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Would You Invest Six-Minutes Daily For Health & Longevity?
Have you ever noticed that you and I require Immediate Gratification in order
to continue doing daily rituals and practices - for our own best interest?
How long can you stick to a diet before falling off the wagon? How about ... Views: 1349
Definition of aging keeps evolving because of the improvement in anti-aging medicine. The fear of growing old has fuelled the beauty industry to worth several billions a year. The question has long been asked: Do anti-aging creams actually work? If so, are they better than dermal fillers?
We ... Views: 1348
Do you have fine lines and wrinkles? How does it make you feel? Embarrassed perhaps? As a person ages, developing wrinkles is inevitable. If you cannot accept the fact that you are getting older and you are serious about maintaining that smooth, young looking skin, then it is time to take some ... Views: 1347
A personal training client of mine recently got on the scales and was disappointed by what she saw. She was feeling positive and thought everything was going well until she got on the scales and had not lost a single pound.
Of course she then went from feeling positive, to the complete ... Views: 1346
According to 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data, there are a rising number of older adults in the United States. By the year 2030, nearly 20% of the population will be 65 or older. Pharmaceutical companies seem to be aware of these staggering statistics, hence the proliferation of television ... Views: 1346
Other than climbing up the corporate ladder and trying to set up a family, people in their 30s and 40s are also fighting against the natural process of aging. It can get rather depressing to see your youthful appearance slowly fading away. Seeing your once firm, smooth skin gradually becoming ... Views: 1343
Last summer at the Beijing Olympics a 41-year-old swimmer, Dara Torres, stunned the world by winning three Silver Medals in a sport where 25 is considered old. Most would think that at her age, we'd seen the last of her as an elite competitive swimmer, but guess what! She's BACK!
Friday, May ... Views: 1343
Very few doctors recognize that your lungs are the key to your health and living longer. Oxygen is the cure for nearly every major disease. Maintaining and growing your lungpower is the key to your heart health, your brain function, and every other system in your body.
Breath is life. How ... Views: 1341
The way we look is a direct result of what we put into our bodies. The food we eat and the beauty products we use greatly affect our outward appearance. Unfortunately, it is a fact that like our food supply most of our beauty products are full of toxins, preservatives, and even poisons. These ... Views: 1340
“The best investment anyone can ever make is an investment in oneself!” - Patrick Driessen
Did you know that each hour in each civilised country, at least five to fifty men die from conditions that are potentially preventable (that's 120 to 1200 lost men per country per day)? Or that men live ... Views: 1339
It always amazes me how great things can arise from difficult experiences. Like the Phoenix, light always shine more powerful than the dark.
Such was the case a few weeks ago. My wife and I were struggling with some personal issues. It seems like every piece of news that we heard was ... Views: 1337
Beautify your skin from the inside and the outside. Anti aging is best fought on two fronts, the outside through our skin and the inside on a cellular level. Aging occurs due to free radicals which damage our cells and cause fine lines, wrinkles, sagging, dark spots, and broken veins. Free ... Views: 1336
It is the perfect way to eat. Not a perfect way, THE perfect way. It works 100% of the time, for 100% of the people. No exceptions, unless of course you don’t do it.
It cannot be turned into a book. Too short. Only 2 sentences.
Many people will cast dispursions on it, doubt it or worse, ... Views: 1336
I have no intention of getting “old”. How about you? Of course, I will get chronologically older, hopefully much older but my intention is to retain the maximum physical and psychological well-being possible so that I can continue to live a productive, creative and healthy life.
Ageing well ... Views: 1336
When you are looking for dark circle under eye creams to help you reduce and remove dark circles and eye bags, you may be wondering how to find out which one is the best and most effective.
If you have some a bit of research, you know there are several different eye creams ... Views: 1335
Divorcees these days are having a field day - gleefully thinking that going under the knife will exact some type of revenge on their wandering, cheating husbands who have dumped them for a younger model.
Perhaps it’s true that the left behind wives will feel vindicated when their settlements ... Views: 1332
Giving Up the keys - Who Should Do the Talking?
(Part 2 of a 5 part series discussing the delicate issue of asking an elderly parent to retire from their driving career)
In our previous article “Talking Sex and Talking Driving” we discussed six possible reasons why emotions and ... Views: 1331
The term preexisting conditions is now sealed into the American experience by Michael Moore's exposure of insurance companies in the movie Sicko. My gut reaction to the insurance method of profit making at the expense of clients was - how can we fight back? But then, I remembered Author and ... Views: 1331
The aging process is a given it is going to happen! However, you do have some control of how soon you will let it happen. There are so many ways to maintain a more youthful you. If you just give in to the signs of aging without a battle the chances are you are going to look and feel older than ... Views: 1331
So you know to limit your sun exposure. You protect your skin from the toxins and irritants that come with smoking and harsh personal care products. You even feed your good skin with a healthful diet. Is there anything else a person can do to keep the glowing, supple skin of ... Views: 1331
Research reveals that 90% of hip fractures are a result of falls, and most of those falls were preventable. Of the elderly fallers who require hospitalization, only 50% will survive past one year post-fall.
Our system of balance (vestibular system) is in our inner ear. It is actually part of ... Views: 1329
I have often been asked by clients as to whether it is necessary for improvement with their health to become a vegetarian.
Any positive changes that you implement to improving your diet such as eliminating processed, takeaway and other fast food choices will bring about positive changes to your ... Views: 1328
For me, it all started a year ago in May. May 16, 2003 to be exact.The thread mill was rolling, and I was feeling fine. Then my Doctorasked,"how do you feel Mr. Williams"? I'm fine Doc, I answered.
Little did I know that this would be a life changing exprience for meand my family.
Fifteen ... Views: 1327
I live in the land of angels, but in Los Angeles these guardians are nipped and tucked with crooked smiles and lopsided eyes frozen on a static expression.
At 52 I am really pissed off that aging -- a thing that happens as soon as we take our first breath -- is such a big deal! Why does a ... Views: 1327
The male hormone testosterone naturally declines over time, about 10 percent for each decade of life. A related hormone called HGH (human growth hormone) is produced by the pituitary gland. When levels of this hormone are lower than normal, men may experience a wide range of physical issues, ... Views: 1327
In order for you to attain younger looking skin you use products that contain the right ingredients. What you will often find when trying to choose cosmetics for younger looking skin is that the formulas available to you do not have in them the natural ingredients that you need. The truth is ... Views: 1325
Exploring how do digestive enzymes work should be a primary issue of anyone who is concerned about his or her general well-being. Even though you are naturally blessed with a healthy digestive system, knowing the role of digestion enzymes will enable you to maintain it or prevent its ... Views: 1324
ARTHRITIS… It’s one in every of the fasted growing diseases during this country. It currently affects over forty six million folks, and for those who are suffering day in and outing, it will destroy your quality of life. Until now, standard, standard treatments consisted of varied pills and ... Views: 1322
“For of All Sad Words of Tongue and Pen, the Saddest are These, It Might Have Been…..” John Greenleaf Whittier
Regret is one of the heaviest emotions you can carry around, and can be released in countless ways: through forgiveness, through spiritual practices, or, in many cases, some healthy ... Views: 1321
How to Accelerate Performance of All Kinds – Fast
• 1. Get this: According to the latest (11.09.12) neuroscientific research in Japan by Professor N. Sadato: “To the brain, receiving a compliment is as much a social reward as being rewarded with Money”.
• 2. If you want better learning and ... Views: 1320
I just saw “you don’t know Jack” which is the televised biography of Dr Jack Kervorkian., sometimes called Dr. Death. It is a difficult movie to watch but the subject matter, the right to die, is very important. Why is it that a family can be allowed to decide to “pull the plug” on a comatose ... Views: 1320
If you are suffering from moles, you don't have to allow someone to cut into your body unnecessarily. In fact, you can take matters into your own hands and get rid of ghastly moles all by yourself.
To begin, you will need to purchase your mole removal product. One of the best mole removers ... Views: 1319
Back in the seventies, we watched "The Six Million Dollar Man", a popular television show about a trained agent who was critically injured and given the gift of technology--bionic legs and super vision.
Lee Majors portrayed a man capable of leaping tall buildings and scanning the landscape at ... Views: 1319
Some foods are known to raise cholesterol. Some are known to lower cholesterol. If you replace the bad foods with good foods you double your benefit. Most of us know unhealthy food when we see it. But it's not so obvious which foods are really good, especially when it comes to reducing ... Views: 1318
How do you get insomnia? Okay, so staying up late at night can mean one thing. But what if you are trying to get a good night’s sleep but can’t?
Well, there are actually many different kinds of insomnia that all deprives you of sleep. Today in this article, I am going to explain to you what ... Views: 1317
Everybody will face some difficulties when they are looking for the best eye cream for wrinkles. This is due to the extensive list of creams available on the market. Each is different in some properties and specifications, as well as in the type of ailment they are designed to treat, ... Views: 1314
When we think of anti aging, we often think of wrinkle creams and eye gels. But believe it or not wrinkles, dark circles, puffiness and sun spots are not the only effects that aging has on your skin. The process of aging does a number of things to our skin that do not necessarily fall into any ... Views: 1312
You're getting older, and there's nothing you can do about it, and you hate it. Apart from anything else you're starting to get wrinkles.
Of course everyone gets wrinkles as they get older don't they? Well not necessarily.
Of course there's things you can do about it. Eating a healthy diet ... Views: 1311
“What’s Jana’s Secret for Acing School & Career?”
• 1. “I want to explain the steps to juicing up your brain.”
• 2. “It’s easier to perform, than to analyze. Do you have an ‘algorithm,’ like 1-2-3?”
• 3. “Here’s what you DO. The “how” of it.
• First step, take your left index finger & ... Views: 1310
A competitive lucrative market in wellness has produced a confusing amount of information about what nutritional supplements to take. Everyone seems to be an "expert" in nutrition these days.
It is easy to become over whelmed with so much information, but don't give up. Supplements are ... Views: 1310
Field hockey was for many years my sport. I played at the top level, trained hard and enjoyed the battle of mind and body. As I got older I started to feel the pressures, the harsh training and the fitness demands. I didn’t want to quit though, so I moved to playing in the Veteran Grades.
I ... Views: 1310
For 20 seconds, run like you have a pack of pit bulls behind you while a big steak is in your back pocket.
For the next 10 second, lightly jog and recover.
Repeat 8 times.
Welcome to the world of Tabatas.
Tabatas are a high intensity training named after its founder, a Japanese ... Views: 1310
Who would not like to take the easy steps for positive aging? Positive aging begins when your subconscious level sparks into your awareness and says, this can happen and you instantly believe it. Then you start taking spontaneous right action to guarantee your success.
Your skepticism at this ... Views: 1309
Do you appreciate the fact that there are currently 10 trillion working for you -- doing their level best 24/7 to keep you alive and well? Have you taken the time recently to thank them or do you, like most, take them for granted?
We are talking, of course, about the estimated 10 trillion ... Views: 1307
Living purposefully adds years – as well as higher quality – to your life. But how do we go about living purposefully?
First, let’s look at a couple of recent studies and what they say about purpose and longer life. In one study done in the UK, researchers found that people who believe their ... Views: 1307
Summary: A recent report suggested all patients at risk for heart attack should have their BP lowered by drugs. It's true that people with lower blood pressure live longer, but this does not mean people should take drugs to lower it. They would do better to eat a low fat, low salt diet and get ... Views: 1306
In September of 2009 Montana's Walter Bruening became the verified World's Oldest Man. Through his recent interviews, the speech he gave at his 113th birthday bash, and articles written about Walter, we can now piece together the "secrets" to his longevity and amazingly good health.
While ... Views: 1306
The needs of our elderly are growing continually. A lot of them wish to stay in their houses as long as practical. This is made possible through the work rendered them by people who've received home health aide training. These carers work in the home to provide comfort to those who are unwell or ... Views: 1305
Why does our skin age? Does cosmetic anti aging benefit our skin? There are alternatives to anti aging, and most are with in our control.
As our skin ages, we look in the mirror and notice wrinkles, sagging skin and age spots. Our skin appears to age the older we are. Our bodies start ... Views: 1305
Have you spent nights tossing and turning without being able to rest? Some people spend every night that way. I’m amazed at how many people tell me that they sleep only one to four hours a night.
Sleep is necessary for a healthy immune system, normal hormonal function, and recovery of your ... Views: 1305