How To Increase Longevity?

How much exercise or activity is needed to achieve longevity?

Research at the Institute of Aerobics research (Treadmill exercises) has revealed that the least active people had the highest death rates.

Mortality for the most sedentary men was more than three times higher than for the fittest men, while the most inactive women had a mortality rate more than five times higher than the fittest woman.

Most surprising was the finding that improvement in longevity was achieved with fairly modest levels of activity.

Someone who walked 30 minutes a day and six days a week enjoyed a mortality rate almost as low as someone who ran thirty to forty miles per week.

If you perform regular and minimal activity — the equivalent of walking 30 minutes a day — you are gaining most of the longevity benefits which otherwise you would get by doing exercises.

Another way of saying this is doing any physical activity is much better than remaining inactive.

Walking uses approximately 180 calories per 30 minutes. This keeps you healthy. There are other activities to do to burn same amount of calories to keep you healthy.

30 minutes of dancing

20 minutes of tennis

15 minutes of swimming

40 minutes of house cleaning

25 minutes of mowing the lawn

30 minutes of weeding the garden

To develop overall fitness, one needs more sustained exercise. Activities listed here basically tone up the cardiovascular system by pumping the blood a little faster and giving the lungs a bit of a workout.

Longevity depends on variety of factors. Major factors that decide longevity are: gender, health care, genetics, diet, nutrition, exercise and lifestyle.

Some examples of longevity:

First World: 77-83 years (e.g. Canada: 80.1 years, 2005 EST.)

Third World: 35-60 years (e.g. Mozambique: 40.3 years, 2005 EST.)

A recent study from the National Cancer Institute ( Archives of Internal Medicine ), found that if you exercise moderate five days a week for at least 30 minutes you will be 27 percent less likely to die of all causes within the next seven years.

Another finding was if you exercise vigorously three days a week for at least 20 minutes then you will be 32 percent less likely die of all causes in the next seven years.

One could add 12 healthy years to their life expectancy by staying aerobically fit ( Ref: The British Journal of Sports Medicine ). Jogging, swimming, and biking will condition your heart to pump blood more efficiently, allow you to take in more oxygen, expand you blood vessels, and release endorphins, helping you to live longer and healthier.

Moderation is the key in exercise. Do not overdo it. Healthy sleep schedule also is helpful. Sleep by itself does not increase lifespan but it will reduce it if you do not regularly take adequate sleep on every day basis.

Healing Superfood: Anti-Aging, Longevity, and Chinese Medicine

Healing Super Fruits:  Wolfberry   Herb of longevity

Why are we so drawn to ancient Chinese Medicine?  Because their ancient wisdom is not only relevant in our fast paced, technologically advanced world but these concepts can have a dramatic positive impact on our health.  Chinese medicine uses foods for healing and seeks to keep their bodies and lives in balance using Yin and Yang.  In contrast, here in the United States as well as in Canada we prescribe more drugs and ingest more vitamin and mineral supplements on average… per person than any-other-educated-population in the world. Yet, 90% of us will still die from a PREVENTABLE disease!

The Chinese have used this sweet orange berry for medicinal purposes for over 2,000 years!  It is oblong in shape and is very sweet. The Chinese value the wolfberry as a national treasure.  It is also called the Goji berry, the squawberry, the boxthorn, the desert boxthorn, and the “matrimony vine fruit”.

The wolfberry is a highly nutritious plant. This superfood contains 21 trace minerals, and has a very high vitamin C content coming in second to Camu Camu.  Wolfberry also has an abundant amount of vitamin E, vitamin B-complex, and iron. 

And if you are not yet impressed this superfood is also 11-13% protein!

Wolfberry contains 19 amino acids, 8 of these acids are absolutely essential for life.  This superfood also contains essential fatty acids, including linoleic acid, used for treating problems with inflammation and auto-immune diseases.

Studies show the wolfberry to be beneficial in promoting longevity, protecting the liver, improving vision, and helping to prevent cancer.  This superfood is also believed to nourish the blood and is good for overall cardiovascular health.  Wolfberry is also exceptional for anti-aging.

Wolfberry juice, in particular, acts much like a search and destroy mission, it scavenges and neutralizes superoxide free radicals.  This is critical as free radicals create the seed for disease and illness in our bodies.

Be sure when you purchase fruit juice products they use the whole fruit this includes the skin, and the pulp.  Most juices are watered down, sweetened, and clarified which removes and dilutes most of the very nutrients you think your getting.  Don’t waste your money on these products.

You can purchase this berry in dried form, juice, and powder.

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