Got yourself a significant other? Buy some over night back packs and go make use of those lovely Rocky Mountains. Exercise, quality time, and great crisp mountain fresh air all wrapped into one.
Single? At age 29? If you lived in Saskatchewan you would either be gay or recently divorced.
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My advice is buy 80% of your groceries from the outer ring aisles (specifically fresh produce, poultry, dairy), and 20% from the interior aisles. The majority of people use the opposite ratio, purchasing the overwhelming majority of their groceries from the interior aisles, which is an endless amount of processed, canned, and packaged food products.
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I believe I read a study that the life expectancy of rats can be extended from 24 to 36 months by simply eating less. As the physiology of rats is similar to humans, this would probably also apply to us.
One of the books I found useful, in terms of diet, is "Eating Well for Optimum Health", by Andrew Weil.
Also, smoking, and the resultant problems in later life e.g. high blood pressure, COPD, heart problems, etc. can significantly affect life expectancy...possibly as much as 25 years in some cases.
Usually, men don't start having a strong sense of their mortality until they get in their 40's. You are lucky that it is happening earlier, and can take steps to make any lifestyle adjustments that will definitely help you live longer.
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I am getting very annoyed with antioxidants. Like Pavlov’s dogs, I’m becoming conditioned to flinch when I hear the word “antioxidant” because it is so often followed by oversimplifications, distortions, and partial truths. The hype is everywhere, in magazines, on the Internet, on the radio, in books, in stores. Antioxidants promise to prevent heart disease, cancer, cataracts, Alzheimer’s, and even wrinkles; they will make you live longer and keep your mind sharp, along with making you feel young again. Well who wouldn’t want that? Every day I am bombarded with recommendations for foods, supplements, and skin creams that are “a good source of antioxidants,” “high in antioxidants,” or “anti-aging” products. Everyone knows antioxidants are wonderful. Everyone except for skeptical scientists who realize it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Antioxidants are important for health, but so are free radicals. We need to know a lot more before we can confidently recommend increased antioxidant intake for everyone. The American Heart Association doesn’t recommend taking antioxidant supplements; they’re waiting until better evidence becomes available. For now, they say what Mom said: “Eat your vegetables.”
There is widespread scientific agreement that eating adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables can help lower the incidence of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. With respect to antioxidants and other phytochemicals, the key question is whether supplementation has been proven to do more good than harm. So far, the answer is no, which is why the FDA will not permit any of these substances to be labeled or marketed with claims that they can prevent disease.
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Good excersice and eating habits.
Get some sleep.
Stay hydrated (it's amazing how many people don't do this and it ends up being misinterpreted as other problems: illness, headache, sleepiness, etc. You lose a significant amount of water weight every night, and just drinking a pint of water before leaving the house in the morning can make a real difference)
The vast majority of diets and health issues are tied to obesity. Obesity will increase your risk of high blood pressure, poor cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, various forms of cancer, stroke etc.. these are all major killers of people aged 40-70.
I'm not telling you to starve yourself either. In my early 30s, I know many friends who've just accepted the fact they are old now, and it's okay to be 50lbs overweight.
Thus, while detoxification therapies abound, there doesn't seem to be any compelling reason the average person should consider using any of them. They are not based on solid scientific evidence. They are sold to the general public mainly by appealing to fear (of being poisoned by our foods, water, air, and general modern environment) and hope (of good health, feeling better or less tired, and the like). Worst of all, the word 'detoxification' when used by the sellers of foods, drinks, herbs, and machines, is almost always so vague, ambiguous, or obscure as to be meaningless. The purveyors of these products fancy themselves to be offering a progressive response to the modern world with its many sources of pollutants that find their way into our bodies. In reality, these snake oil hucksters are akin to the pre-scientific physicians and barbers who used bloodletting to remove 'bad humors' and poisons in an effort to cleanse their patients.
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