12 ways to stay healthy....
Today's Post: Monday, 9-21-2009
This is an over-view of 12 ways to stay healthy. There are more. But people who do these 12 things have better health, live longer, and age more slowly than people who do not or who do the reverse.
And, it’s a BIG difference from just these 12 between doing well on 12 & doing the wrong thing on all 12. Doing all 12 may enable you to live 30 to 50 years longer than someone with very similar heredity but who does the wrong thing on all 12. And, your years of healthy life may be 35 to 65 years more!
1. Multiple supplement takers have better health than people who take none. From people who take a multivitamin plus mineral, extra vitamin C, and extra vitamin D3 to people who actively take many more supplements to take extra steps to avoid cancer, heart disease, and mental decline, and to have greater energy, people who take many kinds of supplements tend to have far fewer diseases, age more slowly, and live longer than people who don’t.
2. Nonsmokers who also avoid other kinds of tobacco and second hand smoke live dramatically longer and in better health than smokers and people who get excessive exposure to second hand smoke. The nonsmokers are much less likely to get heart disease or heart attacks, less likely to get strokes, less likely to get mental decline, have dramatically better lung function, age more slowly and have fewer wrinkles in their face as they get older, and are much less likely to get all cancers. They also save money on NOT buying cigarettes – and, for virtually all their working years, they have far fewer medical bills and spend less on drugs. So they can cost employers less to provide with health insurance.
3. Regular exercisers enjoy much better health than people who never exercise in almost every way. They literally grow new brain cells and have better circulation to their brains, so they tend to perform better at work and not get any kind of mental decline. They also tend to age more slowly and live longer. They are stronger, more mobile, have more endurance, and tend to be less fat and look better. They also are far less likely to get heart attacks and type 2 diabetes. They also are less likely to get erectile dysfunction; & both sexes have better sex lives. They are somewhat less likely to get cancer. They are less likely to get high blood pressure; & if they do it will be less severe. They are also dramatically less likely to get depressed or stay depressed if they do. As a result, their quality of life is also much better.
4 Optimists who expect to be able to make things better, notice the good things that happen and expect more of them – and who are quite analytical and careful when things go wrong to understand specifically what happened at that particular time that might be avoided or prevented next time and to understand how to make things better if they can.
As a result, they also tend to be much more realistic about problems with other people and more optimistic that things can be made better. That makes them much easier to deal with and live with.
Martin Seligman, PhD did the pioneering work on this. And, people who are most optimistic by his definition enjoy much better health, have more friends, and even tend to make more money than people who are the reverse.
5. Educated people tend to have better health than people who aren’t. They know more and tend to learn more about how to take care of their health. They may not be rich; but they tend to be much less likely to be poor. They tend to be better and finding information and resources.
6. People who are readers tend to have better health than people who never read.
People who read nonfiction and real world information, which includes you or you’d not be reading this, have the same better health as educated people -- even if they dropped out of school at an earlier age than some educated people. They know more and tend to learn more about how to take care of their health. They may not be rich; but they tend to be much less likely to be poor. They tend to be better and finding information and resources.
People who read fiction they enjoy have a wonderful stress release that does NOT require a lot of money or use drugs or alcohol. And that has health benefits.
7. People who are social even if they aren’t unusually outgoing have many regular acquaintances and friends they speak to often. Or they speak to family members often. Or they attend a church or other social networking event regularly. They have more resources and tend to be much more resilient under stress and tend to have better health. They also are much less likely to develop mental decline. (This may be because conversing, it was recently discovered, is MUCH better mental exercise than it seems.) They are also less likely to get or stay depressed.
8. Married people have better health than single people. They’ve even found that most unhappily married people have better health than most divorced people! In addition to getting much more frequent social stimulation, married people automatically have more than twice as many real world resources than single people. They have their own resources and abilities, those of their partners, and those they can create by working as a team. This DOES work better in happily married people or at least those who are optimistic and have better social skills.
9. People who eat right have dramatically better health than people who don’t. People who eat a caveman or “Paleolithic” style which is mostly naturally grown animal protein foods, vegetables, and some fresh fruit; people who eat a Mediterranean diet that’s a bit heavy on vegetables and light on grains; and people who eat a DASH II diet that’s very heavy on vegetable, limits salt, and leans towards nonfat dairy foods all have much better health than people who eat very badly.
People who eat right are much more likely to be lean and far less likely to be very fat. They get far less type 2 diabetes and far less heart disease & enjoy much better general health. They are also less likely to get high blood pressure or to get it severely if they do get it. They are less likely to get any kind of mental decline.
The reverse things happen massively to people who drink soft drinks, eat salty foods, eat snack foods, eat commercial desserts, eat most kinds of candy, eat a lot of fatty cuts of meat from grain fed animals, eat a lot of dairy fat, eat most kinds of farmed fish, people who ingest high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners or who eat sugar often, who drink excessive amounts of alcohol, or ingest trans fats or other hydrogenated vegetable oils. That kind of eating is a recipe for being fat and sick.
The bad news is that our medical care costs are going through the roof because more than half the people in the US still eat this way. And, this dangerous situation will get far worse unless most children and teenagers STOP eating this way.
10. People who have money have better health than people who have very little. They tend to get better medical care and eat better. And the kind of people who do the other things we list here are much less likely to be poor. The rich tend to have better health than the moderately well off. But the gap is huge between the moderately well off the people who are really poor.
11. People who are prudent not only live longer than people who are careless, over-impulsive, and have no self-discipline skills, people who are careful, prudent, well-organized, and self-disciplined, are more likely to exercise, eat right, and less likely to die or get sick from avoidable problems of all kinds. They’ve actually been shown to be less likely to get any kind of mental decline.
They are much more likely to make an attempt to drive carefully and to always wear their seat belt for example. They avoid things that are clearly high risk. And when they must deal with high risk things they tend to learn, in advance, how to do them safely.
12. And, as we posted about earlier this month, people who take proper care of their teeth and gums not only look better and smell better, they enjoy dramatically better health. (Gum health much more important than most know.... Thursday, 9-10-2009)
Poor gum health apparently tends to cause heart disease and oral cancers in addition to being the number one cause of tooth loss.
Today's Post: Monday, 9-21-2009
This is an over-view of 12 ways to stay healthy. There are more. But people who do these 12 things have better health, live longer, and age more slowly than people who do not or who do the reverse.
And, it’s a BIG difference from just these 12 between doing well on 12 & doing the wrong thing on all 12. Doing all 12 may enable you to live 30 to 50 years longer than someone with very similar heredity but who does the wrong thing on all 12. And, your years of healthy life may be 35 to 65 years more!
1. Multiple supplement takers have better health than people who take none. From people who take a multivitamin plus mineral, extra vitamin C, and extra vitamin D3 to people who actively take many more supplements to take extra steps to avoid cancer, heart disease, and mental decline, and to have greater energy, people who take many kinds of supplements tend to have far fewer diseases, age more slowly, and live longer than people who don’t.
2. Nonsmokers who also avoid other kinds of tobacco and second hand smoke live dramatically longer and in better health than smokers and people who get excessive exposure to second hand smoke. The nonsmokers are much less likely to get heart disease or heart attacks, less likely to get strokes, less likely to get mental decline, have dramatically better lung function, age more slowly and have fewer wrinkles in their face as they get older, and are much less likely to get all cancers. They also save money on NOT buying cigarettes – and, for virtually all their working years, they have far fewer medical bills and spend less on drugs. So they can cost employers less to provide with health insurance.
3. Regular exercisers enjoy much better health than people who never exercise in almost every way. They literally grow new brain cells and have better circulation to their brains, so they tend to perform better at work and not get any kind of mental decline. They also tend to age more slowly and live longer. They are stronger, more mobile, have more endurance, and tend to be less fat and look better. They also are far less likely to get heart attacks and type 2 diabetes. They also are less likely to get erectile dysfunction; & both sexes have better sex lives. They are somewhat less likely to get cancer. They are less likely to get high blood pressure; & if they do it will be less severe. They are also dramatically less likely to get depressed or stay depressed if they do. As a result, their quality of life is also much better.
4 Optimists who expect to be able to make things better, notice the good things that happen and expect more of them – and who are quite analytical and careful when things go wrong to understand specifically what happened at that particular time that might be avoided or prevented next time and to understand how to make things better if they can.
As a result, they also tend to be much more realistic about problems with other people and more optimistic that things can be made better. That makes them much easier to deal with and live with.
Martin Seligman, PhD did the pioneering work on this. And, people who are most optimistic by his definition enjoy much better health, have more friends, and even tend to make more money than people who are the reverse.
5. Educated people tend to have better health than people who aren’t. They know more and tend to learn more about how to take care of their health. They may not be rich; but they tend to be much less likely to be poor. They tend to be better and finding information and resources.
6. People who are readers tend to have better health than people who never read.
People who read nonfiction and real world information, which includes you or you’d not be reading this, have the same better health as educated people -- even if they dropped out of school at an earlier age than some educated people. They know more and tend to learn more about how to take care of their health. They may not be rich; but they tend to be much less likely to be poor. They tend to be better and finding information and resources.
People who read fiction they enjoy have a wonderful stress release that does NOT require a lot of money or use drugs or alcohol. And that has health benefits.
7. People who are social even if they aren’t unusually outgoing have many regular acquaintances and friends they speak to often. Or they speak to family members often. Or they attend a church or other social networking event regularly. They have more resources and tend to be much more resilient under stress and tend to have better health. They also are much less likely to develop mental decline. (This may be because conversing, it was recently discovered, is MUCH better mental exercise than it seems.) They are also less likely to get or stay depressed.
8. Married people have better health than single people. They’ve even found that most unhappily married people have better health than most divorced people! In addition to getting much more frequent social stimulation, married people automatically have more than twice as many real world resources than single people. They have their own resources and abilities, those of their partners, and those they can create by working as a team. This DOES work better in happily married people or at least those who are optimistic and have better social skills.
9. People who eat right have dramatically better health than people who don’t. People who eat a caveman or “Paleolithic” style which is mostly naturally grown animal protein foods, vegetables, and some fresh fruit; people who eat a Mediterranean diet that’s a bit heavy on vegetables and light on grains; and people who eat a DASH II diet that’s very heavy on vegetable, limits salt, and leans towards nonfat dairy foods all have much better health than people who eat very badly.
People who eat right are much more likely to be lean and far less likely to be very fat. They get far less type 2 diabetes and far less heart disease & enjoy much better general health. They are also less likely to get high blood pressure or to get it severely if they do get it. They are less likely to get any kind of mental decline.
The reverse things happen massively to people who drink soft drinks, eat salty foods, eat snack foods, eat commercial desserts, eat most kinds of candy, eat a lot of fatty cuts of meat from grain fed animals, eat a lot of dairy fat, eat most kinds of farmed fish, people who ingest high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners or who eat sugar often, who drink excessive amounts of alcohol, or ingest trans fats or other hydrogenated vegetable oils. That kind of eating is a recipe for being fat and sick.
The bad news is that our medical care costs are going through the roof because more than half the people in the US still eat this way. And, this dangerous situation will get far worse unless most children and teenagers STOP eating this way.
10. People who have money have better health than people who have very little. They tend to get better medical care and eat better. And the kind of people who do the other things we list here are much less likely to be poor. The rich tend to have better health than the moderately well off. But the gap is huge between the moderately well off the people who are really poor.
11. People who are prudent not only live longer than people who are careless, over-impulsive, and have no self-discipline skills, people who are careful, prudent, well-organized, and self-disciplined, are more likely to exercise, eat right, and less likely to die or get sick from avoidable problems of all kinds. They’ve actually been shown to be less likely to get any kind of mental decline.
They are much more likely to make an attempt to drive carefully and to always wear their seat belt for example. They avoid things that are clearly high risk. And when they must deal with high risk things they tend to learn, in advance, how to do them safely.
12. And, as we posted about earlier this month, people who take proper care of their teeth and gums not only look better and smell better, they enjoy dramatically better health. (Gum health much more important than most know.... Thursday, 9-10-2009)
Poor gum health apparently tends to cause heart disease and oral cancers in addition to being the number one cause of tooth loss.
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