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Foods and Techniques for Longevity, Life Extension, Reducing the Risk of Age-Related Disease

Author: Swami Satchidanand The key to a long and healthy life lies in staying active, eating more fruit and grains, and practicing massage and meditation in order to shed stress and create enthusiasm for life. You can live longer possibly by reducing your risks of the age-related diseases, especially cardiovascular disease. But, the real emphasis is not on life extension. It's on healthy aging, trying to keep healthy as long as possible. The key to longevity is delaying the onset and reducing the risk of age-related disease. Age-related disease are these big categories of illness that become more common after age 60 and that account for a great deal of premature death and disability. So, the big ones are cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease and its Parkinsons disease. So, I think the emphasis is on preventing those, showing you how to reduce the risk or delay the onset. Into this comes family history, personal history to see where your greatest risks are. Then co

5 Big Reasons to Consider Using Lutein Supplements

Author: Dan Ho 5 Big Reasons to Consider Using Lutein What if I told you there was a nutrient that afforded a broad range of protection...from possibly warding off certain types of cancer, to protecing against bad cholesterol, to alleviating arthritis aches, to countering free radical damage and, most famously of all, to protecting and preserving the vision of the eyes? Such a nutrient does indeed exist, and what you've just read are 5 big reasons to consider using lutein supplements that supply an adequate lutein dosage or eat foods containing lutein. Lutein has received its fair share of accolades in recent years as major studies have shown that it can be of great benefit for eye health. In fact, it is now recommended by many natural health experts for the middle aged and beyond to help prevent macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of blindness in those over 60 years old. Millions of people in the United States alone are afflicted with macular degeneration. What's