutional right, but I assume no responsibility. The views expressed on this website are those of the health professionals & scientists I list or my own opinions and are not intended to replace any medical advice you may require. The contents have not been approved by the Pharmaceutical Association, the American Medical Association, or the Food and Drug Administration. This website may present views diametrically opposed to the views of such organizations.
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