Health Evolver – Alternative Health Information

Imagine you lived in a world where the products you put on your body were made by companies that were entirely unregulated (unless there is a medical claim on the package like “SPF” or “acne treatment”) and had complete freedom to put in any number of chemical fillers as long as it did the job (even if just temporarily…until the next new wonder stick came along). Well it’s already happening today and there’s big money in cheap ingredients. How do you think these companies can afford to put up huge advertisements with celebrities and new products every couple of weeks or months ?

Big brand cosmetics may contain some novel new compounds but for the most part they contain many other tag along chemicals that do not support inner beauty or inner health. People often associate big brand names with higher quality. The truth is these companies are often times so profitable because of how affordable their ingredients are. The combined impact of these products can take a serious toll on the body. Just as an eye opening example, the FDA recently found lead in ALL lipsticks tested ! and the average woman consumes 4 to 9 pounds of lipstick in a lifetime ! Not so appetizing…of course with the promise of outer beauty…it’s all very enticing.

The alternatives can be just as wonderful and with more strengthening long terms effects once you can find what works with your complexion. Things like tamanu nut oil, hyaluronic acid and even a number of essential oils have wonderful effects and things like coconut oil have a variety of uses in the kitchen, bathroom, and even the bedroom. With the entire industry driven by the profits through fear of aging it’s an easy sell, but people always are left scratching there heads years down the road when a strange symptom or disease arises. Simple lesson from all this: find a few healthy organic alternatives that work for your skin type and stick with them or rotate them or depending on how you eat you may only need to use them even less frequently than regular cosmetics.

Here’s another eye opener, have a look – The Story Of Cosmetics

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The concept is simple yet important: If a truck crosses a bridge and the bridge collapses then who or what is to blame ? Was is it the driver ? was it the weight of the truck itself ? perhaps it was due to faulty engineering, or even bad weather or poor materials to make the bridge ? The reality is that all of these things are cofactors to the end result: a broken bridge or in the case of us humans – disease.

A great summary of this concept can be found here in a 1 page document.

There are many toxins in the environment which can all be guilty of contributing to some form of disease. Even if these levels are safe on their own, the synergistic potential of these accumulated compounds place a large burden on the body.

Patricia S. Lemer, author of the book: “Envisioning a Bright Future: Interventions That Work for Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders” speaks of the many contributing factors to disease. She says that your genes load the gun, but what inevitably pulls the trigger are the environmental factors.

She says the 7 deadly “syns” (synthetics that is) are:

• Bisphenol A (BPA) – plastic in baby bottles, lining of cans (Banned in Canada)
• Phthalates – “softeners” and “scents” in shampoos, deodorants, lotions (1 billion pounds a year is produced)
• Triclosan – Found in Anti-bacterials and many consumer products like deodorant.
• Mercury – Powerful neurotoxin in Large Fish, second most dangerous substance known after plutonium. Used in “silver” tooth fillings and as Thimerosal, a preservative in vaccines.
• PFCs – No stick coatings on pots and scotch guard.
• Pesticides – Like DDT (these can bioaccumulate in living organisms).
• PBDEs – Flame retardants found in many mattresses.

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Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead tells the journey of an Australian bloke named Joe Cross who embarked on a weight loss adventure while travelling across the US and documenting his experience. What makes his story so interesting and compelling is he achieved this goal by simply doing a 60 day juice fast. That’s right, all he did for 60 straight days was consume fruit and vegetable juices that he would buy at the farm stands he would find along the road and juice right out of his trunk. He plugged in his juicer to a battery in the back of his car and got juicing. His bad eating habits and poor health forced him to take action in the very best way he knew how to. Like many others, Joe was sick of taking medications and feeling lousy. He remembered that whenever he got hurt as a kid, his wounds would heal themselves as long as he just wouldn’t interfere with the healing process.

This is a pretty important concept to grasp. The body is capable of healing itself of many problems provided we don’t clog it with massively deficient processed foods that our bodies have trouble recognizing and utilizing or medications that alter or inhibit natural patterns inside the body. Some experts claim one of the reasons obesity is so prevalent these days is because people are starved for nutrients that are absent in their food. Dr. Joel Fuhrman makes a compelling point in the film in how the majority of the population eats foods that take up less space in the stomach but are dense in unhealthy calories, whereas the diet of someone eating more whole, plant based foods has less space to fill with junk and empty calories. The result is a healthier life.

Joe explains that the first few days are always the toughest, but provided you get approval from your caretaker or physician that it can be an incredibly transforming experience. Along his travels from state to state, he would set up his juicer and get people’s opinions of how his juice tasted…most people enjoyed it and were impressed to see his photos before the radical shift in nutritional impact his body would receive.

At one truck stop along the way Joe encounters a very obese truck driver named Phil who needed to change his ways. Joe offered to guide him, and some months later Phil made the call that would change his life and inspire so many others. He ended up losing his excess baggage and helping others do the same in his own community. He got a better job and now lives a life abundant with Joy and a real chance at a better tomorrow.

Juice is the best delivery mechanism and a convenient way to get those critical macronutrients your body needs to thrive. The body doesn’t need to work too hard to assimilate and digest the nutrients. The amount of fruits and veggies needed daily on a juice fast would be impossible to take in on any given day so the strategy is a wonderful and delicious way of taking in these incredibly nutritious foods.

So what were the results of his 60 day lifestyle reboot? He lost almost 100 pounds, he is no longer on any medications and has a massive amount of energy and clarity to do the things that he wants to do. He is also now living an active lifestyle and has changed and inspired the lives of many others along the way. When health or obesity can easily get out of control for so many people and people are seeking answers to improving their lifestyles and just don’t know where to begin, juice fasting is an attractive, simple and convenient approach to quickly improving health for the long term.

For more info visit www.fatsickandnearlydead.com

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The body has a rhythm depending on where you live and there are several interesting points to consider when aiming to boost overall health. Circadian rhythms are the mental, physical and behavioural changes that take place in an approximate 24 hour cycle depending on the light and darkness in the environment. These rhythms determine when is the best time to wake up and go to sleep, our hormonal release as well as our body temperature and they affect most plants, animals and many microbes. When focusing on the critical 20% that provide the 80% of the results, sleep is a very important factor.

Another fascinating point to consider is that the body’s organs also have different times of day that they are most responsive. For example which meal of the day is always the most important ? Breakfast, and one of the reasons for this is the fact that digestion is functioning at it’s peak in the morning before we begin our day.

Another reason rest is important is because our largest internal organ responsible for elimination functions best when at rest. All this can be tied back to evolution and how the sun would be an indicator of whether we should remain awake or go to sleep.

A fascinating new area of health optimization has emerged and is summarized in an intriguing book called “Chronobiotic Nutrition” by Atom Bergstrom and Marcella Von Harting. It discusses how the body’s rhythms can be tuned by eating foods that grow in accordance to the sun’s angle for that time of day. For example, foods that are hit by the sun in the morning time are meant to be eaten in the morning, foods that grow from just above the ground are eaten in the afternoon, and foods that grow inside the soil are to be eaten at night time. They provide protocols for targeting specific organs as well for optimal health.

This image provides another view of how many things are happening inside each of us depending on the time of day.

Here’s a great show explaining this in more detail:

So remember to cherish your rest time it’s what keeps you ticking.

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There is an ancient form of yoga that was practised for over 25 centuries in some himalayan monasteries by groups of lamas (Tibetan Buddhist teachers) . They were discovered and made public by the a british man colonel Bradford (which apparently was not his real name). While stationed in India he heard of a group of lamas that claimed to have discovered the fountain of youth. He sought after them for some time and when he found them he lived among these buddhists who reclaimed their youthful vigour and vitality and learned their daily practice.

The method involves five short and simple exercises that can be done in under 15 minutes.

Here’s a short youtube video demonstrating each of the poses in depth:

The premise behind the poses is fascinating. Bradford goes on to tell of how it is believed by the Tibetan lamas that there are vortexes inside the human body that when spun at a good speed that they keep the body healthy.

In India, there are also similar beliefs as far as energy centres inside the body known as chakras. What’s so fascinating is that the chakras are actually associated to the 7 endocrine glands of the body. It is said that when they are open and flowing correctly that there is vitality and health inside the body.

The rites are claimed to improve hormonal balance and the many men and especially women that perform the rites daily for 10 weeks often feel and look 10 years younger. Try out this simple ancient ritual and see how you feel for yourself.

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It’s pretty amazing to see all the campaigns put out for getting tested and how early detections are the best prevention against breast cancer. So why should we question this common approach of diagnosis. Well it turns out that many doctors have made a change in their opinions. Some experts say that mammograms have 1000 times more radiation than a chest x-ray !  The ionizing radiation used by mammography is cumulative and is a known cancer causing agent.

Another reason is due to the prevalence of false diagnoses of breast cancers – as high as 89% (Beyond Mammography, Dr. Len Saputo)

Mammograms alone are a multi billion dollar industry and coupled with many unnecessary and invasive biopsies that are often 10 times the price of the mammogram, it is indeed a huge revenue source to the benefactors.

Also when the breast is compressed, cancer cells can spread if dislodged, further increasing the risk.

Well if that is anywhere near to being true then perhaps it is possible that someone somewhere has considered providing a safer alternative.

Well, there is a light at the end of the tunnel: It’s called Thermography

Thermography is able to detect abnormal breast abnormalities up to 10 years before any other screening method.

Here is an excellent and simple explanation of exactly how thermography works:

Keep in mind NO screening test can actually diagnose cancer, it can only suggest the possibility of it’s presence.

Here are a few great resources if you’d like to get a better understanding of this short and painless procedure:

Thermography – Dr. Mercola’s Natural Health Center

FREE REPORT about Thermography

You can find a nearby clinic offering thermography tests here or here (if your city is not on the list type in where you live in google followed by the word thermography and chances are there is a clinic nearby offering these services)

Here are some other interesting points to consider in breast cancer prevention:

Some suggest to wear their bra for fewer hours during the day as there have been studies pointing to the relationship between fewer hours of bra use related to fewer occurrences of breast cancers. Others have mentioned the dangers of conventional deodorants and antiperspirants if they contain aluminum and/or parabens.

Vitamin D is one of the best ways to prevent breast cancers Women Don’t Get Enough Vitamin D keep in mind the correct vitamin D test is the 25 Hydroxy Vitamin D test vs the old version which is less accurate and relevant to your health.

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Most people assume they do. A problem with many who go to school for a really long time is that when they come out, they’re taught to behave as if they’ve learned sufficient knowledge needed to achieve success in their career. The reality of life as we all know is that real world experience is the best and wisest teacher of all. The dialogue between allopathic and traditional medicine has been lacking. Like a broken record or a poor relationship, the two sides can’t grasp the logic of the other. And as soon as ego gets involved, the battle is lost on both sides. Ego is typically the culprit that severs these necessary and relevant conversations. Recently Dr. Oz invited Dr. Joseph Mercola onto his show to open up the dialogue and hinted as to where the real future of medicine will be:
The Alternative Health Controversy

So imagine for a moment you’ve gone to school for a very long time, studied how to treat people with all these manufactured substances in a reputable educational platform along side many others striving to comprehend “science”, rigorous testing, memorization, application and most of this knowledge is accepted as true without question. Then one day someone says to you the highly educated, respected and admired person that you are, they have a solution they believe works better than your method, and they had less education than you !. Frustration is inevitable in this kind of scenario, which probably happens all the time.

On the other side of the table there are people applying the famous words of Hippocrates, the founder of modern medicine, “First, do no harm” because they come from an understanding that all chemicals are liver toxic, leave residues, and that many of the drug categories fall into “inhibitors” and “blockers”. They believe it is unwise to block a natural pathway of the system as each person has millions of processes and interactions that occur within the body. Another issue is that these “natural” substances they use are not “clinically tested”, this is a widely misinterpreted issue. First of all, there are many studies now as the number of results via nutritional supplementation lean largely in the favour of these safer and more progressive alternatives and more competitors emerge in these supplement markets with great new finds.

Another critical point is that these substances don’t always require these super expensive testing methods to determine their efficacy. Plants contain compounds and these compounds are understood to behave in certain ways inside the human body. A lot of research is conducted in petrie dishes which can often be the wrong terrain, inside the body is the correct terrain for starters. Next there’s the issue with efficacy of medicines, they are always tested against a sugar pill, not a vitamin in the proper form or dosage (synthetic vitamins are mirrors of the natural form and they behave differently)  The next issue is that there is a lot riding on the success of drugs in order to get it onto the open market because the drug company then needs to have a return on investment to pay back for the typically obscene outlay of money required to research this new patentable drug “properly” , they need to provide results; Well good news for the drug companies is that they can run a dozen tests and as long as 3 of the studies show results in their favour, they can throw out the other 9, don’t worry about those results.

The problem today is that the research conducted today is biased in favour of the drug companies, published news in medical journals would for the most part never be accepted by a scientific journal because the science is lacking. This is why a bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing or a powerful thing. Often times we can say that the natural products side may be biased as well, only touting the benefits of their natural remedies. The difference in the natural world is that the deaths are non existent versus prescription “drugs” that kill over 100,000 people per year (these medications that caused death were PROPERLY prescribed by the way). It is certainly true that in any field there are always charlatans trying to do whatever it takes to sell something novel. It’s understanding the relevance, priority and true value that makes the difference between appreciation or disbelief.

It’s time to consider the trail of money affecting opinions of doctors, journals, schools and media. It is also important to augment manoeuvrability for our physician’s that do well by their patient’s by throwing out manipulative pharmaceutical reps from their office’s (which unfortunately are few and far between) because the hurdles for the medical community are quite large. They have to use what they have been trained to use if not they can lose their license.

Yet for many people in the “real world” health appears to be elusive. The truth is that ALL the science people need is already available it’s just not organized in a coherent model or system for achieving optimal health. When you study healthy people you understand health, when you study sick people you understand disease. When you only treat symptoms,  the RELEVANT causes get ignored and you could be asking for trouble. Chemicals are not as compatible to the body as substances derived from nature. Most drugs are derived from plants, and by isolating a compound in a plant you remove the stabilizers, that’s when undesirable symptoms can arise. It’s the fundamental law of our evolution. It can be like spinning plates or putting sticks in wheels that aren’t supposed to be there.

I believe a crucial point of consideration should be the language that doctors are allowed to use when speaking to their patients. When a doctor says that if someone does not pursue a certain path of treatment that they will die, then that person is playing god and no one can play god. When a patient believes they will die, their body will often manifest the catalysts that enforcing the belief into their physical reality which then amplifies their deterioration. When someone takes away your hope then where is the motivation to live.

So remember, people can be sincere and people can also be sincerely wrong. This is why it is critical to stay current with information that can save your life or take it from you. What is true today may not be true tomorrow, and yesterday’s science fiction is today’s science. And in case you didn’t know, the word “doctor” means “to teach” so if you’re only visiting your doctor for 5-20 minutes, then check with yourself afterwards to establish how much you’ve learned after your visit. Someone may be in need of an upgrade.

There are people that dedicate their lives to important research and make it freely available to the public, while there are others who haven’t learned a thing since graduation day, you’re never too old to stop learning. No one is an “authority”, we are all students, and with a little bit of direction and perseverance, a profound new understanding is available to everyone wether you have 100 degrees hanging on your wall or none.

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Imagine if you will for a moment, that your body is like a cup; And every day you add 1 drop here (car exhaust) a few drops here (some synthetic cosmetics) a couple more there (plastic byproducts)…The list of toxins truly is endless. Another way to think about it would be to imagine putting your garbage in the garage and never emptying it, that just might leave an odour in the air, the symptom. Your body accumulates toxins and until you do something to get rid of them from your system, it may be difficult in identifying the cause of the symptoms you develop.

The medical model of thinking for the most part, denies the link. Many doctors throw around the term “it’s all in your head” with the belief that there is a rampant number of hypochondriacs on the loose. When toxicologists determine how a poison affects the body, they continue to feed a rat until it dies. Well would any of the body’s systems be impaired if you were to accumulate a dose that was not a dose that kills you but a dose that impairs optimum functioning.

A good example is alcohol. Alcohol at a high dose can be lethal, however at a moderate dose, can induce other symptoms and behaviours. The same applies to mercury and other heavy metals. Even water can be deadly at too high a dose, the dose is the key. This applies to pesticides, plastics, perfumes, prescriptions, paints, and pollutants; and that’s just the P’s !. The point to all this is that you can run and hide from the truth, but there is no escaping synthetic substances that we are constantly bombarded with. The reality is that things do indeed accumulate in the body and clog up our organs and cells in a variety of ways. Scientists have found newborns with 200 environmental toxins in their umbilical cord blood (Source: NaturalNews.com). Over time, consistent exposure to common household toxins can produce a wide variety of problems. It is futile to avoid these toxins completely, but you can take steps to minimize your exposure.

Detox seems to be such a buzz word nowadays, because people are beginning to notice the difference in how they feel after a “cleanse”. The wonderful news is that there are a wide variety of natural things that can be used to promote more efficacious detoxification. Now remember, this world is in no lack of pessimists and skeptics, these are typically flaw fanatics that seek to find an imperfection rather than looking at the whole picture. If a theory is 99% correct, these people focus on the 1%; Nothing is 100% guaranteed in life or in nature, although when observing results, there are treatments that are significantly better at resolving issues than conventional means. To admit to the success of these treatments would negate many years of education for some people which is why natural treatments can be a delicate subject with many people who pretend to be scientists that look at unbiased studies all day long . Some people are trained to just look for the one imperfection to justify their skepticism. So with common sense in mind, proceed forth with some of your innate intuition and with some faith in nature you’ll discover the right path.

Cleanse, mobilize, eliminate, detoxify. This is the mantra of one of the foremost detoxification experts, Dr. George Yu, a practicing physician of over 25 years and a speaker at “The Longevity Now Conference” in California this year, he is also an expert in hormonal health. Cleanse meaning improve your diet and consider a transition to healthier foods. Mobilize, meaning get your body moving before the elimination stage and help toxins to move by improving lymphatic flow. Eliminate, meaning through the use of an infrared sauna or your eliminatory organs. Detoxify, meaning bind remaining toxins with something like activated charcoal to maximize the effectiveness.

Some substances mobilize toxins, and if there is nothing present to bind to these toxins they get taken up again by the body. This is why it is necessary to be strategic when detoxifying the body. Some various things that help detoxification which i will be looking into in further depth in the near future include:

• Chlorella and Cilantro
• Niacin (Vitamin B3, NOT time released)
• Activated Charcoal
• Transdermal Magnesium Therapy
• Clay Baths
• Advanced Gua Sha
• Zeolite, Fulvic Acid and Black Mica
• Far Infrared Therapy
• Probiotics
• DHLA with Liposomal Vitamin C and Glutathione
• Colon Hydrotherapy
• Milk Thistle
• Coffee Enemas
• Air Purification
• Fasting
• Water

I’m currently working on a super detox strategy and will report back once I’ve established a solid strategy to maximize detoxification. Other factors to consider are how effective your 5 eliminatory organs are functioning and anything that can be done to enhance their performance. The 5 organs are the skin, kidneys, lungs, liver, and colon. One final caveat is that through detoxification, important minerals in the body are lost and need to be replenished. It’s pretty clear that detoxification is neither perfect nor exact, however with the right strategy in place, you can rid your body of so much accumulated waste and gain a completely new sense of youth and freedom.

Some of the books I’m currently reviewing are:

• The 4-week Ultimate Body Detox Plan by Michelle Schoffro Cook, DNM, DAc, CNC
• Detoxify or Die by Sherry A. Rogers, M.D.
• The book series by Dr. Yakov Koyfman, N.D.

Learning to purify yourself and your family is an invaluable tool and asset to prevent from getting sick, which costs too many people more than necessary.

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Cells in a petrie dish navigate towards  a nutrient and they keep away from environmental toxins. This is evolutionary instinct at the cellular level. This avoidance response is sewn right into our matrix.

It is said by many that the ego controls everything…and you can look around today and it can be seen everywhere; from the poor slums to the wealthiest neighbourhoods. “Survival of the fittest”, as the old adage goes. So if it is obvious then, that ego, is the potentially dominating element of many individual’s psyche in the MAJORITY of our societies (be it status, fashion, beauty,or accomplishment), then is it possible that this is how we behave on a MACRO scale as well ? Because it is the same. Perhaps my premise of working with knowledge that the inner most human instinct will gravitate to healthier nutrients and lifestyle choices because we’re made of cells too, then maybe there still is hope, even if those cells have been weakened or misled.

Many of the wealthy are wise, the super wealthy often fall into the category of manipulation unfortunately because they satisfy the many at the expense of many more. This is why the phrase “obscenely rich” was coined, sad but true more often than not. They’re kind of stuck in a way, because it’s a system where each person is on a small scale, in a kind of subconscious fear of the person above them, and the highest person is afraid of their shareholders and the people lower down the ladder do anything to climb up it even though they don’t have the same view once they get there. Things aren’t always so peachy for the wealthy either…though I have no pity for people that twist the precious parts of nature into unnecessary profits without compensating for what’s taken somewhere else. Raj Patel, advocate and author of several books,  explains how the perception of value by corporations is bleeding the basic elements needed by us as a species to thrive:

Just because we’re spoiled right now as a civilization, and information grows at an exponential rate every year, that does not factor in the VOLUME of change. The number of people on this planet grow and grow, and the resources are finite. Things are not as stable as we all would like to believe or are being taught to.

Still, this does not mean that things will go on this way. When too many people lose and only a handful win, those handful of people begin to feel the suffering of those that are oppressed (Not always…I’ll leave that interesting subject for a future article). Naturally, tough choices will need to be made, even this late in the game. I believe there is always a tipping point in the universe. It is this tipping point that will determine our individual survival in this world. When corporations learn to be satisfied with what they have and pursue laws that are conducive to the reality of the available resources, keeping in mind that sustainable = perpetual vs profit spikes eventually = crashes, it’s this reality that will become more and more prevalent with time until a single mega corporation exists, and like a pile of Jenga, can come crashing down. Because the higher the stack of dollars, the more people are at risk of losing. It’s easy to get caught up in a whirlwind of money, but like my dad always said, it takes years to build up a reputation, it takes an instant to lose it.

Sustainability IS the answer

Instincts are beginning to rise up from the people on the street to the penthouse offices of Wall street that change is on the rise. Which is why the more good you follow the more good follows you. It’s just the law of the universe. More health = more wealth = more choice = more freedom = more abundance = more abundance = more peace = more love for MORE PEOPLE…the mores can go on and on. The governments need to support this and be brave enough to perceive this philosophy openly because they still don’t see how they can win…there’s been plenty of mudslinging thus far in politics, it’s about time we put on our boots and get out of this mess. When you’re clean, you can think clearly, pursue your dreams, and attain your “destiny”.

Anyone else in the mood for a tipping point ?

Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.
– Charles Simmons

Tags: Cells, Cellular, Ego
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Taoism is a mysterious practice of health practiced by some 225 million people to varying degrees of commitment with the purpose of increasing their life span and the quality of life as well. Taoists or Daoists are claimed to have legendary life spans with apparently the longest “recorded” man living at 256 years old.

This man’s name was Li Ching-Yuen and at first one might think this is completely far fetched or impossible, however these claims may be considered as true due to records of the imperial Chinese government sending a birthday congratulations in 1827 for turning 150 years old and again in 1877 for turning 200 years old. (Source: Wikipedia.org)

Now perhaps like anything “rare” perhaps it is a genetic anomally like Progeria, a condition of accelerated aging that affects 1 in every 100,000 births. However, there are many accounts of these old masters, and probably many factors that affect their quality of life as well.

The Blue Zones are places on the planet that are hot spots for where the longest living people on record reside. In 2005, National Geographic commissioned Dan Buettner to travel the globe in search for the fountain of youth. He reported some invaluable insights as to why these people lived such long, strong and healthy lives free of disease. To date, The 5 places identified with having the longest living people include: Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, California; the Necoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; and Ikaria, Greece.

The habits from some of these Blue Zones can help us paint a more detailed picture of what true longevity actually looks like. Here’s a link to “The Power 9″. These habits are just a small piece of a much larger puzzle of humanity’s evolutionary potential, with today’s advancements in nutrition and technology, we can expect great changes are up ahead. I think that with a bit of clever research, our body of knowledge is about to unfold to new insights that can provide real solutions to many suffering people, the question is though, will we be wise and patient enough to respect the truth even though it may not be the commonly held belief.

All truth passes though three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident

- Arthur Schopenhauer

I believe it’s always important to remain up to date with unbiased, relevant evidence. Luckily, there are some privileged souls that have an instinct for critical thinking because  on the one hand, coming to terms with new truths may be a difficult thing to accept due to our education system driven by industry, however on the other hand, we can learn some amazing things once we’ve stepped out of our comfort zone.

Tags: Longevity, Taoism, The Blue Zones
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