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Slowing The Aging Process With Fisetin

Posted by Dan Hammer //

01/08/2021

Slowing the aging process is relative to your age. When we are young we really don’t think about it. But once we hit the age of 35, and our bodies begin to decline in their health, the idea of slowing the aging process begins to enter our thoughts.

For many, once they reach the age of 60 they really begin to look for ways to help extend their life with good health.

There is a class of compounds called senolytics that have been used in experimental models to improve health and extend the lifespan.

One new compound that has shown great promise is fisetin. This is a flavonoid found in various fruits and vegetables like strawberries, apples, grapes, and onions.

In animal studies, fisetin has extending lifespan by approximately 10 percent.

Senolytic compounds like fisetin help your body clear away old and damaged cells to make room for new and healthy cells.

This removal of old and damaged cells is critical to your overall health because: Read More →

10 Steps for Liver Support and Cleansing

Posted by Dan Hammer //

03/08/2017

Proper liver support and cleansing is critical to your health, disease prevention, and how well you age. As the companion article “A Healthy Liver is Key to Effective Aging!” pointed out, your liver is an amazing organ. Over 500 chemical and metabolic functions take place in the liver. This article outlines the steps needed to make a positive impact on the health of your liver. The more you support your liver the greater your opportunity to live a healthier life and slow down the aging process.

10 Steps for Liver Support and Cleansing

Step 1 – Reduce your consumption of foods with artificial chemicals, artificial ingredients, artificial colorings, and preservatives. Every artificial substance that you bring into your body will have a direct impact on your liver. Take the time to read labels and find alternatives. At least 80% of the food you currently eat could be replaced by food items that are free of artificial substances. This first step is critical for proper liver support.
Step 2 – Increase your water intake. This becomes even more important if you diet, fast, or exercise because the fat-soluble toxins that were stored in your fat cells are going to be released back into your system. Your liver will have to process these fat-soluble toxins and convert them into water-soluble products that your body can eliminate through bile and urine. If you’re dehydrated then you will slow down this process. It’s estimated that 75% of Americans have mild, chronic dehydration.
Step 3 – Increase your fiber intake. The suggested amount of fiber is 25-30 grams of fiber per day. You need fiber to properly absorb bile otherwise the toxins in the bile can be reabsorbed back into your system. Additionally, fiber will help keep your colon clean, help lower cholesterol, and can reduce weight gain by giving you a feeling of fullness.

New Alzheimer’s Treatment Program Shows Promise

Posted by Dan Hammer //

01/15/2017

Our friends in Australia have released information on a new Alzheimer’s treatment program that shows promise. At least in mice. I’ll share the information below but before I do it reminds me of this section from a Scottish poem written by Robert Burns in 1785. Here it it:

But little Mouse, you are not alone,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes of mice and men
Go often askew,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!

There have been many attempts to help solve the grief and pain associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s hoping that this new Alzheimer’s treatment does not go askew but actually delivers a real hope to untangle the main cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s the article that caught my attention.

New Alzheimer’s treatment fully restores memory function

Mistica Clinically Proven Antioxidant Beverage

Posted by Dan Hammer //

10/15/2016

Mistica is a clinically proven antioxidant beverage which features the remarkable wellness properties of the Brazilian Açaí berry in combination with a rainbow of other nutritionally dense foods! This post will discuss why antioxidants are so important to offsetting the damage from free radicals. And, why Mistica is the leading antioxidant beverage.

Let me start out by asking you a very important question:

Are You Interested In Slowing Down The Aging Process?

If you are like most of the 76+ million Baby Boomers, then the answer is YES!

Mistica Clinically Proven Antioxidant Beverage

The leading cause of aging is free radical damage to our cell membranes.

In very simple terms a free radical is an atom or molecule that is missing an electron in its outer orbit. This makes it extremely unstable. Because of this it will try to steal an electron from a different atom or molecule to stabilize itself. This process causes the affected atom or molecule to become unstable and develop into a new free radical. This begins a chain reaction that can cascade until the final free radicals steal electrons from the cell membrane of some tissue resulting in damage to a living cell.

This constant process of free radicals stealing electrons from living tissue results in the aging process we all experience.

An antioxidant is a molecule that freely gives away its outer electrons. Thus, it will give the free radical its needed electron to return it back to a stable compound. Now, you might be thinking that the antioxidant will become a free radical.

Here is the really impressive aspect of this process. An antioxidant doesn’t become a free radical because they are stable in either form (with or without an even number of electrons in their outer orbit).

The stability of antioxidants allows them to act as free radical scavengers to help prevent cell and tissue damage.

The MIND Diet for Cognitive Protection

Posted by Dan Hammer //

08/22/2016

Have you ever heard of the MIND Diet? I hadn’t until I saw this headline:

“New Research Shows MIND Diet Keeps Brains 7.5 Years Younger”

Now who wouldn’t want a diet that would help them keep their brain younger. Well, MIND is short for Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. Its a hybrid of the Mediterranean diet and the DASH eating plan designed to control blood pressure. It was developed by the nutritional epidemiologists at Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center.

Before I share with you the results of their study, here is a brief summary of the MIND diet:

The Acid Alkaline Balance – Part 2

Posted by Dan Hammer //

07/06/2016

In part 1 of The Acid Alkaline Balance we discussed the health crisis in America. To put this in perspective America is first in having access to clean water and sanitation facilities. We spend more money per person on health care and a greater percentage of our GDP that any other country.

Yet, we are 34th in infant death rate, 29th in maternal death rate, and 48th overall in life expectancy. Where we used to be #1 in life expectancy for women age 65 we are now 20th.

Many feel the source of the problem lies in our calorie consumption. Americans consume more calories per capita than any other nation and we show it by the prevalence of overweight and obesity health issues.

What Does This Have To Do With The Acid Alkaline Balance?

Everything! The vast majority of the American diet centers on foods that create an acidic environment in your body. This then allows other acid producing pathways to take hold having a negative impact on your health and wellness. The body’s acid alkaline balance moves to the acidic range as a result of the following three things:

The Acid Alkaline Balance – Part 1

Posted by Dan Hammer //

07/01/2016

Your acid alkaline balance is a critical factor for both disease prevention and how well you age. This means understanding your body’s pH and its effect on your health is a critical component for a successful health strategy.

Some would even consider your body’s pH the single most important item to pay attention to for both optimal health and disease prevention.

Because of the scope of this issue, I have divided the acid alkaline balance into two parts. To set the stage for Part 1 we need to discuss the following topic.

Life Expectancy!

In the early 1900s the life expectancy in the United States was under 50 years of age. Over the last 100 years our life expectancy has increased to approximately 80 years of age, a 60% increase. Most experts in this area would attribute this increase to lower infant mortality, better diet, and improved hygiene. However, an interesting trend is occurring. With all the medicine and prescription drugs available to us today, especially here in the United States, we are continuing to move down on the life expectancy charts when compared to other countries. We are currently 48th in life expectancy.

What Are The Health Benefits of Vegetables

Posted by Dan Hammer //

04/15/2016

While the health benefits of vegetables are tremendous they get lost in the American or Western diet of red meat, dairy products, grains, and dark cola drinks. This kind of food consumption constitutes an acidic diet, which allows diseases the desired environment from which to grow and spread.

Your body is designed to be slightly alkaline and this is one of the primary health benefits of vegetables.

But what really intrigued me to write this post is a study out of Neurology. This study involved 3,718 Chicago area men and women aged 65 and older.

Chicago is the land of deep dish pizza (Giordano’s is the Best) and all beef hot dogs (especially those from Portillo’s). Sometimes the only vegetables consumed are the dark relish added to the hot dog.

These study participants were followed for 6 years and what the researchers found was startling.