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What Kills Us? Sedentary Lifestyles and Chronic Sitting

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Extending Life, Preventing Chronic Illness

Many people think they do not want to live until their 100’s, because they envision a life of dysfunctional old age, restricted mobility, poor sensory function and corrupted brain capacities.  However, centenarian studies show that people who live the longest are also the healthiest.  Centenarians have less cancer and cardiovascular disease and if they do, they recover better and stay autonomous longer.

Our centenarians show us the way to age gracefully.  Everyone can live and die a natural death. All it takes is to accumulate as many years as possible of a healthy life, day after day. No matter how old you are, it is not too late to start now.  Our western world promotes a poor nutrient, high chemically processed foods diet and a sedentary lifestyle, which both strongly contribute to chronic illnesses that shorten our natural lifespan.  We die from cardiovascular disease, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.  These diseases can be very easily prevented and it is never too late to start.

First: Create a Clear Strong Intention  

Take a few days to reevaluate your life and make the decision to take control of your health for the best: be healthy and happy.  Then get educated:  Turn off your TV to avoid being bombarded by pernicious advertising promoting agribusiness and consumption, programming your brain with unconscious behaviors. Get an educated opinion through your own research.  It takes courage to swim against the mainstream but the reward is extremely valuable: a healthy body and a happy mind.

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How To Quit Smoking On Your Own. A Method To Stop Smoking

Stage 1 Preparation: Conscious Smoking

Push Cigarettes as far as Possible Away From You. Create Distance.

  1. If you smoke inside your house start smoking outside. Clean your house from all the ash trays, butts and smoking energy. Wash your house thoroughly. Wash the walls with a vinegar solution. Standing vinegar (in flat, shallow bowls) will help to absorb the smoke odor from your home.  Burn some cedar or sage to clean the walls and purify your house. Create a smoking temple outside of your house and only smoke there.
  2. Or, if you do not smoke inside the house but only outside in a special place clean that place in the same way described above. Smoke further away, taking a walk around the block or in nature if you can.

Pick a Quitting Date

There may be a special date soon when you would like to honor your true self: Christmas, New Year, your birthday, an anniversary or the 1st of the month. Any day will do. You have two or three weeks to get ready. You need to bury this old self and celebrate the coming of a new self. You are birthing yourself. To make the transition easier it would be good to decrease the amount of tobacco you smoke, have a healthy diet, add dietary supplements, meditate and exercise.

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PESTO STUFFED HEIRLOOM TOMATO

 

Ingredients

Serves 1


Pesto:

1 Bunch Basil
½ Cup Pumpkin Seeds (Soaked)
¼ Cup Lemon Juice
2-3 Cloves Garlic
¼ Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Puree all ingredients in food processor, mini food processor, hand blender, or blender.


Sauce:

4-6 Sundried tomatoes (Soaked)
2 TBS Goji Berries (Soaked)
1 TBS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar

Puree all ingredients in food processor, mini food processor, hand blender, or blender.


Tomato:

Scoop out seeds of 1 heirloom tomato. Place on teflex in dehydrator for 13 hours, or until tender. Arrange sauce on serving dish, place tomato on dish.  Spoon pesto into the tomato and garnish with olives and basil leaf.

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The Art and Science of Aging Well

The Art and Science of Aging Well is a presentation on longevity that was given by Dr. Maya Nicole Baylac at the Pathways to Longevity conference in Honolulu  recently. This very interesting talk discusses the aging process, longevity factors, centenarian studies, lifestyle factors, effects of having purpose and meaning in the world and effects of emotional stress on longevity. What kills us? Probably not what you think... sedentary lifestyles and chronic sitting. View the presentation

 

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