The first thing to get straight regarding the Isabel de los rios Diet Solution Program is that as the title suggests it’s not actually a diet! It’s not about losing weight quickly through reducing carbs, calories or fat but more about lifestyle change. It’s about putting an end to yo-yo dieting and finding a path to health. In fact, the introduction to the Diet Solution program manual makes it quite clear that health is the priority and the program should in no way be considered a temporary diet fix!

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That said, if you are looking for a quick way to lose weight and revert back to your old eating habits (good or bad) then the Diet Solution Program is probably not for you. It took Isabel De Los Rios a good 3 years to adopt all the principles presented in the manuals and from the outset she recommends you take it at your own pace. The goal is to attain good health with the side effect of losing weight and not to lose weight while negatively impacting your health. The difference with this program (I’m not using the word diet here) and most other diets is that the principles you adopt are designed to stay with you for life, hence the name “diet solution”. The principles you adopt are entirely up to you and you introduce them at your own pace. It’s not about giving up the things you like but being able to recognise where they fit in your meal plan without impacting your health or weight.

To get a clearer picture of where our modern diet is taking us and why most of us need to make changes in our eating habits I suggest you read Anti Aging Secrets Advice from Nature. Overweight or not I hope this article highlights why health should be considered a priority – everything else will naturally fall into place.

Getting the Right Mindset

Before we can adopt anything new we need to have the right mindset, and in Chapter 1 the Diet Solution Program suggests using positive affirmations to accomplish this. For myself I think this chapter is a little short on material. When making big lifestyle changes it all starts in the mind. To quote “You are what you think about and not what you think you are”! If you are constantly dwelling on the negative aspects of body image etc you will keep getting the same results. You literally have to change your mind to change your circumstances and positive affirmations are just one way of doing this. Without developing new habits over extended periods of time it is difficult to keep old habits at bay. You have to be comfortable with the changes you make, so clearly having the right mindset is a key step in making any progress.

The Key Steps to a Healthy Eating Plan

One of the main pitfalls of many diets is that they don’t consider a person’s metabolism type. In the words of the author “the same-diet-for-everyone approach is simply not effective”. People not only have different rates of metabolism they can also be intolerant to certain types of food. Think of the African Americans’ sensitivity to salt or the comparison of lactose intolerance between Northern Europeans and the people of South East Asia. We all know someone who can eat fast/processed foods all day and not put on an ounce of weight. At the same time there are those of us who gain weight without too much effort! In order to maintain a healthy lifestyle, knowing the types of food you can and can’t eat is extremely important.

One of key differences between the Diet Solution program and other diets is the initial step of learning your own metabolism type. From this you can create your personal meal plan and choose the best foods to accomplish your goals. These steps are outlined in chapter 2 and the section about choosing the best foods is well worth the read. My only criticism (see anti aging secrets advice from nature) would be to advise against too much animal protein in our diet. Yes, you can classify it as natural, in other words unprocessed, but is animal protein really healthy for humans?

Finding Your Metabolism Type

In chapter 3 of the diet solution manual the different metabolism types are described. In a separate manual (one of the downloadable products) you are asked a series of questions to determine your own metabolism type. Once you have determined your type you can use the information in chapter 3 to determine which foods you should be eating and therefore create an appropriate meal plan. The main point of the exercise is for you to find the right balance of proteins, carbohydrates and fats for losing weight and achieving optimal health.

Calories and Common Misconceptions

In chapter 4 the author does a good job of clearing up some common misconceptions about calories. How, for instance, by eating the wrong combination of carbohydrates, proteins and fat you can end up losing more weight in the form of lean body mass rather than fat – this just highlights the importance of understanding your metabolism type.

There is one statement to the effect that having too few calories may cause serious health problems. In extreme cases I’m sure this is true but elsewhere there is strong evidence that a calorie restriction diet increases longevity. I think its important to understand that it’s more to do with where the calories a coming from. A low calorie diet rich in complex carbohydrates (vegetables, fruits etc) is going to have an entirely different impact on your health than a low calorie diet based on the simple carbohydrates indicative of junk food etc!

Although this diet is not about calories, they are used to determine the correct number of servings of each food type for each meal. There follows a simple weight loss formula to calculate your daily calorie intake. The book does say that you won’t need to think about calories again but I think this might be a mistake. A key term in the formula is your current weight. As you lose weight your daily calorie allowance will fall and correspondingly your serving allowance. If you  carry a lot of weight you naturally burn more calories so it follows that you would expect to consume less calories as your weight falls.

Planning Daily Meals

Chapter 5 of the manual begins with meal planning. Once you have established your metabolism type and worked out your daily calorie requirements you can use the success journal (an additional download) to not only create your meal plans but monitor your progress. I know from experience with goal setting etc that you are far more likely to be successful by recording activities and monitoring results in a daily journal. By recording how you feel during the day, you can fine tune your meal plan until you’re always feeling satiated and energised.

The information provided to create your meal plans is well documented in both the allowable servings chart and the food choices chart. You are taken through each step to create your meal plan which is initially recorded in the success journal.  There are a number of example meal plans (based on metabolism type) to help you on the way.

Having created your meal plan you have finished with section one of the diet solution manual.

Section 2 of the manual is a comprehensive guide to choosing the best foods for your diet plan and contains some useful guides and charts. It contains a lot of information that you could probably find on the Web but even so is a well  structured complement to the rest of the manual.

Summing Up

Overall the Diet Solution Program provides good value for money but will take a little effort to implement. Although the Diet Solution Program manual is at the heart of the product, a number of complimentary books are available for download, not least among them a complete set of meal plans, a shopping guide and a book of recipes. I personally opted for some additional downloads and I’m quite impressed with both the recipe book of soups and the recipe book of salads.

It goes without saying that whatever type of diet you choose there will always be some conflicting information about what you should and shouldn’t eat! The good thing about this program is that it’s flexible enough to accomodate your own preferences and beliefs. The fact that you fine tune your meal plans to leave you feeling great and full of energy is not a bad start if you intend the Diet Solution Program to be a lifetime experience.

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The average lifespan of a Human is almost certainly well under what it should be! Our organism is daily consumed by the poisons we create through emotional stress and a life out of balance.

Those who rise above the mind and its endless stream of thoughts have found the real secret of a long life. For thoughts generate feelings and feelings in direct conflict to love, beauty or peace do untold damage. Not just direct damage to our organism but to the world we experience.

The fact is, we spend far too much energy dwelling on thoughts of past or future events and all the emotional turmoil they bring!

Thoughts about Past and Future

What would we become and how would we look if we could rise above the mind and the games it plays?

Perhaps one such man who achieved this enlightened state was the Comte de Saint Germain. Voltaire said of him “A man who knows everything and who never dies”. For indeed, records suggest that for nearly 100 years he kept the appearance of a man between forty and fifty.

Origin unknown the Comte St Germain disappeared without trace. It was if the deception of his extraordinary power over the aging process became too much to bear in a world that was not ready for the secret he possessed!

Many believe he knew the secret of the philosophers stone, that which turns base metals into gold and bestows the user with the gift of immortality. I sometimes wonder if the reality was much simpler!

Could it be that the Comte St Germain was an extremely conscious individual. Like many before him and many after, his power of longevity was simply related to the degree of consciousness he leveraged in his life?

The answer we shall one day know but even without positive proof it is difficult to argue against the power of consciousness.

So, how do we access this manna from heaven, this greatest of gifts? Let’s look at some methods for bringing consciousness into your life.

Meditation

It’s difficult to put into words how one feels during deep meditation as the experience is beyond anything words can describe. But, what can be said is that meditation is a practice that develops the ability to perceive and know consciousness, a blissful inner peace that the majority of people rarely experience.

Unfortunately in the west, thinking we know better, the idea of meditation is often considered ‘off the wall’ – not to be taken seriously and a waste of time. But today, even science would disagree with this notion!

It has been positively proved that for meditators, heart disease is 80% lower and cancer is 50% lower. Meditators visit the doctor less frequently and there is also evidence that meditation slows down the ageing process. In his book, ‘The Relaxation Response’, Dr. Herbert Benson’s research showed that some of the direct effects of meditation included slower heartbeat and breathing, reduced oxygen consumption and increased skin resistance.

Meditation is the perfect antidote to stress!

When practiced regularly, meditators find a certain ‘flow’ in their everyday activities. Everything is achieved with much less effort and increasing awareness. Synchronicity is the order of the day.

These are moments of awakening – a realisation of how life is meant to be lived. Meditation really is one of the great secrets of longevity!

Living in the Moment

Have you ever noticed the countless thoughts that cross your mind?

If you have, then for a brief moment you became aware. In a fleeting moment you experienced that which is beyond thought, the “I” that transcends identity, the true source of pure consciousness.

On the whole we are wrapped up in our thoughts and identify with them in the mistaken belief that thoughts are what we are! This gives rise to separation in the sense our thoughts differ from everyone else’s. The true self though, is the observer of these thoughts. It is something clearly beyond the limitations of space and time.

The idea of separation, past and future are generated by thought in order for us to make sense of everything. Thought therefore gives rise to psychological time and determines how we age.

Simply put, the more our thoughts dwell in the past or the future, the quicker we age! When we live in the moment the less credence we give to time, the less we age.

Start to live in the moment by becoming aware of the thoughts you are having. Notice how most of these thoughts are thoughts about the past or the future. Observe, how they generally stop when you become aware. Now, take this opportunity to give attention to the moment.

Learn more about living in the present to stay young and live a long life!

Body Awareness

Consciousness pervades every cell of the body. You need only become aware of it to tap its enormous power.

It’s unfortunate that many believe you have to work at being a conscious individual. But, the reality is, the only thing that blocks you accessing this infinite power source is your own ego. Thoughts about yourself and your judgement of others is the ego’s way of preventing awareness.

If we would just allow our minds to settle, the way would be open to allow consciousness in.

If we can harness the full potential of consciousness through awareness then why do we find it so difficult?

It’s because our ego is in control. It wants to perpetuate the belief of separation, of past and future! It won’t let go without a fight. But the irony is we don’t have to fight it!

All we have to do is to become aware of its activity and then direct attention to the present.

One good way of doing this is to become aware of your body. Feeling the aliveness of your being brings you into the present and the source of all our power.

You can use this power to hold back the signs of aging. Not by ‘doing’ anything. Rather, just being aware!

Consciousness is the Key

Consciousness may indeed be key to the secret of a long life! It just might hold the secret of immortality. Just because there is no direct proof of this doesn’t mean to say that it isn’t so!

If you’ve ever spent any serious time investigating the mysterious world of anti aging you no doubt would have come across the theory that aging is itself just a disease. Admittedly, a very complicated and multi faceted disease but a disease never the less!

The theory goes that an overall improvement in health throughout the centuries has increased life expectancy from a very short lifespan of about 20 to 30  years (just long enough to allow for procreation) to roughly, at least in the Western hemisphere, approximately 70 years. Because, in terms of human development, most of the progress with regard to life expectancy has occurred over the last hundred years the argument goes that aging couldn’t have evolved genetically else how is it possible we can expect to live much longer today!

The fact is, vaccines, antibiotics, clean water and other major developments mean we can all live longer and much healthier lives than our ancestors. Imagine the possibilities of curing the cancers, diabetes and heart diseases of this world! Will we not see another leap in the average life expectancy?

Well the answer is probably yes but that doesn’t mean we won’t be challenged by a whole new breed of diseases. The point is, that if our longevity is a direct consequence of our ability (or not) to fight disease then shouldn’t we be doing all we can to prevent it?

One sure method is to boost your immune system, the supreme killer of infectious diseases and tumour cells. By building up the immune system we keep disease at bay and as a direct consequence increase our chances of living longer.

Boost your immune system

But what exactly is the immune system? Simply put, the immune system is a defense mechanism built from a complex set of organs, white blood cells and specialized molecules to hunt down and destroy viruses, bacteria, microbes and parasites that if left unchecked would do untold damage to the body. Capable of making more than 100 billion types of antibodies, you only have to consider what happens when an organism dies to appreciate the power of the immune system!

The immune system is obviously something we need to consistently build up if we don’t want to suffer the ravages of time!

How to Strengthen the Immune System

When considering how to strengthen the immune system, what better place to start than our diet? It is a known fact that in parts of the world where healthy, nutritious foods are in short supply, people frequently suffer poor immune systems. The lack of even one vital nutrient can cause problems with the immune system and many studies have shown this to be true. In one such study, researchers at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, showed that a lack of vitamin B6 caused the disease fighting white blood cell count to plummet. When the people involved in the study were allowed to eat foods rich in B6 their white blood cell count was soon restored.

In another study in Newfoundland, Canada, scientists found that people who consumed the most of a variety of nutrients including beta-carotene, Vitamin E and C produced greater numbers of immune cells. The increased levels of anti-oxidants found in these types of diet provide an an added advantage because all cells including those belonging to the immune system are protected from free radical attack.

Researchers from the University of Arizona in Tucson found that beta-carotene (good sources are carrots, sweet potatoes and spinach) is highly important for producing virus killing lymphocytes and helps significantly boost immunity.

Both vitamin C and vitamin E help boost the immune system in their own unique way. Vitamin C (good sources are citrus fruits, cantaloupe, brussel sprouts, broccoli and radishes) is used to produce interferon, a protein that helps destroy viruses and may help to increase levels of a compound shown to keep the immune system strong called glutathione (more on this later). The body uses Vitamin E (good sources are vegetable cooking oils, wheat germ and sunflower seeds) to produce an immune protein called interleukin-2. Interleukin-2 has been shown to fight everything from bacteria and viruses to cancer cells.

It should be clear that eating the right foods is important to maintaining a strong immune system. But, equally important is making sure we eat less of the wrong foods. A high fat diet, typical of a diet based on processed food contributes to aging the immune system. This may be because the production of cell damaging free radicals increases. There is scientific evidence to show that reduction of fat intake results in an increase of immune cell activity. In fact, for every percentage decrease in fat consumption there is a similar increase in immune cell activity.

How else can we help the immune System?

Even though the food you eat should probably be your main consideration when discussing how to boost your immune system, there are other factors we should be aware of. The immune system can actually be split into two parts, the non specific and the specific.

The Non Specific Immune System

The non specific part of the immune system attacks just about everything it comes into contact with. For example, your skin is a barrier against all sorts of bacteria. It secretes sweat and oil to prevents the growth of harmful bacteria. This gives us yet another reason why exercise is so good for us. Sweat and oil are acidic, so what better way to raise acidity levels than a vigorous workout!

Our modern inclination for processed foods is one reason we have forgotten how to chew. Saliva not only helps digestion but it also contains an important enzyme that destroys bacteria. Failing to chew properly makes more work for the stomach, another key component of the non specific immune system.

One vital component of the non specific immune system is our nose. It’s unfortunate but many people have forgotten how to breath and air is often taken in via the mouth. This spells trouble in a couple of ways. The nose ensures warm humidified air enters the lungs. It is the main organ for filtering out particles during inhalation and it provides a first line of defense for the immune system by bringing the inhaled air into contact with mucous-coated membranes containing immunoglobulin A (IgA). But, there is another important reason behind why we should be breathing through the nose. A key to anti aging is lies in the nasal pharynx. It is a rich source of nitric oxide and the flow of air through the nose allows it to pass into the body causing dilation of the arteries allowing blood to flow more freely. Good circulation is essential for young looking skin and a lack of nitric oxide causes premature aging.

The Specific Immune System

The specific part of the immune system is extremely selective in nature. Depending on the type of invader, it triggers specific antibodies designed to kill only that invader. Once it has defeated a germ it remembers how to kill it, should it experience it again.

A diet rich in plant foods with plenty of nutrients is the best way to make sure this part of the immune system does its work effectively. However, more recent discoveries regarding the immune system have shown how supplementation can help.

For example, getting enough Vitamin E in our diets to meet the recommended daily value is extremely difficult from foods alone. One reason some Doctors recommend taking Vitamin E supplements!

Clinical studies and complementary laboratory experiments have also shown that aging is associated with a progressive decrease in plasma cysteine and intracellular glutathione concentrations. This decrease leads to age-related oxidative stress.

Glutathione, is an important immune system compound and research over the past quarter century has shown that the limiting factor for our body’s ability to make glutathione, is the availability of cysteine in our diet. Although, you can eat cysteine in pill and powder form it does little to raise glutathione levels. This is because the cysteine is oxidised in the digestive system and never makes it to the cells that need it. The development of IMMUNOCAL by Dr. Gustavo Bounous has ensured that cysteine can be delivered to our cells to produce the glutathione we need. Healthy sources of cysteine are red peppers, garlic, onions, broccoli, brussel sprouts, oats, granola and wheat germ. Find out more about the full range of Immunotec products here.

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My initial reaction to any new health product that hits the market is one of caution. My reaction to the  AliveMax anti aging product  was no different!

After all, how many different ways can minerals and vitamins be packaged and sold as the latest and greatest breakthrough in the health industry?

And, although I agree there might be some value in these products when you consider that the nutritional value of most the food we eat is pretty poor. I seriously doubt they’re of any more benefit than what nature can provide!

The fact is most supplements are probably over processed and any goodness they may contain, the body would find difficult to extract any nutritional value. We don’t question how bad refined sugar is for our body but taken in the way nature intended (as a whole fruit or vegetable) it’s delivered in just the right form.

Plants like humans are balanced systems. The stuff of nature we are able to eat is combined in the perfect format for human consumption. The more we process something and take away its inherent aliveness, I suspect the less nutritional value it has.

But let’s face it much of the fresh food (including fruits and vegetables) we buy has poor nutritional value. one reason I advocate drinking fresh fruit and vegetable juice – you are able to consume the nutrients of many plant foods in just one power drink. It’s not so easy to consume so many of them in their raw form. And believe me it takes a lot to get the nutrients we really need!

In a way, this is what piqued my interest in the AliveMax anti aging serum.

Not just one anti aging nutrient was in the spot light but twelve, no less (See  anti aging ingredients for a full list of benefits)! And, even though It’s easy to consume the RDAs of vitamins and minerals when drinking fruit and vegetable juice, I’m always interested in adding a little extra to assist in the fight against aging. This is especially true when some of the ingredients like Resveratrol and Acai Berry have such positive press.

But this is not the main reason I decided to make an investment in this product!

Ever since I became interested in nutrition I have learnt that more energy and goodness is extracted from food when it is chewed for longer. One reason for this is that vitamins and nutrients are more readily absorbed into the bloodstream via the mouth than when they are ingested through the stomach. One important reason for chewing your food longer is that the enzymes in saliva begin the digestive process and help break the food down for further digestion. So, even when drinking fruit and vegetable juice it’s recommended to swill it around a bit first.

Now this is where the AliveMax product has a competitive advantage. The nutrients are delivered as a spray for maximum absorption! Because the spray is nutrient dense and delivered orally the method is far more effective than taking a pill. According to the manufacturer up to 98% of the nutrients are absorbed beating even intra muscular injection as a delivery method.

Although you can’t avoid the fact the product is manufactured and is therefore to a certain extent processed, it is mostly the juice concentrate of plants and fruits found in a variety of places throughout the world – some of which are hard to find in your local supermarket.

As of this writing I have been taking the anti aging serum for 3 months now and I can highly recommend the company behind the product. The spray is far easier to use and more practical than taking pills and obviously a better and highly effective way of delivering the powerful anti aging nutrients. 

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The Anti Aging Product that’s a little different

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If you’ve ever read ‘The Lord of the Rings’ you’ll no doubt remember the intriguing character Tom Bombadil, a fearless character, completely contented with life and older than the hills. This unusual character seemed almost out of place in the book (probably the reason he was left out of the film)  and with his obvious power over the ‘One Ring’ and his unconcerned outlook on events beyond his borders, he was a bit of an enigma. He seemed to possess the secret to achieving immortality and although purely fictional, Tom Bombadil is a character who can teach us something about anti aging.

For a start he was completely happy and happier people live longer. Aristotle wrote "happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence." This does not mean the type of happiness people use as a facade to show the external world. It refers to the true happiness that comes from inner peace and acceptance of the moment.

So how is it our main objectives in life appear to be related to wealth and material possessions? The vast majority seek happiness in things outside of themselves but this only leads to more unhappiness. It seems our thoughts on happiness are in opposition to where true happiness can be found.

True happiness can only found in the here and now and can never really be found by reaching a goal based on material wealth. Although goals can bring to a person favourable conditions they do not in themselves bring happiness. Neither does attachment to things. Do we really want to base our happiness on reaching a given state that might only last a moment? 

There are also those that dwell in the past. Replaying past events and justifying their current condition denies them present moment happiness. Regrets take us away from the moment and lead us to unhappiness and the notion that we have been wronged leads to bitterness and hatred. In fact spending time dwelling on the past or future often leads us down a path of negative emotions. Worry, anxiety, depression, hatred and stress etc all contribute to the aging process because their effects play out in the physical world (our body).

So how do we change our thoughts on happiness and become happier?

Learn to accept the moment and do what you have to do. Be at peace with a situation and understand the problem is not the situation but only your reaction to it. Leave the past behind and once you have made your plans let the future take care of itself. Try to live by thinking ‘What is’ and not ‘what if’. Forgive yourself and those that have wronged you. Letting go of the past is one step towards lifelong happiness.

Be grateful for what you have and you open the door for more to come into your life. Have a purposeful life and set goals but enjoy each moment on the journey by becoming more aware. Share the fruits of your labours because identity (I have, you have not) like thoughts of the past and future can effectively block happiness. In fact, true happiness(bliss), peace and love transcend time – they are our gateway to the fountain of youth.

There is an idea that time is simply there to stop everything happening at once while space gives us the illusion of identity. When we are both ‘now’ and ‘here’ we transcend time and space to be ‘nowhere’. Perhaps this is the ultimate secret of achieving immortality and true happiness – no doubt Tom Bombadil would agree!

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According to the  "China Study"  (one of the best books on nutrition I have ever read) a diet high in animal protein increases our chances of getting Cancer and subsequently developing into full blown cancer! A high level of protein increases certain enzyme activity allowing highly toxic carcinogens  to metabolize and attack cell DNA.

If the mutated cell multiplies before the cell has had chance to repair itself the daughter cells inherit the mutation and cancer is initiated. But it doesn’t end there! If high levels of animal protein are continually consumed the cancer can grow unchecked.

It turns out that by simply lowering intake of animal protein to below the levels we consider necessary for normal growth, we significantly lower the chances of the  cancer growing any further!

Interestingly, the same observations were not made when protein was derived from plants even if the levels were considered high!

The protein used during the testing carried out in the "China Study" was casein, a protein largely derived from cows milk. Just think for a moment how many products, processed or not, are made with cows milk?

There is some important anti-aging secrets advice we can learn from nature when it comes to our consumption of cows milk. We are the only mammals that drink milk beyond the weaning age and no other mammal drinks the milk of another mammal! Cows milk was designed for calves and they have four stomachs – we have one. Nature shows us it’s wrong yet because of general misconception, marketing hype and strong beliefs regarding calcium etc, we still consume it. Milk and dairy products might in fact be the worse way to get the calcium we need. Since the second world war our consumption of dairy products has risen considerably but then again so has the high rate of Oesteoporosis (brittle bones). Why would this be? In China where very few dairy products are consumed they have amongst the lowest rates of Oesteoporosis in the world.

Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, especially the dark green vegetables like spinach, kale and broccoli to get all the calcium you need. Also, according to a study at the University of Bern in Switzerland, eating only one gram of onion a day is enough to strengthen your entire skeleton.

Milk is not the only white product we shouldn’t really consume. Refined sugar, flour and salt all contribute to poor health. How often does nature provide something that has been exposed to the sun and is white on the outside? This should be a warning to us. Not only are these refined products unnatural, their introduction into our general diet through processed foods has desensitized our taste and smell to the point a lot of people think fruit and vegetables boring. When refined sugar was introduced into the American diet on a large scale, by way of a boost to energy levels during the working day, it was just the first nail in the coffin. Ever since, more and more nutritionally empty foods have become part of the average diet and we’re suffering because of it. Emotional binge eating is an entirely human phenomena and the white stuff is mainly responsible.  If only people were aware that a few weeks of eating plant food would completely reverse their idea of health and emotional well-being from the inside out!

Fruits and vegetables contain, to a large extent, the vitamins, minerals and fiber for our dietary needs. The colors in fruits and vegetables are derived from the chemicals known as antioxidants – the natural enemies of free radicals. This is significant because animals do not produce their own antioxidants, however, we do sometimes generate free radicals. The bright colors of fruits and vegetables were designed to attract us to them and when consumed we get to use the antioxidants as defense against the free radicals. Nature is truly wise!

Fruits and vegetables are also high in water – the type of water ideally suited for your body. This particular form of water helps vital live nutrients reach our cells but also helps flush waste from the system. If you are concerned about what you might be drinking from the tap, then there can’t be any water more natural than that found in freshly juiced fruits and vegetables.

Juicing is in fact a great way to turbo boost your health. It is a quick way of getting all the nutrients and high quality water into your body. Drinking mineral water and supplementing your diet with vitamins is nothing compared to the fresh juice you can readily extract from fruits and vegetables. The truth is you can’t ignore the anti-aging secrets advice given to you by nature!

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When an experienced pearl diver goes underwater his/her heart rate automatically slows down. Similar to the mammalian diving reflex of beavers, seals and whales etc, it allows the diver to stay submerged for up to 6 minutes. Although, only a few humans have this ability it would not be possible without conscious control of the breath, a characteristic shared with all other diving mammals. Interestingly, we have also developed the ability to prevent water rushing through our nose into the mouth cavity coupled with downward facing nostrils that may have evolved to help us dive!

These facts and many others give rise to the aquatic ape theory that suggests we humans evolved in and around regions of water.

Important to the question of longevity is the fact we get to choose how we breathe and yet at the same time we seem to have lost the ability to breathe correctly. This could be largely due to the fact we have moved away from our natural way of living to a more sedentary lifestyle. The lung capacity of a top swimmer, as of many top athletes can be up to twice that of the average person meaning fewer breaths for the required exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. In a resting state both the heart and lungs expend less energy effectively leading to a greater chance of longer life. There is strong evidence to suggest that everyone once had the ability of a modern day pearl diver, simply because our very survival depended on it. Perhaps there’s more to the mermaid myth than we might admit!

Pranayama, the yoga of breathing, talks of the length of breath. In the Gheranda Samitha, a yoga manuscript, the Rishi Gherand says

‘The body measures 96 fingers (about 1 metre 80 cm). When exhaling, the stream of air roundly measures 12 fingers (20 cm from nose to hand). When singing, its length increases to 16 fingers; when walking, to 24 fingers; when sleeping, to 30 fingers; during sexual intercourse, to 36 fingers. During strenuous exercises, to even more. By gradually shortening the natural length of exhalation, we increase our vitality, whereas lengthening the exhalation reduces vitality.’

Slowing down the stream of air during exhalation shortens the length of breath leading to increased vitality. Although not quite the same, this is akin to developing the efficient lungs of a top athlete. However, it is achieved through conscious effort and not unconsciously through long periods of strenous exercise. Indeed, the art of breathing and its unique connection between the conscious and subconscious has given some people conscious control over other subconscious functions including heart rate, for example!

Breathing for most of us, is just something we take for granted. The reality is however, it is one of the most important anti aging health secrets we can learn. Most people breath incorrectly and for this reason we never quite take in the oxygen we need. Making matters worse, those that live in large cities also have to deal with pollution.

You might remember from your school days that the atmosphere contains about 20% Oxygen. Although many people argue that oxygen in some cities can drop as low as 10% and that deforestation etc is depleting our levels of oxygen to dangerously low levels it is simply not true. The level of oxygen in the atmosphere has not changed significantly over hundreds of years. What is more worrying is the impact pollution has on our ‘internal’ levels of oxygen!

The World Health  Organisation (WHO) has reported that air pollution is probably responsible for roughly 2 million premature deaths per year. It is known that sulphur dioxide causes broncho-constriction, nitrogen dioxide damages the lining of the airways and ozone decreases the efficiency of the lungs leading to a decline in maximum oxygen uptake. Further, carbon monoxide decreases the oxygen carrying capacity of blood. Exposed to these pollutants with already poor breathing patterns it may well be we are not taking up enough oxygen.

The air that we breathe may not be the only way we miss vital oxygen supplies.

Drinking chlorinated water means a reduction in oxygen intake as does eating processed foods. It has been shown that unsaturated fatty acids are essential for the cellular utilization of oxygen. However, their shorter shelf-life has given the food industy reason to reject them in favour of synthetic fats and other less healthy processes like hydrogenation. The modern tendency for unrestrained antibiotic use not only kills bad bacteria but also the beneficial oxygen producing bacteria. It is interesting to note that cancer cells thrive in anaerobic (low oxygen) environments and several of the most common ailments facing westerners today are directly related to oxygen starvation. Asthma, emphysema and lung disease are all on the rise!

All our body’s cells require oxygen for proper function. A lack of oxygen is particularly harmful to the cells of the heart and brain. Also, lower oxygen levels causes the right side of the heart to work much harder to pump blood through the lungs. Deficiency of oxygen at the cellular level will eventually allow disease to jump in. Is it any wonder people are thinking of oxygen therapy to offset internal oxygen deficiencies.

One of the first things we should understand about breathing correctly is to breathe through the nose.

The nose ensures warm humidified air enters the lungs. It is the main organ for filtering out particles during inhalation and it provides a first line of defense for the immune system by bringing the inhaled air into contact with mucous-coated membranes containing immunoglobulin A (IgA). The inhaled air in contact with our olfactory nerves provides our sense of smell (probably more sensitive in early man) and subtler aspects of taste.

A key to longevity is high up in the nasal pharynx. It is a rich source of nitric oxide and the flow of air through the nose allows it to get into the body. Because this causes dilation of the arteries the blood flows more freely. Good circulation is essential for young looking skin and a lack of nitric oxide causes premature aging. It is interesting to note that a Dr Charles Farr, a strong supporter of the intravenous use of oxygen therapy has shown that hydrogen peroxide can also dilate arteries and increase blood flow by stimulating certain enzyme systems in the body.

So, the next time you catch yourself breathing – see that you are breathing through your nose rather than your mouth. Also, to get the maximum benefits of nitric oxide deep breathing should be practiced.

To begin the practice of deep breathing you should find a quiet place to relax. You can follow the routine in a sitting, lying down or even standing position. It is probably best to keep your eyes closed to avoid any distractions.

First slowly inhale through the nose filling the lower sections of the lungs first. Let your abdomen slowly move forward as the air begins to fill your lungs. Then fill the middle sections of your lungs letting the lower part of your rib cage expand. Finally, fill the top sections of your lungs expanding your chest slightly and letting your shoulders gently rise. Try to do all this in one continuous flowing movement.

After this, exhale slowly through the nose until your abdomen becomes deflated. Practice the whole cycle until you are familiar with the technique. Each time you practice gradually shorten the length of breath. That is, slow the cycle down but only to a point that remains comfortable.

After a period of practice you can move on to holding your breath. Although many exercises involve holding the breath after inhalation there is nothing wrong with the breath held after exhalation. Holding the breath helps regulate the heart and increases oxygen levels in the blood. Also, the psychic effects of deep breathing run deep!

To deny the importance of correct breathing lowers our chance of living a long and healthy life. It is one of the true secrets to longevity!

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