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Optimism & Living Longer: Does A Shift In Your Attitude Also Raise Your Altitude?

Filed Under: Aging

Optimism & Living Longer: Does A Shift In Your Attitude Also Raise Your Altitude?
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Optimism & Increased-Longevity. Does The Mindset Control Matter?:
The more Science progresses, the weirder it seems to get.

And conversely, it often tends to confirm many adages from a long time ago.

Like the one by Hippocrates about food being medicine and it being a better idea to get your vitamins and minerals there.

Well another old adage is one about being young at heart and never acting your age.

And if the work by BU, Harvard and a few others is right, a positive mindset might actually make the difference between a long life and a shorter one…

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Sense Of Purpose And Longevity: You Might Live Longer If You Can Figure Out A Really Good “Why”

Filed Under: Aging

Sense Of Purpose And Longevity: You Might Live Longer If You Can Figure Out A Really Good “Why”
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Sense Of Purpose & Living Longer. “Why?” Is A Very Important Question:
When most people think about health, the thoughts that come to mind are usually, “Eat Right & Exercise”.

And if they think about brain/mental health, the ideas that come up are: Anxiety and Anti-Depressants.

There’s nothing wrong with that, because those are the big-ticket items in magazines.

But the Yoga & Meditation crowd have subconsciously-circled a much deeper issue.

And scientists from the University of Michigan are finding research-backed evidence that getting the important stuff about your mind right eventually helps your body…

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Starting Exercise In Middle Age: It Really Is Never Too Late To Make A Positive Change

Filed Under: Aging

Starting Exercise In Middle Age: It Really Is Never Too Late To Make A Positive Change
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Starting Exercise In Middle Age. Late Is Better Than Never:
Many of us do what we can to Get healthy.

And then after that, comes the part about Staying healthy.

For example, getting down to a good weight is great for avoiding complications.

But Exercise is even better.

But as scientists study things we thought we knew about, they’re finding-out more things we didn’t.

This is especially-true for the NCI work that found the old saying “Use it or lose it.” might actually be true…

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The Probiotic Fountain Of Youth. Eat An Activia, -BOOM, You’re Wolverine! All Because Of Tiny Gut Bacteria.

Filed Under: Aging

The Probiotic Fountain Of Youth. Eat An Activia, -BOOM, You’re Wolverine! All Because Of Tiny Gut Bacteria.
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You Think Activia’s Great? Wait Till You Try This!:
Probiotics that improve health have been the focus of fancy yogurt commercials we’ve all seen once or twice.

Some of them have verged on uncomfortable disclosures by Jamie Lee Curtis on the exact details of her very own G-I functionality. Fascinating.

But fewer people will have read up on the human microbiome & all the strange interactions science is learning about the bugs on us & in us.

And a team in Texas used modern DNA-wizardry to find out something even more interesting. One day, it just might save your life…

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Fitness Freakonomics! Exercise Pays Several Surprising Benefits Far Into The Future

Filed Under: Aging, Exercise, Mind/Brain

Fitness Freakonomics! Exercise Pays Several Surprising Benefits Far Into The Future
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The Best Time To Plant A Tree…:
So we hear a lot about the benefits of exercise & nutrition.

And though people are slowly finding that nutrition is actually the weight-loss king,

Exercise all by itself turns out to be the king of many other things.

But we never really seem to learn about When we should do it.

So for this reason, researchers got together and found out another really interesting thing about its many undiscovered benefits…

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Ladies, Break Out The Dark Chocolate! Gentlemen, Start Your Omega 3s! Because Happiness Really Does Make You Healthy

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Mind/Brain

Ladies, Break Out The Dark Chocolate! Gentlemen, Start Your Omega 3s! Because Happiness Really Does Make You Healthy
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One Quest Meets Another:
Over time, mankind has set itself many challenges to find purpose & meaning in life.

And one of those big goals is counterintuitive. One that doesn’t necessarily involve outward achievements.

-But Inward ones. All of which lead to it: Happiness.

And once you’re actually surviving, perhaps it’s The Only Goal.

Strangely enough, researchers are finding out some of our dearest desires have significant, yet unexpected side-benefits.

Including, among other things, actually keeping you alive longer…

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Is Organic Food Really That Much Better For You? -Or Could It Actually Be Worse? [Video]

Filed Under: Disease, Nutrition, Video

Is Organic Food Really That Much Better For You? -Or Could It Actually Be Worse? [Video]


Is The Organic Premise Right In The First Place?:
So, lots of people believe in food that’s decomplicated and grown in ways similar to those of 100 years ago as the path to good nutrition.

And recently, Organic seems to have taken that place at the grocery store for people who don’t hit up the farmers’ markets.

Many people even think that Organic means No Pesticides at-all and that it’s more natural, less dangerous to you and the environment, and ultimately healthier.

But is any of that true? -In this video, ASAPScience decides to find out…

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Another Win For Coffee!!! This Time? The Freakin’ Fountain Of Youth

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Nutrition

Another Win For Coffee!!! This Time? The Freakin’ Fountain Of Youth
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How Can We Boost Lifespan & Healthspan?:
So for a long time now, people have been searching for every way you can think to escape the ravages of aging.

Whether it’s the mystical regimen of Yazemeenah Rossi, Queen of the Silver Foxes,

The Mediterranean Diet, Centenarian-habits, or something as out-there as a “Superfood”, like the Açaí craze a few years back.

Well believe it or not, !SCIENCE! has found one more non-calorie-restriction source for youth-magic.

And it’s probably been sitting in a mug on your desk, saving your life one day at a time…

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