As you know, about 20 percent of how long you live is governed by your genes and the other 80 percent is dictated by your lifestyle.
Long life and good health are abounding on Ikaria a remote mountainous Greek island.
If you visit this place and methodically follow what these people are doing, you will arrive at a de facto formula for their longevity.
Here are 8 tips from Ikaria you might want to consider,
1. Goat’s milk
Drink goat's milk regularly. It is rich in tryptophan that lowers your stress hormones and is a natural anti-depressant.
2. Mountain living
You can get fresh unpolluted mountain air.
Fresh natural mountain grass for your goat that produced tasty milk and you will get you daily exercise by tending to your backyard garden.
3. Ikarian Diet
The Ikarian diet is a version of the Mediterranean Diet.
Main Mediterranean Diet are whole grains, vegetables, fruits and olive oil.
You can add 6 extra years to your life when you strongly adhere to the Mediterranean Diet.
4. Green veggies
Include green vegetables in your diet. Eat a lot of healthy greens.
There are more than 150 varieties of wild green grows around the island, just walk out your front or back door to harvest a healthy feast.
You can also go herbal.
5. Herbal tea
Regular ritualistic consumption of herbal teas are able to lower the rates of heart disease and also lower the rates of dementia.
6. Regular nap
Get some rest after a day of hard work.
If you take naps 4 times a week for at least half an hour you can lower your chance of developing heart disease by 35 percent.
The people in Ikarian have a low sense of time urgency.
7. Take your time
When you look back at the above 6 tips, you will notice that they allows you a laid back lifestyle.
This lifestyle is good for you as you do not have to rush things which lead to higher heart rate.
8. Family and community
Human are community animal.
Family and community bonding give you the avenue to communicate with the other person about everything under the sun, your problem and your happiness.
It releases your stress and tensions, good for young and old alike.
The old impart experience to the young and the young respect the old.
If the above 8 tips does not benefit you, there is one more suggestion.
Pack your bag and migrate to the Blue Zones, below are 5 places you can migrate to,
1.Sardinia, Italy
2.Okinawa, Japan
3.Loma Linda, CA
4.Ikaria, Greece
5.Nicoya, Costa Rica
Take your time to listen and learn from these people.
Happy living.
Posted by: Mo Salle
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Hair Loss > Causes Of Hair Loss In Men
Your head has an average 100,000 scalps and shedding 100 hairs daily is normal.
You should not be worried as long as hair growth keeps up with hair loss.
When this does not happen, your hairs become thin, patchy and
balding. We, men tend to lose hair at a faster rate.
If you are experiencing baldness that seems abnormal, the reasonable reaction is to seek a remedy for yourself.
Before you can find solutions to your hair loss problem, you first need to know what causes your hair loss.
Here are some of the causes,
Heredity
Genetic is the most common causes of hair loss.
Genetical hair loss is due to an insufficient amount of hairs growing back to replace the hairs that have been shed.
Alopecia or hair loss is primarily genetic and also referred to as Androgenetic Alopecia.
Hormonal Imbalances
Hormones regulate the function of your hair growth. You go through a decline and shift in hormones called andropause.
There three common male hormones,
* Testosterone
* Androgens
* and its related hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT)
Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) directly involved in hair loss rather than testosterone.
This is a genetically conditions caused by the sensitive effects of dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
Testosterone effects pubic hair and DHT effects beard growth, patterned baldness and the appearance of hair in the nose and ears. Scalp hair loss depends on androgens but not scalp hair growth.
Anxiety or Stress
Your mental and psychological health is related to your hair.
Stress causes hair loss, depression leads to hair fall and people suffering from thyroid experience hair problems.
Excessive physical or emotional stresses that are associated with injury, illness or surgery can cause one of two types of hair loss;
1.Telogen Effluvium
Telogen Effluvium is the most common type of hair loss.
This is a less severe type of hair loss, your hair stops growing and lies dormant, only to fall out 2 or 3 months later.
Then it will grow back within 6 to 9 months.
2.Alopecia Areata
Alopecia areata involves a white blood cell attack on your hair follicles.
This type of hair loss causes your hair to fall out in patches within weeks.
It can involve the entire scalp and even your body hair. Your hair may grow back on its own but may still require treatment.
Nutrition and diet
What you eat may plays a major role in determining the kind of hair you have.
So, make sure that your diet content is rich in mineral, vitamin and fibre and also proteins.
Dieting and sudden weight loss can result in poor quality of hair growth and causes your hair fall.
Eat a proper and balance meal, do not to skip meals and pay attention to your food intake.
Take vitamin supplements such as;
* Vitamin A, C and E
And to prevent hair fall, you can also take,
* Folic Acid
* Copper
* Zinc
Not all hair loss is permanent. There are many causes of temporary hair loss that can be treated with modern hair loss treatments.
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Energy drinks contain large amount of caffeine, sugar and energy boosting ingredients that can leads to serious side effects such as insomnia, increase heartbeat, causing irregular heartbeat, agitation, irritability and seizure and can even cause death.
Caffeine
The caffeine amount can be three times more than your regular cup of coffee, but the amount is unclear.
According to K. Steven Whiting, Ph.D., of Phoenix Nutritionals in San Diego and author of Healthy Living Made Easy, caffeine targets the central nervous system directly causing dehydration and loss of water-soluble nutrients that is needed for the calming effect on the central nervous system.
Resulting in agitation and sleep problems and potentially lead to the development of long-term anxiety.
Sugar
Energy drinks are loaded with sugar, a common health risk to people with diabetes and will increase your risk of diabetes.
These drinks increases your energy temporarily, after a while your body will crash and your energy levels will drop leaving you more exhausted than before you had the drink.
Sugar also increases your triglycerides, a component of your cholesterol.
Higher triglycerides mean you are at greater risk of heart attacks and sugar weakens your immune system.
Energy Boosting Ingredients
There are soo many energy boosting ingredients in energy drinks.
Most of these products have stimulants ingredients similar to caffeine such as guarana, acai berry, taurine, ginseng, arnitine, creatine, and inositol and also ginkgo biloba.
These ingredients have shown to improve athletic performance being the reason why it is added to energy drink products.
But research on these energy boosting ingredients remains inconclusive.
Mixing Energy Drinks And Alcohol
Do not mix energy drinks and alcohol.
The presence of caffeine increases the absorption of alcohol which in return can increase intoxication and the combination of alcohol and caffeine leads to adverse effects.
Energy drinks not only contain high amounts of caffeine and sugar but also high amounts of alcohol, associated with serious side effects, including death.
Still many people continue to mix them with vodka cocktails for example.
You may think that the caffeine in energy drinks can prevent the drowsiness associated with drinking alcohol but they cannot prevent the effects of alcohol on your brain.
The Problem With Energy Drinks
Energy drinks can provide you with a burst of energy to help you get through the day.
The problem with these energy drink products is that, no one really knows how much is too much.
The manufacturers do not undertake any studies to determine the appropriate amount caffeine in their products, as caffeine is an uncontrolled substance.
And they did not put any warnings labels or precautions on these products either.
Energy drinks when you consumed in moderation and for a purpose can provide you the energy boost you need in order to perform better, stay awake longer and get through your hectic daily activities.
However, it is important to know what these energy drinks can do to you and that consuming them in moderation or not to consume more than your body can tolerate is essential to prevent unwarranted side effects.
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Two studies conducted 5 years apart by The Journal of Urology concluded that the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs increases the risk of ED and regular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use is associated with erectile dysfunction.
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The drugs known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAID are aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen.
Aspirin has a long and solid reputation for being both safe and beneficial, it reputation is now under threat.
All this while, it is thought that aspirin helped prevent blockages.
Apart from being a pain-relief, aspirin is an anticoagulant which thins the blood and increases circulation.
Researchers discovered that NSAIDs, such as aspirin blocked certain chemicals like prostaglandins, which are needed for an erection to occur.
Although it is too early to say that NSAIDs causes erectile dysfunction but there is a strong link between them.
So far no laboratory studies have been conducted to either confirm or deny this theory.
Aspirin has been used over a century for treatment of headaches, pain and prevention of heart attacks.
It is well known that erectile dysfunction is closely linked to heart disease.
Aspirin is used to protect men with heart disease from erectile dysfunction and has been proven to be useful in regular, low dosage to prevent heart disease or other conditions.
But researchers found a correlation between regular, low dosage aspirin use and erectile dysfunction in men over 55 years of age.
The study observed 80,000 men aged between 45 and 69 on their usage of NSAIDS.
They found that men who took aspirin three times per day were 2 times more likely to have erectile dysfunction compared to men who do not take it regularly.
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