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7 Ways to Make Alkaline Diet Benefit You The premise of an alkaline diet is that the nutrients found in supplements, alkalizing foods, and water can  bring the body back to balance. These vitamins, minerals, and herbs infuse the body with new energy, vitality, and better health. Alkaline foods and water must be consumed in order to provide nutrients the body needs to neutralize acids and toxins in the blood, lymph, tissues, and cells. When pH balance inside the body is ‘out of balance’  the body tries to correct that sensitive pH balance. That process shows up as uncomfortable symptoms,  including colds, flues, allergies, diseases, viruses, and bacteria. When the pH level in our body is unbalanced, almost any area of the body can be affected. For example when the nervous system is affected as the result of unbalanced pH balance it shows up in the form of the depression. When the cardiovascular system is affected we could have heart disease or experience other heart-relate...

Anti-Aging Know the Problem  Sometimes our aging is due to illness or other unavoidable causes.  Lack of movement, leading to poor mobility.  Lack of challenge or engagement, loneliness.  Stress  Poor nutrition  Sun damage  Lack of sleep  What actually causes your aging physically?  Damage to the cells from free radicals, UV rays and more.  Shortening of the telomeres, leading to imperfect copies of cells and mutations.  Hormonal changes:  Menopause or low testosterone Lifestyle changes – reduction in activity, social stimulus.  Lack of cognitive challenge and novelty, reducing brain plasticity.  Lack of movement, resulting in damage to the body over time and poor mobilty.  Reduction in mitochondria, leading to low energy levels.  Fix the Problem  Move! Start with gentle walking and any kind of activity.  Don’t let yourself get to the point where you are barely ever moving.  Find a good person...

  The Best Nutrition for Preventing Aging There are lots of things you can do to slow down the sands of time and age a little slower. A lot of this boils down to the right lifestyle and if you can avoid the sun, get lots of exercise and learn to better handle stress; all these things will keep you looking and feeling younger. But sometimes it’s even simpler than that. In fact, one of the very best ways to stay young is just to eat right. Eating the right foods can help you to fend off deterioration as well as to fortify yourself against illness and help your body to keep rejuvenating itself. Let’s take a look at some of the very best nutrition that will help you to stay youthful… Antioxidants Most important of all are your antioxidants. These are things like vitamin C which help to combat free radicals in the body. Free radicals are compounds that travel freely around the body and that are reactive when they come into contact with the cell walls. This is bad news, because they ca...

  How to Keep Your Testosterone Levels Higher As You Age Testosterone is the male sex hormone and is responsible for many of the traits that we consider to be typically masculine. That includes muscle mass, low body fat, a big jaw, thick brow, aggression, confidence, body hair and a deep voice.  Testosterone also makes us feel great. The top athletes produce lots of testosterone because it makes them stronger, more energetic and better at recovering. It also makes us happier (low testosterone is associated with depression), more virile, better in bed and generally more alpha. But a huge proportion of men in the Western world have chronically low testosterone. And this only gets worse and worse, the older we get. The question is: how can you slow down the effects of old age by keeping testosterone where it should be? Why is Testosterone Low? This is not just a problem for elderly pensioners. Rather, it is just as much an issue for guys in their 40s and 50s and it’s a MUCH bigge...

Natural Remedies Introduction Arthritis is a condition that can cause a plethora of symptoms, including deterioration of muscles and joints, a reduction of use in your main joints, and of course, severe pain.  Some cases of arthritis, like rheumatoid, can affect the immune system as well. There are constant and active studies on the conditions and your doctor knows the best treatment options for your specific situation.  Fortunately, on top of the modern medical treatment of arthritis, there are a few different things you can do daily to reduce and relieve the symptoms. Some studies have even shown that some of these all-natural treatments can even diminish symptoms of different types of arthritis!  In the following report, we will discuss 10 of the most widely used, all-natural forms of treatment for your arthritis symptoms. Most of the following treatments can even be done in the comfort of your own home, and can be combined with current medical treatments you may be re...