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What A 50-Year Old VW Can Tell You About Your Lifespan

Few of us are lucky to have been born Mercedes Diesels, famous for their long lifespan. Instead, most of us are more like VW Beetles, where how we choose to drive our life — our lifestyle habits — will eventually overwhelm our body’s gearbox, engine and transmission, sorta speak. Don’t worry — plants to the rescue, say anti-aging researchers.

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Want Longevity? 5 Alternatives to a Calorie Restricted Diet

Baby boomers want to cling to any remnant of youth, and calorie restricted diets are a proven way to extend longevity, but very few are willing to do it. Until the age-defying bill is invented, here are five suggestions to live a longer and stronger life.

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Top 10 Health Posts of 2011

Garma On Health’s Top 10 for 2011: 1. Stop Aging, 2. Eat Fiber to Live Longer, 3. Be Here Now, 4. Run Pain Free, 5. Be Self Reliant, 6. The Evidence on Exercise and Diet, 7. Build a Better Brain, 8. Five Diet and Exercise Myths, 9. Steve Jobs’ Legacy, 10. Belly Fat and Cancer, 11. (Dr. Weil Bonus) Four Alternatives to Antidepressant Drugs.

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Eating for a Long Life: WebMD’s 13 Tips

This cogent presentation of 13 slides (one a commercial that bears review for what not to consume), brings together in one place a summary of various posts that echo what I’ve written about on this blog — How eating the right food can be the best prescription for living a long and strong life.

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Longevity Tips from the World’s Oldest Man

Simple Conceptually, Harder in Practice     ACCORDING TO scientific studies, the most promising way you can increase your longevity is to restrict the calories you consume.  The earliest calorie restriction studies first began a couple of decades ago.  Given that the average lifespan of a human being is relatively long to the humans conducting […]

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86 Year-old Billionaire’s Recipe for Longevity

David Murdock has spent millions of his fortune to discover which foods are the most nutrient dense and healthiest on the planet.  He practices what he preaches: at 86, Murdock enjoys excellent health and expects to live a lot longer. Find out what is his recipe for longevity. (See chart below.) FORBES ESTIMATES David H. […]

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Antioxidants “Kill” Free Radicals

Despite Being Free, Free Radicals Are Bad (Antioxidants Listed Below) MANY PEOPLE have heard of “antioxidants” and “free radicals”, but don’t know much about them except that antioxidants are good and free radicals — despite being “free” — are bad. Let’s add a bit to the knowledge base. “Free Radicals” are formed when oxygen interacts […]

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