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Sunday Summary: Lifespan, Superfoods and Happiness

Happiness

This post summarizes some insightful articles about longevity, superfoods and the psychology of happiness. Superfoods are nutrient-dense and are based on whole foods with minimum processing. Longevity can often be improved by adopting the right behaviors and scuttling the bad ones.

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A “Health Tips” Dinner with Alli — Watch

Alli comes over to learn some health tips about cooking some powerfully healthy foods, including a pre-meal detox cleanse drink. Dover sole, chard, red quinoa, potatoes, red onions and more are on the menu. It’s easy to eat well. Watch!

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The Right Tuna for You and the Ocean

Overfishing is rampant and delivering fish that are being depleted in the oceans. Some tuna is better than others. But beware of mercury which is in many fish. Get rid of mercury (and other heavy metals) with chlorophyll, cilantro and supplements.

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Dr. Hyman: 4 Supplements That Reduce Your Healthcare Costs

RECENT RESEARCH from the Lewin Group and Dr. Mark Hyman showns that spending pennies a day on a few key nutritional supplements can significantly reduce sickness and chronic disease, resulting in a substantial decrease in healthcare costs. These are the four “must-have” nutritional supplements…

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Saturated by Fat and TV News? Get Simple!

the Salt/Sugar/Fat trilogy is the intoxicating recipe to give a fast jolt (yeah, add caffeine to the mix) of brain-soothing dopamine neurotransmitters. It’s a heaping of short-run pleasure. In the case of TV programming, it’s the play to the primal instincts of tribalism — us against them — rather than a search for commonalities and consensus. Modern “food” and media are essentially forms of entertainment; the kind that play to instinctive, but base, attitudes and senses.

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Dr. Oz on Preventing Breast Cancer (Watch Video)

Doing three things can subtantially help reduce the chances of breast cancer, or any cancer: 1. Reduce weight if overweight; 2. Reduce saturated fat consumption; 3. Eat more green leafy vegetables. Being overweight or eating saturated fat mess with your hormone balance and can lead to “turning on” cancer cells. Eating green leafy vegetables can help cleanse the liver of toxins.

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