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Protect Yourself Against COVID with Exercise A recent review published in Current Sports Medicine Reports suggests that exercise may be the most important “medicine” for COVID 19. This should not be too surprising given everything we know about the positive effects exercise has on the immune system and cardiovascular and neurologic health. Vaccinations and boosters,
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Removing Senescent or Zombie Cells with Senolytics What are senescent cells and what are senolytics? Let’s first start with discussing what senescent cells are. Senescent cells are cells that no longer divide (though some may be able to be “rehabilitated” to once again divide) and are non-functional. Cellular senescence is one of the 12 hallmarks
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Longevity Benefits of Metformin What if I told you that there is an inexpensive FDA approved drug that has been used for over 70 years and it has an excellent safety record, and it shows promise great promise in improving longevity? Would you be interested in learning more about it? I suspect so, which is
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Life Extension Benefits of Rapamycin Do you want to live longer healthier? Is so, then rapmycin is something you will want to know. Rapamycin is the hot topic in the life extension or longevity arena. Rapamycin has been shown to increases median life expectancy up to 60% in animal models. That is impressive and human
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Why We Fall? Have you wondered why we fall especially as we get older? And, can anything be done to prevent them? Falls are a bigger problem than many believe and do not receive the attention they should. Many conditions contribute to falling. These are called risk factors. The good news is that many of
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How Many Daily Steps Needed to Improve Health? Most of us have heard that you need to take 10,000 daily steps a day to improve health. Actually, a new study shows that you can still improve health with as few as 4,000 daily steps 93,867 steps to be precise), but 10,000 daily steps gives you
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Reduce Post-Op Complications with Exercise You can reduce post-op complications with as little as 4 to 6 weeks of high intensity training prior to surgery. And, that is true even if you are not currently exercising. The reductions on post-op surgical complications is significant following a period of high intensity interval training in the weeks
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Water is the most important nutrient. Along with carbohydrates, fats, and protein, water is considered a macronutrient – something the body needs in large amounts. And, this is even more important when it comes to athletic performance. As little as 1% reduction in body water content is enough to hamper athletic performance – maybe as
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What is Sprint Interval Training? Believe it or not, but you can SIT and improve your health and fitness. SIT refers to sprint interval training which is similar to or HIIT or high intensity interval training with one significant difference. I know we have written articles that describing sitting as the new smoking in the
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Why Keeping Weight Off is Difficult Have you wondered why keeping weight off is difficult once you have lost it? This post will look at some of the reasons why keeping weight off is challenging. There is perhaps nothing more frustrating than working really hard to lose weight, only to regain it later. Before we
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Craving Calorie-Dense Foods? Could Be Stress Are you craving calorie-dense foods? It could be related to stress. Researchers from Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia found that stress overrides that part of the brain that signals satiety or the sense of feeling full. Chronic stress sparks alterations of brain activity that boost cravings for
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Does Taurine in Energy Drinks Slow Aging? We have a great news – especially if you are a mouse, worm, or monkey. It appears that taurine, an amino acid, found in many energy drinks slows aging in these organisms. Might is slow aging in humans? What is Taurine? Taurine is unique among amino acids in
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Optimal Sleep Reduces Risk of Heart Disease Reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease 39% through optimal sleep. That is the conclusion of this study published in Sleep.  What great news – simply improving your sleep can reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease as much as, and in some cases, more than controlling your blood pressure and cholesterol
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A study published on May 24, 2023 European Heart Journal found that “plant-based diets can play a significant role in reducing blocked arteries, thereby lowering the risk heart and blood vessel diseases, such as strokes and heart attacks.” The findings may not be unique in some ways. Most of us probably suspected this would be the case.
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We now better understand the health risks of loneliness which is becoming an epidemic. In March of 2020 towards the beginning of the pandemic we wrote an article that more and more individuals were battling loneliness. The health risks of loneliness go beyond the emotional and the mental. There are significant physical health risks of
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Muscle Mass and Aging Well One key to aging well is frequently overlooked. And, that key is the importance of muscle mass. Building and maintaining muscle mass is more significant than most people, including physicians, realize. I have an exercise for you. It’s not a physical exercise but rather a mental one. Regardless of your
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Our aim with this website is to help you live younger longer. The topics and interventions we discuss will help you accomplish that, yet you still may fall short of reaching the maximal age possible for you. Some experts think we can make age 90 the new 40 or even 100 years old the new 30
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Walk and Talk: Why It’s Important Here is something more ominous than “can’t walk and chew gum at the same time”, and that is the inability to walk and talk simultaneously. The inability to walk and talk simultaneously may be an early sign of dementia. This study from Spain looked at the link between dual-task
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How to Have Great Health in Your 80s Do you have at least one relationship where that person will be there for you when you have a problem? If you do not have someone like that in your life then that emptiness becomes a source of stress and trouble which then negatively impacts health according
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Sperm Counts Are Down – For the Count Could it be the end civilization? Can civilization survive an ever increasing drop in sperm counts? This study out of Israel reports sperm counts are down 50% over the last 46 years in some parts of the world – and still dropping. Beyond the continuation of having
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* The content of this article is from 2017 and republished on 3/3/23. The photo above is from 2023. The Arnold Fitness Expo I decided to fight the crowds and mass of humanity (and I mean mass) once again and attended the 2017 Arnold Fitness Expo – also known as the Arnold Sports Festival. Yes, that
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Thinking Big from 2 Pioneers in Medicine *This article was originally published on 12/1/2014 and republished on 2/3/2023. Greatness needs no description. You know it when you see it. It’s presence is palpable. Many are good at their profession or craft, but in any area or field there is always only a few that are
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“Nothing tastes as good as lean feels” is something I wish I could take credit for saying, but I cannot. The saying “nothing tastes as good as lean feels” comes from former Cenegenics’ colleague, Jeff Leake, MD (trained at Ohio State, too). Once you lose fat and add muscle mass you will feel remarkably better.
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Do feel bloated? Do your kids or husband say you’re bitchy? Is your skin breaking out? Are your breasts tender? And, are you bleeding? Congratulations, these are the classic excess estrogen symptoms. Isn’t life great? Excess estrogen levels can be just as problematic for women as low estrogen levels. There are several common reasons for
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Understanding How and Why We Get Fat Why we get fat? We must first answer that question before we can solve how to get un-fat. Here are what a couple of experts think. We don’t get fat because we overeat; we overeat because we get fat. Gary Taubes Obesity is not an imbalance in calories; it is
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Testosterone – it’s more than just a “sex hormone”.  Today we learn about the nonsexual benefits of testosterone therapy. We have over 80 articles on this website that discuss the importance of testosterone for men and women. We will zero in on just five nonsexual benefits of testosterone replacement therapy. Frequently thought of as just
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If you hear of people being in Blue Zones you might think they have depression, but you would be wrong. A Blue Zone is not a mood. It is a place. A special place. In fact, there are only five such places currently known. Blue Zones are unique places where people tend to live longer than 90
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The Galleri Test: Introduction Did you know that 71% of cancer deaths are from cancers not commonly screened for? That’s where the Galleri Test comes in and provides promise for detecting these unscreened cancers early in their course so that early treatment can be initiated. Why is this important? Â When cancers are diagnosed early, before
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In our previous article, 5 Heart Rate Training Zones we emphasized the importance of Zone 2 training. Today we will discuss this training zone in more detail. Zone 2 Training Summary If your primary focus of exercise and obtaining and maintaining good health then Zone training is where you want to live, therefore, the zone you will