Wellness Lifestyle Implementation Steps 6/20/10

Did You Know???: one of the benefits of Chiropractic is anti-aging? A study at the University of Lund in Sweden showed that long term (2+ years) Chiropractic maintenance care boosted antioxidant levels in the blood, whereas short term care and no care at all didn't. Why is this important? Aging has been shown scientifically to be caused by oxidative damage, i.e. Free Radicals. Chiropractic maintenance care was shown to boost blood Thiol levels. Thiols are potent antioxidants, i.e. they decrease/neutralize Free Radicals. Therefore, you age at a slower rate. Thiols also slow telomere shortening of DNA which has been shown to be another cause of aging. What a 1-2 punch! Chiropractic boosts Thiol levels which decreases Free Radical damage and increases DNA repair! Don't just sit there and grow old, get to your Chiropractor and preserve your youth and vitality!

Book Of The Week: Jumpstart Your Marketing Brain by Doug Hall

Recipe Of The Week: Altadena Baked Chicken

1 large chicken, skinned and halved
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp paprika
4 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp walnut oil
1tsp dried tarragon

Place chicken halves in 9x13 inch baking dish. Combine remaining ingredients to make marinade and brush over chicken. Bake at 375 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Turn chicken occasionally while cooking and brush with marinade. Serves 4.

Quote Of The Week: "Learn the art of patience. Apply a little discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement, and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success." -Brian Adams

Goal Of The Week: Go 3 days without eating any pasta, cereal, or bread of any kind and be conscious of how you feel and your energy levels throughout the day.

Article Of The Week:
Experts Explore Emerging Evidence Linking Diabetes And Cancer

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100616090023.htm

Doctor's Soapbox:
This is not a surprising discovery to anyone who is an expert in physiology. Diabetes and cancer share many of the same risk factors. Also, the cause of Type 2 Diabetes (hyperinsulinemia) is a perfect environment for cancer to develop in. Add to that the fact that Type 2 Diabetes is a lifestyle induced disease, and the discovery that diabetes and cancer are linked is no eureka moment at all. Why? Because the same lifestyle that causes Type 2 Diabetes (high processed, unrefined, sugar/acidic food diet, sedentary lifestyle) creates a microenvironment in your body that cancer thrives in. Cancer loves sugar, loves an acidic pH, and loves an anaerobic environment (lack of oxygen due to lack of exercise). The real surprise (not to me but to most physicians I'm sure) is the advice of the writers of this article (American Diabetes Association and American Cancer Society). Instead of recommending drug therapy, they recommend (and I quote):

"Healthy diet, physical activity, and weight management reduce the risk and improve the outcomes of Type 2 Diabetes and some forms of cancer and should be promoted for all."


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Calorie Restriction = Fountain of Youth

A hot topic right now in the news, and one that is always on the minds of adults at some level, is aging. How can we prevent aging and retain our youth? There are plenty of gimmicks out there, one is Resveratrol, another is Mona Vi, and of course there are hundreds of options in the form of lotions, potions, and surgeries to spend your life savings on that claim to make you look younger. But do things such as facelifts make you look younger or just vain and fake?

Current research has "discovered" a way to stay young without spending a penny. I say "discovered" with quotations because scientists haven't discovered this method, they re-discovered it. Or better yet, the knowledge was present and being practiced by certain communities of people all along, we just didn't know the mechanism of this method. What is this method of staying young? It is Calorie Restriction (CR).

What is Calorie Restriction? According to the journal Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Calorie Restriction is "the reduction of macronutrient intake while maintaining sufficient micronutrient intake." In layman's terms: eating less overall carbohydrates, proteins, and fats while still getting all of the vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and amino acids that you need. Broken down to even simpler terms: EAT LESS CALORIES while getting MORE NUTRIENTS from your food.

How do you do this? Simple, eat less grains and dairy, eat more fruits and vegetables. Not rocket science, right? That is why I said the scientists didn't discover this, it is age old wisdom that we all have inside us. You know the inner dialogue. You go to McDonald's, order two double cheeseburgers for $2, and right before you swallow them whole, you tell yourself, "I shouldn't eat this." Exactly, you shouldn't, it is poisonous, calorie dense food with zero nutritional value. Your subconscious knows you shouldn't eat it, and reminded you right before your first bite. But you, you are a sucker for marketing and would rather spend hard earned money on garbage than health.

The health effects of practicing Calorie Restriction are many. Research has shown that Calorie Restriction provides our body with potent antitumor activity (Kritchevsky, 2002). It also causes loss of weight/reduced fat, decreased metabolic rate and body temperature, decreased free radical damage, and decreased insulin resistance. Calorie Restriction also increases our antioxidant defenses, increases bodily repair, and increases protein turnover rates (Masoro, 2007). Yet more research has shown that Calorie Restriction prevents Alzheimer's (Alom et al., 1995), osteoporosis, muscle wasting, and weakened immune and organ function (Matsumoto et al., 2000; Morley, 2001) .

So, how do you start? It's simple, just make the decision to eat less grains and dairy while eating more fruits and vegetables and you're on your way. All of these health effects can be yours. And you don't have to do it alone. There are people all over the world who have made the lifestyle switch. To link up with them in an online community and learn more, check out the following resources:

Calorierestriction.org

San Fransisco Chronicle

BBC News

Remember, in these times of economic and "healthcare" uncertainty, the only one who can guarantee your health is you. You must be your own advocate. CREATE YOUR LIFE. Make the right CHOICES at every crossroads. Choose NATURE OVER MANMADE. Until next time, LIVE WELL.



REFERENCES

Minor, R., J. Chang, R. de Cabo. Hungry for Life: How the arcuate nucleus and neuropeptide Y may play a critical role in mediating the benefits of calorie restriction. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 2009 Feb. 5; 299 (1): 79-88.

Kritchevsky D. Caloric restriction and experimental carcinogenesis. Hybrid Hybridomics. 2002; 21: 147-151.

Masoro, E. The role of hormesis in life extension by dietary restriction. Interdisciplinary Topics In Gerontology. 2007; 35: 1-17.

Alom, J., R. Galard, R. Catalan, J. Castellanos, S. Schwartz, E. Tolosa. Cerebrospinal fluid neuropeptide Y in Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience Letters. 1995; 198: 1549-1551.

Matsumoto, A., B. Marck, D. Gruenewald, T. Wolden-Hanson, M. Naai. Aging and the neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction and body weight. Experimental Gerontology. 2000; 35: 1251-1265.

Morley, J. Anorexia, sarcopenia, and aging. Nutrition. 2001; 17: 660-663.