Dr Suzanne Gudakunst, World-Famous health physician and author of a Top Secret Fat Loss Secret has exploded the myth about why most people struggle so hard with fat loss and weight loss diets. The ability to lose weight seems like an elusive or impossible goal for many people. Even worse, why do people have so much trouble keeping off the fat they lose in the first place, simply to gain it back again? Have you ever wondered why your weight loss diets don’t work no matter how much you diet and exercise?

“The reason,” she says, that most people “can’t lose weight has nothing to do with your will-power, over-eating or the right diet! … The reason you are fat and unhealthy is because you have disgusting plaque and horrible little ‘CRITTERS’ living in your guts!”

Of course, what she means by horrible little “critters” are unhealthy parasites that live in your intestines and interfere with the normal digestive processes and hunger mechanisms responsible for helping you lose fat and lose weight. The problem is that  “dangerous parasites living inside [your] gut excrete chemicals (waste products) that travel to your brain and [...]]]>

Breakthrough: Lose 90 lbs in 45 days!

Dr Suzanne Gudakunst, World-Famous health physician and author of a Top Secret Fat Loss Secret has exploded the myth about why most people struggle so hard with fat loss and weight loss diets. The ability to lose weight seems like an elusive or impossible goal for many people. Even worse, why do people have so much trouble keeping off the fat they lose in the first place, simply to gain it back again? Have you ever wondered why your weight loss diets don’t work no matter how much you diet and exercise?

“The reason,” she says, that most people “can’t lose weight has nothing to do with your will-power, over-eating or the right diet! … The reason you are fat and unhealthy is because you have disgusting plaque and horrible little ‘CRITTERS’ living in your guts!”

Of course, what she means by horrible little “critters” are unhealthy parasites that live in your intestines and interfere with the normal digestive processes and hunger mechanisms responsible for helping you lose fat and lose weight. The problem is that  “dangerous parasites living inside [your] gut excrete chemicals (waste products) that travel to your brain and tell your “hypothalamus” to make you store more and more fat for THEM to eat!”

In addition to this, there is harmful plaque that builds up along the walls of your colon and intestines, which also blocks and interferes with your body’s ability to properly digest food. This plaque is caused by the hundreds of harmful and even toxic chemicals that are added to your food with the full knowledge and permission of the United States government.

Here is a quote from Dr. Gudakunst that is absolutely shocking. ” Food companies actually put in Parasites deliberately designed to make you fat and to make you sick.”

That is criminal, and many executives of these food companies, as well as member s of the FDA, should be going to jail.

It is important that you remove this chemical plaque from your body. Without removing this plaque, it will be impossible to lose the fat and lose weight, no matter how much you diet and exercise.

Left to breed unchecked, these harmful parasites will continue to grow within your stomach and intestines until you become sick. You will gain weight without being able to lose it.

When it comes to weight loss, most so-called gurus don’t really know what they’re talking about. Even many doctors haven’t been well trained in the areas of nutrition, fitness, weight loss and diets. Dr. Gudakunst is a leading world expert on diet and weight loss, and the program that she has developed is one of the best in the world. Thousands of people have tried it and have given testimonials to its effectiveness.

If you don’t believe that doctors, diet food companies, and health professionals have been lying to you about how to effectively stay healthy and lose unwanted fat and lose weight, then answer this simple question.

Why is it that we have more weight loss diets, diet foods, natural, organic health foods, drugs and diet pills, advanced technology and nutritional information about how to lose weight, diet and exercise, yet Americans are suffering from an epidemic of obesity?

The answer is simple. Most of the information that you’re getting from these so called diet and weight loss “experts” is simply not accurate. It is being produced by companies that want to make money at the expense of your health and well-being. They don’t care if you lose weight or even if you get sick. All they care about is making money. “99.8% of most doctors would rather you get sick and stay sick as that’s how they earn their living!”

If you don’t take action now to begin leading a healthier lifestyle, you risk serious illness and even premature death. Don’t procrastinate and put off until tomorrow what you need to begin doing today. Life is too short, so why not live as full and happy a life now as you can?

Image via Wikipedia What is Anti Aging & Longevity?

If you read through books, journals, articles and surf the Internet, you will soon notice that it is very difficult to find a satisfactory definition of aging. It is easy to enumerate the symptoms of aging, which most writers fall back on doing. But what aging is exactly seems to be somewhat elusive.

We are less concerned with what aging is, and more concerned with how we can slow the process. However, here is a brief overview of aging.

We now know that part of the reason we age is because our genes are preprogrammed in such a way that prohibits our cells from regenerating indefinitely. That is, there is a mechanism in our cells which sets a limit on how many times they can divide and regenerate new cells. Due to evolutionary factors, we are literally programmed by our genetic structure to die.

Fortunately, scientists are beginning to understand this process, and it is becoming quite clear that we will be able to eliminate this roadblock to immortality within the next 20 years or so.

Even if our cells were not preprogrammed to die, they would eventually [...]]]>

What is Anti Aging & Longevity?

If you read through books, journals, articles and surf the Internet, you will soon notice that it is very difficult to find a satisfactory definition of aging. It is easy to enumerate the symptoms of aging, which most writers fall back on doing. But what aging is exactly seems to be somewhat elusive.

We are less concerned with what aging is, and more concerned with how we can slow the process. However, here is a brief overview of aging.

We now know that part of the reason we age is because our genes are preprogrammed in such a way that prohibits our cells from regenerating indefinitely. That is, there is a mechanism in our cells which sets a limit on how many times they can divide and regenerate new cells. Due to evolutionary factors, we are literally programmed by our genetic structure to die.

Fortunately, scientists are beginning to understand this process, and it is becoming quite clear that we will be able to eliminate this roadblock to immortality within the next 20 years or so.

Even if our cells were not preprogrammed to die, they would eventually wear out and die. This is because as our cells divide over time, tiny mutations occur in our DNA which accumulate. Eventually, this accumulation of damaged DNA leads to disease. Disease occurs when our cells are no longer able to function as they were originally designed.

We are also learning how to prevent this natural wear and tear to our cells that occurs over time through the use of vitamins, antioxidants, hormones etc. which reduce damage caused by free radicals and molecular cross-linking. Chronic inflammation Is also known to play an important role in this process.

The cells in our body continually die off, and the body must constantly generate new ones. In fact, every seven years, 90% of the cells in our bodies are made new. It is this process of generating new cells wherein lies the main sources of aging, disease and death.

Therefore, while death used to be considered an inevitable consequence of time, we now know that the aging process can be halted and even reversed. Again, we will have all the technology necessary for this within the next 20 years.

Preventing and Treating Aging
for Life Extension

In 993, Dr. Bruce Ames published his findings on antioxidants in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. He discovered that oxidation or free radical damage plays a major role in aging. Fortunately, much of this deterioration can be prevented by supplementing with vitamins and antioxidants and eating antioxidant rich foods. In some cases, it has been discovered that antioxidants can even reverse some of the damage caused by free radicals. In this way we can already partially reverse the aging process.

The true task of everyone living today is to stay alive until the mid-2020′s, when the technology necessary to produce immortality will be achieved.

Life Extension is Possible

In the early 20^th century, the average lifespan was only about 45. Today it is about 80. All this occurred “naturally,” without our consciously trying to produce this result. Nobody really knows why this has occurred, although many people would like to take credit for it. Doctors want to point to better access to health care, pharmaceutical companies want to point to better drugs, food companies want to point to better nutrition, etc.

However, there is little evidence that any of these reasons have made much of an impact. The truth is, we don’t know why this has occurred. What we do know is that by attempting to increase lifespan now, we are finding great success.

Many studies are reporting significant results in increasing, and in some cases, doubling the life span of animals in laboratory experiments. Through caloric restriction, rats have been shown to live disease free lives that are almost doube their “natural” lifespan (however, new evidence suggests that caloric restriction may not be so successful in subjects that are already very lean).

Diseases that do occur are significantly delayed when compared to animals who eat all they want. Human studies are currently being conducted. However, if I were you I would not run out and go on a calorie restricted diet, because new evidence shows that by taking the right antioxidants, we can replicate the results of a calorie restricted diet, even eating as much fatty food as we want. One such antioxidant is called resveratrol.

In other experiments that manipulate the genetic structure of various living organisms, researchers have been able to increase lifespan to a human equivalent of 300 to 500 years!

The life span for humans is increasing as I write this. In the past generation alone, the average life span has been increased more than in any other time in history. We are only at the beginning of this process.

Stress may be the number one killer of modern times. Everywhere you go, you hear people saying how stressed they are. This is due to the fact that life is changing and progressing at an exponential rate. People are losing their jobs or changing careers and relationships faster than ever before. Debt is at record levels, at least in America.

Of course, this change is both good and bad. It is good because it means knowledge and technology are advancing exponentially, increasing our life-expectancy and standard of living. It is bad if we do not learn to cope with this change.

Statistically, about about 12% or 13% of all Americans ages 18 to 54 suffer from an anxiety disorder at some time in their life. That’s about 20 million people. This is the number one health problem among women, and the number two health problem among men second to alcohol and drug abuse.

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Vitamins and antioxidant health supplements, along with healthy diets of natural, organic foods for weight loss, exercise and fitness are necessary for optimal mental health and anti-aging. But it goes further than that.

Stress may be the number one killer of modern times. Everywhere you go, you hear people saying how stressed they are. This is due to the fact that life is changing and progressing at an exponential rate. People are losing their jobs or changing careers and relationships faster than ever before. Debt is at record levels, at least in America.

Of course, this change is both good and bad. It is good because it means knowledge and technology are advancing exponentially, increasing our life-expectancy and standard of living. It is bad if we do not learn to cope with this change.

Statistically, about about 12% or 13% of all Americans ages 18 to 54 suffer from an anxiety disorder at some time in their life. That’s about 20 million people. This is the number one health problem among women, and the number two health problem among men second to alcohol and drug abuse.

More people suffer from anxiety than any other mental health disorder. Women suffer from anxiety at twice the rate of men. The cost to society approaches $50 billion a year. And what is the cause of this anxiety? Very often it is triggered by stress.

Stress does not just cause anxiety, it also leads to depression, another scourge of modern society. Stress is a killer, which can cause many horrible diseases from high blood pressure, strokes and cardiovascular illness to autoimmune disorders and cancer. We know that stress weakens the immune system, which is responsible for fighting nearly all disease.

During stress, the body releases hormones that can be useful against short-term threats or for physical activity, but when released for an extended period of time lead to the break down of the body and disease. In addition, stress leads people to unhealthy habits such as poor diets, drinking, smoking, lack of exercise and drugs.

So how do we fight stress and become more relaxed? There are many ways, and each person must find what works best for them. Here are a few suggestions that seem to work well for many people.

The first thing is to realize that almost all stress is caused not by events in the external world, but by how you react to those events. Stress is produced by the thoughts in your own mind which you are responsible for creating.

One of my favorite techniques for reducing stress is listening to music. When you are feeling stressed, your body is vibrating at a low level of energy. Beautiful music vibrates at a higher energy frequency. So by listening to music, the higher levels of vibrational energy will lift and increase the energy levels in your own body and naturally decrease your stress levels. Music will help your body to vibrate at a higher frequency, and has been shown in scientific studies to reduce stress levels.

Meditation has also been proven to reduce stress levels. If you have not learned how to meditate, now is a great time. Meditation is a great way to reduce stress and gain control over your life. Everyone I know who meditates appears more calm, relaxed and in control of their emotions and their life. Meditation clears your mind of the negative thoughts that produce stress and draw negative experiences into your life. Remember, stress is produced by the thoughts in your mind. By learning to meditate, you are taking control of your thought process which produces your reality.

Exercise has also been proven to reduce stress. When you are feeling anxious, stop what you are doing, get up and move your body. This can be as simple as going for a walk, or just doing some stretching exercises. You will be surprised at how effective this can be at reducing stress in your body and mind, as simply moving will help you feel better. I find for myself that a good exercise workout in the gym lifting weights is a tremendous stress reducer. Fitness is fabulous. In fact, at no time in the day do I feel better than after a good hard workout. Exercise releases endorphins in the brain that are responsible for elevated mood and just plain feeling good.

Most people spend their entire day inside. They go from their house to their car to the office, back to the car and back home again. They get no direct sunlight on their skin, which is necessary for creating vitamin D, serotonin, melatonin and other hormones that help you to feel good and get adequate sleep. If you are feeling stressed out, go out and get some natural sunlight on your skin, and even better, exercise in the process. Additionally, commune with nature. If there is a park or some woods nearby, take a nice walk and soak in the calm and beauty of the natural world.

Learn to laugh more, and laugh and play every day. Laughter is a great stress reliever. Watch a funny movie or a comedy routine on TV. Or better yet, go out and see one live. Getting out of the house will increase your confidence and help you to feel that you can master your world. Laughter has even been shown to fight disease. Figure out what gives you joy and pleasure in life and do more of it. Find and learn to love the child within.

Make friends and socialize. Studies show that people who are socially active have less stress, are less prone to disease and live longer. Married people live longer that singles. Even people who have animals that express the positive vibrations of unconditional love have reduced stress levels.

Eat a healthy, nutritious diet of natural, organic foods. These should include lots of organic fruits and vegetables (and fresh juicing), whole grain carbohydrates, quality proteins such as eggs, spirulina and lean meats, and healthy fats such as olive oil (no trans fats).

This is critical for maintaining fitness and feeding your cells with the vitamins, antioxidants, minerals and nutrition necessary to support your immune system to fight disease, and give you the mitochondrial energy to live an active, long and productive life.

Supplement your natural food diet with extra vitamins, anti-oxidants and hormones for maximum anti-aging health benefits. These should include powerful multi-vitamins, herbs and health supplements such as DHEA, melatonin, pregnenolone, fish oil, green tea, ginseng and resveratrol.

Finally, remember one thing if nothing else: the law of attraction. You are the master of your thoughts. You create the thoughts in your mind, and the thoughts in your mind create your reality. Learn how to think positive thoughts, and learn how to imagine and visualize the things that you want in your life. The more you do this, the more you’ll attract these positive qualities and experiences into your life, the better you will feel about yourself, and the more success you will achieve.

scientists – and millions of people around the world – discover what Mike Adams calls “the most impressive medicinal herb invented by nature.” But of course, aloe vera has an ancient and time honored history of healing powers as well.

It’s many medical properties were first described over 2000 years ago. In ancient Egypt, Aloe vera was used to embalm mummies. Cleopatra used aloe vera to make her skin more beautiful. Today, aloe vera is one of the most widely used natural ingredients in skincare products, and for good reason. Many people grow aloe vera plants in their home to take advantage of this miracle of nature.

Just how miraculous is this potent plant? Here is list of some of what this plant can do.

Halts the growth of cancer tumors.

Lowers high cholesterol.

Repairs “sludge blood” and reverses “sticky blood”.

Boosts the oxygenation of your blood.

Eases inflammation and soothes arthritis pain.

Protects the body from oxidative stress.

Prevents kidney stones and protects [...]]]> Awareness of the powerful healing properties of aloe vera is increasing rapidly as

scientists – and millions of people around the world – discover what Mike Adams calls “the most impressive medicinal herb invented by nature.” But of course, aloe vera has an ancient and time honored history of healing powers as well.

It’s many medical properties were first described over 2000 years ago. In ancient Egypt, Aloe vera was used to embalm mummies. Cleopatra used aloe vera to make her skin more beautiful. Today, aloe vera is one of the most widely used natural ingredients in skincare products, and for good reason. Many people grow aloe vera plants in their home to take advantage of this miracle of nature.

Just how miraculous is this potent plant? Here is list of some of what this plant can do.

• Halts the growth of cancer tumors.

• Lowers high cholesterol.

• Repairs “sludge blood” and reverses “sticky blood”.

• Boosts the oxygenation of your blood.

• Eases inflammation and soothes arthritis pain.

• Protects the body from oxidative stress.

• Prevents kidney stones and protects the body from oxalates in coffee and tea.

• Alkalizes the body, helping to balance overly acidic dietary habits.

• Cures ulcers, IBS, Crohn’s disease and other digestive disorders.

• Reduces high blood pressure natural, by treating the cause, not just the symptoms.

• Nourishes the body with minerals, vitamins, enzymes and glyconutrients.

• Accelerates healing from physical burns and radiation burns.

• Replaces dozens of first aid products, makes bandages and antibacterial sprays obsolete.

• Halts colon cancer, heals the intestines and lubricates the digestive tract.

• Ends constipation.

• Stabilizes blood sugar and reduces triglycerides in diabetics.

• Prevents and treats candida infections.

• Protects the kidneys from disease.
  – www.naturalhealth.com

It’s easy to see why people are getting excited about this special plant, including mainstream medicine.

The clear gel from the leaves of the aloe vera plant can be used to treat cuts, infections, rashes, burns, wounds, and other skin conditions. Some studies have shown that it also can be useful in the treatment of skin rashes, psoriasis, and genital herpes. Rubbed into the joints, Aloe vera eases inflammation and reduces arthritic pain.This also works when taken internally.

Taken orally, aloe latex is a potent laxative. In fact, it is so powerful that it is not generally recommended anymore for this purpose, especially if you suffer from a serious health condition. It can also help with diarrhea and ulcerative colitis by reducing inflammation internally in the bowels and intestines. In fact, aloe vera juice promotes colonic irrigation, the process of removing waste products from the digestive system. This includes all the toxic residue and bacteria from junk food and pollution from the environment.

Aloe vera is particularly effective in the digestive tract. When waste products coat and clog the lining of the intestines it prevents nutrients from getting absorbed into your blood. By keeping your colon and intestines clean, your body can more easily break down and digest your food, giving you greater nutrition with less fat because food is more efficiently processed. By regulating the production of stomach acid, you can prevent problems such as ulcers, acid indigestion, celiac disease and IBS or irritable bowel syndrome.

Animal and human studies have shown that aloe juice helps in regulating blood sugar levels for diabetes. Diabetics who took aloe vera for three months exhibited a substantial decrease in normal blood sugar levels. They also had lower cholesterol levels and slight improvement in total cholesterol levels. A significant number of clinical studies have been published that substantiate aloe vera’s healing effect on diabetes.

Aloe vera and blueberries lower cholesterol levels so effectively that they should be used in place of Statin drugs, which have horrible side effects and deplete stores of CoQ10 in your body. Aloe vera, on the other hand, is so safe you can eat it. And you should.

Wikipedia reports that, “Aloe vera extracts may be useful in the treatment of diabetes and elevated blood lipids in humans. These positive effects are thought to be due to the presence of compounds such as polysaccharides, mannans, anthraquinones and lectins.” In addition, the plant has special compounds which include anthraquinone, acetylated mannans, polymannans, lectins, anthraquinones, anthrones and anthraquinone C-glycosides.

Alpha-lipoic acid is an essential co-factor in energy metabolism in organisms from microbes to humans. A nutritional coenzyme that participates in the energy metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, with a particular role in blood glucose disposal,  alpha-lipoic acid is necessary for the mitochondrial energy production of the cell, which keeps us alive; it can also help reduce the aging process which reduces wrinkles in the skin and inhibits the disease process.

The therapeutic potential of alpha-lipoic acid is just beginning to be explored, but holds great promise. Alpha-lipoic acid can be found in foods such as organ meats, spinach, broccoli, peas, brussel sprouts, and rice bran. The richest natural food source of alpha-lipoic acid is red meat; other sources include, spinach, broccoli, potatoes, yeast (particularly brewer’s yeast), and certain organ meats (such as [...]]]>

Alpha-lipoic acid is considered one of the most powerful antioxidants manufactured by the human body. It has been called the “universal” antioxidant because it boosts glutathione levels in cells, and is both water and fat soluable. Alpha-lipoic acid is found in every cell of the body, a cofactor in several multi-enzyme complexes where it helps turn glucose into energy.

Alpha-lipoic acid is an essential co-factor in energy metabolism in organisms from microbes to humans. A nutritional coenzyme that participates in the energy metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, with a particular role in blood glucose disposal,  alpha-lipoic acid is necessary for the mitochondrial energy production of the cell, which keeps us alive; it can also help reduce the aging process which reduces wrinkles in the skin and inhibits the disease process.

The therapeutic potential of alpha-lipoic acid is just beginning to be explored, but holds great promise. Alpha-lipoic acid can be found in foods such as organ meats, spinach, broccoli, peas, brussel sprouts, and rice bran. The richest natural food source of alpha-lipoic acid is red meat; other sources include, spinach, broccoli, potatoes, yeast (particularly brewer’s yeast), and certain organ meats (such as kidney and heart).

Alpha-lipoic acid is a small molecule with chemical properties that allow it to pass easily in and out of cells. Unlike other antioxidants, which work only in water (vitamin c) or fat (vitamin e), alpha-lipoic acid is soluable in both fat and water, and thus can penetrate tissues composed mainly of fat, such as the nervous system, or mainly of water, such as the heart, to protect them from free-radical damage.

Therefore, alpha-lipoic acid is able to deactivate both fat and water soluble free radicals and thereby protect both lipoproteins and membranes; no other anti-oxidant can do this. This means that the antioxidant activity of alpha-lipoic acid is working in the extra-cellular fluid and also within the cell.

Alpha-lipoic acid is unique in several ways. Alpha-lipoic acid exerts apoptotic (cell death) effects on tumor cell lines (anti-cancer effects). It is very important to the liver cell metabolic pathways and can be rapidly depleted when the liver is under stress.

One beneficial effect of alpha-lipoic acid is its ability to regenerate other important antioxidants such as vitamins c and e, coenzyme q10, and glutathione, superoxide dismutase (sod) and glutathione peroxidase (gpx). In fact, alpha-lipoic acid has been shown to protect against the symptoms of vitamin e or vitamin c deficiency in animals fed diets deficient in those nutrients.

Alpha-lipoic acid is used to help treat diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, cardiac autonomic neuropathy, liver disease, retinopathy, dementia, cataracts, and glaucoma,  chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs), hiv/aids, cancer,  wilson’s disease, cardiovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease (pad), intermittent claudication, lyme disease, and lactic acidosis that originate in genetic abnormalities in metabolism.

Supplements of Alpha-lipoic acid have shown benefits in treating pre-diabetes and type-2 diabetes, nerve diseases, increasing energy metabolism, and slowing the aging process.

Thus it benefits our body by regulating blood sugar levels and improving symptoms of cardiovascular ailments, blurred vision, and liver complication. Results suggest that dietary alpha-lipoic acid is a promising agent for reducing cardiovascular complications of diabetes. It is used for improving insulin-resistance and glucose levels  in type 2 diabetes, and treating amanita mushroom poisoning.

For well over 30 years physicians in germany have been clinically treating diabetics with alpha-lipoic acid and in germany to date, alpha-lipoic acid is an approved medical treatment for peripheral neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes.

Topically, alpha-lipoic acid can be used to decrease wrinkles and lines in the skin, and protect against sun damage. Alpha-lipoic acid is an antioxidant used in Europe to promote liver and nerve health, and confer protective benefits against oxidative processes.

If Dr. Oz touts it on the Opera Winfrey show, you’d better believe something’s shaking. And Mike over at naturalnews.com calls it, “The Miracle Nutrient for Cancer, cholesterol and Longevity.” He also offers the fascinating fact that “The Chinese medicine herb hu zhang is also loaded with resveratrol.”

Resveratrol is of a class of polyphenols called phytoalexins, which is from the Greek word “alexi” or “protect.”

Very rarely has a natural substance ever been discovered that actually extends our youthful life span and allows us to live significantly longer. Resveratrol is a wonderful gift from nature (and for the ladies, helps keep skin smooth and free of wrinkles).

As reported by a National Institute on Aging/Harvard Medical School joint study, it was found that resveratrol enhances the anti-aging systems in the body, duplicating the anti aging health effects of calorie-restricted diets, as well as improves our general quality of life.

Researchers in Denmark examined 25,000 people to discover what drinking alcohol does to longevity, and found that wine drinkers lowered their [...]]]>

Resveratrol is one of the most remarkable scientific discoveries of the last 10 years for your healh and wellness.

If Dr. Oz touts it on the Opera Winfrey show, you’d better believe something’s shaking. And Mike over at naturalnews.com calls it, “The Miracle Nutrient for Cancer, cholesterol and Longevity.” He also offers the fascinating fact that “The Chinese medicine herb hu zhang is also loaded with resveratrol.”

Resveratrol is of a class of polyphenols called phytoalexins, which is from the Greek word “alexi” or “protect.”

Anti-Aging and Longevity:
Life Extension

Very rarely has a natural substance ever been discovered that actually extends our youthful life span and allows us to live significantly longer. Resveratrol is a wonderful gift from nature (and for the ladies, helps keep skin smooth and free of wrinkles).

As reported by a National Institute on Aging/Harvard Medical School joint study, it was found that resveratrol enhances the anti-aging systems in the body, duplicating the anti aging health effects of calorie-restricted diets, as well as improves our general quality of life.

Researchers in Denmark examined 25,000 people to discover what drinking alcohol does to longevity, and found that wine drinkers lowered their total risk of mortality for any reason by about 40% (of course these people were drinking 2 – 4 glasses a day with meals, not abusing alcohol, which is terribly destructive to your liver).

But the beautiful thing is, you don’t have to restrict your diet (caloric intake), and you can even eat fatty foods like french fries and cheeseburgers. Additional scientific experiments have discovered that resveratrol extends the overall length of life in laboratory animals. In a growing number of studies, scientists who give a resveratrol supplement every day to mice help them live 20% longer! This is truly astounding!

And for those women who want to be slim, the mice in one study who were on controlled, high calorie diets and given resveratrol had 30% less overall body mass than the other mice. That means possibly a little less muscle and mostly less body fat.

It also increases the health of mice on a high fat diet. Mice that were fed high fat diets had the same body composition and lipid profiles of healthy, lean mice on low-fat diets!. As long as you take your resveratrol supplement every day, you won’t suffer the consequences of a high fat diet. You’ll even live longer.

Genuine life-extension now exists in pills. And Resveratrol is only one of several true life-extension supplements. Watch for my upcoming book.  Melatonin, for example, is another supplement that has been shown to increase the lifespan of animals by about 30%. Interested in Melatonin? Check out my article on melatonin here.

Natural, Healthy Foods

Resveratrol is mostly found in high amounts in the skins of red grapes, but also in raspberries, mulberries, blueberries, cranberries, and it wouldn’t be a complete party without the red wine (make from red grapes). It also exists in peanuts, certain pine trees and knotweed.

It is produced by the grapes as a defense mechanism against injury, and acts similarly to an antibiotic which protects the fruit from predatory viruses and bacteria which would prevent the fruit from ripening too early and spoiling.

Remember, resveratrol is only one of the best extracts from grapes. Grapes contain hundreds of other compounds, some called polyphenols, many of which are also beneficial and have yet to even be studied. So look for supplements that contain the whole grape, and don’t always focus too narrowly on one supplement, even if it is as powerful as resveratrol.

Remember, nature and supplements work in synergy. It’s the combined effects of hundreds or even thousands of different compounds from foods, herbs, etc that produce the incredible longevity and anti-aging effects we like to write about. The greater variety of sources for your food and antioxidants the better.

Ok, if you have to ask, the primary strains of grapes are vitis vinifera, vitis rotundifolia and vitis labrusca. And in case you were wondering, “Resveratrol is also present in the roots of a number of species of the polygonum genus (polygonaceae family), such as polygonum cuspidatum and polygonum multiflorum.” Some people just don’t know when to quit.

French people have a notoriously high-fat diet, with lots of creamy pasta dishes loaded with delicious calories. Yet they have little heart disease or problems with being overweight. Why? Resveratrol.

It is customary for the French to drink a glass or two of red wine with their meals. The healthy chemicals in the grapes used to make the red wine – one of the best being resveratrol - protects them from the harmful effects of the fat in their diet. And it will protect you too.

Acai juice is a increasingly popular diet and nutritional health supplement and has acquired its outstanding reputation because of its healing and astounding nutritional qualities. For example, the ORAC rating of acai berry – which means how much antioxidant power it has – is an astonishing 167, while blueberries are a 44 and apples only a 14, by comparison.

Although limited scientific research has been done because they are natural foods and cannot be patented by pharmaceutical companies, thousands of people have given testimonial to their nutritional powers. As another example, in preleminary scientific studies (in culture, not on humans), acai berry destroyed cancer cells 86% of the time. This will probably prove to have similar benefits in human experiments.

All of these natural fruit berries – goji, noni and acai berry- have a long history of healing and [...]]]> Goji, blueberries, strawberries and Noni are all very popular berries, but what if you discovered that there was another berry that may be much more powerful in its health and wellness properties? What if it could help prevent disease – including cancer – improve energy, help you lose weight, aid in digestion and digestive problems, and increase mental concentration?

Acai juice is a increasingly popular diet and nutritional health supplement and has acquired its outstanding reputation because of its healing and astounding nutritional qualities. For example, the ORAC rating of acai berry – which means how much antioxidant power it has – is an astonishing 167, while blueberries are a 44 and apples only a 14, by comparison.

Although limited scientific research has been done because they are natural foods and cannot be patented by pharmaceutical companies, thousands of people have given testimonial to their nutritional powers. As another example, in preleminary scientific studies (in culture, not on humans), acai berry destroyed cancer cells 86% of the time. This will probably prove to have similar benefits in human experiments.

All of these natural fruit berries – goji, noni and acai berry- have a long history of healing and nutritional use in their native homelands going back hundreds or even thousands of years, despite having only recently been discovered by those of us in the west. Acai berry grows on the acai palm trees in the amazon rain forest of brazil, Peru, and some regions of Central America, where it is a large and integral part of their diet. These natural juices have been packaged and now being imported for both the diet and natural health nutrition conscious consumer.

Acai berry is rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, which have become so popular now in products like fish oil. These fatty acids, particularly the omega-3 (DHA and EPA), help increase your metabolism. The faster your metabolism, the faster your body burns fat, so a higher, more active metabolism helps you to lose weight naturally, without even exercising, and achieve superior results with your weight loss diets faster than just dieting alone through calorie restriction.

So by providing omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, the acai berry brings you all the benefits of these highly nutritional and healing fats, the incredible benefits of which I will discuss in another article. But it is easy to see why acai berry is now used in many weight loss diet pills.

In addition, natural fiber in acai berry improves digestion, in part because it contains important digestive enzymes that help you break down food for absorption into your system. Too many people, particularly in the West, but increasingly in the East as we export our McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chickens around the world, eat too much overly-processed junk food containing very high levels of hydrogenated oils. These oils are considered the most unhealthy kind of fats in our diet. Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils contain high levels of very unhealthy trans fat.

These harmful trans fats and partially hydrogenated oils raise our levels of “bad” cholesterol and lower the “good” cholesterol in our bodies. Trans fats are usually found in what we typically think of as junk food: french fries, microwave popcorn, and most commercial brands (inorganic) of cookies, potato chips, doritos, peanut butter, crackers – most foods fried or manufactured with these damaging oils.

Avoid foods made with hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils. Your body cannot easily digest foods processed with trans fats, which are typically high in carbohydrates but low in fiber, and these trans fats cause damage to your blood vessels. Improperly digested food builds up in your intestines which your body can’t eliminate effectively, so a lot of it gets absorbed into your body and you gain more weight. Fiber helps prevent the absorption of calories into your bloodstream from your intestines.

The trans fats in the partially hydrogenated oils causes plaque to build up in your blood vessels, which leads to strokes and heart attacks. Also, improperly digested foods become compacted in your colon, causing blockage, and poisons from the undigested, rotting foods leak back into your body, causing many diseases.

One way it does this is to boost and balance neurotransmitters in the brain that are responsible for mood and energy – for example, serotonin and dopamine. Dopamine is integrally linked to feeling energetic, and one of the only ways ever discovered to extend lifespan is by maintaining youthful levels by protecting dopamine cells in the brain. More about that in another article.

Scientific studies have shown that people who take pharmaceutical anti-depressants for long periods of time are 7 times more likely to develop cancer than those who don’t. This should be a major concern for people people who are taking pharmaceutical antidepressants on a long-term basis.

SAM-e is not only great at reducing depression and elevating your mood, but is also one of the best health supplements you can take for your joints - building and protecting the soft tissue, cartilage, tendons, etc. that allow you to move easily and fluidly, [...]]]> SAM-e. What if I told you there was an all-natural health supplement on the market – like a vitamin – that in scientific studies has proven to be more  effective at treating and alleviating depression than the best pharmaceutical antidepressants on the market, without the harmful side-effects?

One way it does this is to boost and balance neurotransmitters in the brain that are responsible for mood and energy – for example, serotonin and dopamine. Dopamine is integrally linked to feeling energetic, and one of the only ways ever discovered to extend lifespan is by maintaining youthful levels by protecting dopamine cells in the brain. More about that in another article.

Scientific studies have shown that people who take pharmaceutical anti-depressants for long periods of time are 7 times more likely to develop cancer than those who don’t. This should be a major concern for people people who are taking pharmaceutical antidepressants on a long-term basis.

SAM-e is not only great at reducing depression and elevating your mood, but is also one of the best health supplements you can take for your joints - building and protecting the soft tissue, cartilage, tendons, etc. that allow you to move easily and fluidly, without pain, while reducing the inflammation that leads to and aggravates joint conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, etc.

SAM-e is also one of the most powerful nutrients ever discovered by science that aids and protects the liver against aging and disease – keeping it in a youthful state. It has been shown to reverse liver damage and disease in those suffering from ailments such as cirrhosis of the liver, often brought on by alcohol abuse.

As you know, the liver is one of the most important organs in your body because it is responsible for cleansing toxins from your blood, produces critical enzymes, breaks down and converts important nutrients and hormones, and a host of other vital functions.

Another important benefit of sam-e is the role it plays in the formation of the myelin sheath, the protective coating surrounding nerve cells, which increases the fluidity of the membranes in brain cells and improves the functioning of brain receptors. That means your brain communicates more effectively across neurons and synapses and operates more efficiently.     

Sam-e is short for s-adenosylmethionine, a substance that exists naturally in animals, humans and plants, and is involved in many important biochemical processes in the body, but it is difficult to get adequate amounts from your diet alone. Your body has to produce most of it on its own.

And of course, as we age, our bodies naturally produce less and less, so supplementation – especially in old age – is necessary for everyone (but don’t wait until you are too old). You can begin supplementing small doses over the age of 30, but for most people over the age of 40 is perhaps more reasonable. Sam-e is not cheap, and most people will produce reasonably adequate amounts up until age 40 anyway. But of course, if you are fighting various diseases (or are an anti-aging fanatic), higher doses of sam-e may be desired.

One of the best qualities of sam-e is the almost total lack of side-effects in virtually everyone who takes it. Irresponsible and excessive use – taking too large doses – may induce anxiety, headaches, heart palpitations, restlessness and insomnia in very rare cases. If you should ever feel nausea when taking sam-e, it can be reduced by taking the pills with food. Should you ever experience any negative side-effects, lower your dose until they disappear, or stop taking it completely and consult an anti-aging health expert.

Also, people suffering from manic-depressive disorders have been advised by some not to take sam-e because it may cause manic episodes. But the scientific literature has not yet really supported this. All in all, these side-effects are very rare when sam-e is used appropriately and in proper doses. Some people claim that sam-e can raise homocystine levels, thereby increasing risk of heart disease. However, there is no evidence for this in the scientific literature.

Now we have all heard how terrible cholesterol is for health, right? Anything with cholesterol is bad and must be avoided? But if the most important adrenal hormone in your entire body – and the most potent memory enhancer known to science – is produced from cholesterol, how could cholesterol be so bad for you?

The answer is that cholesterol in itself is not bad, but the sources you get it from in your food or supplements are very important. There are good and bad sources of cholesterol. For example, natural butter is much healthier than synthetic margarine. And don’t eat foods cooked with unhealthy trans-fats, like companies such as McDonalds and KFC, etc. did for years even after the scientific evidence was overwhelming that they should stop because it was causing heart and other diseases.

Pregnenolone has been shown to have very few [...]]]> Pregnenolone is called the “mother hormone” or “the brain hormone” because it is converted from cholesterol by the body in the mitochondria of the cell and is the primary hormone of the Adrenal gland. That means that all other adrenal hormones – from dhea to testosterone to estrogen, mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids – are produced from Pregnenolone.

Now we have all heard how terrible cholesterol is for health, right? Anything with cholesterol is bad and must be avoided? But if the most important adrenal hormone in your entire body – and the most potent memory enhancer known to science – is produced from cholesterol, how could cholesterol be so bad for you?

The answer is that cholesterol in itself is not bad, but the sources you get it from in your food or supplements are very important. There are good and bad sources of cholesterol. For example, natural butter is much healthier than synthetic margarine. And don’t eat foods cooked with unhealthy trans-fats, like companies such as McDonalds and KFC, etc. did for years even after the scientific evidence was overwhelming that they should stop because it was causing heart and other diseases.

Pregnenolone has been shown to have very few side-effects, and is one of the safest supplements in the medical literature. “Despite its powerful metabolites, pregnenolone is acknowledged to be without significant side effects, with minimal or no anabolic, estrogenic or androgenic activity.”

However, one word of warning. It is thought that about 5% of people who take pregnenolone are prone to developing skin rashes. These are not dangerous, but if you should develop a skin rash, try reducing your dose or discontinue altogether. The rash will go away as soon as you stop taking pregnenolone.

Pregnenolone is a hormone, which are powerful substances, so it should always be taken carefully and in moderation. Again, listen to your body. Most women age 30-45 respond well to 5-10mg a day. Women age 45-60 do well on 10-25mg daily.

Men can take more since they have naturally higher levels of certain adrenal hormones like dhea, which is made directly from prenenolone. So men age 30-45 can take 10-25mg a day while men 45 and above do well on 25-50mg a day, and for someone who is really aged or fighting a disease, 100mg or more are sometimes advised.

Pregnenolone is primarily found in and active in the brain. It is incredibly good for your brain, and is considered the most potent memory enhancer ever discovered, some say by a factor of 100. That means it is 100 times more powerful at enhancing your memory than anything else ever found. It also naturally increases mental alertness.

Its not surprising that pregnenolone has been proven effective at preventing and treating dementia and alzheimer’s disease, as well as other nerve disorders as it has been proven effective at enhancing and protecting nerve cell growth. It can enhance your overall mood and feelings of motivation and improve sleep. Melatonin is the sleep hormone and will be discussed another article.

There is growing evidence that pregnenolone helps to strengthen the immune system also

Pregnenolone has been shown to stimulate the growth of dendrites in the brain, which are the branch-like strings that grow out of the neurons and make connections with other neurons. That means pregnenolone makes your brain more powerful, better connected, and smarter, because your brain can work more efficiently. It has alo shown effective at lessening anxiety.

Because estrogen is made almost directly from pregnenolone, estrogen-deficient women often are low in pregnenolone, as are people who are depressed and lacking energy. Studies in the military have shown that soldiers have more stamina, can stay awake longer and function better, and deal with stress better when supplementing with pregnenolone.

In fact, pregnenolone is a very powerful anti-infammatory. 50 or so years ago, before the pharmaceutical companies began peddling their prescription poisons to an unsuspecting public, pregnenolone was widely prescribed by doctors to treat arthritis because of its anti-inflammatory properties. It is very effective against rheumatoid arthritis, and has been shown to reduce pain and swelling. This should slow, halt, or even reverse some symptoms of the disease.