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There a number of basic things that you probably do each day to help extend the life of the valuable tool called your memory. The following are a few practical suggestions for you if you have not already done them. These are techniques that have been used successfully by the author.

In a nutshell they are: Eat well, build your future, reduce stress, exercise, use food supplements or vitamins and do memory recovery drills.

Eat  Well –- The USA Today reported on June 20, 2005 that fruit and vegetable juices and clean gums can defend against disease.  Also getting regular exercise and even brushing you teeth could offer protection against Alzheimer’s.  Eat greens of all kinds like spinach and broccoli daily along with high protein foods like eggs, cheeses and peanut butter. Do not starve the body as that starves the brain. Eat salads and proteins throughout the day.

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It always amazes me when people say “Home Gyms are expensive!  I just don’t have $1000’s of dollars lying about” These people obviously haven’t looked very hard because nowadays home gym equipment doesn’t have to cost 2, 3 or even $4000 dollars.

Below are 5 great alternatives that won’t cost you the earth but can do just a good a job as many of the commercial fitness equipment found in local gyms.

1.  Dumbbells

For resistance weight training you can’t go past dumbbells for their practicality and versatility.  You can perform any number of exercises with dumbbells that even the more expensive weight machines can’t do.  These days you can get adjustable dumbbells which allow you to use add or remove weight from a single dumbbell with a simple pin, just like with traditional pin loaded weight machines.

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High blood pressure, or hypertension, is not something to be taken lightly. It is a serious disease the cause of which is unknown. One fact health care professionals do know is that left untreated, high blood pressure over time can lead to serious heart disease and other vascular troubles, even death.

Blood pressure medications come in a wide range of formulas and dosages; each aimed at reducing the pressure going through the blood vessels either as the heart pumps blood or relaxes. Some medications strengthen the blood vessels while others thin the blood in an effort to reduce the strain. Trial and error is usually a doctor’s only course of action when determining which combination of drugs and treatments will benefit a specific patient.

There is however some good news about hypertension! There are steps you can take today that will begin to lower your blood pressure almost immediately. Overtime, the result is a sustained healthy blood pressure reading that supports your blood vessels and heart for years to come.

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When you start out with a workout program – whether the purpose is weight loss exercise  or  another – you have started a training process that hopefully is going to last for a while.  It is important that you are aware of some factors that can decrease your motivation for the exercising or even damage your health – while you are executing your training program.  Even a few minor mistakes in your workout can easily accumulate to bad habits over time, kicking you off track, and that is not the purpose with good exercise. Below I’ll go through a few of these.

1. Impatience

Impatience is probably most people’s worst enemy when it comes to staying on track with your workout plan.  It is so easy to get distracted, especially if you feel the recent progress with your exercise has been slow.  You must be aware that physical training won’t do miracles over night.  Only faitful and diligent exercising and workout, day after day, week after week, month after month will prove results.
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Dr. Prices supposed that dentists would know if any changes took places in a patient’s blood when a dental infection was present, but found no reports in scientific literature on that subject. This led him to do exhaustive blood studies of patients and animals to determine the side effects of root canal infections.

Thousands of blood tests on patients and animals Infected by root filled teeth showed?

• Lymphocytes(white blood cells) increased in humans and increased 58 percent in rabbits.
• Polymorphonuclear leukocytes, a form of white blood cells, decreased in humans and in animals to 33 percent less than normal.
• Hemoglobin changed very little, either up or down.
• Hemophilia, a tendency to hemorrhage, occured frequently in rabbits.
• Increased amounts of sugar were found in the blood.
• In some rabbits, higher amounts of ionic calcium were found; but in most rabbits, calcium was lower.
• resulting in 15 to 20 different pathologic conditions.
• There was increased uric acid and nitrogen retention.
• Alkaline reserves decreased, resulting in acidosis.
• Some patients and all animals lost weight.  Patients suffering rheumatic disease often experienced a withering away of their tissues.

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Just what is the “New Biology of Health?” And who’s the snake oil salesperson promoting certain products as the cure-all for cancer, diabetes, and heart disease? Does it work?

Simply put, the “New Biology of Health” is about maintaining your body’s acid/alkaline balance or pH level. The ideal pH level, as measured by saliva, urine, or blood tests, is slightly alkaline.

Dr. Robert O. Young, cellular biologist and author of the “pH Miracle,” teaches that our American lifestyles and diets destroy cellular health. Stress, the environment, and especially acid foods (almost everything you eat except for certain fruits, vegetables, legumes, and nuts) force your body’s cells into unhealthy, acidic states. And, the state of your cells determines your overall health.

Basically, our lifestyles and diets make us sick, tired, and susceptible to viruses and bacteria as well as accelerating aging. Take a look at the pharmaceutical intake of people in our culture. It seems the number of pills you take is directly proportional to your age!

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For those of us that understand nutrition and it’s importance in our lives, this statement makes all too much sense doesn’t it.

Today, six out of the top ten causes of death are diet related and chronic degenerative diseases afflict over 120 million Americans. Cancer has moved from the eighth leading cause of death to number two, even after Richard Nixon’s “War on Cancer” spent thirty billion dollars attempting to find a cure. Diabetes has increased 700% since 1959.

Nearly 15 million American adults suffer from asthma and the Environmental Health Commission predicts that number will increase to 29 million by 2020. Twenty-one million Americans suffer from arthritis and approximately 50 million Americans suffer from autoimmune diseases, with 75 percent of these being female. Many of these autoimmune conditions were practically nonexistent thirty years ago.

Look at the average diet of children today–soft drinks, processed cereal, pizza, candy, fast food and their favorite and often only source of vegetables: french fries. Could this be why we are seeing a dramatic rise in ADHD, to the point where 8 million American children need to be drugged daily? Autism has gone from 1 in 10,000 children to 1 in 150 in just 10 years. Adult- onset diabetes is occurring at epidemic rates in children as young as eight.

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