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Why I Eat The Whole Orange - Here's Why You Should Too

5/6/2020

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50-percent of the health benefits are from the skin

In the Western world, citrus peels are mostly just byproducts of juicing and treated as waste. That's a pity, as they contain many phenolic compounds which are proven to be beneficial to our Western lifestyle and diet-induced diseases.

By consuming the whole citrus fruit, we gain far more health benefits than by just eating the flesh. There are more health benefits from compounds in the skin and membranes than from just those in the flesh.

The compounds in the non-flesh parts of oranges are so powerful that in some parts of the world they are used as traditional medicine to cure fungal and bacterial infections, human colon and breast cancer by alternative therapists.

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How To Cook Antioxidant-Rich Foods Without Destroying Their Antioxidants

4/6/2020

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The wrong cooking methods destroy 80% of food's antioxidant health benefits

Polyphenols are micronutrients that are readily available in everyday food.

They're packed with antioxidants - as long as you don't destroy these antioxidants by cooking the wrong way and ruin their health benefits.

For example, boiling some polyphenol-rich foods destroys 80% of their polyphenol content. But it is this antioxidant content which helps protect us against chronic disease.

In this article, I'll guide you through how to preserve the most benefit from polyphenol "superfoods" like tomatoes.

​TL;DR slip a steam oven under your microwave and enjoy the best of both.

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Want To Discover The Active, Healthy Person Inside You?

22/4/2020

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How to boost your brain for a better mood and less stress

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In these times it is worth sticking with whatever exercise you can consistently do in the circumstances, as exercising regularly is linked to better eating habits. Conversely, a lack of social contact is linked to poorer eating habits and, over time, poor health outcomes.

A 2019 study published in the International Journal of Obesity, looked at 2,680 young adults who were not exercising regularly or dieting. Scientists found that after exercising  for several weeks, formerly sedentary study participants were more likely to choose foods like lean meats, fruits and vegetables, while preferences for fried foods, sodas and other unhealthy options decreased.

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Great News - Your Bone Marrow Retains A Younger Body Age When You Run, Maintaining Increased Immunity

20/4/2020

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If you've thought about running, this is a good reason to try

I believe that the most beneficial goal of exercising when we are older is to lower our body age. That's why I named my Medium Publication "Body Age Buster".

I've studied how to do this, and put in into practice over the last 21 years, with great results. Typically, tests of my body age report ages between 15 and 20 years younger than my physical age (72 this year).

Despite all my years of reading and practising these ideas, I was completely surprised when I found out recently that exercise can lower the body age of our bone marrow.

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How Avoiding A High Viral Load Can Save Your Life - Coronavirus

6/4/2020

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High initial dose means it is more severe and lasts longer

The need to avoid groups of people - as has been commonly prohibited by authorities around the globe - is not just to reduce the spread of coronavirus, it is also to reduce the death rate.

​The total amount of virus a person has inside them is referred to as their "viral load". A higher viral load is associated with a higher severity illness that you will suffer. For example, with HIV, "viral load monitoring predicts the deaths of HIV/AIDS patients" [BMC Infection diseases 2019].

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Don’t Distract Your Immune System By Poor Dental Hygiene

1/4/2020

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Especially if you are over 55

The state of our teeth has consequences for our overall health. This is especially important now.

If our dental hygiene is poor, then our immune system will waste resources fighting this threat, and have less resilience to withstand the coronavirus.

Don't stress your body by making it fight what's going on in your mouth when it could be doing better things for you. This is especially important as we get older and our immune response weakens.

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CLARITY - Masks Reduce Your Chance Of Getting And Giving Coronavirus

31/3/2020

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The fact is clear and unambiguous


  • The WHO does not recommend the mass use of face masks.
  • The Austrian Government has just required all shoppers to wear them.
  • The US CDC does not recommend the mass use of face masks.
  • China experts say that the "big mistake" in the US and Europe is that people aren't wearing masks.

Confused?

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Where To Stand, Sit In A Room And Ride Your Bike To Avoid Coronavirus Microdroplets

30/3/2020

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Microdroplets carry coronavirus for 3 hours after a conversation

The need to keep our social distance during the coronavirus epidemic has generally been working well. However, we may be underestimating the range of community spread via aerosol transmission.
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Research in Japan shows that aerosol transmission is still potent for up to 30 minutes. This finding is important for all of us in managing our risks. For specific groups like cyclists, it is important enough to be concerning.

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Chinese Doctors Say You Must Do These Things To Protect Yourself

25/3/2020

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Prevention tips that may be new to you, they were to me

A friend sent me a translation of what Chinese doctors assisting in Spain said must be done as personal hygiene to prevent contracting Covid-19. The advice goes beyond what I understood before I read them.

I can’t vouch for the authenticity of the advice, but it all makes a lot of sense to me. I will be doing these things starting now (I've already started).
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You might like to consider them also.

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The Anti-Inflammatory Benefits of Exercise - Easier Than You Think

19/3/2020

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20 minutes can serve for anti-Inflammatory

Viruses cause inflammation.

An over-exuberant inflammatory response characterises both coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Moderate exercise helps fight the inflammation. 

In particular, exercise fights age-related inflammation. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and several other chronic diseases  - are now known to be strongly linked to inflammatory processes.

Exercising has been found to reduce chronic low-level inflammation i.e. exercise keeps us healthy and helps minimise the negative effects of age-related inflammation.

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