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Dietary Dangers

Dietary Dangers
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  1. Do not eat commercially processed foods such as cookies, cakes, crackers, TV dinners, soft drinks, packaged sauce mixes, etc. Read labels!
  2. Avoid all refined sweeteners such as sugar, dextrose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, and fruit juices.
  3. Avoid white flour, white flour products, and white rice.
  4. Avoid all hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats and oils.
  5. Avoid all industrial polyunsaturated vegetable oils made from soy, corn, safflower, canola, cottonseed, grapeseed, or rice bran.
  6. Avoid foods cooked or fried in polyunsaturated oils or partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.
  7. Avoid processed, pasteurized milk; do not consume ultrapasteurized milk products, low-fat milk, skim milk, powdered milk, or imitation milk products.
  8. Avoid factory-farmed eggs, meats, and fish.
  9. Avoid highly processed luncheon meats and sausage,
  10. Avoid rancid and improperly prepared seeds, nuts, and grains found in granolas, quick rise bread, and extruded breakfast cereals, as they block mineral absorption and cause intestinal distress.
  11. Avoid canned, sprayed, waxed, and irradiated fruits and vegetables. Avoid genetically modified foods (found in most soy, canola, and corn products).
  12. Avoid artificial food additives, especially MSG, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and aspartame, which are neurotoxins. Most soups, sauce, broth mixes, and commercial condiments contain MSG, even if not indicated on the label.
  13. Avoid aluminum-containing foods such as commercial salt, baking powder, and antacids. Do not use aluminum cookware or deodorants containing aluminum.
  14. Do not drink fluoridated water.
  15. Avoid synthetic vitamins and foods containing them.
  16. Avoid distilled liquors.
  17. Do not use a microwave oven.

Source: Dietary Dangers in Today’s World

Vitamin C as a Supplement to Prevent Illness

Vitamin C as a Supplement to Prevent Illness
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Vitamin C supplements are probably the best way to prevent common illnesses like colds and the flu.

However, most people don’t know that Vitamin C supplements can also help with other serious illnesses like cancer, lung disease, and heart disease. In fact, new studies from many of the leading medical institutions in the world continually indicate that Vitamin C, even in low doses, can give your life expectancy a major boost.

Most people may think that they get enough Vitamin C from the foods they eat, like vegetables and fruits, but they don’t. In fact, one-quarter of Americans don’t get the recommended daily amount of 60 milligrams of Vitamin C that their cells need to perform basic bodily functions.

The National Cancer Center urges people to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily, which would supply from 200 to 300 milligrams of Vitamin C, but only 9% of the American population accomplishes this.

Vitamin C supplements are potent, water-soluble antioxidants that trap and disarm free radicals in the watery part of your body’s tissue. Vitamin C supplements also help replenish Vitamin E and help enzymes destroy other free radicals in your system. Free radicals are the toxic molecules that eat away at healthy cells and turn them defective, which over time can cause more serious diseases like cancer.

Over 120 studies show that Vitamin C supplements work as a form of immunization against cancer. It was found that people who consistently took Vitamin C supplements were only half as likely to develop cancer as those who didn’t. Vitamin C supplements were particularly effective on cancers of the stomach, esophagus, pancreas, cervix, rectum, and breast. In one study, doctors recommended taking 2,000 to 3,000 milligrams of Vitamin C supplements per day to effectively prevent cancer. This is far above the suggested daily dose recommended by the National Cancer Center, so anyone attempting this kind of regimen should talk to their doctor first.

Vitamin C supplements taken daily can prevent other kinds of conditions like heart disease.

The correct doses can suppress high blood pressure, raise good-type HDL cholesterol, clean deposits from artery walls, and reduce the chances of heart-attack-inducing vascular spasms.

Vitamin C supplements taken regularly can also reduce breathing problems like asthma, prevent periodontal disease, and improve the immune system.

Improving the immune system is the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about taking Vitamin C supplements. Of course, Vitamin C supplements do a great job of this, in addition to working on all the other disorders they prevent. Vitamin C supplements work with your immune system to gear up your body to fight infectious bacteria and viruses. Vitamin C supplements do this by boosting the white blood cells and raising the body’s level of antioxidants. Taking 500 milligrams of Vitamin C supplements per day during flu and cold season may prevent or at least lessen the likelihood of being ill during this time.

Vitamin C supplements work on so many levels to prevent disease.

However, Vitamin C may be plentiful in the foods you eat; it’s really the supplements that put you over the top when it comes to preventing disease and increasing the length and quality of life. Vitamin C supplements have been shown to help people who take them live about 6.3 years longer.

Fruit

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Only foods that are foreign to the human body would cause mucus, and mucus is created from the mucosa to protect tissue and cells due to the acid-ash produced from the starch, proteins, dead animal tissue, and their mucus and pus-filled fluids.

Fruit removes mucus because the fruit is alkaline, astringent, and designed for the human vessel, which means when you start eating foods designed for you, the body wants to dump and get rid of waste.

Mucus in the body blocks the flow and pathways of eliminating metabolic waste.

Mucus locks in metals chemicals and creates a feeding environment for yeast, fungus, and parasites. Mucus cuts off circulation and impairs brain function.

Mucus and acids are the root cause of lymph stagnation, endocrine gland dysfunction, and damages are the elimination organs such as the kidneys, skin, and bowels. You don’t want excess mucus in the body, and a diet of fruit will be effective with pulling it out.

Fruits that do well with pulling out mucus are citrus, grapes, watermelon, and mangoes. Mucus will come out of the nose, ears, mouth, eyes, anus, vaginally, and by urine.

Vegetable matter is not astringent and energetic enough to pull out mucus like the fruits. Still, a strong Chlorophyll-rich green drink does have mucus-pulling abilities, and parasites, worms, fungus, and yeast don’t thrive in an alkaline body and hate the oxygen produced from a green drink.

Salads can act as a broom to loosen up impacted mucus and biofilm on the outer layer of the colon, but the mucus and interstitial waste worked out of the lymphatic system will be pulled out by the fruit and veggies, leafy greens, and green drinks are not going to be strong enough to loosen up any sticky sulfur that may be stagnant in the body from the antibiotic drugs and other foods or products that are heavy in sulfates that have entered the body.

Only you, my friend, can learn for yourself the power of an all-fruit diet when it comes to detoxification and pulling out debris and metabolic waste out of the body. Mucus will come out when you consume energetic electrical foods, and fruit being the highest form of energy and astringency makes it the best source of food to allow the body to drain and pull it out.

Fruits are the cleaners, and they can rebuild you after the body corrects itself from the damage that has been caused by consuming foods that damage it. Acid-forming foods are grains, beans, eggs, all meats, milk, and The starchy potato varieties.

Natural Remedies To Help Prevent Heart Disease

Natural Remedies To Help Prevent Heart Disease
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Heart disease is now the number-one health threat facing women. However, dozens of studies show that keeping your heart in good shape can be surprisingly easy!

Have a pomegranate shot.

This juice is more effective than red wine at shielding your heart against several different dangers and sipping just 1 oz. each day cuts your risk of dangerous blood clots and your production of bad artery-clogging LDL cholesterol.

Pomegranate gets its power from the same pigments that give it its color, polyphenols, which thin the blood and help your liver break down cholesterol. Pomegranate contains another important nutrient, ellagic acid, which is so great at strengthening two skin-supporting proteins (collagen and elastin), it slows skin aging.

Eat roasted peanuts.

Eating a half-cup of humble peanuts daily proves your heart disease risk will drop. Peanuts are a top source of monounsaturated fats, which your liver needs to make artery-clearing HDL cholesterol.

Get a houseplant.

Just keeping your heart pumping slowly and calmly is enough to lower your lifetime risk of heart disease. Looking at greenery reduces your level of the stress hormone epinephrine, which reduces your heart rate five points or more. Spend several minutes each day strolling in a park or in any other green space, and your heart rate will drop as much as 15 points.

Listen to soft music.

Listening to relaxing background music for 30 minutes twice a day can decrease the number of stress hormones circulating in your system. Keeping your blood pressure in check helps prevent damage to artery walls and reduces plaque buildup, keys to ensuring that nutrient-rich blood flows easily to all your organs, including your heart. Tune your radio to an easy listening station or listen to calming background music for free online.

Up your intake of herbs & spices

Cinnamon, thyme, cayenne, cloves, garlic… Adding any of these to your recipes can transform an “okay” meal into something delicious and cut your heart disease risk. The antioxidants in these flavor enhancers block the formation of harmful inflammation inside blood vessels while also reining in the amount of artery-clogging triglycerides that your liver churns out. The recommended dose: 1-1/2 tsp. Daily.

Source: Woman’s World Specials: Reverse Aging

How To Boost Your Happiness Hormones to Live Longer

How To Boost Your Happiness Hormones to Live Longer
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The happiness hormones serotonin and oxytocin don’t only help fight depression. They also cut heart disease, stroke, and Alzheimer’s risk by strengthening arteries, so nutrient-rich blood quickly reaches your organs.

Send some love.

Taking one minute to let someone know that you’re thinking about them can bring about an increase in your oxytocin production 

Take a scented soak.

Relaxing in a warm bath scented with rose, vanilla, jasmine, or lavender can keep your blood levels of serotonin and oxytocin elevated by soothing your brain’s anxiety center. And when your brain is relaxed, it needs less serotonin and oxytocin to function, so more of those hormones are available to cells in the rest of your body.

Take 5-HTP.

Taking 100 mg. of 5-HTP increased serotonin levels, improving mood, energy, immunity-and even fat-burning. Want to sleep more deeply? Taking 5-HTP 30 minutes before bedtime can help. Cutting calories a priority? Take 5-HTP 30 minutes before your biggest meal each day.

Consume protein at breakfast.

After a night of not eating, blood levels of amino acids- the building blocks of serotonin and oxytocin- are low. The fix: Eat a meal containing 2 oz. of amino acid-rich protein, such as eggs, meat, or cheese. It’ll rev the enzymes that keep serotonin and oxytocin levels up, cutting your risk of the blues and blood sugar woes 33%.

Eat berries and kale.

Eating two cups each of berries and leafy greens (like kale) weekly could up your serotonin levels. Both foods are rich in anthocyanins, nutrients that encourage your brain to produce and release this “happy” hormone.

Watch TV.

Getting caught up in a fun, romantic, or emotionally gripping program-enough to make you root for one of the characters- will send your oxytocin levels soaring. Your brain processes movies as if they’re happening, and the empathy you feel for a character stimulates oxytocin release.

Source: Woman’s World Specials: Reverse Aging

Natural Remedies To Stop Thinning Hair

Natural Remedies To Stop Thinning Hair
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By age 50, two-thirds of us have thinner, more brittle hair. Thankfully, at-home remedies can stop it in its tracks and help reverse it if it’s already occurred! Here’s what may be causing your hair loss and how to fix it.

Wash your hair daily.

When scalp cells absorb testosterone, the waste product produced can damage follicles and trigger male pattern baldness, even among women, research shows. Most women cut back on them as their hair thins, hoping that handling their hairless will help. To fix, first, give your scalp a thorough shampooing daily. 

Up your iron intake.

Your ability to absorb iron can plunge after age 55 due to a gradual slowdown in the production of stomach acid and digestive enzymes-and one of the first signs of dipping iron levels in women is all over hair thinning. Eat four oz. of iron-rich beef, chicken liver, shellfish, turkey, chicken, or pork daily paired with something acidic, like tomatoes, bell peppers, strawberries, or orange juice. To maximize the benefit, avoid drinking coffee or tea or consuming calcium-packed dairy with meals containing iron-rich foods.  

Lower your stress level.

Try doing 15 minutes of relaxing yoga twice daily. Gentle stretching and rhythmic breathing help reduce the production of hair-wrecking stress hormones for up to 12 hours.

Watch your vitamin A.

You need vitamin A, but taking in more than 40,000 IU daily can trigger patchy hair loss. The ideal dose for vitamin A is 10,000 IU daily, but many multis have 10,000 IU per pill to add up fast. Get it from orange produce (such as carrots, pumpkin, and sweet potatoes) as beta carotene, a building block of vitamin A that is 100% safe.

Get your thyroid checked.

Losing the hair from your scalp and your eyebrows can signal an out-of-whack thyroid. People think they’ll be exhausted or gain weight if their thyroid isn’t functioning well, yet one of the earliest signs of thyroid trouble is often thinning head and eyebrow hair. Treating a sluggish thyroid can reverse hair loss in as little as ten weeks.

Source: Woman’s World Specials: Reverse Aging

Natural Ways to Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer

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You can’t do anything about risk factors like your age, sex, race, or family history. But you can lower your risk in other ways, using these specific breast-cancer prevention strategies.
 

Make lentils.

Red, orange, yellow, or gold lentils have protease inhibitors, which are anti-cancer compounds that are so beneficial. Just eating two cups of these legumes each week can cut your breast cancer risk. Simmer them in unsalted water or broth for about 30 minutes until tender. They’re natural in soups, delicious sautéed with potatoes, onions, and spices, and also make a great cold salad.

 

Wear a sleep mask.

Try wearing a sleep mask if your room isn’t dark. Sleeping in pitch black doubles your brain’s production of melatonin, a hormone that improves sleep quality and is also toxic to cancer cells.
 

Eat grapes.

Enjoying one heaping cup of red, purple, or black grapes (or 8 oz. of purple grape juice) each day will cut your lifetime risk of breast cancer. Darker grapes are rich in three nutrients (quercetin, kaempferol, and resveratrol) that strengthen your immune system’s ability to find and destroy suspicious breast cells before they can cause harm.
 

Add a little Evoo.

Extra-virgin olive oil contains a whopping 75% oleic acid, which is a healthy fat that destroys cancer cells on contact. Plus, it helps switch off the HER2 gene linked to a heightened risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. In fact, simply using 2 Tbs. of extra-virgin olive oil instead of other fats in your diet could cut your breast cancer risk.
 

Enjoy avocados.

Avocados have a beneficial plant-based fat that doubles the ability of your immune cells to find and destroy precancerous and cancerous breast cells. And you only need to eat 1/3 cup daily to benefit! Snacking on nuts also does the trick.
 

Open the windows.

Avoiding chemical air fresheners and scented candles cuts breast cancer risk. Chemically scented products release compounds into the air that mimic estrogen in your body, speeding abnormal cell growth.
 

Consume real vanilla.

Vanilla extract isn’t only a flavor enhancer for cakes and other desserts. It is also an herbal extract with potent cell-protecting powers. Vanilla’s active ingredient stops healthy breast cells from turning cancerous. Add a few drops to your coffee, tea, milk, yogurt, oatmeal, smoothies.
 

Toss in garlic.

Garlic’s aroma comes from sulfur compounds, aromatic nutrients that hinder the growth of precancerous breast cells. Eating one small clove daily can cut your breast cancer risk. If you are worried about bad breath, eat a small apple after your meal.
Natural Ways to Sharpen Your Brain & Improve Your Focus

Natural Ways to Sharpen Your Brain & Improve Your Focus
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Do you find yourself forgetting what you just read or misplacing your car keys? You’re not alone! Many people will admit that menopause-related hormonal changes were draining their brainpower. The good news is that these simple steps can improve your focus.

Enjoy colorful berries.

Eating one cup of red, blue, or purple berries every day can make you feel clear-headed. Berries are rich in flavonoids which increase the flow of nutrient-rich blood to your brain cells.

Exercise.

Adding in an easy exercise like brisk walking, biking, swimming daily helps the release of a compound that spurs the growth of healthy new brain cells while helping to rejuvenate older ones. Just changing your routine with this one step can double your ability to focus, think clearly and stay organized.

Wear earplugs.

Wearing earplugs when you’re trying to focus in a loud atmosphere can double your ability to focus on the task at hand. Nonstop noise tires the part of your brain that helps you think clearly and remember what you’ve just learned.

Drink ginseng tea.

Drinking two cups of ginseng tea each day could increase your focus and concentration. Ginseng acts as a natural brain stimulant, and it gives your short-term memory a boost.

Go outside.

You can decrease major brain lapses by going outside in the sunshine each day. Sun exposure spurs your body to produce vitamin D, which helps your brain cells stay young, and your memory stay sharp. Taking 2,000 IU of vitamin D-3 daily is also protective.

Eat lean beef.

Eating 12 oz. of lean beef weekly can improve both short and long-term memory. Beef is rich in vitamin B-12 and zinc, nutrients that help the memory center of your brain function at its peak. The leanest cuts include top sirloin, eye round, and top round steak.

Sniff a lemon.

Take a deep smell of a freshly cut lemon. Its tart, mouthwatering aroma stimulates the release of energizing beta brain waves, revving focus, concentration, and memory.

Still foggy?

A daily 100-mg. dose of phosphatidylserine could intensify your focus, concentration, and memory. This soy extract boosts the production of acetylcholine, a compound that helps brain cells communicate.

Take salacia supplements.

Supplementing with 500 mg. of this Ayurvedic herb daily could develop your focus and concentration. Salacia helps your brain absorb more energizing glucose from every meal.
Natural Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure

Natural Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure
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Taking measures to keep your blood pressure steady can cut your risk of heart disease and stroke in half, and it can keep your mind sharp. The good news is that controlling your blood pressure is getting a lot easier.

Sip on tea

Drinking three cups of black, green, or oolong tea can lower your risk of hypertension and lower your numbers five points if they’re already high. The flavonoids in tea relax blood vessels and help block the formation of artery-stiffening plaque.

Eat Green Veggies

Even if you’re past menopause, your fat cells create estrogen. Ensuring it’s the safest form can cut your risk of high blood pressure. The key is eating a cup of broccoli, Brussels sprouts, or kale daily.

Take resveratrol

This grape skin extract can widen arteries, improve blood flow and prevent pressure spikes, trimming up to 11 points off your pressure. Resveratrol helps muscles surrounding arteries relax and reduces inflammation.

Try a foot massage.

You can lower your blood pressure by massaging the bottoms of your feet for two minutes twice each day. Try to focus on the base of your big toes and the arch of each foot, areas that are packed with reflexology points that calm the adrenal glands, reducing their production of pressure-spiking cortisol.

Eat More Broccoli

Too much sodium does raise your blood pressure. However, there’s an easy fix which is eating three cups of broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, or bok choy each week. All are sources of sulforaphane, which helps your kidneys flush out pressure-raising sodium. It also helps to eat a half-cup of cooked tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, and salsa count!

Add In CoQ10.

Adding in 120 mg. of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) keeps your artery walls relaxed even when your stress level is high. CoQ10 helps your cells convert food into energy, which chases away tiredness for nine in 10 women!

Try an Upbeat Book.

Increasing your production of the calming hormones dopamine and oxytocin can lower your blood pressure six points or more, and one of the fastest ways to get that boost is to spend 20 minutes a day reading something upbeat or inspiring.

Try walking Barefoot.

Sitting all day at work has been linked to high blood pressure, but there’s a very simple antidote: Just walking barefoot on a rough surface, like a walkway, patio, or scratchy doormat, for five minutes can stimulate acupressure points on the soles of your feet which reduce stress.

Eat More Seafood.

Adding in three 6-oz. servings of fish in your weekly diet can lower your blood pressure as effectively as eating a low-salt diet. Fish’s protein, potassium, and healthy fats stop the buildup of plaque. Plus, it helps relax and dilate the blood vessels that nourish your heart.

Even if your blood pressure was good a few years ago, it’s smart to check it regularly.

HERE’S WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN:
Less than 120/80 = Normal
120/80 to 139/89 = Prehypertension
140/90 or greater = Hypertension

Source: Woman’s World Specials: Reverse Aging

Belly Fat: Lose Your Belly & Save Your Health

Belly Fat: Lose Your Belly & Save Your Health
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There are many advantages to banishing belly fat, including lowering the risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, and dementia. These new, incredibly effective ways make it easy, and it’s possible to get rid of it for good.

Eat more beef.

Eating a little bit of beef every day could help your belly fat loss in the first month and help you shed unwanted pounds. Protein-rich beef revs metabolism inside abdominal cells, allowing them to burn extra calories each day. It also cuts cravings and nighttime snacking in half.

Get a pedometer.

Staying active helps you slim down, but it can be tough to fit exercise into a busy schedule. The fun fix is a pedometer! Counting your steps daily helps you shed belly fat faster by giving you an incentive-and a reminder-to add motion to your daily life. 

Or sip green tea.

If you feel lightheaded or grumpy if you wait too long to eat or get tired after you eat, it may mean your blood sugar fluctuates a lot when you eat, which can increase ab flab. When your bloodstream has more glucose than you need, your liver converts the excess into belly fat. Drinking green tea daily could shrink your belly fat. The tea blocks sugar absorption plus stops liver enzymes from converting sugar into belly fat.

Take magnesium.

Taking 400 mg. of magnesium daily could trim your waist and triple your odds of keeping the weight off permanently. Magnesium helps release fatty acids in your stomach, so your muscles can burn them for energy. It also calms your brain and nervous system, cutting your risk of stress-eating.

Drink bilberry tea.

One problem with stubborn belly fat is that it releases hormones that make you feel hungry, even when you’re full—sipping 6 oz. of bilberry tea before each meal can help you avoid that effect. Compounds in the tea block the release of hunger hormones, reducing cravings.

Use coconut oil. 

Changing out 2 Tbs. of coconut oil for other fats you usually use can help you shed abdominal fat. Coconut oil has medium-chain fatty acids, which stimulate your liver to burn stored abdominal fat for energy.

Eat more whole grains.

There is no need to give up carbs for a slim waistline. Daily eating 1/2 cup of whole grains (like brown rice, barley, or popcorn) could trim inches off your tummy. The grains’ fiber cuts insulin production that triggers belly fat.

Up your spice intake.

Try adding 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon and 1/4 tsp. Cayenne to your daily diet. It can cut your belly fat buildup. Cinnamon stimulates fat cells in your abdomen to use blood sugar for fuel before it can be converted into fat. Cayenne also increases your metabolic rate, so you burn more body fat for energy.

Eat barley.

A little-known perk of the hormone estrogen is that it pushes your pancreas to make lipase, an enzyme that burns belly fat. When estrogen output drops during menopause, your lipase production gets cut in half. Try eating three cups of barley weekly. Barley is rich in manganese, molybdenum, and selenium, nutrients that reinvigorate your production of fat-burning lipase even if your estrogen level is low.

Add berries to your meals.

It’s perfectly normal to produce small bursts of the stress hormone cortisol every day. But if constant stress keeps your cortisol high from morning until night, your risk of belly fat formation doubles. A lot of stress tells your body that danger is near, which triggers it to keep fat around your stomach to protect your liver and other organs. Try eating a cup of fresh or frozen berries each day, which can reduce your stress hormone production. The pigments that create berries’ vibrant color calm your cortisol-producing adrenal glands and switch on genes that help burn more belly fat for fuel.

Cook chickpeas.

Your stomach creates a hormone called ghrelin when it’s time to eat. It’s supposed to stop making once you are full. But if this system isn’t working correctly, your stomach releases ghrelin even after meals. This doubles your risk of belly fat formation by making it challenging to keep calories under control. try adding 1/2 cup of chickpeas to your daily diet, which can rein in your appetite.

Source: Woman’s World Specials: Reverse Aging

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